OKLAHOMA STATE BOARD OF LICENSURE FOR
PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS
Meeting Location: 220 NE 28th Street Oklahoma City, OK
Thursday, December 9, 2021 9:00 a.m. and Friday, December 10, 2021 8:00 a.m.
AGENDA
Call meeting to order - declare quorum present.
“The State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors are meeting pursuant to letter notice issued by the Executive Director on the instruction of the Chair. Written notice of the meeting was filed with the Secretary of State and the Agenda posted outside the Board Offices twenty-four hours prior to the meeting setting forth thereon the date, time, place and business for the meeting.
Thursday, December 9, 2021 9:00 a.m.
Pledge of Allegiance
♦ Approval of September 23, 2021 Board Minutes
Enforcement
(Consent orders may be presented in lieu of a scheduled hearing)
Executive Session Proposed for each of the attached cases pursuant to 25 O.S. Supp. 2018, Section 307(B)(8).
1. Vote to convene in Executive Session
2. Executive Session Discussion.
3. Announce return from Executive Session.
4. Vote on motions
2020-021 White Surveying Company, CA 1098 / Jimmy G. Smith, PLS 1373
2020-073 Partner Engineering and Sciences, Inc.
2021-032 Dennis L. Hammons, PLS 1260
2021-052 Henry I. DiFranco, PE 31542
2021-064 Griswold Tower Software / William A. Griswold, Jr., PE 20977 (Inactive)
2021-067 Ronald Jason Keller, TL 938
♦ Proposed Letters of Caution
♦ Current Case List
♦ Administrative Fines Spreadsheet
♦ Discussion and possible action concerning reports and recommendations made by the Complaint Review Committee:
J.R. Donelson Agreement and Mutual Release
Bob Manley, PLS 1584 Complaint filed - Seeking Board Resolution
Thursday, December 9, 2021 9:00 a.m. and Friday, December 10, 2021 8:00 a.m.
Discussion and possible action regarding the following agenda items
♦ 11:00 a.m. John Michael Freeman PE application regarding criminal disqualifications
♦ ODOT requesting direction regarding transitioning from paper plans to digital models in the OpenRoads/OpenBridges environment and how the DOT, OTA, and our consultants properly submit signed and sealed models going forward.
Texas PE Board’s response for digital model policy https://pels.texas.gov/nm/EAOR50_response.pdf
Utah DOT’s certification for digital delivery https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sb14ICVaJY7Jk_HuoiSv7ww7YPw_cOJr/view
♦ Kelly Parker, P.E. request to further clarify/define the required supervision to add an area of competence by way of experience per 245:15-9-4(a)(2)(B) and other issues regarding working within specific disciplines of engineering
♦ Eric Michael Wolf, P.E. 27119 - Request to add electrical engineering as an area of competence
♦ Mark Keeton request for Board Review
Review of his college/university coursework and how it fits within the PLS Core Curriculum Form
Review of his 1994 criminal conviction and whether it presents a barrier to licensure
♦ Executive Director Report
♦ Outreach Report
♦ Scholarship Committee Report
♦ Financial Report
1. Financial Statements September - November, 2021
2. Claims and P-Card Purchases - September, 2021
3. Claims and P-Card Purchases - October, 2021
4. Claims and P-Card Purchases - November 2021
♦ Approval of Board Calendar for 2022
♦ Comprehensive Review and Proposed Revisions of Administrative Rules Title 245:2 and 245:15
♦ Surveying Committee Report
- Oklahoma Law and Surveying Exam
- Proposed Corner Record Audit Review Committee
- Professional Land Surveyor Continuing Education and Audit Committee
♦ Professional Engineer Committee Report
- Oklahoma Law and Engineering Exam
- Professional Engineer Continuing Education and Audit Committee
- A/E Subcommittee Report
♦ NCEES Information and Reports
Oklahoma 2022 NCEES Southern Zone Meeting Committee Report
♦ Board general discussion regarding professional engineering or surveying topics
♦ Consent Agenda - Application Action Items (Pursuant to OAC 245:15-3-4)
1. Request for Board ratification of the following based up approval by the Executive Director and the Board's designee in between board meetings:
a. PE Applications (including MLE PE's, PE-SE's, Re-licensure, and other qualifying PE applications)
b. CA Applications
b. Temporary License Applications
c. Engineer Intern Certifications
d. Land Surveyor Intern Certifications
e. Amended Certificate of Authorization Applications
f. Name Change Applications
2. Board consideration of applications reviewed and approved by the Executive Director and the Board's designee for initial licensure, who have now passed the PE examination and obtained all requisite experience (these applicants applied to take the PE examination prior to obtaining all requisite experience).
3. Board consideration of applications reviewed and approved by the Executive Director and the Board's designee for admission to the P.S. and/or O.L.S. examination and, when the examination(s) are successfully passed, granted initial P.L.S. licensure.
4. Board consideration of applications reviewed and approved by the Executive Director and the Board's designee for admission to the P.S. and/or O.L.S. examination and, when the examination(s) are successfully passed, granted comity P.L.S. licensure.
5. Board consideration of P.E., S.E. Designation Applications reviewed and approved by the Board's designee:
a. Board consideration of Oklahoma P.E.'s applying for the S.E. designation by way of education and experience
b. Board consideration of Oklahoma P.E.'s applying for the S.E. designation by way of examination
6. Application and Exam Report
♦ Next Board Meeting (proposed): February 17-18, 2022
♦ New Business –
Motion to adjourn.
