Colorado § 12-120-203 - Exemptions.
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§ 12-120-203. Exemptions.
(1) Nothing in this part 2 requires licensure as a professional engineer for the following:
(a) Individuals who normally operate and maintain machinery or equipment;
(b) Individuals who perform engineering services for themselves;
(c) Partnerships, professional associations, joint stock companies, limited liability companies, or corporations, or the employees of any such organizations, who perform engineering services for themselves or their affiliates;
(d) Individuals who perform engineering services under the responsible charge of a professional engineer;
(e) Work of a strictly agricultural nature that is not required to be of public record;
(f) Professional land surveying as defined in section 12-120-302 (5);
(g) Individuals who are employed by and perform engineering services solely for a county, city and county, or municipality;
(h) Individuals who are employed by and perform engineering services solely for the federal government;
(i) Individuals who practice architecture as defined in section 12-120-402 (5);
(j) Utilities or their employees or contractors when performing services for another utility during times of natural disasters or emergency situations; or
(k) Individuals who practice landscape architecture as defined in section 12-130-104 (6).
Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 877, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2024: IP(1) amended, (HB 24-1329), ch. 342, p. 2312, § 4, effective August 7.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-25-103 as it existed prior to 2019.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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