| (a) Engineers shall be entrusted to protect the health,
safety, property, and welfare of the public in the practice of their
profession. The public as used in this section and other rules is
defined as any individual(s), client(s), business or public entities,
or any member of the general population whose normal course of life
might reasonably include an interaction of any sort with the engineering
work of the license holder.
(b) Engineers shall not perform any engineering function
which, when measured by generally accepted engineering standards or
procedures, is reasonably likely to result in the endangerment of
lives, health, safety, property, or welfare of the public. Any act
or conduct which constitutes incompetence or gross negligence, or
a criminal violation of law, constitutes misconduct and shall be censurable
by the board.
(c) Engineers shall first notify involved parties of
any engineering decisions or practices that might endanger the health,
safety, property or welfare of the public. When, in an engineer's
judgment, any risk to the public remains unresolved, that engineer
shall report any fraud, gross negligence, incompetence, misconduct,
unethical or illegal conduct to the board or to proper civil or criminal
authorities.
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