Board tables one reciprocity review, denies another and approves multiple licensure requests

The Connecticut Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors on Feb. 11 tabled one class-4 reciprocity reconsideration, reaffirmed a denial for another applicant who lacks a qualifying undergraduate engineering degree, and approved scores of reciprocity and exam-credit applications across engineering and land-surveying categories.

The board tabled reconsideration of Roy Karuba’s class-4 reciprocity application after reviewers found seven recorded violations spanning 1994 to 2018 and outstanding questions about where and how those violations were resolved. Rob Lewandowski, who reviewed Karuba’s file, said a summary of the citations initially attached to the application was submitted by Karuba himself only after staff follow-up. Lewandowski recommended the item be postponed “pending a receipt of additional information as to the background and resolution of the violations.” The board voted to table the item to allow staff to request official records from the relevant credentialing body and to ask the applicant for clarifying documentation.

In a separate reconsideration, the board voted to deny reciprocity for William Sandoval, restating a prior determination because Sandoval does not hold a qualifying undergraduate engineering degree. John DeWolf, a board member and former engineering professor, said “the breadth is very important,” describing why an ABET-like undergraduate curriculum provides essential exposure across subdisciplines. The motion to reaffirm the denial carried.

The board…