Maryland Engineering Industry Licensing

File an application online then email a managing agent certification form to dloplperfirm-labor@maryland.gov.

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Immediately upon registration with licensure information, via online.

• Foreign qualify if an out-of-state entity.
• Capture a screenshot of your good standing with the SDAT (corporate registrar). A certificate of good standing is not required.
• Entity names require board approval if an assumed name is used.
• Officers and directors need not be licensed, but the corporation must appoint a Maryland-licensed engineer, who is a full-time employee, to be responsible for all engineering activities undertaken by the firm.
• Obtain Worker's Compensation number or confirmation of exemption
• Collect information for the qualifying party. Name, Social Security number, and license number of the full-time employee, to be responsible for all engineering activities undertaken by the firm.
• Complete the Managing Agent/Responsible Charge Certification Form.

Domestic Applicants:

1. File entity formation documents with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT).
2. Obtain proof of the good standing of your business entity by searching for your entity and taking a screenshot of the View Business Details page (to be submitted with the licensee certification in step 4).
3. Complete the online Firm Permit application with the Board for Professional Engineers.
4. Email a completed Responsible Member Certification Form to dloplperfirm-labor@maryland.gov.

Foreign Applicants:

1. File foreign qualification documents with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT).
2. Obtain proof of the good standing of your Maryland entity by searching for your entity and taking a screenshot of the View Business Details page (to be submitted with the licensee certification in step 4).
3. Complete the online Firm Permit application with the Board for Professional Engineers.
4. Email a completed Responsible Member Certification Form to dloplperfirm-labor@maryland.gov.

• All firms, except a partnership, must provide evidence of the business' good standing status with the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT). Evidence may be provided by printing a results screen from SDAT's Maryland Business Express database. Once the business entity is located through the search, click on the "View Business Details" link. Print that window, and send it to the Board with the certification in step 3.

Online

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Renewal notices are sent approximately 60 days before the expiration of the permit.

Firm Name Change or Managing Agent Change Form and Affidavit of the Managing Agent

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Within 60 days of the effective date of the change.

File an application online then email a managing agent certification form to dlopllandsurveyors-dllr@maryland.gov.

$135 (of which $35 is non-refundable application fee)

Effective October 1, 2015, however, a corporation, limited liability company, or partnership that operates a business through which engineering is practiced shall be required to hold a permit issued by the Maryland Board for Professional Engineers. This is a new requirement, as formerly there was no separate licensing scheme for the practice of engineering through a business entity.

• All firms, except a partnership, must provide evidence of the business' good standing status with the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT). Evidence may be provided by printing a results screen from SDAT's Maryland Business Express database. Once the business entity is located through the search, click on the "View Business Details" link. Print that window, and send it to the Board with the certification in step 3.

Online

$100

Biennially by the registration date.

Renewal notices are sent approximately 60 days before the expiration of the permit.

• Firms are required to submit their SDAT good standing status upon renewal