Re: pls refer to me by my new title

From: <Christopher>
Date: Fri Mar 12 2004 - 00:54:00 EST

>Note that this law was written BY lawyers (no doubt at great expense)
>purpurtedly for lawyers, with exactly the same wording
>and practice restrictions as for every other profession inlcuding the same
>wording as protects the title Lawyer, and doctor and dentist.
>The wording covering many other professions is actually much weaker. Can we
>sue the lawyers failing to write an adequate law that they themselves have
>undermined..

I can't say how things are done in Alberta. The Missesota and Florida law has teeth. Check the websites of either the Minnesota Board or the Florida board--probably the other states too--and you'll see a long list of dfisciplinary actions. The state laws say nothing about 'protected' titles. They have lots to say about professional conduct. And the usual case is that the engineering registration laws are taken from a so-called 'model' law which is modified accodriding to local requirements. California for example is touchy about structural engineering since earthquakes are so common. Arizona's law exempts the mining industry from the law, presumably because mining is such a safe business, besides having a lot of clout in Arizona.

>balls in your court Chris.

Is the foregoing what I was supposed to say?

Christopher Wright P.E. |"They couldn't hit an elephant at <a href="/group/PipingDesign/post?postID=RxdRt6tyI10OytaBSfi5mINqHmraOmQLS4GobKWcy3lhFG5Hkk-omrrw9JDRHthmKveXPFVuAKZH9Rg">chrisw@skypoint.com</a> | this distance" (last words of Gen.

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