21-56.0901. OFFICES

(a) Professional Engineering Services. Every firm, partnership, corporation or limited liability company which performs or offers to perform engineering services in the State of North Carolina shall have a resident Professional Engineer in responsible charge in each separate office in which professional engineering services are performed or offered to be performed.

(b) Land Surveying Services. Every firm, partnership, corporation or limited liability company which performs or offers to perform land surveying services in the State of North Carolina shall have a resident Professional Land Surveyor in responsible charge in each separate office in which land surveying services are performed or offered to be performed.

(c) Resident. A resident Professional Engineer or Professional Land Surveyor as used in this Rule, means a licensee who spends a majority of the licensee's normal working time in said place of business. Such time shall not be less than a majority of the operating hours of the business. A Professional Engineer or Professional Land Surveyor can be the resident licensee at only one place of business at one time.

(d) No firm, partnership, corporation or limited liability company shall practice, or offer to practice, or market either land surveying or engineering unless there is a registered resident for that service in responsible charge at that said place of business. Advertisements, signs, letterheads, business cards, directories, or any other form of representation shall avoid any reference to any service that cannot be provided under the responsible charge of a properly qualified resident professional.