Engineering Professions Practice Law

Purpose and scope

• Regulates the engineering professions and requires professional accreditation from the authority (Article 2).

Key rules, rights and obligations

• No engineering profession may be practised without accreditation; holding a government engineering post counts as permission within its scope (Article 2).
• An accredited engineer may not practise a speciality or grade they are not accredited for (Article 3).
• Employing engineers without professional accreditation is prohibited (Article 4).
• Applications go to the competent committee, and accreditation follows verification of qualifications (Article 7).

Violations, penalties and common problems

• A fine of up to one million riyals for practising without accreditation, during suspension or after removal; for firms practising without a licence; and for knowingly employing an unaccredited practitioner (Article 11).
• A committee formed by the minister hears other violations and may impose a reprimand, a warning, suspension of up to six months, a fine of up to one hundred thousand riyals, removal from the register or licence cancellation (Article 12).

Procedures and key deadlines

• It is wise to check that an engineer's accreditation is current before contracting with or hiring them, to avoid the fine.
• The implementing regulation details accreditation and challenges to committee decisions (Article 16).

An advisory summary prepared by Al-Bayan Al-Wadih Law Firm. It is not an official text and does not replace the law, its implementing regulations, or advice from a specialised lawyer. The official published text and its amendments prevail.