IC 4-15-3
    Chapter 3. Merit System for Registered Professional EngineersEmployed by the State

IC 4-15-3-1
Creation of merit system
    Sec. 1. For the purpose of carrying into effect the terms of thischapter and insuring to the state and public a competent and efficientengineering service in all departments, commissions, bureaus,boards, and divisions of the state of Indiana, there is created andoperated a merit system for registered professional engineers of saiddepartments, commissions, bureaus, boards, and divisions.
(Formerly: Acts 1941, c.177, s.1; Acts 1945, c.147, s.1.) As amendedby P.L.5-1984, SEC.73.

IC 4-15-3-2
Appointments and promotions
    Sec. 2. Appointments to, and promotions in engineering positionsin the engineering service of any department, commission, bureau,board or division of the state of Indiana shall be made only accordingto merit and fitness. No person in the engineering service of anydepartment, commission, bureau, board or division of the state ofIndiana or seeking admission thereto, shall be appointed, promoted,or in any way favored or discriminated against because of his race,religion, color, sex, national origin or ancestry.
(Formerly: Acts 1941, c.177, s.2; Acts 1945, c.147, s.2; Acts 1975,P.L.27, SEC.1.)

IC 4-15-3-3
Rules and regulations
    Sec. 3. Each department, commission, bureau, board, or divisionof the state of Indiana in which there is an engineering service, asdefined in this chapter, shall be empowered to prepare andpromulgate such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the termsof this chapter as it may deem proper to govern the application of thischapter to its engineering service. Such rules and regulations shallgovern the requirements of said department, commission, bureau,board, or division with respect to qualification, classification, salaryschedules, appointments, promotions, and transfers, and such rulesand regulations shall contain therein no reference, direct orotherwise, to the political, religious, racial, or fraternal affiliations ofsuch employees or prospective employees.
(Formerly: Acts 1941, c.177, s.3; Acts 1945, c.147, s.3.) As amendedby P.L.5-1984, SEC.74.

IC 4-15-3-4
Notice of rules and regulations
    Sec. 4. Each employee within the scope of these rules andregulations shall be governed thereby, and shall be promptly notifiedin writing by the department, commission, bureau, board, or division

by which he is employed when any final action or decision is takenchanging his employment status or rating. Provided, however, that noprovision of this chapter, or any section thereof, shall be applicableto the chief or head engineer of any board, bureau, commission,division, or department.
(Formerly: Acts 1941, c.177, s.4; Acts 1945, c.147, s.4.) As amendedby P.L.5-1984, SEC.75.

IC 4-15-3-5
Classification and remuneration
    Sec. 5. The provisions of this chapter shall govern thequalification, classification, and remuneration of all registeredprofessional engineers in the engineering service of all departments,commissions, bureaus, boards, and divisions of the state of Indiana.As soon as possible, and in any event not later than August 7, 1941,each department, commission, bureau, board, or division shall causeto be prepared the rules and regulations authorized in this chapter byit to be made.
(Formerly: Acts 1941, c.177, s.6; Acts 1945, c.147, s.5.) As amendedby P.L.5-1984, SEC.76.

IC 4-15-3-6
Definitions
    Sec. 6. (a) "Department, commission, bureau, board, or division",as used in this chapter, means any department, commission, bureau,board, or division of the state of Indiana in which one (1) or moreengineers are employed, excepting the penal, charitable, correctional,and benevolent institutions of the state, and officers, teachers, andemployees of the state educational institutions.
    (b) "Engineering service", as used in this chapter, means theengineering service of a department, commission, bureau, board, ordivision of the state of Indiana. The term includes all professionalengineers.
(Formerly: Acts 1941, c.177, s.7; Acts 1945, c.147, s.6.) As amendedby P.L.5-1984, SEC.77; P.L.23-1991, SEC.1; P.L.2-2007, SEC.43.