חוק המהנדסים והאדריכלים (תיקון מס' 9), התשע"ח-2018Engineers and Architects Law (Amendment No. 9), 2018 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

The law was passed in its second and third readings on 5 March 2018, and it amends the Engineers and Architects Law, 1958, in several main areas: • Cancellation of the automatic registration granted to Technion graduates and establishment of an identical arrangement for graduates of all architecture study institutions recognized by the Council for Higher Education who wish to register in the Register of Engineers and Architects. Eligibility to register in the Register as stated will apply to anyone holding at least a bachelor's degree in one of the branches of architecture or landscape architecture. • Authorizing the Registrar of Engineers and Architects at the Ministry of Labor, Welfare and Social Services to manage the Register of Engineers and Architects in a manner that will allow registration in the Register also by sub-specialty and not only by branch, so that the Minister of Labor, Welfare and Social Services (hereinafter - the Minister of Labor) will be authorized to grant an engineer's or architect's license specifying the branch or sub-specialty of engineering or architecture. • Replacing the term "work period" required for obtaining a license with "internship period," and recognizing an internship period that took place before the completion of studies, in accordance with the model set forth in the law. • Adding a provision stating that a change in the conditions for granting a license in Regulations will not apply to students who have begun their internship. If such a change in conditions also includes an extension of the internship period, this extension will not apply to someone who has begun their studies, provided they complete their studies within 6 years. • Exemption from the annual fee in the year in which a licensed engineer or licensed architect first received their license after the month of June. • Authorizing the Minister of Labor to grant a temporary license for one year, with the possibility of an extension for an additional year, to an engineer or architect from a foreign country (hereinafter - foreign expert) for the purpose of planning a project costing more than $500 million. The temporary license for the foreign expert will be granted if several cumulative conditions are met: he is registered in the Register of Engineers and Architects; he is permitted to plan or execute in the foreign country the project for whose planning he was invited; he is recognized as an expert and well-known in his field and has executed or planned a project similar to the one for whose planning or execution he was invited to Israel. Alongside the foreign expert, a licensed engineer or licensed architect, as the case may be, will act to accompany the foreign expert with regard to his compliance with Israeli law (hereinafter - the escort). If the foreign expert's signature is required on an approval of a plan under Israeli law, the escort will sign alongside the foreign expert's signature. However, the escort's said signature shall not infringe upon the foreign expert's rights under the Copyright Law, 2007, to the extent he has such rights.

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