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Part B, Engineering Law and Professional Liability

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Description
Legal concepts and basics relevant to professional engineers including: the basic
structure of the Canadian legal system, basics of business organizations; application
of tort law principles in determining liability for negligence; limitation periods; essential
elements and principles of contract law including grounds upon which a contract may
be impeached; tendering issues, interpretation, discharge and breach of contracts;
contracts limiting liability; engineering and other specific types of contracts; the
Professional Engineers Act regulatory aspects; construction lien legislation;
Competition Act issues of relevance to engineers; industrial property protection;
employment laws; Human Rights Code Prohibitions against Discrimination and Sexual
Harassment

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Last Updated: 2006-5-8

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The Professional Practice Examination (PPE), -ttttt(基金); 2006-5-8 {143} (#424@38)
The Professional Practice Examination (PPE), is a three-hour, closed-book exam on ethics, professional practice, engineering law and liability.

PART A Professional Practice and Ethics -ttttt(基金); 2006-5-8 {704} (#425@38)
Description
Definitions and interpretations of professional status; obligations that accompany the
privileges of professional status; unregulated, state regulated, and self regulated
practice; powers of the PEO in the self regulated profession of engineering in Ontario;
reserved practice and reserved titles; disciplinary consequences of violation of the
Regulations including the Code of Ethics, as distinct from the legal liability; the
independent practitioner and the employee engineer acting as a representative or
agent; supervision of unregistered persons by a professional engineer; responsibilities
of holders of Limited Licences; ethical considerations related to standards of practice
Part B, Engineering Law and Professional Liability -ttttt(基金); 2006-5-8 {788} (#426@38)
Description
Legal concepts and basics relevant to professional engineers including: the basic
structure of the Canadian legal system, basics of business organizations; application
of tort law principles in determining liability for negligence; limitation periods; essential
elements and principles of contract law including grounds upon which a contract may
be impeached; tendering issues, interpretation, discharge and breach of contracts;
contracts limiting liability; engineering and other specific types of contracts; the
Professional Engineers Act regulatory aspects; construction lien legislation;
Competition Act issues of relevance to engineers; industrial property protection;
employment laws; Human Rights Code Prohibitions against Discrimination and Sexual
Harassment
Suggested texts: -ttttt(基金); 2006-5-8 {645} (#428@38)
Part A (Ethics):

Gordon C. Andrews: “Canadian Professional Engineering and Geoscience: Practice and Ethics” Nelson Thomson Learning ISBN: 0176415947 Tel :(416) 752-9531 or 1-800-268-2222 Fax:(416) 752-8101 or 1-800-430-4445
(http://www.nelson.com)

Part B (Law):

D.L. Marston, Law for Professional Engineers, 3rd Edition, 1996, (McGraw-Hill, 905-428-2222) ISBN: 007552628-X
Tel: 1-800-463-5885 (from outside Toronto): 1-800-565-5758 Fax: (905) 430-5203 (from outside Toronto): http://www.mcgrawhill.ca

Textbooks can be ordered from your local bookstore or university bookstore. PEO does not sell or handle textbook transactions.

Part B, Engineering Law and Professional Liability

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