1. Fraud or deceit. The practice of any fraud or deceit in obtaining a certificate of registration license as professional engineer or a certificate as an engineer-intern;

2. Negligence or misconduct. Any gross negligence, incompetency or misconduct in the practice of professional engineering as a registered licensed professional engineer or as an engineer-intern; or

3. Violations. Violating any provision of this chapter or any rule of the board.

Any person may register a complaint of fraud, deceit, gross negligence, incompetency or misconduct against any registered licensed professional engineer or any engineer-intern. These complaints must be in writing, signed by the individual making the complaint and filed with the board.

The board, for reasons it may determine sufficient, may reissue a certificate of registration as license to a professional engineer or as a certificate to an engineer-intern to any person whose license or certificate has been revoked, provided that 4 or more members of the board vote in favor of that reissuance. A new certificate of registration license as a professional engineer or certificate as an engineer-intern, to replace any license or certificate revoked, lost, destroyed or mutilated, may be issued, subject to the rules of the board and a charge established by the board.

Sec. 25. 32 MRSA §1357, as amended by PL 1999, c. 186, §10, is further amended to read:

§1357. Expiration and renewals

Certificates of registration Licenses expire on the last day of December of odd-numbered years following their issuance or renewal and become invalid on that date unless renewed. The board shall notify every person registered licensed under this chapter of the date of the expiration of that person's certificate license and the amount of the fee that is required for its renewal for a 2-year period, except when the applicant has become registered licensed during the first year of the 2- year period, then the renewal fee is for the remaining one year of that 2-year period. The notice must be mailed at least one month in advance of the date of the expiration of the certificate