Law and Ethics Seminar Material

Updated April 2014

The following material can be found on the APEGS Web site, www.apegs.ca, under Registration,
Professional Practice Exam.

Material that will be provided in hard copy at the seminar as well as posted to the APEGS
Web site:
1. The Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act
2. Regulatory Bylaws
3. Administrative Bylaws
4. Professionalism and Professional Regulation presentation
5. Canadian Law presentation
6. Continuing Professional Excellence presentation
7. Principles of Professional Practice Exam presentation
8. Ethics presentation
9. Investigation and Discipline presentation
10. Prohibition presentation
11. APEGS Good Character Guideline
12. APEGS Use of Seals
13. Continuing Professional Excellence (CPE) Members Guidelines 2013.

There is also some other material that will be provided at the seminar that will not be posted to
the Professional Practice Exam Web page.

Material that will NOT be provided in hard copy at the Law and Ethics Seminar but is
available for download from the APEGS Web site:
1. A Guide to Copyrights
2. A Guide to Industrial Design
3. A Guide to Integrated Circuit Topographies
4. A Guide to Patents
5. A Guide to Trade Marks
6. Energy Conservation is an Ethic
7. Environmental Guidelines for Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan
8. Engineers Canada Guideline on the Professional Engineering Practice in Canada
9. Engineers Canada Guideline on the Professional Practice Examination
10. Gilbane Gold Possible complaints to APEGS for investigation and enforcement
11. The Fable of the Consulting Engineer

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Other Resources (only the information found in point 3 below is potential material for the
Professional Practice Exam):
1. List of all provincial statutes and regulations for Saskatchewan can be found on the
following Web page:
http://www.qp.gov.sk.ca/index.cfm?fuseaction=publications.actreg&id=2
2. List of consolidated federal statutes and regulations for Canada can be found on the
following Web page:
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/index.html
3. Description of the Canadian justice system:
http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/dept-min/pub/just/index.html
4. Environmental regulations simplified list of some federal and provincial environmental
laws and regulations. This is not a complete listing, especially for provincial jurisdictions.
The federal level service is free and there is a fee for provincial level:
http://www.nimonikapp.ca/

NOTE: There may also be municipal and native law applicable to your projects that you should
be aware of.

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