NAC625.530. Relations with employers and clients.

In a professional engineer’s or land surveyor’s relations with his or her employers and clients, he or she shall:

     1. Act in professional matters as a faithful agent or trustee for each employer or client.

     2. Act fairly and justly toward vendors and contractors, and not accept from vendors or contractors any commission or allowances, directly or indirectly.

     3. Inform the employer or client if he or she is financially interested in any vendor or contractor, or in any invention, machine or apparatus which is involved in a project or work of the employer or client, and not allow such an interest to affect his or her decisions regarding engineering or land surveying services which he or she may be called upon to perform.

     4. Indicate to the employer or client the adverse consequences to be expected if his or her engineering or land surveying judgment is overruled.

     5. Undertake only those engineering or land surveying assignments for which he or she is qualified and engage or advise the employer or client to engage specialists and cooperate with them whenever the employer’s or client’s interests are served best by such an arrangement.

     6. Not disclose information concerning the ethical and confidential business affairs and proprietary technical processes of any former employer or client without express consent.

     7. Not accept compensation, financial or otherwise, from more than one party for the same service, or for other services pertaining to the same work, without the consent of all interested parties.

     8. While employed, not engage in supplementary employment or consulting practice except with the consent of the employer.

     [Bd. of Reg’d Professional Eng’rs, § 625.530, eff. 8-16-78]—(NAC A 12-22-83; A by Bd. of Reg’d Professional Eng’rs & Land Surv., 7-10-92)