This is not going to end well…

https://ij.org/press-release/oregon-engineer-wins-traffic-li...

https://ij.org/client/steve-cooksey/

Most licensure boards seem to be just industry protection rackets. The Institute for Justice has a great track record of suing North Carolina and winning. I surmise that will be the outcome here

This is not that unreasonable. I get the idea that we shouldn't make expertise artificially scarce. I think that's why the industrial exemption they mention exists. If people are practicing engineering in internal facing roles, the org structure should be the first defence against lack of qualifications. But controlling who can represent themselves as an expert to the public is a bit different. It's the same with doctors, lawyers, accountants, etc. You could argue in this case that the court could have judged the credibility of the person based on his qualifications etc, but there is still merit in outsourcing that judgement to a licensing board that is on a position to make an informed judgement. It's not perfect, but it's still preferable to "oh yeah, I worked at Dupont for years, i know all about hydraulics, here's my opinion"