Article 3 of the Saudi Engineering Professions Law

This article sets limits on professional accreditation itself. Obtaining accreditation does not give an engineer the right to carry out just any engineering work; he is bound by two things:

• The engineering specialization: an accredited person may not practice an engineering specialization in which he is not accredited.
• The professional grade: he may not practice a professional grade in which he is not accredited. Under Article 1, the professional grade is the one an engineer obtains from the Authority upon being professionally accredited.

In practice this means that professional accreditation is not a general license but one defined by specialization and grade. An engineer accredited in one specialization may not carry out the work of another, and one accredited at a given grade may not carry out work that requires a grade he has not obtained.

This article complements Article 2, which bars practicing any engineering profession without obtaining professional accreditation from the Authority. Article 4 then prohibits employing engineers who are not professionally accredited, subject to the rule on engineers in government bodies in paragraph 2 of Article 2.

The article does not state a penalty for this violation in its text, and it does not list the specializations or grades. Anyone who wants to know the limits of his accreditation would do well to check with the Authority or consult a lawyer who specializes in administrative cases.