The Board is committed to protecting the public and setting the standard of engineering. BPEQ’s policies guide its decision making processes and expectations.

Complaints about the public official policy

The objective of this policy is to set out how the Board will deal with a complaint (also information or matter) that involves or may involve corrupt conduct of its public official as defined in the Crime and Corruption Act 2001.

Customer complaints management policy

This policy establishes the underlying principles and obligations of the Board of Professional Engineers of Queensland (“the Board”) concerning the management and resolution of complaints.

Continuing registration requirements policy

The purpose of this policy is to clarify the Board’s Continuing Registration Requirements (CRR) in accordance with Part 2, Division 4, Subdivision 1 of the Act, for engineers applying for renewal or restoration of their registration.

Verification of documents policy

The purpose of this policy is to outline the Board’s position regarding verification of documents provided in applications for registration.

Privacy policy

The Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) (IP Act) and the Queensland Privacy Principles (QPPs) set the rules for how BPEQ handles personal information.

Public interest disclosure policy

This policy establishes the underlying principles and obligations of BPEQ concerning public interest disclosures (PIDs) under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2010(PID Act).

Public interest disclosure procedure

The procedure has been developed to, promote the public interest by facilitating PIDs of wrongdoing, ensure that PIDs are properly assessed and where appropriate, properly investigated and dealt with, and ensure appropriate consideration is given to the interests of persons who are the subject of a PID (i.e. the disclosers and the subject officers) ensure protection from reprisal is afforded to the disclosers,

General registration process policy

The purpose of this policy is to clarify the Board’s Continuing Registration Requirements (CRR) in accordance with Part 2, Division 4, Subdivision 1 of the Act, for engineers applying for renewal or restoration of their registration.

Data breach policy

The purpose of this Data breach policy to is to outline:how BPEQ will respond to data breaches in accordance with the Mandatory Notification of Data Breach (MNDB) Scheme under the IP Act; andthe roles and responsibilities within BPEQ for reporting data breaches and strategies for containing, mitigating, assessing and managing eligible data breaches.