Definitions:

• Licensing - a mandatory process administered by a governmental authority.
• Certification - is a voluntary process administered by a profession.

Common Licensure Procedures

• Professional Engineer
• Medical Licensing
• North Carolina Driver License

Reasons for Licensure

• Get Licensed/Get Ahead National Society of Professional Engineers
• Why Should You Get Licensed? National Society of Professional Engineers
• Licensure, Certification, and Accreditation of Nurses Barbara Stevens Barnum, RN, PhD, FAAN
• Physician Licensure and the Quality of Care Paul B. Ginsburg and Ernest Moy
• CSEP: Is Certification for You? - IEEE Computer Society
• Taking a Proactive Approach to Software Engineering - Roger Zimmerman, Engineering Times

Articles About Licensure of Software Engineers

• Issues in Licensing and Certification of Software Engineers Nancy Mead, Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute
• Licensing of software engineers debated - Bob Bellinger, EE Times
• IEEE/ACM Joint Steering Committee created to establish software engineering as a profession.
• ACM: Position on the Licensing of Software Engineers
• FAQs - Getting Certified in Electrical Engineering Sharon Strock, IEEE
• IEEE-USA Position On Use of the Title "Engineer" - IEEE-USA
• What Does the P.E. License Really Do For Engineers? - IEEE-USA
• Linux Professional Certification - LPI