Formed in 1919 the Oregon State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying (OSBEELS) participated in a program created in 1997 through Senate Bill 546. The program’s objective was to access the cost efficiency and practicality of modifying certain professional licensing Boards to a service delivery model called “semi-independent” status. The pilot program since then has become permanent through Senate Bill 1127 in 1999.