Chapter 157
2009 -- H 5777
Enacted 07/16/09
A N A C T
RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - LAND SURVEYORS
Introduced By: Representative Robert A. Watson
Date Introduced: February 26, 2009
It is enacted by the
General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 5-8.1-9 of the General Laws in Chapter
5-8.1 entitled "Land
Surveyors" is hereby
amended to read as follows:
5-8.1-9. Board of
registration for professional land surveyors -- Application and
qualification for registration. -- (a) (1) Application for registration as a
professional land
surveyor or certification as a surveyor-in-training shall be
made, in writing, on a form prescribed
and furnished by the board of land surveyors. The
application shall:
(i)
Contain statements made under oath;
(ii) Show the
applicant's education;
(iii) Contain a
detailed summary of the applicant's technical and professional experience;
and
(iv)
Designate references as described in this section.
(2)(b)
The fee established in section 5-8.1-11 must accompany each application.
Failure
to include this fee will result in the application being
returned to the applicant without
consideration by the board.
(b)(c) To
be eligible for registration as a professional land surveyor, an applicant must
be
of good character and reputation. Additionally, the
applicant must submit five (5) references with
his or her application, three (3) of which are from
registered professional land surveyors having
personal knowledge of his or her land surveying experience. No
person seeking his or her initial
registration as a professional land surveyor shall be granted the certificate
without first
completing a surveyor-in-training program as prescribed and
approved by the board.
(c)(1)(d)
To be eligible for certification as a surveyor-in-training, an applicant must
be of
good character and reputation substantiated by an
interview with a quorum of the board of
registration and additionally must submit three (3) character
references one of which must be
from a professional land surveyor.
(2)(e)
One of the following shall be considered as minimum evidence to the board that
the applicant is qualified for registration as a
professional land surveyor or for certification as a
land-surveyor-in training, respectively:
(i)
Graduation from a four (4) year accredited program, experience and examination.
- A
graduate of a land surveying curriculum of four (4) years or
more approved by the board, as being
of satisfactory standing is admitted to an eight (8)
hour written examination in the fundamentals
of land surveying. Upon passing that examination the
applicant is granted a surveyor-in-training
certificate in this state provided the applicant is qualified.
Additionally, upon obtaining a specific
record of a minimum of three (3) years of experience, two
(2) of which shall be after graduation,
one of which may be prior to graduation, of combined
office and field experience in land
surveying that is deemed satisfactory to the board, and which
said three (3) years experience shall
have been under the supervision of a registered
professional land surveyor and which indicates to
the board that the applicant may be competent to practice
land surveying, the applicant may be
admitted to a six (6) hour written examination in the
principles and practice of a land surveying
plus an additional two (2) hour written
examination, the applicant is granted a certificate of
registration to practice land surveying in this
state, provided the applicant is qualified.
(ii) Graduation from
a four (4) year non-accredited program, experience and
examination. - A graduate of a land surveying curriculum of four
(4) years or more approved by
the board, as being of satisfactory standing is admitted
to an eight (8) hour written examination in
the fundamentals of land surveying. Upon passing that
examination the applicant is granted a
surveyor-in-training certificate in this state provided the applicant is
qualified. Additionally, upon
obtaining a specific record of a minimum of five (5) years of
experience, three (3) of which shall
be after graduation, two (2) of which may be prior to
graduation, of combined office and field
experience in land surveying that is deemed satisfactory to the
board, and which said five (5)
years experience shall have been under the supervision of a
registered professional land surveyor
and which indicates to the board that the applicant may
be competent to practice land surveying,
the applicant may be admitted to a six (6) hour written
examination in the principles and practice
of land surveying plus an additional two (2) hour
written
passing that examination, the applicant is granted a
certificate of registration to practice land
surveying in this state, provided the applicant is qualified.
(iii) Graduation
from a two (2) year accredited program experience, and examination. -
A graduate of a land surveying or related curriculum
of satisfactory standing, of two (2) years or
more approved by the board, who has obtained an associates
degree, and upon obtaining a
minimum of two (2) years experience, after graduation,
satisfactory to the board, may be admitted
to an eight (8) hour written examination in the
fundamentals of land surveying. Upon passing that
examination the applicant is granted a surveyor-in-training
certificate in this state, provided the
applicant is qualified. Upon obtaining a specific record of a
minimum of an additional five (5)
years of experience, of which three (3) years shall be post
acquisition of a (LSIT) certificate, two
(2) of which may be prior to
graduation, of combined office and field experience in land
surveying that is deemed satisfactory to the board and which
experience was under the
supervision of a registered professional land surveyor, which
indicates to the board that the
applicant may be competent to practice land surveying, the
applicant may be admitted to a six (6)
hour written examination in the principles and practice of
land surveying plus an additional two
(2) hour written
granted a certificate of registration to practice land
surveying in this state, provided the applicant
is qualified.
(iv)
Graduation from a two (2) year non-accredited program,
experience, and
examination. - A graduate of a land surveying or related
curriculum of satisfactory standing, of
two (2) years or more approved by the board, who has
obtained an associates degree, and upon
obtaining a minimum of two (2) years experience, after
graduation, satisfactory to the board, may
be admitted to an eight (8) hour written examination in
the fundamentals of land surveying. Upon
passing that examination the applicant is granted a
surveyor-in-training certificate in this state,
provided the applicant is qualified. Upon obtaining a specific
record of a minimum of an
additional six (6) years of experience, of which four (4) years
shall be post acquisition of a (LSIT)
certificate, two (2) of which may be prior to graduation, of
combined office and field experience
satisfactory to the board in land surveying, and was under the supervision
of a registered
professional land surveyor, which experience indicates to the
board that the applicant may be
competent to practice land surveying, the applicant may be
admitted to a six (6) hour written
examination in the principles and practice of land surveying plus
an additional two (2) hour
written
certificate of registration to practice land surveying in this
state, provided the applicant is
qualified.
(v) Graduation from
a two (2) year accredited or a two (2) year non-accredited program,
experience, and examination. - Any person obtaining a minimum of
five (5) years experience
under the supervision of a registered professional land
surveyor, and is satisfactory to the board,
may be admitted to an eight (8) hour written examination
in the fundamentals of land surveying.
Upon passing that examination the applicant is granted
a surveyor-in-training certificate (LSIT),
in this state provided the applicant is qualified. Upon
obtaining a specific record of a minimum of
an additional five (5) years of experience of combined
office and field experience satisfactory to
the board in land surveying, which experience was under
the supervision of a registered
professional land surveyor, and which experience indicates to the
board that the applicant may be
competent to practice land surveying, and the person is a
graduate of a land surveying or related
curriculum of satisfactory standing, of two (2) years or more approved
by the board, who has
obtained an associates degree in land surveying or related
curriculum, the applicant may be
submitted to a six (6) hour written examination in the
principles and practice of land surveying
plus an additional two (2) hour written
examination, the applicant is granted a certificate of
registration to practice land surveying in this
state, provided the applicant is qualified. This subsection
expires at midnight, December 31,
2008.
(vi)
Surveying teaching. - Teaching of advanced land surveying
subjects in a college or
university offering an approved land surveying curriculum may be
considered as land surveying
experience satisfactory to the board.
(vii) Registration
by comity or endorsement. - A person holding a current certificate of
registration to engage in the practice of land surveying on the
basis of comparable written
examination, issued to him or her by a proper authority of a
state, territory, or possession of the
United States, the
meets all appropriate requirements of this chapter, based
upon verified evidence, may, upon
application be registered, only if they have passed the two (2)
hour written
portion.
(i)
Graduation from a four (4) year survey degree program, experience and
examination.
A graduate of a four (4) year survey degree program
may be admitted to an eight (8) hour written
examination in the fundamentals of land surveying. Upon passing
that examination the applicant
is granted a surveyor-in-training certificate in this
state. After receiving the surveyor-in-training
certificate the applicant will need a specific record of a
minimum four (4) years of experience in
land surveying. This verified experience shall be under
the direct supervision of a registered
professional land surveyor, satisfactory to the board and shall be
broken down as follows. At a
minimum twenty percent (20%) shall be field experience,
twenty percent (20%) shall be research,
deed evidence, reconciliation, etc. and twenty percent
(20%) shall be property line calculations
and determination. Once the experience has been deemed
satisfactory to the board, the applicant
may be admitted to a six (6) hour written examination in
the principles and practice of land
surveying plus an additional two (2) hour written
examination, the applicant is granted a certificate of
registration to practice land surveying in this
state, provided the applicant is qualified.
(ii) Graduation from
a four (4) year degree program, experience and examination. A
graduate of a four (4) year degree program who has also
fulfilled the four (4) year core
curriculum (see paragraph (iii) below) may be admitted to an
eight (8) hour written examination
in the fundamentals of land surveying. Upon passing that
examination the applicant is granted a
surveyor-in-training certificate in this state. After receiving the
surveyor-in-training certificate the
applicant will need a specific record of a minimum five (5)
years of experience in land surveying.
This verified experience shall be under the direct
supervision of a registered professional land
surveyor, satisfactory to the board and shall be broken down
as follows: At a minimum twenty
percent (20%) shall be field experience; twenty percent (20%)
shall be research, deed evidence,
reconciliation, etc. and twenty percent (20%) shall be property line
calculations and
determination. Once the experience has been deemed satisfactory to
the board, the applicant may
be admitted to a six (6) hour written examination in the
principles and practice of land surveying
plus an additional two (2) hour written
examination, the applicant is granted a certificate of
registration to practice land surveying in this
state, provided the applicant is qualified.
(iii)
Four (4) year core curriculum. An applicant with a four (4) year degree as described
in paragraph (ii) above may need to take additional
courses to fulfill, at a minimum, the following
core curriculum. For the following list of classes any
equivalent class may be taken and any
survey related course may be substituted upon approval of
the board:
(A) Surveying I (3
credit hours), Surveying II (3 credit hours).
(B) GPS &
Geodetic control (3 credit hours).
(C) Photogrammetry and remote sensing (3 credit hours).
(D) Boundary
adjustment computations (3 credit hours).
(E) Land
development/planning (3 credit hours).
(F) Geographic/land
information systems (3 credit hours).
(G) Physics I with lab (4 credit hours).
(H) Calculus I (4
credit hours), Calculus II (4 credit hours).
(I)
Statistical analysis (3 credit hours).
(J) Law (12 credit
hours): boundary law, law of contracts, law of property, estates &
trusts, professional ethics.
(K) Business (9
credit hours): Quantitative business analysis I, business administration,
small business management, micro economics.
(L) Science (9 credit
hours): geology, astronomy, soils, dendrology, chemistry, biology,
ecology.
(M) Computer usage
(12 credit hours): introduction to computers, computer science,
computer programming, AutoCAD basics, AutoCAD advanced.
(N) English
composition (3 credit hours).
(O) Advanced
communication (6 credit hours): technical writing, creative writing or
speech.
(iv)
Graduation from a two (2) year survey degree program, experience,
and examination.
A graduate of a two (2) year survey degree program may
be admitted to an eight (8) hour written
examination in the fundamentals of land surveying. Upon passing
that examination the applicant
is granted a surveyor-in-training certificate in this
state. After receiving the surveyor-in-training
certificate the applicant will need a specific record of a
minimum six (6) years of verified
experience in land surveying. (Four (4) of the years of
experience shall be after receiving a
surveyor-in-training certificate). All six (6) years of experience shall
be under the direct
supervision of a registered professional land surveyor,
satisfactory to the board and shall be
broken down as follows: At a minimum twenty percent (20%)
shall be field experience, twenty
percent (20%) shall be research, deed evidence,
reconciliation, etc. and twenty percent (20%)
shall be property line calculations and determination. Once
the experience has been deemed
satisfactory to the board, the applicant may be admitted to a six
(6) hour written examination in
the principles and practice of land surveying plus an
additional two (2) hour written
legal portion. Upon passing that examination, the applicant
is granted a certificate of registration
to practice land surveying in this state, provided the
applicant is qualified.
(v) Graduation from a
two (2) year degree program, experience, and examination. A
graduate of a two (2) year degree program who has also
fulfilled the two (2) year core curriculum
(see paragraph (vi) below)
may be admitted to an eight (8) hour written examination in the
fundamentals of land surveying. Upon passing that examination the
applicant is granted a
surveyor-in-training certificate in this state. After receiving the
surveyor-in-training certificate the
applicant will need a specific record of a minimum seven (7) years
of verified experience in land
surveying. (Four (4) of the years of experience shall be after
receiving a surveyor-in-training
certificate). All seven (7) years of experience shall be under
the direct supervision of a registered
professional land surveyor, satisfactory to the board and shall be
broken down as follows: At a
minimum twenty percent (20%) shall be field experience;
twenty percent (20%) shall be research,
deed evidence, reconciliation, etc. and twenty percent
(20%) shall be property line calculations
and determination. Once the experience has been deemed
satisfactory to the board, the applicant
may be admitted to a six (6) hour written examination in
the principles and practice of land
surveying plus an additional two (2) hour written
examination, the applicant is granted a certificate of registration
to practice land surveying in this
state, provided the applicant is qualified.
(vi)
Two (2) year core curriculum. An applicant with a two (2) year degree as
described
in paragraph (v) above may need to take additional
courses to fulfill, at a minimum, the following
core curriculum. For the following list of classes any
equivalent class may be taken and any
survey related course may be substituted upon approval of
the board:
(A) Surveying I (3
credit hours), Surveying II (3 credit hours).
(B) Mathematics (12
credit hours): advanced algebra, analytical trigonometry, analytical
geometry, spherical trigonometry, statistical analysis or
quantitative business analysis I,
Analytical trigonometry and analytical geometry are
mandatory classes to fulfill the (12 credit
hours).
(C) Business and law
(6 credit hours): legal principles, business administration, law of
contracts, law of property, estates & trusts, professional
ethics.
(D) Science (6 credit
hours): physics, geology, astronomy, soils, dendrology, chemistry,
biology, ecology.
(E) Computer usage (6
credit hours): introduction to computers, computer science,
computer programming, AutoCAD basics, AutoCAD advanced.
(F) English
composition (3 credit hours).
(G) Advanced
communication (6 credit hours): technical writing, creative writing or
speech.
(vii) Graduation from
a two (2) year program, experience and examination, Any
person
obtaining a minimum of five (5) years experience under the
supervision of a registered
professional land surveyor, and is satisfactory to the board, may
be admitted to an eight (8) hour
written examination in the fundamentals of land surveying.
Upon passing that examination the
applicant is granted a surveyor-in-training certificate (LSIT),
in this state provided the applicant is
qualified. Upon obtaining a specific record of a minimum of an
additional five (5) years of
experience of combined office and field experience satisfactory
to the board in land surveying,
which experience was under the direct supervision of a
registered professional land surveyor, and
which experience indicates to the board that the applicant
may be competent to practice land
surveying, and the person is a graduate of a land surveying or
related curriculum of satisfactory
standing, of two (2) years or more approved by the board, who
has obtained an associates degree
in land surveying or related curriculum, the applicant
may be submitted to a six (6) hour written
examination in the principles and practice of land surveying plus
an additional two (2) hour
written
certificate of registration to practice land surveying in this
state, provided the applicant is
qualified. This subsection expires at midnight, December 31,
2009.
(viii) In certain
instances in which an applicant presents an experience of unusually high
quality, the board, at its complete discretion, may allow an
applicant, having acquired six (6)
verified years of active office and field experience in land
surveying, which experience has been
under the direct supervision of a professional land
surveyor, to be admitted to an eight (8) hour
written examination in the fundamentals of land surveying.
Upon passing those examinations, the
applicant is granted a surveyor-in-training certificate in the
state. This subsection does not exempt
the applicant from the required degree or the experience
after obtaining the surveyor-in-training
certificate (LSIT).
(ix) Surveying
teaching. Teaching of advanced land surveying subjects in a college or
university offering an approved land surveying curriculum may be
considered as land surveying
experience satisfactory to the board.
(x) Registration by
comity or endorsement. A person holding a current certificate of
registration to engage in the practice of land surveying issued to
him or her by a proper authority
of a state, territory, or possession of the
the time they were licensed, met the existing
applicants applying under this section must have passed the
written examinations in the
fundamentals of land surveying and the principles and practice of
land surveying. If, based upon
verified evidence and the opinion of the board, the applicant
meets all appropriate requirements
of this section, the applicant will be allowed to take
the two (2) hour written
portion. Upon passing this examination the applicant shall be
granted a certificate of registration
to practice land surveying in this state, provided the
applicant is qualified.
(d)(1)(f)
The passing grade on all examinations offered by the land surveyors is not less
than seventy percent (70%). An applicant failing any
examination may apply for re-examination
upon payment of the appropriate fees. An applicant who
scores less than fifty percent (50%) on
any examination may not apply for re-examination for at
least one year.
(2)(g) An
applicant who fails any of the exams three (3) times shall be interviewed by
the board, before any further application can be acted
upon. It is the applicant's responsibility to
show the board that he or she will be successful if
allowed to take the exam again. If in the
board's opinion the applicant can not satisfactorily
demonstrate that he or she is qualified to re-
take the exam, the board may require that the applicant
acquire additional knowledge, education,
and or experience, satisfactory to the board before the
applicant may sit for another exam.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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