2018 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 12 - Professions and Occupations
General
Article 25 - Engineers, Surveyors, and Architects
Part 2 - Surveyors
§ 12-25-214. Qualifications for professional land surveyor - repeal
(1) (a) An applicant may qualify for licensing as a professional land surveyor by endorsement and examination if such applicant passes the required examination or examinations pertaining to Colorado law.
(b) In order to be admitted to the examination pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (1), the applicant shall be licensed in good standing in another jurisdiction requiring qualifications substantially equivalent to those currently required of applicants under this part 2 or, at the time of initial licensure in such jurisdiction, have met the requirements for licensure then in existence under Colorado law.
(c) Upon passing the examination, the applicant shall be licensed as a professional land surveyor if the applicant is otherwise qualified pursuant to section 12-25-213.
(2) (a) An applicant may qualify for licensing as a professional land surveyor by education, experience, and examination if such applicant passes the principle and practice of surveying examination and the examination pertaining to Colorado law.
(b) To be admitted to an examination pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (2), the applicant shall meet the requirements stated in at least one of the following:
(I) (A) Have graduated from a board-approved surveying curriculum of four or more years; and
(B) Have two years of progressive land surveying experience under the supervision of a professional land surveyor or an exempted federal employee defined in section 12-25-203 (1)(b); and
(C) Have been enrolled as a land surveyor-intern in this state; or
(D) Repealed.
(II) (A) Have graduated from a nonboard-approved surveying curriculum of four or more years; and
(B) Have four years of progressive land surveying experience of which at least two must be under the supervision of a professional land surveyor or an exempted federal employee as defined in section 12-25-203 (1)(b); and
(C) Have been enrolled as a land surveyor-intern in this state; or
(D) Repealed.
(III) (A) Have graduated from a board-approved two-year surveying curriculum or from a four-year engineering curriculum that included surveying course work as specified by the board by rule; and
(B) Have six years of progressive land surveying experience of which four years shall have been under the supervision of a professional land surveyor or an exempt federal employee as defined under 12-25-203 (1)(b); and
(C) Have been enrolled as a land surveyor-intern in this state; or
(IV) (A) Have obtained a bachelor's degree in a nonsurveying curriculum;
(B) Have completed surveying and other related course work, as specified by the board by rule;
(C) Have six years of progressive land surveying experience, of which four years shall have been under the supervision ofa professional land surveyor or an exempted federal employee as defined in section 12-25-203; and
(D) Have been enrolled as a land surveyor-intern in this state.
(c) Upon passing the examinations and the submission of evidence of experience satisfactory to the board, the applicant shall be licensed as a professional land surveyor if such applicant is otherwise qualified pursuant to section 12-25-213.
(3) The board may allow an applicant to substitute for one year of experience the satisfactory completion of one academic year in a curriculum approved by the board. The substitution of education for experience shall not exceed three years.
(4) (a) An applicant may qualify for licensure as a professional land surveyor by experience and examination if such applicant passes the principles and practice of land surveying examination and the examination pertaining to Colorado law.
(b) In order to be admitted to an examination pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (4), the applicant shall:
(I) Have graduated from high school or its equivalent;
(II) Have ten years of progressive land surveying experience of which at least six years must have been under the supervision of a professional land surveyor or an exempted federal employee as defined in section 12-25-203 (1)(b); and
(III) Have been enrolled as a land surveyor-intern in this state.
(c) Upon passage of the examination pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (4), the applicant shall be licensed as a professional land surveyor if such applicant is otherwise qualified pursuant to section 12-25-213.
(d) The board may allow an applicant to substitute for one year of experience the satisfactory completion of one academic year in a curriculum approved by the board. The substitution of education for experience shall not exceed three years.
(e) This subsection (4) is repealed, effective July 1, 2020.
(5) (a) A professional land surveyor who has been duly licensed to practice professional land surveying in this state and who is over sixty-five years of age, upon application, may be classified as a retired professional land surveyor. Individuals who are so classified shall lose their licensure, shall not practice professional land surveying, and shall pay a fee to retain retired professional land surveyor status.
(b)
(I) A retired professional land surveyor shall be reinstated to the status of a professional land surveyor upon payment of the renewal fee. No other fee shall be assessed against such retired professional land surveyor as a penalty.
(II) For any professional land surveyor who has been retired for two or more years, the board may require reexamination unless the board is satisfied of the retired professional land surveyor's continued competence.
(6) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2004, p. 1302, § 30, effective May 28, 2004.)
