2012 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 32: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 121: PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYORS
32 §13905. Requirements for licensing

§13905. Requirements for licensing

1. Land surveyor-in-training licensing. An applicant for licensing as a land surveyor-in-training shall file a written application on forms provided by the board, showing to the satisfaction of the board that the applicant meets the following requirements.

A. A college graduate with a baccalaureate degree, which includes a minimum surveying core curriculum approved by the board, who has passed a written examination in the fundamentals of land surveying must be licensed as a land surveyor-in-training, if the applicant is otherwise qualified. [1991, c. 509, §40 (AMD).]

B. A college graduate with an associate degree, which includes a minimum surveying core curriculum approved by the board, who has had 2 years of surveying experience acceptable to the board and has passed a written examination in the fundamentals of land surveying must be licensed as a land surveyor-in-training, if the applicant is otherwise qualified. [1991, c. 509, §40 (AMD).]

C. A person who has completed a minimum surveying core curriculum approved by the board, has had 6 years of surveying experience acceptable to the board, and has passed a written examination in the fundamentals of land surveying must be licensed as a land surveyor-in-training, if the applicant is otherwise qualified. [1991, c. 509, §40 (AMD).]

D. A person who has had 7 years of surveying experience acceptable to the board and has passed a written examination in the fundamentals of land surveying must be licensed as a land surveyor-in-training, if the applicant is otherwise qualified. [1991, c. 509, §40 (AMD).]

E. A person holding a license as a surveyor-in-training issued on comparable qualifications from a state, territory or possession of the United States with experience satisfactory to the board must be given comity consideration. The applicant may be required to take examinations as the board determines necessary to determine the applicant's qualifications. [1991, c. 509, §40 (AMD).]

F. [2007, c. 402, Pt. FF, §7 (RP).]

G. [2007, c. 402, Pt. FF, §8 (RP).]

[ 2007, c. 402, Pt. FF, §§7, 8 (AMD) .]

2. Professional land surveyor's licensing. An applicant for licensing as a professional land surveyor shall file a written application on forms provided by the board, showing to the satisfaction of the board that the applicant meets the following requirements.

A. A land surveyor-in-training with a specific record of 2 additional years of progressive combined office and field experience, or if licensed before February 1, 1990, a total of 7 years of surveying experience either before or after licensure as a land surveyor-in-training, satisfactory to the board under the responsible charge of a professional land surveyor must be admitted to a written examination in the principles and practice of land surveying. Upon passing the examination, the applicant must be granted a license to practice land surveying in this State if the applicant is otherwise qualified. [1993, c. 307, §1 (AMD).]

B. A person holding a license as a professional land surveyor issued on comparable qualifications from a state, territory or possession of the United States with experience satisfactory to the board shall be given comity consideration. The applicant may be required to take examinations as the board determines necessary to determine the applicant's qualifications. [1989, c. 346, §3 (NEW).]

C. [2007, c. 402, Pt. FF, §9 (RP).]

D. [2007, c. 402, Pt. FF, §10 (RP).]

[ 2007, c. 402, Pt. FF, §§9, 10 (AMD) .]

SECTION HISTORY

1989, c. 346, §3 (NEW). 1991, c. 509, §§40,41 (AMD). 1993, c. 307, §1 (AMD). 2007, c. 402, Pt. FF, §§7-10 (AMD).