2012 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 5 - Businesses and Professions
Chapter 5-8.1 - Land Surveyors
Chapter 5-8.1-4 - Board of registration for professional land surveyors – Authority, powers, and duties.

§ 5-8.1-4 Board of registration for professional land surveyors – Authority, powers, and duties. – (a) The duty of the board of land surveyors is to administer the provisions of this chapter in regards to the regulation of professional land surveying and the registration of professional land surveyors.

(b) The board of land surveyors may establish any rules and regulations for the conduct of its own proceedings, for examination of applicants, for registration of professional land surveyors and surveyors in training, for continuing education requirements, and for governing the practice of land surveying, that it deems appropriate.

(2) Upon July 12, 1990, the rules and regulations in effect prior to that date shall remain in effect until adoption of new rules and regulations.

(c) The board of professional land surveyors shall hold examinations for qualified individuals applying for registration as professional land surveyors or for certification as surveyors-in-training at least once a year.

(d) The board of land surveyors shall issue certificates of registration to individuals who have qualified to practice professional land surveying under the provisions of this chapter.

(e) The board of professional land surveyors has the power to suspend, refuse to renew, or revoke certificates of registration in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. In all disciplinary proceedings brought pursuant to this chapter, the board has the power to administer oaths, to summon witnesses and to compel the production of documents in accordance with procedures applicable in the superior court. Upon failure of any person to appear to produce documents in accordance with the board's order, the board may apply to a court of any jurisdiction to enforce compliance with the order.

(f) The board of professional land surveyors is authorized in the name of the state to apply for relief by injunction in the established manner provided in cases of civil procedure, without bond, to enforce the provisions of this chapter, or to restrain any violations of this chapter. In those proceedings, it is not necessary to allege or prove, either that an adequate remedy at law does not exist or that substantial or irreparable damage would result from the continued violation of this chapter. The members of the board are not personally liable under this proceeding.

(g) No action or other legal proceedings for damages shall be instituted against the board or against any board member or employee of the board for any act done in good faith and in the intended performance of any power granted under this chapter or for any neglect or default in the performance or exercise in good faith of that duty or power.

(h) The board is empowered to collect any fees and charges prescribed in this chapter and to apply the fees and charges to the cost of fulfilling the requirements and responsibilities of this chapter.

History of Section.
(P.L. 1990, ch. 330, § 2; P.L. 1991, ch. 304, § 4; P.L. 1992, ch. 337, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 90, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 98, § 1.)