(1) A person desiring to be licensed as a surveyor and mapper shall apply to the department for licensure.
(2) An applicant shall be entitled to take the licensure examination to practice in this state as a surveyor and mapper if the applicant is of good moral character and has satisfied one of the following requirements:
(a) The applicant has received a bachelor’s degree, its equivalent, or higher in surveying and mapping or a similarly titled program, including, but not limited to, geomatics, geomatics engineering, and land surveying, from a college or university recognized by the board and has a specific experience record of 4 or more years as a subordinate to a professional surveyor and mapper in the active practice of surveying and mapping, which experience is of a nature indicating that the applicant was in responsible charge of the accuracy and correctness of the surveying and mapping work performed. Work experience acquired as a part of the education requirement may not be construed as experience in responsible charge.
(b) The applicant has received a bachelor’s degree, its equivalent, or higher in a course of study, other than in surveying and mapping, at an accredited college or university and has a specific experience record of 6 or more years as a subordinate to a registered surveyor and mapper in the active practice of surveying and mapping, 5 years of which shall be of a nature indicating that the applicant was in responsible charge of the accuracy and correctness of the surveying and mapping work performed. The applicant must have completed a minimum of 25 semester hours from a college or university approved by the board in surveying and mapping subjects or in any combination of courses in civil engineering, surveying, mapping, mathematics, photogrammetry, forestry, or land law and the physical sciences. Any of the required 25 semester hours of study completed not as a part of the bachelor’s degree, its equivalent, or higher may be approved at the discretion of the board. Work experience acquired as a part of the education requirement may not be construed as experience in responsible charge.
(3) A person shall be entitled to take an examination for the purpose of determining whether he or she is qualified as a surveyor and mapper intern if:
(a) The person is in good standing in, or is a graduate of, a bachelor degree program, its equivalent or higher, at an accredited college or university and has obtained a minimum of 25 semester hours in surveying, mapping, mathematics, photogrammetry, forestry, civil engineering, or land law and the physical sciences, or any combination thereof; or
(b) The person has obtained, from an accredited college or university, a minimum of 15 semester hours in surveying, mapping, mathematics, photogrammetry, forestry, civil engineering, or land law and the physical sciences, or any combination thereof, and has a specific surveying and mapping experience record of 2 or more years as a subordinate to a registered surveyor and mapper.
This subsection may not be construed as a substitute for the degree requirement to take the exams for licensure as outlined in subsection (2).
(4) The board shall adopt rules providing for the review and approval of schools and colleges and the courses of study in surveying and mapping in such schools and colleges. The rules shall be based on the educational requirements for surveying and mapping as defined in s. 472.005. The board may adopt rules providing for the acceptance of the approval and accreditation of schools and courses of study by a nationally accepted accreditation organization.
(5)(a) Good moral character means a personal history of honesty, fairness, and respect for the rights of others and for the laws of this state and nation.
(b) The board may refuse to certify an applicant for failure to satisfy this requirement only if:
1. There is a substantial connection between the lack of good moral character of the applicant and the professional responsibilities of a registered surveyor and mapper; and
2. The finding by the board of lack of good moral character is supported by clear and convincing evidence.
(c) When an applicant is found to be unqualified for a license because of a lack of good moral character, the board shall furnish the applicant a statement containing the findings of the board, a complete record of the evidence upon which the determination was based, and a notice of the rights of the applicant to a rehearing and appeal.
Cited 45 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1992 WL 148234
...ession" and "professional" more broadly or more narrowly than we do here today. [9] Because it is clear that at the times in question some land surveyors could be admitted to practice their occupation without at least a four-year college degree, see § 472.013(2)(e), Fla....
...§ 473.306(2)(b)(2), Fla. Stat. (1987). Similarly, a person cannot be licensed as a land surveyor in Florida unless he or she has graduated from a four-year university surveying program and worked for two years in land surveying under a licensed land surveyor. § 472.013(2)(a), Fla....
Cited 12 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 9 Fla. L. Weekly 2298, 1984 Fla. App. LEXIS 15677
...ing exam in this state, he must either have graduated from a university surveying program and have at least two years experience in land surveying under a professional land surveyor, or have at least eight years experience under a land surveyor. See § 472.013, Fla....
Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2004 WL 2290393
...Agency for Health Care Admin., 823 So.2d 844, 847 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002). [2] A review of the many licensing statutes in the state revealed only one other statute with a rule-making requirement and the optional approval of an accreditation organization written like the one in question. See § 472.013(4), Fla....
...Stephan Co., 784 So.2d 456, 457 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000). Reversed for further consistent proceedings. GROSS, C.J., and DAMOORGIAN, J., concur. . Plaintiffs amended their initial pleading less than 10 days after filing. The change is not relevant to the issues in this appeal. . See § 472.013, Fla....
...The statutory criteria for licensure of land surveyors and additional language which was utilized in Pierce , however, has created some confusion regarding whether a vocation is a profession if a party can be licensed in that profession by utilizing alternative statutory licensing criteria. Section 472.013(2)(a), Florida Statutes, provides that an applicant for licensure as a land surveyor must have completed an appropriate course of study in land surveying from a college or university recognized by the board and a specific experience record of four or more years....
...On September 17, 2003, Osorio was given notice that the Board intended to deny his application because “you have never graduated from any four year course of study....” Osorio challenged the Board’s decision to deny his application, contending that he had satisfied the requisites set forth in section 472.013(2)(a), Florida Statutes, for taking the exam....
...Osorio complains that the Board improperly denied his application to take the examination for licensure in surveying and mapping on the basis that he failed to establish that he was a graduate of a four-year course of study. He contends that this is a requirement of section 472.013(2) (b), Florida Statutes, only. He argues that section 472.013(2) (a), Florida Statutes, plainly does not require a four-year course of study, and that he was therefore entitled to take the examination. Section 472.013(2), Florida Statutes (2002), contains the academic requirements that must be satisfied in Florida by an applicant for a license in surveying and mapping....
...ng, surveying, mapping, mathematics, photogrammetry, forestry, or land law and the physical sciences. Work experience acquired as a part of the education requirement shall not be construed as experience in responsible charge. The Board contends that section 472.013(2) (a), Florida Statutes, is “ambiguous” and requires interpretation regarding the need for a four-year degree....
...Moreover, when the language of the statute under interpretation is unambiguous and has a plain and ordinary meaning, the plain meaning should be given effect. Florida Hosp. v. Agency for Health Care Admin., 823 So.2d 844, 848 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002). Subsection (b) of section 472.013(2) plainly requires a four-year degree from an accredited college or university....
...“Cadastre” is "an official register of the quantity, value and ownership of real estate used in apportioning taxes.” Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary, p. 154 (1976). . The Board’s regulation interpreting the educational requirements of section 472.013(2)(a) refers to a course of study in surveying and mapping accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology [“ABET”]....
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