Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Chapter 115 - PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, SURVEYORS, AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
Subchapter 4 - LAND SURVEYORS
Section 16-115-79 - Lawful experience

Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 16-115-79

Current through August, 2024

(a) The following may be acceptable lawful experience subject to the evaluation and approval of the board:

(1) Field and office training or experience in land surveying under the supervision of licensed professional land surveyors; or

(2) Teaching in an accredited institution, school, or college. Maximum experience credit for teaching shall be one year of teaching third, fourth, or fifth year courses. One year of teaching shall be considered to be a total teaching load of twenty semester credit hours or thirty quarter credit hours. The teaching credit can be applied only where minimum full-time lawful experience requirements are more than two years.

(b) Lawful experience may only be applied to one profession. For lawful experience to be acceptable, each engagement shall be separate and distinct; dual credit for engagements that overlap shall not be allowed.

(c) The part-time equivalent of full-time lawful experience shall be calculated as follows: divide the total hours of part-time lawful experience by 173.33 hours to determine the number of months of full-time lawful experience; where:

(1) 2,080 hours equals one year of full-time lawful experience; and

(2) 2,080 hours divided by twelve months equals 173.33 hours or one month of full-time lawful experience.

(d) Any amount of time in excess of forty hours per week, whether for one or more supervisors, shall be considered full-time experience and shall not be considered part-time experience.

(e) Experience in responsible charge may be accepted in lieu of lawful experience in the discretion of the board; provided the applicant possesses experience in responsible charge in the ratio of 2:1 of the required lawful experience.

(f) Lawful experience may be compiled only up to the final filing date of the examination.

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