New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 39 - ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING PRACTITIONERS
Part 5 - SURVEYING-APPLICATIONS, EXAMINATIONS, PRACTICE OF SURVEYING, SEAL OF LICENSEE
Section 16.39.5.7 - DEFINITIONS

Universal Citation: 16 NM Admin Code 16.39.5.7

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

A. "ABET" is defined as the accreditation board for engineering and technology.

B. "Augment", as it relates to curriculum in this part, shall refer to classes taken as a part of or in addition to a formal degree program.

C. "Authoritative location" is defined as an accurately and precisely established location of a feature, object or boundary sufficient for use in establishing property rights, legal proceedings, or to protect the welfare and safety of the public.

D. "Board-approved, four year curriculum in surveying" is defined as:

(1) surveying curriculum of four years that has been accredited by ABET within at least three years of the applicant's graduation with a bachelor's degree in surveying;

(2) curriculum not accredited by ABET but with a minimum number of surveying credits required for accreditation by ABET;

E. "Board-approved related science degree" is defined as:

(1) A four year bachelor of arts or science degree that is augmented by a minimum of 18 core curriculum hours in surveying, 12 hours of higher mathematics and six hours of basic science.

(2) Core surveying classes shall include a minimum of a three hour semester course in each of the following areas:
(a) boundary law/ legal principles of land surveying;

(b) public land surveying system (PLSS);

(c) plane surveying;

(d) geodesy or photo grammetry.

(3) The remainder of the 18 core curriculum hours in surveying may include classes in route surveying, geographic information systems, land development, global positioning systems, photo grammetry or geodesy, remote sensing, mapping, or professional ethics.

(4) 12 hours of higher mathematics may include college algebra, trigonometry, analytical geometry, differential and integral calculus, linear algebra, numerical analysis, probability and statistic and advanced calculus.

(5) Six hours of basic science may include physics, chemistry, geology, physical geography, biology, and astronomy.

F. "Four year", as it relates to a minimum course of academic study in this part, means a program of study normally associated with a university, college or other accredited academic course of study that includes a minimum 120 semester hours.

G. "Geomatics", as it relates to curriculum as discussed in these rules, will be considered synonymous with surveying.

H. "NCEES" refers to the national council of examiners for engineering and surveying.

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