New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner
Subchapter B - Regulation of Professions
Part 68 - ENGINEERING, LAND SURVEYING AND GEOLOGY
Section 68.12 - Scope of practice by exempt persons
Universal Citation: 8 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 68.12
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) The term engineering projects, as used in subdivision (m) of section 7208 of the Education Law, shall not include the survey of land for the purpose of establishing any real property boundaries within a subdivision.
(b) The term minor nature, as used in subdivision (n) of section 7208 of the Education Law, shall include but not be limited to the following projects:
(1) the design of water supply systems,
sewage disposal systems, and storm drainage systems for individual lots or lots
in subdivisions;
(2) the design of
public water distribution systems for subdivisions where the project is within
an existing water district approved by the appropriate Federal, State or local
agencies, if:
(i) the project does not
involve source development, treatment, storage, transmission mains, pumping or
pressure reduction; and
(ii) the
water mains, as determined by the appropriate Federal, State, or local
agencies, do not require highly specialized and complex designs; and
(3) the design of public sanitary
sewage collection facilities where the project does not include special complex
designs such as, but not limited to, those related to extreme soil conditions
requiring special bedding, special manholes (e.g., 20 feet or more), major
stream or highway crossings, or tunnelling, and the project:
(i) is within an existing sanitary sewer
district or within the study area of a comprehensive sewer study as approved by
the appropriate Federal, State or local agencies, if the project is limited to
the design of sanitary sewer mains, collection sewers and appurtenances within
the subdivision, including the design of connections to existing mains or
trunks accessible outside the subdivision; or
(ii) is not within an existing sanitary sewer
district or within the study area of a comprehensive sewer study as approved by
the appropriate Federal, State or local agencies.
(4) All designs for water supply and sanitary
sewage collection facilities of a minor nature shall be submitted for review
and approval to the appropriate Federal, State or local agencies prior to
incorporation in the final plans submitted for subdivision approval.
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