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 68.4 - Professional study of land surveying
Universal Citation: 8 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 68.4
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) As used in this section, acceptable accrediting agency shall mean an organization accepted by the department as a reliable authority for the purpose of accrediting land surveying, engineering or other math and science programs as having reasonable accreditation standards and as an organization that applies its criteria for granting accreditation of programs in a fair, consistent, and nondiscriminatory manner.
(b) To meet the professional study requirement for licensure, the applicant shall present evidence of:
(1) completion of a bachelor's degree or
higher in land surveying or the equivalent from a program approved by the
department for professional licensure purposes and three years of land
surveying experience acceptable to the department as recommended by the State
Board; or
(2) completion of a
bachelor's degree or higher in engineering, math, or related science with 15
credits of surveying course work acceptable to the department as recommended by
the State Board as set forth in section 52.49 of this Title and four years of
land surveying experience acceptable to the department as recommended by the
State Board; or
(3) completion of
an associate's degree in land surveying and five-and-a-half years of land
surveying experience acceptable to the department as recommended by the State
Board; or
(4) completion of an
associate's degree in engineering, math, or related science with 15 credits of
land surveying course work acceptable to the department as recommended by the
State Board as set forth in section 52.49 of this Title and six years of land
surveying experience acceptable to the department as recommended by the State
Board; or
(5) completion of an
approved secondary course of study; and
(i)
for those applying for licensure on or after September 1, 1987, the equivalent
of eight years of land surveying experience acceptable to the department as
recommended by the State Board, provided that all experience is completed prior
to April 3, 2029 and provided that each full year of college study in
engineering or land surveying in a program approved by the department for
professional licensure purposes or a substantially equivalent program, as
determined by the department upon the recommendation of the State Board, may be
accepted in lieu of one year of such experience to a maximum of four
years.
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