Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) An applicant for admission to the
fundamentals of surveying examination shall:
(1) be within 20 credits of graduation from a
bachelor's degree program registered as leading to licensure in land surveying
pursuant to section 52.49 of this Title, or accredited by an acceptable
accrediting agency, or a bachelor's degree program that is substantially
equivalent to such a registered or accredited program as determined by
department as recommended by the State Board; or
(2) hold a bachelor's degree in engineering,
math, or a related science or their substantial equivalent with 15 credits of
surveying as set forth in section 52.49 of this Title and have completed one
year of experience acceptable to the department as recommended by the State
Board; or
(3) hold an associate's
degree in surveying accredited by an acceptable accrediting agency, or an
associate's degree program that is substantially equivalent to such accredited
program as determined by the department and have completed two and a half years
of experience acceptable to the department as recommended by the State Board;
or
(4) hold an associate's degree
in engineering, math, or related science or their substantial equivalent with
15 credits of surveying as set forth in section 52.49 of this Title and have
completed three years of experience acceptable to the department as recommended
by the State Board; and
(b) An applicant for admission to the
principles and practice of surveying and the New York State jurisdictional
surveying examinations shall:
(1) have
completed the education and experience requirements set forth in section
68.4
of this Title.
(c)
Content. The examination shall consist of:
(1)
Part 1 - Fundamentals of Surveying: mathematics, physics, English, surveying,
property surveys and descriptions, vertical curves, state plane coordinate
calculations, economic analysis; and
(2) Part 2 - Principles and Practice of
Surveying: principles of profession (legal, technical, standards of
professional conduct), property surveys, written instruments, monumentations,
real property, field survey procedures, property survey descriptions,
subdivision planning and design, deed descriptions and conveyancing, surveying
law, geodetic surveying, hydrographic surveying; and
(3) Part 3 - Jurisdictional Examination,
Surveying in New York State: examination in the practical and legal aspects of
land surveying pertinent to New York State, the scope and content of which
shall be determined by the State Board.
(d) After February 14, 1975, Fundamentals of
Land Surveying, Part 1, replaces Fundamentals of Land Surveying, Mathematics;
Principles and Practice of Land Surveying, Part 2, replaces Principles and
Practice of Land Surveying, Surveying.
(1)
Candidates who have established credit prior to February 14, 1975 for the
mathematics part of the examination shall be examined in Part 2 and Part
3.
(2) Candidates who have
established credit prior to February 14, 1975 for the surveying part of the
examination shall be examined in Part 1 and Part 3.
(3) The grade retention provisions of section
59.5(f)
of this Title shall not be applicable to land surveying
examinations.
(e) Passing
grade. The passing grade for each of the parts of the surveying examination
taken prior to October 1, 1984 is 75.0; for parts taken on or after October 1,
1984, the passing grade shall be 70.0. Except for the Jurisdictional
Examination, scores for the licensing examinations shall be reported on a
pass/fail basis.
(f) Review and
rescoring of examinations shall be conducted in accordance with section
59.5(g)
of this Title.
