Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a)
General. A person desiring to become a Professional Land Surveyor must make
application to the Board on a form prescribed and furnished by the
Board.
(b) Request. A request for
the application form may be made to the Board office or obtained from the
website.
(c) Application Forms:
(1) Surveyor Intern Certification Form. After
passing the fundamentals of surveying examination an applicant may make
application to the Board to become certified as a "Land Surveyor Intern." This
form requires the applicant to set forth personal history, educational
background, surveying experience, character references and exhibit. A
passport-type photographic quality portrait that is adequate for current
identification purposes is also required.
(2) Professional Land Surveyor Form:
(A) All persons, including comity applicants
and certified Land Surveyor Interns, shall apply for licensure using the
Professional Land Surveyor form. The submission of this form shall signify that
the applicant seeks licensure, and shall result in seating for the principles
and practice of surveying examination, when the applicant has met the
requirements as set out in Rule .0601 of this Section. This form requires the
applicant to set forth personal and educational background, surveying
experience, character references and exhibit. A passport-type photographic
quality portrait that is adequate for current identification purposes is also
required.
(B) Persons who have
previously completed the fundamentals examination by use of the Land Surveying
Intern Application Form shall submit the Professional Land Surveyor Application
Form to request licensure when qualified to take the examination.
(d) Supplemental Form.
Persons who applied for licensure as a land surveyor, but were not eligible to
be admitted to the examination for principles and practice of surveying shall
supplement their initial applications upon applying for the examination. The
applicant shall supplement the initial application by using the supplemental
form, which requires the listing of land surveying experience from the date of
the initial application to the date of the supplemental application. Five
references shall be submitted that are current to within one year of the
examination date.
(e) Reference
Forms:
(1) Persons applying to be certified
as a Surveyor Intern or to take the examination for principles and practice
shall submit to the Board names of individuals who are familiar with the
applicant's work, character and reputation. The names shall be submitted by the
applicant on the application form.
(2) Persons applying for certification as a
Surveyor Intern must submit three references, one of whom shall be a
Professional Land Surveyor. Persons applying for the principles and practice
examination shall submit five references, three of whom shall be Professional
Land Surveyors.
(3) In addition to
the applicant submitting names to the Board of such individuals, those
individuals shall submit to the Board their evaluations of the applicant on
reference forms supplied them by the applicant.
(4) The reference form requires the
individual evaluating the applicant to state the evaluating individual's
profession, knowledge of the applicant and information concerning the
applicant's land surveying experience, character and reputation.
(5) The Board shall provide the reference
forms to the applicant along with the application for licensure. The reference
forms shall then be distributed by the applicant to the persons listed on the
application as references. The applicant shall ensure that the individuals
listed as references return the forms to the Board prior to the filing deadline
for the examination applied for by the applicant.
(f) Fees:
(1) Land Surveyor Intern Certification Form.
Once the applicant passes the examination on the fundamentals of surveying and
makes application to the Board to become certified as a "Land Surveyor Intern"
the application fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) is payable.
(2) Professional Land Surveyor Form. The
application fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) and examination fee for those
applying for licensure based upon examination, experience, character and
exhibit are payable with the filing of the application.
(3) Comity. The licensure fee of one hundred
dollars ($100.00) and appropriate examination fee for those applying for
licensure based upon comity are payable with the filing of the
application.
(4) Examination. The
examination fee for any applicant shall be payable to the National Council of
Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) at the time of registering to
take the exam in accordance with
G.S.
89C-14.
(g) The Board shall accept the records
maintained by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying
(NCEES) as evidence of licensure, in another state. For comity licensure the
NCEES record shall be accepted in lieu of completing the experience, education
and references sections of the application. A comity application, with or
without a NCEES record, shall be administratively approved by the Executive
Director based upon evidence of current licensure in another jurisdiction based
on comparable qualifications, required references, and having passed the
two-hour North Carolina portion of the exam and no record of disciplinary
action, without waiting for the next regular meeting of the Board. At that time
the action shall be reported to the Board for final approval.
(h) Personal Interview. During the
application process, the applicant may be interviewed by Board members if the
members have questions regarding the applicant's education, experience or
character, based upon the information submitted in the application.
Authority
G.S.
89C-10;
89C-13;
89C-14;
89C-15;
Eff. February
1, 1976;
Readopted Eff. September 29, 1977;
Amended
Eff. August 1, 2014; May 1, 2009; August 1, 2002; August 1, 2000; August 1,
1998; May 1, 1994; April 1, 1989; January 1, 1982;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. April 27,
2019.
