Chapter 472 Land Surveying And Mapping
- 472.001 Purpose.
The Legislature deems it necessary to regulate surveyors and mappers as provided in ss. 472.001-472.037. History.--ss. 20, 42, ch. 79-243; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318;...
- 472.003 Persons not affected by ss. 472.001-472.037.
Sections 472.001-472.037 do not apply to: (1) Any surveyor and mapper working as a salaried employee of the United States Government when engaged in work solely...
- 472.005 Definitions.
As used in ss. 472.001-472.037: (1) "Board" means the Board of Professional Surveyors and Mappers. (2) "Department" means the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. (3) "Surveyor and...
- 472.007 Board of Professional Surveyors and Mappers.
There is created in the Department of Business and Professional Regulation the Board of Professional Surveyors and Mappers. The board shall consist of nine members,...
- 472.008 Rules of the board.
(1) The board has authority to adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this chapter conferring duties upon it. (2) The...
- 472.009 Board headquarters.
The headquarters of the board shall be in Tallahassee. History.--ss. 22, 42, ch. 79-243; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 5, 7, ch. 89-137; s....
- 472.011 Fees.
(1) The board, by rule, may establish fees to be paid for applications, examination, reexamination, licensing and renewal, inactive status application and reactivation of inactive licenses,...
- 472.013 Examinations, prerequisites.
(1) A person desiring to be licensed as a surveyor and mapper shall apply to the department for licensure. (2) An applicant shall be entitled to take...
- 472.015 Licensure.
(1) The department shall license any applicant who the board certifies is qualified to practice surveying and mapping. (2) The board shall certify for licensure any applicant...
- 472.017 Renewal of license.
(1) The department shall renew a license upon receipt of the renewal application and fee, upon proof of compliance with the continuing education requirement of s....
- 472.018 Continuing education.
The department may not renew a license until the licensee submits proof satisfactory to the board that during the 2 years prior to her or...
- 472.019 Reactivation; continuing education.
(1) The continuing education requirements for reactivating a license may not exceed 12 classroom hours for each year the license was inactive. (2) The board shall promulgate...
- 472.021 Certification of partnerships and corporations.
(1) The practice of or the offer to practice surveying and mapping by registrants through a corporation or partnership offering surveying and mapping services to the...
- 472.023 Surveyors and mappers and firms of other states; temporary certificates to practice in this state.
(1) Upon approval by the board and payment of a fee not to exceed $25, the department shall grant a temporary certificate for work on one...
- 472.025 Seals.
(1) The board shall prescribe, by rule, a form of seal to be used by all registrants holding valid certificates of registration, whether the registrants are...
- 472.027 Minimum technical standards for surveying and mapping.
The board shall adopt rules relating to the practice of surveying and mapping which establish minimum technical standards to ensure the achievement of no less...
- 472.029 Authorization to enter lands of third parties; conditions.
(1) IN GENERAL.--Surveyors and mappers or their subordinates may go on, over, and upon the lands of others when necessary to make surveys and maps or...
- 472.031 Prohibitions; penalties.
(1) No person shall: (a) Practice or offer to practice surveying and mapping unless such person is registered pursuant to ss. 472.001-472.037; (b) Use the name or title...
- 472.033 Disciplinary proceedings.
(1) The following acts constitute grounds for which the disciplinary actions in subsection (2) may be taken: (a) Violation of any provision of s. 472.031 or s....
- 472.037 Application of ss. 472.001-472.037.
(1) Nothing contained in ss. 472.001-472.037 shall be construed to repeal, amend, limit, or otherwise affect any local building code or zoning law or ordinance, now...
