PROFESSIONAL SURVEYORS AND MAPPERS

(1) Information stored in electronic files representing plans, specifications, plats, reports, or other documents which must be sealed under the provisions of Chapter 472, F.S., shall be signed, dated and sealed by the professional surveyor and mapper in responsible charge. (2) A…

(1) Except as provided in subsection (10) of this rule, certificates of authorization are required of all corporations, partnerships, professional associations, firms, or persons practicing under a fictitious name, who provide surveying and mapping services to the public. For the…

(1) The application fee is $125.00 for Application for Certificate of Authorization, Application for Temporary or Permanent Licensure as a Surveyor and Mapper, whether by examination or endorsement, and Application for Reactivation of Inactive Licensure. Applicants for examinatio…

(1) The Legislature requires each Board to adopt a rule requiring each initial and each renewing licensee to pay an additional $5.00 fee to fund the efforts of the Department to combat unlicensed activity. (2) Effective July 1, 1993, each initial licensee and each renewing licens…

The offenses enumerated in this rule may be disciplined by the issuance of a citation by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The citation shall impose the prescribed fine, and the Department may impose the costs of the investigation. If the citation option is acc…

The offenses enumerated in this rule shall be the subject of a notice of noncompliance before disciplinary action is taken: (1) A business entity's first time failure to notify the Board within one (1) month of any changes in the business entity's location of offices, its license…

(1) For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) "Mediation" means a process whereby a third person acts to encourage and facilitate the resolution of a dispute between a complainant and licensee without prescribing what the resolution should be. T…

(1) A licensee on probation shall: (a) Timely pay any fine imposed; (b) Timely attend and submit proof of attendance at any continuing education course or program required by the terms of the probation; (c) Timely submit required surveys for review by the Probation Committee of t…

Rulemaking Authority 472.025 FS. Law Implemented 472.025 FS. History-New 10-27-05, Formerly 61G17-9.0065, Repealed 11-13-17.

(1) A probationer submitting surveys for review shall: (a) Provide the Board with a list of all signed and sealed surveys, which shall contain a minimum of three (3) surveys, that have been performed by the probationer, for or without compensation, within 90 days of the date of t…

Persons wishing to apply for appointment to serve as a member of the Board of Professional Surveyors and Mappers must complete "Board of Professional Surveyors and Mappers Appointment Questionnaire" FDACS-10059, Rev. 11/22, hereby incorporated by reference. Copies of the form may…

(1) For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) "Anticipated costs" means the projected direct and indirect costs and administrative overhead of the Board based upon the current fiscal year's legislative appropriation enactment and other anticipat…

When used in rule Chapter 5J-17, F.A.C., the following terms shall have the meanings provided: (1) "Country" shall mean any independent or dependent governmental unit with established boundaries within the Western Hemisphere. (2) "A country in the Western Hemisphere which lacks d…

(1) The examination for licensure of foreign-trained exiled professionals shall be a written practical examination which tests the current ability of the applicant to practice the profession of professional surveying and mapping. The examination shall not test the academic and pr…

(1) Documentation of graduation shall include copies of any document which properly identifies: (a) The applicant by name; (b) Completion of academic requirements; (c) The name and location of the college, university or school from which the document was received; (d) The signatu…

(1) Three years of lawful practice shall consist of experience by reason of practice in the practice of surveying and mapping. Such lawful practice shall include valid licensure in the jurisdiction wherein the practice occurred if such licensure was required. Three years practice…

The term "program" when used in this rule means the pre-examination continuing education course of study provided in Section 472.0101, F.S. (1) The content of the program shall be designed to prepare the applicant for examination for licensure. The program is to prepare the appli…

(1) Applicants for licensure as foreign-trained exiled professionals shall submit an application fee of $100 with their application. (2) The fees for examination of foreign-trained exiled professionals shall be determined by the cost to the Department for acquisition, preparation…

Rulemaking Authority 472.008, 472.011(12) FS. Law Implemented 472.011(12) FS. History-New 3-14-11, Repealed 11-13-17.