Title 5, Title 5 and Professions

(a) Exemption clause. This chapter shall not be construed to prevent or to affect: (1) Employees and subordinates. The work of an employee or subordinate of a person holding a certificate of registration under this chapter; provided, that the work does not include final land surv…

It is unlawful for any person to practice or offer to practice land surveying in this state, as defined by this chapter, or to use in connection with his or her name or assume or advertise any title or description tending to convey the impression that he or she is a land surveyor…

(a) Revocation, suspension, and censure. After notice and a hearing as provided in this section, the director may in his or her discretion or upon recommendation of the board: (1) Suspend, revoke, or take other permitted action with respect to any certificate of registration; (2)…

Any person aggrieved by any decision or ruling of the department may appeal that decision in accordance with the provisions of chapter 35 of title 42.

(a) No individual shall: (1) Practice or offer to practice land surveying in this state; (2) Use any title, sign, card, or device implying that the individual is a land surveyor or is competent to practice land surveying in this state; (3) Use in connection with his or her name o…

This state and its political subdivisions, such as county, city, town or legally constituted board, districts, commissions, or authorities, shall not engage in the practice of land surveying involving either public or private property without the surveying being under the direct …

It is unlawful for the recorder of deeds or the registrar of titles or any city or town clerk or employee of these to accept, file, or record any map, plat, replat, survey, or other documents within the definition of land surveying that do not have impressed on them and affixed t…

The following definitions apply in the interpretation of the provisions of this chapter, unless the context requires another meaning: (1) “ABET” means the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. (2) “Accredited program” means an approved program or course of study cur…

(a) A land surveyor, duly licensed to practice in Rhode Island under this chapter, who voluntarily and without compensation provides land-surveying services at the scene of a disaster emergency, shall not be liable for any personal injury, wrongful death, property damage, or othe…

(a) A professional land surveyor, issued a current and valid certificate of registration in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, when performing surveying services at the request of a landowner or person with an interest in real estate, may, without the consent of the …

(a) The duty of the board of land surveyors is to administer the provisions of this chapter in regards to the regulation of professional land surveying and the registration of professional land surveyors. (b)(1) Subject to the director’s approval, the board of land surveyors may …

Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, any person who was registered as a professional land surveyor in the state of Rhode Island before July 1, 1975, will be exempt from any continuing education requirements as may be established by the board of land surve…

(a) The board of land surveyors shall consist of five (5) professional land surveyors, only one of whom may also be a professional engineer and all of whom shall be registered in the state. Each member of the board must be a qualified elector of this state for three (3) years pri…

The chairperson and each other member of the board of land surveyors shall not be compensated for their service on the board but shall be reimbursed for all actual traveling, incidental, and clerical expenses necessarily incurred in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.

(a) The board of land surveyors shall hold at least three (3) regular meetings each year. A meeting of the board shall be held once each year, at which time the board shall elect from its membership a chairperson, vice-chairperson, and a secretary, who shall serve one year or unt…

(a) The board of land surveyors shall keep a record of its proceedings and of all applications for registration, which applications shall show: (1) Name, date of birth, and last known address of each applicant; (2) Date of the application; (3) The last known place of business of …

(a)(1) Application for registration as a professional land surveyor or certification as a surveyor-in-training shall be made, in writing, on a form prescribed and furnished by the board of registration for professional land surveyors. The application shall: (i) Contain statements…