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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to licensure requirements for land 2
surveyors and mappers; reordering and amending s. 3
472.005, F.S.; defining the term "accredited college 4
or university"; amending s. 472.0101, F.S.; 5
authorizing an exiled professional to substitute a 6
specified lawful practice of the profession for the 7
education requirement of the examination; amending s. 8
472.013, F.S.; revising education requirements for 9
licensure to include an applicant who has received an 10
associate degree under certain circumstances; 11
requiring such education to be from an accredited 12
college or university; providing that specified 13
experience may be substituted for education 14
requirements for licensure as a land surveyor or 15
mapper; providing that an applicant who holds a valid 16
license from another state, jurisdiction, or 17
territory, and has certain experience in the practice 18
of surveying and mapping may take the licensure 19
examination to practice as a land surveyor or mapper 20
in this state; providing that completion of a 21
specified apprenticeship pr ogram may be substituted 22
for education requirements for licensure as a land 23
surveyor or mapper; amending s. 472.003, F.S.; 24
conforming a cross-reference to changes made by the 25
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act; providing an effective date. 26
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the St ate of Florida: 28
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Section 1. Section 472.005, Florida Statutes, is amended 30
to read: 31
472.005 Definitions. —As used in ss. 472.001 -472.037, the 32
term: 33
(1) "Accredited college or university" means a college or 34
university that has been accredited by the S outhern Association 35
of Colleges and Schools, another regional accrediting agency, 36
the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, or 37
an accrediting agency or association that is recognized by the 38
database created and maintained by the United States Department 39
of Education. 40
(2)(1) "Board" means the Board of Professional Surveyors 41
and Mappers. 42
(3)(14) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of 43
Agriculture. 44
(4)(15) "Consumer member" means a person appointed to 45
serve on the board who is not, a nd never has been, a 46
professional surveyor or mapper in any jurisdiction or a member 47
of any closely related profession regulated by the board. 48
(5)(2) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture 49
and Consumer Services. 50
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(6)(9) "Employee" means a pers on who receives compensation 51
from and is under the supervision and control of an employer who 52
regularly deducts the F.I.C.A. and withholding tax and provides 53
workers' compensation, all as prescribed by law. 54
(7)(12) "Legal entity" means a corporation, par tnership, 55
association, or person practicing under a fictitious name who is 56
certified under s. 472.021. 57
(8)(7) The term "License" means a registration, 58
certificate, or license issued by the department pursuant to 59
this chapter. 60
(9)(16) "Licensee" means any person or business entity 61
that has been issued, pursuant to this chapter, a registration, 62
certificate, or license by the department. 63
(10)(11) "Monument" means an artificial or natural object 64
that is permanent or semipermanent and used or presumed to 65
occupy any real property corner, any point on a boundary line, 66
or any reference point or other point to be used for horizontal 67
or vertical control. 68
(11)(8) "Photogrammetrist" means any person who engages in 69
the practice of surveying and mapping using aerial or 70
terrestrial photography or other sources of images. 71
(12)(4)(a) "Practice of surveying and mapping" means, 72
among other things, any professional serv ice or work, the 73
adequate performance of which involves the application of 74
special knowledge of the principles of mathematics, the related 75
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physical and applied sciences, and the relevant requirements of 76
law for adequate evidence of the act of measuring, lo cating, 77
establishing, or reestablishing lines, angles, elevations, 78
natural and manmade features in the air, on the surface and 79
immediate subsurface of the earth, within underground workings, 80
and on the beds or surface of bodies of water, for the purpose 81
of determining, establishing, describing, displaying, or 82
interpreting the facts of size, volume, shape, topography, tidal 83
datum planes, and legal or geodetic location or relocation. 84
(b) The practice of surveying and mapping also includes, 85
but is not limited to, photogrammetric control; orientation of 86
improved or unimproved real property and appurtenances and 87
personal property attached thereto, including acreage and 88
condominiums; the monumentation and remonumentation of property 89
boundaries and subdivisions; the measurement of and preparation 90
of plans showing existing improvements after construction; the 91
layout of proposed improvements; the preparation of descriptions 92
for use in legal instruments of conveyance of real property and 93
property rights; the preparat ion of subdivision planning maps 94
and record plats, as provided for in chapter 177; the 95
determination of, but not the design of, grades and elevations 96
of roads and land in connection with subdivisions or divisions 97
of land; and the creation and perpetuation of alignments related 98
to maps, record plats, field note records, reports, property 99
descriptions, and plans and drawings that represent them. 100
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(13)(6) The term "Responsible charge" means direct control 101
and personal supervision of surveying and mapping work , but does 102
not include experience as a chainperson, rodperson, 103
instrumentperson, ordinary draftsperson, digitizer, scriber, 104
photo lab technician, ordinary stereo plotter operator, aerial 105
photo pilot, photo interpreter, and other positions of routine 106
work. 107
(14)(13) "Retired professional surveyor and mapper" means 108
a person who has been licensed as a professional surveyor and 109
mapper by the board and who chooses to relinquish or not to 110
renew his or her license and applies to and is approved by the 111
board to use the title "Professional Surveyor and Mapper, 112
Retired." 113
(15)(3) "Surveyor and mapper" includes the term 114
"professional surveyor and mapper" and means a person who is 115
registered to engage in the practice of surveying and mapping 116
under ss. 472.001-472.037. For the purposes of this statute, a 117
surveyor and mapper means a person who determines and displays 118
the facts of size, shape, topography, tidal datum planes, legal 119
or geodetic location or relation, and orientation of improved or 120
unimproved real property th rough direct measurement or from 121
certifiable measurement through accepted photogrammetric 122
procedures. 123
(16)(5) The term "Surveyor and mapper intern" includes the 124
term "surveyor-mapper-in-training" and means a person who 125
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complies with the requirements prov ided by ss. 472.001-472.037 126
and who has passed an examination as provided by rules adopted 127
by the board. 128
(17)(10) "Subordinate" means a person who performs work 129
under the direction, supervision, and responsible charge of a 130
person who is registered under this chapter. 131
Section 2. Paragraphs (e) and (f) of subsection (1) of 132
section 472.0101, Florida Statutes are amended, and paragraph 133
(d) of that subsection is republished, to read: 134
472.0101 Foreign-trained professionals; special 135
examination and license provisions.— 136
(1) When not otherwise provided by law, the department 137
shall by rule provide procedures under which exiled 138
professionals may be examined under this chapter. A person is 139
eligible for the examination if the exiled professional: 140
(d) Demonstrates to the department, through submission of 141
documentation verified by the applicant's respective 142
professional association in exile, that the applicant was 143
graduated with an appropriate professional or occupational 144
degree from a college or university. Howe ver, the department may 145
not require receipt of any documentation from the Republic of 146
Cuba as a condition of eligibility under this section; 147
(e) A person who has lawfully practiced the profession for 148
at least 3 years may substitute such practice of the p rofession 149
for the education requirement under paragraph (d) ; 150
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(f) Before Prior to 1980, successfully completed an 151
approved course of study pursuant to chapters 74 -105 and 75-177, 152
Laws of Florida; and 153
Section 3. Subsection (2) of section 472.013, Flori da 154
Statutes, is amended to read: 155
472.013 Examinations, prerequisites. — 156
(2) An applicant shall be entitled to take the licensure 157
examination to practice in this state as a surveyor and mapper 158
if the applicant is of good moral character and has satisfied 159
one of the following requirements: 160
(a) The applicant has received a bachelor's degree, its 161
equivalent, or higher in surveying and mapping or a similarly 162
titled program, including, but not limited to, geomatics, 163
geomatics engineering, and land surveying, from an accredited a 164
college or university recognized by the board and has a specific 165
experience record of 4 or more years as a subordinate to a 166
professional surveyor and mapper in the active practice of 167
surveying and mapping, which experience is of a nat ure 168
indicating that the applicant was in responsible charge of the 169
accuracy and correctness of the surveying and mapping work 170
performed. Work experience acquired as a part of the education 171
requirement may not be construed as experience in responsible 172
charge. 173
(b) The applicant has received a bachelor's degree, its 174
equivalent, or higher in a course of study, other than in 175
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surveying and mapping, at an accredited college or university 176
and has a specific experience record of 6 or more years as a 177
subordinate to a registered surveyor and mapper in the active 178
practice of surveying and mapping, which experience is 5 years 179
of which shall be of a nature indicating that the applicant was 180
in responsible charge of the accuracy and correctness of the 181
surveying and mapping work performed. The applicant must have 182
completed a minimum of 25 semester hours from an accredited a 183
college or university approved by the board in surveying and 184
mapping subjects or in any combination of courses in civil 185
engineering, surveying, mapping, mathematics, photogrammetry, 186
forestry, or land law and the physical sciences. Any of the 187
required 25 semester hours of study co mpleted not as a part of 188
the bachelor's degree, its equivalent, or higher may be approved 189
at the discretion of the board. Work experience acquired as a 190
part of the education requirement may not be construed as 191
experience in responsible charge. 192
(c) The applicant has received an associate degree and has 193
a specific experience record of 6 or more years as a subordinate 194
to a professional surveyor and mapper in the active practice of 195
surveying and mapping, which experience is of a nature 196
indicating that the app licant was in responsible charge of the 197
accuracy and correctness of the surveying and mapping work 198
performed. The applicant must have completed a minimum of 25 199
semester hours from an accredited a college or university in 200
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surveying and mapping subjects or i n any combination of courses 201
in civil engineering, surveying, mapping, mathematics, 202
photogrammetry, forestry, or land law and the physical sciences. 203
Work experience acquired as a part of the education requirement 204
may not be construed as experience in respo nsible charge. 205
(d) The applicant has received a high school diploma, or 206
its equivalent, and has a specific experience record of 6 or 207
more years as a subordinate to a professional surveyor and 208
mapper in the active practice of surveying and mapping, which 209
experience is of a nature indicating that the applicant was in 210
responsible charge of the accuracy and correctness of the 211
surveying and mapping work performed. The applicant must have 212
completed a minimum of 25 semester hours from an accredited 213
college or university in surveying and mapping subjects or in 214
any combination of courses in civil engineering, surveying, 215
mapping, mathematics, photogrammetry, forestry, or land law and 216
the physical sciences. Work experience acquired as a part of the 217
education requirement may not be construed as experience in 218
responsible charge. 219
(e) The applicant holds a valid license to practice 220
surveying and mapping in another state, jurisdiction, or 221
territory, and has 2 years of experience in the active practice 222
of surveying and mapping, which experience is of a nature 223
indicating that the applicant was in responsible charge of the 224
accuracy and correctness of the surveying and mapping work 225
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performed. 226
(f) The applicant has received a registered apprenticeship 227
certificate in surveyin g and mapping after completing a 228
registered apprenticeship program approved by the Department of 229
Education and has a specified experience record of 2 or more 230
years as a subordinate to a professional surveyor and mapper in 231
the active practice of surveying a nd mapping, which experience 232
is of a nature indicating that the applicant was in responsible 233
charge of the accuracy and correctness of the surveying and 234
mapping work performed. Work experience acquired as a part of 235
the education requirement may not be cons trued as experience in 236
responsible charge. 237
Section 4. Subsection (4) of section 472.003, Florida 238
Statutes, is amended to read: 239
472.003 Persons not affected by ss. 472.001 -472.037.—240
Sections 472.001-472.037 do not apply to: 241
(4) Persons employed by co unty property appraisers, as 242
defined at s. 192.001(3), and persons employed by the Department 243
of Revenue, to prepare maps for property appraisal purposes 244
only, but only to the extent that they perform mapping services 245
which do not include any surveying act ivities as described in s. 246
472.005 s. 472.005(4)(a) and (b) . 247
Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 248