21-56.0601. REQUIREMENT FOR LICENSING

(a) Education. The following terms used by the Board for the specific education requirements to be eligible to be licensed as a Professional Land Surveyor are defined by the Board as follows:

(1) B.S. in Surveying or Other Equivalent Curricula. These degrees must contain a minimum of 45 semester hours, or their quarter-hour equivalents, of subjects directly related to the practice of surveying. Of the 45 semester hours, a minimum of 12 semester hours of surveying fundamentals, 12 semester hours of applied surveying practice and 12 semester hours of advanced or theoretical surveying courses are required. The remainder of the required surveying courses may be elective-type courses directly related to surveying.

(2) Associate Degree in Surveying Technology. This degree must contain a minimum of 30 quarter hours, or semester-hour equivalents, of subjects directly related to the practice of surveying. Appropriate courses in surveying practices, subdivision design and planning, surface drainage and photogrammetry must be successfully completed.

(b) Experience:

(1) Definition. As used in the North Carolina Engineering and Land Surveying Act the term "progressive practical surveying experience" means that during the period of time in which an applicant has made a practical utilization of the knowledge of the principles of geometry and trigonometry in determining the form, boundaries, position and extent of the earth's surface, continuous improvement, growth and development in the utilization of that knowledge have been shown. In addition, the applicant must show the continuous assumption of greater individual responsibility for the work product over that period of time.

(2) Experience Accepted. In order to have experience adequate to comply with the requirements of the law, the applicant's work experience must be concerned with land surveying and is normally gained while working under the responsible charge of a Professional Land Surveyor.

(3) Other Experience. Work done in the following areas requires evidence to the Board of its equivalency to land surveying:

(A) construction layout,

(B) engineering surveying,

(C) part-time surveying work.

(c) Exhibits, Drawings, Plats:

(1) Required Exhibit Before Fundamentals of Land Surveying Examination. The applicant must submit, along with the application, an actual plat or an example plat which discloses that the applicant is knowledgeable in the elements of good mapping practices.

(2) Required Exhibit Before Principles and Practices of Land Surveying Examination:

(A) General. The applicant must submit, along with the application, an actual plat of a boundary survey of an actual project which discloses that the applicant is knowledgeable of the contents of the Standards of Practice for Land Surveying in North Carolina (Section .1600) and also is able to apply this knowledge by preparing a plat in accordance with the various legal and professional requirements of land surveying.

(B) Physical Requirement. The map submitted must be a clean, clear, legible print of an original map in the file of a Professional Land Surveyor.

(3) Specific Requirements. The specific details that will be evaluated are those applicable to the particular project as described in the Standards of Practice for Land Surveying in North Carolina (Section .1600) and as described in G.S. 47-30. In addition, the exhibit shall contain a statement that the field work, calculation and mapping were performed by the applicant under the supervision of a Professional Land Surveyor, attested to by the Professional Land Surveyor.

(4) Requirements for Comity Applicant. The map submitted by an applicant under comity may be a sample plat of a project or work performed in the state of registration which will be evaluated in accordance with legal requirements of North Carolina.