A. This chapter applies to an applicant who seeks eligibility to sit for the applicable examination for licensure as a professional land surveyor, as described in Business Occupations and Professions Article, Title 15, Annotated Code of Maryland, and this chapter.
B. Pursuant to Business Occupations and Professions Article, §15-305, Annotated Code of Maryland, an applicant for the appropriate licensing examination as a professional land surveyor shall meet certain experiential requirements. The experience that an applicant is to demonstrate pursuant to the above statutory authority must be acceptable to the Board for Professional Land Surveyors.
C. In order to assure a minimum acceptable level of competence of an applicant immediately after the passage of the applicable examination, the Board considers that it is in the best interests of Maryland consumers that the applicant has a diversified prelicensing experience in different aspects of land surveying.
D. To further the Board's goal in protecting the interests of Maryland consumers and also in order to guide an applicant in obtaining an appropriate type and amount of pre-licensing experience, the Board is promulgating these regulations to set forth the criteria for the type and amount of work experience that may be acceptable to the Board.
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DESCRIPTION OF IMPORTANT WORK TASKS AND FUNCTIONS BY SURVEYING CATEGORY
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CONTROL SURVEYS
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BOUNDARY SURVEYS
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TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEYS
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MINOR ENGINEERING |
SUBDIVISION PLANNING |
CONSTRUCTION SURVEYS
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LOCATION DRAWINGS
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Compute survey data
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Prepare survey maps, plats & reports
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Prepare survey maps, plats and reports
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Compute areas and volumes
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Prepare survey maps, plats and reports
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Prepare survey maps, plats and reports
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Determine locations of boundary lines and encumbrances |
| Analyze and adjust survey data
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Prepare land descriptions
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Compute areas and volumes
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Review documents and communicate with clients, attorneys or other interested parties
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Compute areas and volumes
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Prepare worksheets for analysis of surveys
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Research and evaluate evidence from public record sources
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| Document and/or establish monuments and their records
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Review documents and communicate with clients, attorneys or other interested parties
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Review documents and communicate with clients, attorneys or other interested parties
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Design horizontal and vertical alignment for roads within a subdivision
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Review documents and communicate with clients, attorneys or other interested parties
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Review documents and communicate with clients, attorneys, or other interested parties
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Advise clients regarding boundary uncertainties
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| Convert survey data to an appropriate datum
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Identify & evaluate field evidence for possession, boundary line discrepancies, & potential adverse possession claims |
Identify pertinent physical features, landmarks, and existing documentation
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Perform flood plain surveys
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Document and/or establish monuments and their records
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Select appropriate vertical and/or horizontal datum
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Prepare Location Drawings
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| Select appropriate vertical and/or horizontal datum
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Identify pertinent physical features, landmarks and existing monumentation
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Research and evaluate evidence from public record sources
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Prepare grading plans
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Determine subdivision development requirements and constraints
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Perform construction stake out
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| Recover horizontal and vertical control
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Research and evaluate evidence from public record sources
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Research and evaluate evidence from private record sources
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Design earthwork for balanced cut/fill
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Determine and prepare lot and street designs for land subdivision
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| Determine levels of precision and order of accuracy
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Research and evaluate evidence from private record sources
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Prepare worksheets for analysis of surveys
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Calculate existing and proposed storm runoff
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Prepare sketches and/or preliminary plats
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| Perform differential leveling
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Evaluate the priority of conflicting title elements
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Perform record or as-built surveys
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Prepare erosion control plans
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Perform condominium surveys
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| Perform trigonometric leveling
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Document and/or establish monuments and their records
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Reconcile survey and record data
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Design storm sewers and appurtenances
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Prepare Right of Way Plats
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| Calibrate instruments
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Perform ALTA/ACSM Surveys
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Design stormwater management facilities
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| Perform photogrammetric control surveys
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Identify riparian and/or littoral boundaries
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Design open channels
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| Perform astronomic measurements
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Document potential possession claims
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Design culverts and appurtenances
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| Reconcile survey and record data
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Determine vegetation species
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Design pavement structures and cross sections
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| Perform GPS surveys
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Determine location of boundary lines and encumbrances
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Prepare worksheets for analysis of surveys
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A. An applicant may claim 3 semester credit hours as an equivalent of 6 months of minor engineering experience after the completion, to the Board's satisfaction, of the courses described in this chapter.
B. In order to be eligible for the Board's approval, the courses of instruction shall be in the following areas:
(1) Hydraulics;
(2) Surface water hydrology;
(3) Route surveying or road design;
(4) Storm drainage system design;
(5) Storm water management design;
(6) Sediment and erosion control design; or
(7) Infiltration.
C. The Board may choose to approve courses of instruction in areas other than those listed in §B of this regulation.
D. The courses described in §§B and C of this regulation are collectively referred to as eligible courses.
E. The Board may approve the eligible course if the following requirements are met:
(1) The course is offered by a university, community college, professional surveying organization, or other qualified provider acceptable to the Board; or
(2) The Board approves the individual course syllabus and description submitted by either an applicant or directly by the provider before the applicant takes the eligible course.
F. The Board may, at its discretion, approve courses successfully completed by an applicant before the effective date of this chapter if the courses meet the criteria and standards set forth in this chapter.
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A. An applicant shall furnish, at the time of filing the appropriate examination application, evidence of having completed, to the Board's satisfaction, the eligible course or courses, as described in Regulation .04 of this chapter.
B. A semester credit hour is defined as not less than 15 standard 50-minute classroom hours of instruction.
The Board has the final authority with regard to the approval of the type and value of courses and any other matters related to the educational equivalency requirements described in this chapter.
