Professional Land Surveyor

Subchapter 4

§16-115-64 Forms and instructions.

To apply for licensure, a person shall complete and file with the board the appropriate application forms. The following forms are currently in use by the board:

1. Application for Examination and/or License-Land Surveyor;
2. Application for Re-examination/Reconsideration-EASLA;
3. C-64 Form for Corporations and Partnerships to File with the Board;
4. Restoration Application;
5. Additional Experience Form;
6. Verification of Supervision; and
7. Verification of Experience in Responsible Charge.

The aforementioned forms may be modified from time to time as required.
[Eff 8/29/94] (Auth: HRS §464-7) (Imp: HRS §§464-7, 464-9)

§ 16-115-66 Licensure by endorsement.

1. The land surveyor committee shall review a person's qualifications for licensure by endorsement and make recommendations to the board.
2. To be eligible for licensure by endorsement, a person shall hold a current license from another jurisdiction, currently possess the appropriate education and lawful experience requirements provided in section 464-8(c) (2)-(4), HRS, and sections 16-115-75(a) and 16-115-79, and shall either:
   
   
   1. Have successfully passed the NCEES fundamentals of land surveying examination and the NCEES professional land surveying examination; or
   2. Possess ten or more years experience in responsible charge of the land surveying work.
      
      
3. Every person shall be required to pass the following examinations before becoming licensed:
   
   
   1. The board-produced professional land surveying examination on Hawaiian land matters;
   2. The board-produced professional land surveying examination on special problems; and
   3. An open-book jurisprudence examination covering chapter 464, HRS, and chapter 16-115.
      
      
4. A person applying for licensure by endorsement shall file an Application for Examination and/or License-Land Surveyor. The application shall be accompanied by the application fee, which shall not be refunded, and the following applicable documents:
   
   
   1. A certified copy of a diploma or certificate of graduation or official transcripts from an institution, school or college approved by the board; provided that if the applicant is educated in a foreign institution, school, or college, the applicant shall submit an official report by a professional service approved by the board which has evaluated the person's foreign educational credentials;
      
      
   2. Verification(s) of Supervision completed by supervisors who are licensed professional land surveyors; and
      
      
   3. Verification(s) of Experience in Responsible Charge completed by a licensed professional land surveyor. [Eff 8/29/94] (Auth: HRS §464-7) (Imp: HRS §§464-7, 464-8)

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§16-115-68 Licensure by examination.

1. The land surveyor committee shall review a person's qualifications for licensure by examination and make recommendations to the board.
2. To be eligible for licensure by examination, the person shall:
   
   
   1. Meet the qualifications as contained in section 464-8(c)(2)-(4), RRS; and
   2. Rave passed the appropriate examinations as contained in section 16-115-69.

   [Eff 8/29/94] (Auth: HRS §464-7) (Imp: HRS §§464-7, 464-8)

§ 16-115-69 Examination requirements for licensure.

1. A person applying for licensure by examination shall be required to pass the following examinations:
   
   
   1. NCEES fundamentals of land surveying examination;
   2. NCEES professional land surveying examination;
   3. Board-produced professional land surveying examination on
      Hawaiian land matters;
   4. Board-produced professional land surveying examination on special problems; and
   5. Open-book jurisprudence examination covering chapter 464, HRS, and chapter 16-115, HAR.
      
      
2. The board reserves the right to modify or supplement the examinations. [Eff 8/29/941 (Auth: HRS §464-7) (Imp: RRS §§464-7, 464-8)

§ 16-115-71 Passing score. The passing score shall be:

1. A grade of not less than seventy for the NCEES fundamentals of land surveying examination, NCEES professional land surveying examination, board-produced professional land surveying examination on Hawaiian land matters, and board-produced professional land surveying examination on special problems; and
   
   
2. A grade of not less than seventy-five for the jurisprudence examination. [Eff 8/29/94] (Auth: HRS §464-7) (Imp: HRS §§464-7, 464-8)\

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§ 16-115-73 Examination-fundamentals of land surveying: qualifications, application, fees, required documents.

1. To be eligible for the NCEBS fundamentals of land surveying examination, the person shall:
   
   
   1. Be a graduate of a school or college approved by the board and have completed a geo-science or civil or general engineering curriculum of four years or more;
   2. Be a graduate of a school or college approved by the board, have completed a civil engineering technology (survey option) curriculum of two years or more or arts and science curriculum of four years or more with a math, science, or science-related major and have not less than five years of full-time lawful experience or part-time equivalent in land surveying;
   3. Be in the last year of a geo-science or civil or general engineering curriculum at a school or college approved by the board with graduation expected not later than seven months from the date of application as confirmed by the dean of the applicant's school or college. If graduation does not occur within the seven-month period, the application shall be void; or
   4. Have not less than nine years of full-time lawful experience or part-time equivalent in land surveying.
      
      
2. A person applying for the NCEES fundamentals of land surveying examination shall file an Application for Examination and/or License-Land Surveyor no later than January 10 for the examination which is regularly conducted once a year in April. The application shall be accompanied by the application fee, which shall not be refunded, the examination fee, which may not be refunded, and the following applicable documents:
   
   
   1. A certified copy of a diploma or certificate of graduation or official transcripts from an institution, school, or college approved by the board; provided that if the applicant is educated in a foreign institution, school, or college, the applicant shall submit an official report by a professional service approved by the board which has evaluated the person's foreign educational credentials; and
   2. Verification(s) of Supervision completed by supervisors who are licensed professional land surveyors.
      [Eff 8/29/94] (Auth: HRS §464-7) (Imp: HRS §§464-7, 464-8)
      

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§16-115-75Examination-professional land surveying: qualifications, application, fees, required documents.

1. To be eligible for the NCEES or board produced professional land surveying examination, the person shall:
   
   
   1. Be a graduate of a school or college approved by the board, have completed a geo-science, civil engineering or general engineering curriculum of four years or more and also have not less than three years of full-time lawful experience or part-time equivalent in land surveying;
      
      
   2. Be a graduate of a school or college, approved by the board, have completed a civil engineering technology (survey option) curriculum of two years or more or arts and sciences curriculum of four years or more with a math, science, or science-related major and also have not less than seven years of full-time lawful experience or part-time equivalent in land surveying; or
      
      
   3. Have not less than eleven years of full-time lawful experience or part-time equivalent in land surveying.
      
      
2. A person applying for the NCEES or board-produced professional land surveying examination shall file an Application for Examination and/or License-Land Surveyor no later than January 10 for the examination which is regularly conducted once a year in April. The application shall be accompanied by the application fee, which shall not be refunded, the examination fee, which may not be refunded, and the following applicable documents:
   
   
   1. A certified copy of a diploma or certificate of graduation or official transcripts from an institution, school or college approved by the board; provided that if the applicant is educated in a foreign institution, school or college, the applicant shall submit an official report by a professional service approved by the board which has evaluated the person's foreign educational credentials; and
      
      
   2. Verification(s) of Supervision completed by supervisors who are licensed professional land surveyors. [Eff 8/29/94] (Auth: HRS §464-7) (Imp: HRS §§464-7, 464-8)
      

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§ 16-115-77 Re-examination.

1. A person may retake the examination(s) failed.
2. A person applying to retake the NCEES fundamentals of land surveying examination, NCEES professional land surveying examination, board-produced professional land surveying examination on Hawaiian land matters, or board-produced professional land surveying examination on special problems shall file an Application for re-examination no later than January 10 for the examination which is regularly conducted once a year in April.
3. The application shall be accompanied by the examination fee, which may not be refunded. [Eff 8/29/94] (Auth: HRS §464-7) (Imp: HRS §§464-7, 464-8)

§ 16-115-79 Lawful experience.

1. The following may be acceptable subject to the evaluation and approval of the board:
   
   
   1. Field and office training in land surveying under the supervision of licensed professional land surveyors; or
   2. Teaching in an accredited institution, school, or college. Maximum experience credit for teaching shall be one year of teaching third, fourth, or fifth year courses. One year of teaching shall be considered to be a total teaching load of twenty semester credit hours or thirty quarter credit hours. The teaching credit can be applied only where minimum full-time lawful experience requirements are more than two years.
      
      
2. Lawful experience may only be applied to one profession. For lawful experience to be acceptable each engagement shall be separate and distinct; dual credit for engagements that overlap shall not be allowed.
3. The part-time equivalent of full-time lawful experience shall be calculated as follows: divide the total hours of part-time lawful experience by 173.33 hours to determine the number of months of full-time lawful experience; where:
   
   
   1. 2,080 hours equals one year of full-time lawful experience; and
   2. 2,080 hours divided by twelve months equals 173.33 hours or one month of full-time lawful experience.
      
      
4. Any amount of time in excess of forty hours per week, whether for one or more supervisors, shall be considered full-time experience and shall not be considered part-time experience.
5. Lawful experience may be compiled only up to the final filing date of the examination.
   [Eff 8/29/94] (Auth: HRS §464-7) (Imp: HRS §§464-7, 464-8)

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