Professional Land Surveyor

IC 25-21.5-5

Chapter 5. Application for Registration

IC 25-21.5-5-1

Sec. 1. The board shall keep a record of the board's proceedings and a record of each application for registration.
As added by P.L.23-1991, SEC.12.

IC 25-21.5-5-2

Sec. 2. To qualify for registration as a land surveyor, an applicant must meet the following conditions under either subdivision (1) or (2):

(1) All of the following:

	(A) Graduation in an approved land surveying curriculum.
	(B) A specific record of at least four (4) years of experience in land surveying work that is acquired subsequent to graduation and that indicates that the applicant is qualified to be placed in responsible charge of land surveying work requiring the exercise of judgment in the application of surveying sciences to the sound solution of land surveying problems.
	(C) The successful passing of an examination under IC 25-21.5-6.

(2) All of the following:

	(A) A specific record of at least eight (8) years of land surveying education and experience in land surveying work that indicates that the applicant has acquired knowledge and skill and practical experience in land surveying work approximating that required for registration as a professional land surveyor under subdivision (1).
	(B) The successful passing of an examination under IC 25-21.5-6
	As added by P.L.23-1991, SEC.12

IC 25-21.5-5-3

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Sec. 3. (a) An applicant for certification as a land-surveyor-in-training must meet the following conditions under either subdivision (1) or (2):

(1) All of the following:

	(A) Graduation in an approved land surveying curriculum of at least four (4) years.
	(B) The successful passing of a land-surveyor-in-training examination under IC 25-21.5-6.

(2) All of the following:

	(A) A specific record of at least four (4) years of surveying education and experience in surveying work indicating that the applicant has acquired knowledge and skill approximating that acquired through graduation in an approved surveying curriculum of at least four (4) years.
	(B) The successful passing of a land-surveyor-in-training examination under IC 25-21.5-6.
	(b) The board may waive the examination in granting a certificate of registration as a land surveyor to an applicant who has held an identical certificate of registration under Indiana law.
	As added by P.L.23-1991, SEC.12.

IC 25-21.5-5-4

Sec. 4. A person is not eligible for registration as a land surveyor or certification as a land-surveyor-in-training who has been convicted of any of the following:

	(1) An act that would constitute grounds for disciplinary sanction under IC 25-1-11.
	(2) A felony that has a direct bearing on the person's ability to practice competently.
	As added by P.L.23-1991, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.214-1993, SEC.58.

IC 25-21.5-5-5

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Sec. 5.
(a) In considering the qualifications of applicants, responsible charge of surveying teaching shall be construed as responsible charge of surveying work.

(b) An applicant who holds a degree of master of science of land surveying or the equivalent degree from a curriculum in land surveying approved by the board may be given a maximum credit of one (1) year of experience in addition to the credit of four (4) years of education.

(c) An applicant who holds a degree of doctor of philosophy or the equivalent degree from a curriculum in land surveying approved by the board may be given a maximum of credit of two (2) years of experience in addition to a credit of four (4) years of education.

(d) Graduation in a course other than land surveying from a college or university acceptable to the board may be considered as equivalent to two (2) years land surveying experience and education.
As added by P.L.23-1991, SEC.12.

IC 25-21.5-5-6

Sec. 6. A person having the necessary qualifications prescribed in this chapter who is entitled to registration is eligible for registration although the person may not be engaged in land surveying work at the time of application.
As added by P.L.23-1991, SEC.12

IC 25-21.5-5-7

Sec. 7. Each person applying for registration as a land surveyor or for certification as a land-surveyor-in-training must apply on a form prescribed and provided by the board
As added by P.L.23-1991, SEC.12

IC 25-21.5-5-8

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Sec. 8. Each application for registration as a land surveyor must contain the following:

	(1) Statements showing either the registration number issued by another state or the education and qualifications of the applicant.
	(2) A detailed summary of the technical work performed by the applicant, including a confirmation by the registered land surveyor who supervised the work. If the summary of the technical work cannot be confirmed because of conditions beyond the control of the applicant, including death, incompetence, or nonregistration by the supervising land surveyor, the board may allow the confirmation requirement to be fulfilled through other evidence.
	(3) The names of five (5) persons to be used as references, at least three (3) of whom must be registered land surveyors who have a personal knowledge of the experience of the applicant.
	As added by P.L.23-1991, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.178-1997, SEC.6.

IC 25-21.5-5-9

Sec. 9. Each application for certification as a land-surveyor-in-training must contain the following:

	(1) Statements showing the education of the applicant
	(2) The names of three (3) persons to be used as references. However, references are not required for an applicant who is enrolled as a senior in an approved land surveying curriculum in Indiana and has applied to take the basic disciplines part of the examination described in IC 25-21.5-6-1 when the examination is scheduled to be given at the applicant's institution before the end of the applicant's senior year.
	(3) An applicant who has not graduated from an approved land surveying curriculum must submit a detailed summary of the technical work performed by the applicant, including a confirmation by the registered land surveyor who supervised the work. If the technical work summary cannot be confirmed because of conditions beyond the control of the applicant, including death, incompetence, or nonregistration by the supervising land surveyor, the board may allow the confirmation requirement to be fulfilled through other evidence.
	As added by P.L.23-1991, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.178-1997, SEC.7.

IC 25-21.5-5-9.5

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Sec. 9.5. A reference for a land surveyor applicant or a land-surveyor-in-training applicant must:

	(1) contain the applicant's board assigned number; and
	(2) be dated within one (1) year of the application.
	As added by P.L.178-1997, SEC.8.

IC 25-21.5-5-10

Sec. 10.
(a) An applicant must certify the correctness of the statements in the application.
(b) A person who knowingly makes a false statement in an application commits a Class A misdemeanor.
As added by P.L.23-1991, SEC.12

Professional Engineer

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Article 1.1 Administration; General Requirements Administration

Rule 1. General Provision

864 IAC 1.1-1-1 Definitions; abbreviations
Authority: IC 25-31-1-7; IC 25-31-1-8
Affected: IC 25-31-1

Sec. 1.
(a) The following definitions apply throughout this title:

	(1) "Act" means the Registration Act, (IC 25-31), creating a board to regulate the practice of engineering in Indiana.
	(2) "Engineer" means professional engineer, as defined in IC 25-31-1-2(b).
	(3) "Registrant" means an individual engineer to whom a certificate of registration has been granted under the Act.
	(4) "EI" means an engineering intern, as defined in IC 25-31-1-2(c).
	(5) "Applicant" means any individual whose application has been received by the board for consideration to be registered as an engineer or for enrollment as an EIT in the state of Indiana.
	(6) "ABET" means the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.
	(7) "Approved engineering curriculum", means an ABET accredited four (4) years or more engineering program.
	(8) "The date of registration" means the date that licensure was approved by the board.
	(9) "Comity" means a principle by which the board licenses persons to practice engineering under IC 25-31-1-21 on the basis of engineering licenses issued by other states.

(b) The terms defined in IC 25-31-1-2 shall have the same definitions when used in this title.
(State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers; Rule 1, Sec 1; filed Feb 29, 1980, 3:40 p.m.: 3 IR 626; filed Oct 17, 1986, 2:20 p.m.: 10 IR 434; filed Jun 21, 1988, 4:00 p.m.: 11 IR 3904; filed Sep 24, 1992, 9:00 a.m.: 16 IR 725; filed Mar 28, 1995, 2:00 p.m.: 18 IR 2103)

864 IAC 1.1-1-2 Seal of board-Repealed

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Sec. 2
(Repealed by State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers; filed Oct 17, 1986, 2:20 p.m.: 10 IR 443)

864 IAC 1.1-1-3 Meetings of board

Authority: IC 25-31-1-5; IC 25-31-1-7; IC 25-31-1-8

Affected: IC 25-31-1-5

Sec. 3.
In order to establish the regular meetings provided for in IC 25-31-1-5 and provide for special meetings of the board, the board adopts the following:

	(1) one of the regular meetings of the board shall be held as soon as practicable after the start of the calendar year, at which meeting the board shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from among its members. Such officers may be elected also at any other meeting when a vacancy exists;
	(2) another regular meeting shall be held as near as practicable to the middle of the calendar year;
	(3) the chairman or any three members may call a special meeting by presenting a request to the professional licensing agency;
	(4) the professional licensing agency shall give a notice to all board members of each meeting setting out the time and place of the meeting and including a proposed agenda of the major items for action at the meeting, not less than ten days prior to the meeting, unless such notice has been waived by the chairman. (State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers; Rule 1, Sec 3; filed Feb 29, 1980, 3:40 p.m.: 3 IR 627; filed Oct 17, 1986, 2:20 p.m.: 10 IR 435)

864 IAC 1.1-1-4 Conversion of quarter hours to semester hours

Authority: IC 25-31-1-7; IC 25-31-1-8

Affected: IC 25-31-1-12; IC 25-31-1-14

Sec. 4.

Any provision in this article which requires a specific number of semester credit hours shall be converted to the equivalent if a different grading period is used at the college or university. Unless it is established that a different equivalency applies, it shall be presumed that the correct equivalency is two (2) semester hours for every three (3) quarter hours. (State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers; 864 IAC 1.1-1-4; filed Mar 28, 1995, 2:00 p.m.: 18 IR 2103)

Rule 2. Qualifications for Examination

864 IAC 1.1-2-1 Examination admission criteria-Repealed

Sec. 1.
(Repealed by State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers; filed Oct 17, 1986, 2:20 p.m.: 10 IR 443)

864 IAC 1.1-2-2 Engineers; education and work experience

Authority: IC 25-31-1-7; IC 25-31-1-8

Affected: IC 25-31-1-12

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Sec. 2.

(a) This section establishes the minimum education and experience requirements under IC 25-31-1-12 for admission to the professional engineer examination.

(b) The following table establishes provisions for evaluating combined education and experience to determine if it is sufficient to satisfy minimum registration requirements under IC 25-31-1-12 for professional engineer registration applicants holding the stated degrees:

Minimum Years of Progressive Work Experience Following Education (Qualifying Degree) Baccalaureate Degree

• Doctorate in an engineering discipline following a baccalaureate degree in an approved engineering curriculum
• Master of science degree in an engineering discipline following a baccalaureate in an approved engineering curriculum
• Doctorate in an engineering discipline following a baccalaureate which is not in an approved engineering curriculum
• Master of science degree in an engineering discipline following a baccalaureate which is not in an approved engineering curriculum
• Baccalaureate in an approved engineering curriculum
• Bachelor of science degree and completion of specific educational courses as required in subsection (c)

(c) The education of all applicants except those who have obtained a baccalaureate in an approved engineering curriculum must include the following:

	(1) At least twelve (12) semester credit hours in college level mathematics, excluding college algebra and trigonometry, which must include a minimum of nine (9) semester credit hours of calculus and a minimum of three (3) semester credit hours of advanced calculus based mathematics.
	(2) At least eight (8) semester credit hours in college level courses in the physical sciences which must include a minimum of three (3) semester credit hours of calculus based physics and a minimum of three (3) semester credit hours of laboratory-based chemistry.
	(3) At least twelve (12) semester credit hours of engineering sciences which require calculus as a prerequisite or co-requisite.

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(d) No degree requirement under this section may be achieved by obtaining an honorary degree or a degree obtained entirely by correspondence.

(e) College courses with substantial duplication of content may be counted only one (1) time toward the requirements of subsection (c).

(f) Progressive experience of sufficient quality when used relative to the requirement for experience on engineering projects as provided for in IC 25-31-1-12(a) means the applicant has demonstrated the ability to assume continuously increasing levels of responsibility for engineering projects.

(g) No experience obtained prior to obtaining a baccalaureate shall qualify.

(h) Part-time experience acquired while the applicant was a full-time student shall not qualify. All other part-time experience shall be converted to its full-time equivalent in evaluating an application.

(i) Notwithstanding other provisions of this section, applicants who hold either a valid certificate as an EI or as an engineer-in-training (EIT) do not need any additional education beyond that which was required for admission to the EI or EIT examination, so long as they apply for admission to the professional engineer examination no later than the first examination application deadline (as provided for in 864 IAC 1.1-3-4) which is subsequent to seven (7) years after the date the applicant took the examination which caused the applicant to be certified as an EI or an EIT, or by July 3, 2000, whichever is later.

(State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers; Rule 2, Sec 2; filed Feb 29, 1980, 3:40 p.m.: 3 IR 627; filed Oct 17, 1986, 2:20 p.m.: 10 IR 435; filed Sep 24, 1992, 9:00 a.m.: 16 IR 726, eff Jan 1, 1993; filed Mar 28, 1995, 2:00 p.m.: 18 IR 2112, eff Jan 3, 1997)

Gerald Quigley
Executive Director
302 W. Washington Street, IGCS Room E-034
Indianapolis, Indiana 43204-2700
317-232-2980

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