Professional Land Surveyor

	Education	Experience
1	Graduation from a college or university and completion of at least a four-year curriculum in civil engineering or land surveying, or their equivalent, which has been approved by the Board, OR	N/A
2	Graduation from a college or university and completion of at least a four year curriculum in civil engineering or land surveying, or their equivalent which has not been approved; by the Board, OR	N/A
3	Graduation from high school or equivalent NOTE: For each 30 semester hours that an applicant completes in civil engineering or land surveying courses, the Board may allow a one-year credit toward the six - year experience requirement. The Board may only allow a maximum of three years credit. The courses must be taken at a community college, college or university that has been approved by the Board.	At least six years of work experience in land surveying which, in the opinion of the Board, indicates the applicant's competence to practice land surveying.
4	Graduation from a four year curriculum from a college or university that is accredited by, or is a constituent unit of an institution accredited by, the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools or the equivalent regional accrediting association of other regional areas.	N/A

	Education	Examination	Experience
1	Graduation from a college or university and completion of at least a four year curriculum in civil engineering or land surveying, which has been approved by the Board.	Passage of a written examination in the Fundamentals of Land Surveying.	After passage of the Fundamentals of Land Surveying Examination, a minimum of four years of work experience which, in the opinion of the Board, indicates the applicant's competence to practice land surveying.
2	Graduation from a college or university and completion of at least a four year curriculum in civil engineering or land surveying, which has not been approved by the Board.	Passage of a written examination in the Fundamentals of Land Surveying.	Land Surveying examination, a minimum of six years of work experience which, in the opinion of the Board, indicates the applicant's competence to practice land surveying.
3	Graduation upon completion of at least a four year curriculum from a college or university that is accredited by, or is a constituent unit of an institution accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, or the equivalent regional accreditation association of other regional areas.	Passage of a written examination in the Fundamentals of Land Surveying.	After passage of the Fundamentals of Land Surveying Examination, a minimum of eight years of work experience which, in the opinion of the Board, indicates the applicant's competence to practice land surveying.
4	Graduation from high school or equivalent. For each 30 semester hours in civil engineering or land surveying courses completed by an applicant, the Board may allow a one year credit (three years maximum) toward the experience requirement. The courses must be taken at a community college, college or university approved by the Board.	Passage of a written examination in the Fundamentals of Land Surveying after completing the six year work experience requirement.	At least a minimum of six years of work experience in land surveying which, in the opinion of the Board, indicates the applicant's competence to practice land surveying. At least four additional years experience following the passage of the Fundamentals of Land Surveying Examination, which, in the opinion of the Board, indicates the applicant's competence to practice land surveying.
5	Graduation from high school or equivalent. For each 30 semester hours in civil engineering or land surveying courses completed by an applicant, the Board may allow a one year credit (three years maximum) toward the twelve year experience requirement. The courses must be taken at a college, university, or community college approved by the Board.	N/A	At least twelve years of work experience in land surveying which, in the opinion of the Board, indicates the applicants competence to practice land surveying.

Professional Engineers

An applicant may qualify to take the Fundamentals of Engineering (EIT) examination if the applicant:

1. is in the process of completing a four year curriculum in engineering at a college or university within the six months after the next scheduled administration of the Fundamentals of Engineering Examination, and evidence of such is provided by the college or university; or,

2. has been graduated from a college or university on completion of a four year curriculum in engineering or its equivalent, that the Board approves.

Requirements:

An applicant may qualify for the Professional Engineer's Examination by meeting the educational and/or experience requirements specified in one of the following subsections of the Professional

Engineers law:

Subsection 14-305(b) - EAC/ABET APPROVED OPTION

1. has graduated from a college or university on completion of at least a four year curriculum in engineering, or its equivalent, that the Board approves ;

2. has at least four years of work experience in engineering that is satisfactory to the Board and that indicates to the Board that the applicant is competent to practice engineering. If an applicant has completed graduate study in engineering that is satisfactory to the Board, the Board may allow up to 1 year credit toward the experience requirement; and

3. has passed an eight hour written examination in the fundamentals of engineering given by the Board; or

Subsection 14-305(c) - NON EAC/ABET APPROVED OR FOREIGN CURRICULUM OPTION

1. has been graduated from a college or university on completion of at least a four year curriculum in engineering, or its equivalent, that the Board has not approved;

2. Has at least eight years of work experience in engineering that is satisfactory to the Board and that indicates to the Board that the applicant is competent to practice engineering;

3. Has passed an eight hour written examination in the fundamentals of engineering given by the Board; or

Subsection 14-305(d) - EXPERIENCE OPTION

1. has at least 12 years of work experience in engineering that is satisfactory to the Board, during at least five years of which the applicant has been in responsible charge, if the collective experience indicates to the Board that the applicant may be completed to practice engineering; ( Responsible charge means that the individual has direct control and personal supervision of engineering that requires initiative, professional skill, and independent judgement.)

2. An applicant may substitute a complete scholastic year of at least 30 credit hours in a college or university or engineering approved by the Board for each of these years of experience, upon demonstrating grades satisfactory to the Board.
3. If the applicant has successfully completed one or more years of a college or university curriculum in engineering that has not been approved by the Board (i.e. not accredited by EAC/ABET) the Board may allow, for each of those years, a credit of up to six months towards the experience requirements.

Completed applications will be submitted to the Board for review. If approved, the applicant will be so notified, in writing. Once the applicant has successfully passed the examination, the applicant will receive licensing information with their successful grade notice. The candidate may elect to complete an electronic licensing application via the Internet, pay the $20 fee by credit card and will receive the license within 5 business days. Application may also be made on a paper form and mailed to the Board's office. The license issued will expire two years from the date of issuance as printed on the license.

Mary Mays
Executive Director
500 North Calvert Street, Room 308
Baltimore, Maryland 21202-3651
410-333-6322
dmatricciani@dllr.state.md.us

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