Professional Land Surveyors

Education and Experience

Each applicant for licensure as a land surveyor shall be required to appear before the board for the purpose of an oral examination and to pass written examinations as provided hereinafter. Oral examinations may not be required of those comity applicants licensed under part 1800.0800, item G which rule applies to those licensed in one or more states other than Minnesota. In the case of comity applicants, the same minimum requirements will be demanded as existed in Minnesota at the time of the original licensure as land surveyor in such other state. To qualify for oral and written examination, applicants shall present satisfactory evidence that they have:

1. Graduated from a four-year land surveying curriculum, approved by the board.
   
   
2. Completed at least three years of qualifying land surveying experience, after graduation, satisfactory to the board.
   
   
3. Prospective applicants may qualify for licensure by examination provided they submit to the board satisfactory evidence that their education and subsequent experience are substantially equivalent to the requirements set forth in the following table:
   
   

   Classification	Education in Years	Total Experience in Years	Total Education and Experience
   Graduate of 4-year land surveying curriculum approved by the board	4	3	7
   Graduate of other Bachelor of Science Curriculum approved by the board	3	5	8
   NonGraduate	0-3	6-9	9

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4. The education requirement of an applicant whose education was not obtained in a bachelor of science curriculum approved by the board will be accepted only if such education is determined by the board to be equivalent to such curriculum. The applicant will be required to submit a transcript of grades for evaluation by the board to determine the credit to be allowed for such education. The applicant will be informed, in writing, of any course requirements lacking for equivalent education.
   
   
5. All applicants for licensure, by examination, as a land surveyor in Minnesota must have completed one year of education leading to a bachelor of science degree including eight quarter credits of surveying to take the land surveyor-in-training examination and must have completed two years of education leading to a bachelor of science degree including 16 quarter credits of surveying or related courses to take the final examinations for land surveyor. This requirement is effective January 1, 1981.

Professional Engineer

The board shall issue to each applicant who has successfully completed the fundamentals of engineering examination, unless the fundamentals of engineering examination is waived as stated under part 1800.2800, and has successfully completed the professional practice examination, a certificate of licensure giving the licensee authority to practice engineering as defined by Minnesota Statutes, section 326.02, subdivision 3. This certificate shall be in effect for a period ending June 30 of the even-numbered year of the biennium in which the certificate is issued, after which date the certificate will expire unless renewed. Applicants who are licensed by comity from other states, having met the Minnesota licensure requirements, shall be issued certificates of licensure in the same manner as provided in this part.

George Iwan
Executive Secretary
85 East Seventh Place, Ste. 160
St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2333
612-296-2388 & 2389

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