Professional Licensing - Nevada

Nevada State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
Professional Land Surveyor
Professional Engineer

NRS 625.270 Qualifications of applicant for licensure as professional land surveyor.
  1. A person who:
    1. Is 21 years of age or older; and
    2. Is a citizen of the United States or is lawfully entitled to remain and work in the United States,
      may apply to the board, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and any regulations adopted by the board, for licensure as a professional land surveyor.
  2. An applicant for licensure as a professional land surveyor must:
    1. Be of good character and reputation; and
    2. Pass the examination on the:
      1. Fundamentals of land surveying or receive a waiver of that requirement; and
      2. Principles and practices of land surveying, pursuant to NRS 625.280.

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  3. An applicant for licensure as a professional land surveyor may not take the examination on the principles and practices of land surveying, unless he:
    1. Is a graduate of a land-surveying curriculum of 4 years or more that is approved by the board and has a record of 4 years or more of active experience in land surveying that is satisfactory to the board and indicates that he is competent to be placed in responsible charge of land-surveying work; or
    2. Has a record of 10 years or more of active experience in land-surveying work that is satisfactory to the board and indicates that he is competent to be placed in responsible charge of land-surveying work.
  4. For the purposes of determining whether an applicant for licensure as a professional land surveyor has an adequate record of active experience pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 3:
    1. Graduation from a college or university in a field other than land surveying is equivalent to 2 years of active experience.
    2. Two of the 4 years of active experience must have been completed by working under the direct supervision of a person who is a professional land surveyor, unless that requirement is waived by the board.
    3. The execution, as a contractor, of work designed by a professional land surveyor or the supervision of the construction of that work, as a foreman or superintendent, is not equivalent to active experience in land surveying.

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  5. For the purposes of determining whether an applicant for licensure as a professional land surveyor has an adequate record of active experience pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 3:
    1. Satisfactory completion of 1 year of courses in land surveying that are approved by the board, by a person who has not graduated from a land-surveying curriculum, is equivalent to 1 year of active experience in land surveying.
    2. Graduation from a college or university in a field other than land surveying is equivalent to 2 years of active experience.
    3. Two of the 10 years of active experience must have been completed by working under the direct supervision of a person who is a professional land surveyor unless that requirement is waived by the board.
    4. The execution, as a contractor, of work designed by a professional land surveyor or the supervision of the construction of that work, as a foreman or superintendent, is not equivalent to active experience in land surveying.
    5. Not more than 4 years of active experience may be satisfied by the completion of educational course work.
  6. A person who is not working in the field of land surveying when he applies for licensure is eligible for licensure as a professional land surveyor if he complies with the requirements for licensure prescribed in this chapter.

NRS 625.183 Qualifications of applicant for licensure as professional engineer.

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  1. A person who:
    1. Is 21 years of age or older; and
    2. Is a citizen of the United States or is lawfully entitled to remain and work in the United States, may apply to the board, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and any regulations adopted by the board, for licensure as a professional engineer.
  2. An applicant for licensure as a professional engineer must:
    1. Be of good character and reputation; and
    2. Pass the examination on the:
      1. Fundamentals of engineering or receive a waiver of that requirement; and
      2. Principles and practices of engineering,
        pursuant to NRS 625.193.
  3. An applicant for licensure as a professional engineer may not take the examination on the principles and practices of engineering, unless he:
    1. Is a graduate of an engineering curriculum of 4 years or more that is approved by the board and has a record of 4 years or more of active experience in engineering that is satisfactory to the board and indicates that he is competent to be placed in responsible charge of engineering work; or
    2. Has a record of 10 years or more of active experience in engineering work that is satisfactory to the board and indicates that he is competent to be placed in responsible charge of engineering work.

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  4. For the purposes of determining whether an applicant for licensure as a professional engineer has an adequate record of active experience pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 3:
    1. Graduation from a college or university in a field other than engineering is equivalent to 2 years of active experience.
    2. Two of the 4 years of active experience must have been completed by working under the direct supervision of a person who is a professional engineer, unless that requirement is waived by the board.
    3. The execution, as a contractor, of work designed by a professional engineer or the supervision of the construction of that work as a foreman or superintendent, is not equivalent to active experience in engineering.
  5. For the purposes of determining whether an applicant for licensure as a professional engineer has an adequate record of active experience pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 3:
    1. Satisfactory completion of 1 year of courses in engineering that are approved by the board, by a person who has not graduated from an engineering curriculum, is equivalent to 1 year of active experience in engineering.
    2. Graduation from a college or university in a field other than engineering is equivalent to 2 years of active experience.
    3. Two of the 10 years of active experience must have been completed by working under the direct supervision of a person who is a professional engineer unless that requirement is waived by the board.
    4. The execution, as a contractor, of work designed by a professional engineer or the supervision of the construction of that work as a foreman or superintendent, is not equivalent to active experience in engineering.
    5. Not more than 4 years of active experience may be satisfied by the completion of educational course work.
  6. A person who is not working in the field of engineering when he applies for licensure is eligible for licensure as a professional engineer if he complies with the requirements for licensure prescribed in this chapter.

[Part 14:198:1919; added 1947, 797; A 1951, 459; 1955, 391]—(NRS A 1965, 1326; 1975, 1169; 1977, 743; 1989, 783; 1991, 2243; 1995, 49; 1997, 1043)

Jerry Higgins
Executive Director
1755 East Plumb Lane, Ste. 135
Reno, Nevada 89502
702-688-1231
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