Oklahoma State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveoyrs

245:15-11-5. Requirements for Professional Land Surveyor

1. To demonstrate that a Professional Land Surveyor maintains an acceptable level of competency, a registrant must obtain thirty (30) PDH units for a twenty-four month (Biennial) renewal period. If a registrant exceeds the requirement in any Biennial renewal period, a maximum of fifteen (15) PDH's may be carried forward into the subsequent Biennial renewal period. PDH's may be earned by a registrant as follows:
   
   
   1. Successful completion or auditing of college courses.
   2. Successful completion or auditing of continuing education courses.
   3. Attending seminars, correspondence, televised, videotaped, and other short courses/tutorials.
   4. Active participation in seminars, in-house courses, workshops, and Professional/Technical meetings/conventions.
   5. Active membership in a Professional/Technical organization serving the Land Surveyor Profession.
   6. Teaching or instructing in (1) through (4) of this subsection.
   7. Authoring published papers, articles and books.
      
      
2. All such PDH's earned in activities as described in (a)(1) through (a)(6) of this section must be relevant to the practice of land surveying and may include technical, ethical or managerial content.
   
   
3. The first biennial renewal period that a Professional Land Surveyor must comply with this Subchapter and secure the required PDH's shall be the biennial renewal period commencing July 1,1994. All renewals after July 1, 1996 shall comply with the rules in this Subchapter.

245:15-3-8. Qualifications for land surveyor registration

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To be eligible for registration as a Professional Land Surveyor or certified as a Land Surveyor Intern, an applicant must be of good character and reputation. Evidence of minimum qualifications is required by the Board in accordance with the following:

1. Land Surveyor Intern:
   
   
   1. An applicant who provides proof of graduation from a board approved, surveying curriculum of two (2) years or more and has passed an eight (8) hour written examination in the fundamentals of land surveying shall be certified as a Land Surveyor Intern. (B) An applicant who provides proof of graduation from a non-approved surveying or related science curriculum, has a specific record of four (4) years of combined education, office and field experience in land surveying, and has passed an eight (8) hour written examination in the fundamentals of land surveying shall be certified as a Land Surveyor Intern.
      
      
2. Professional Land Surveyor (original registration):
   
   
   1. An applicant who graduated from a Board approved surveying program, shall provide proof of;
      
      
      1. graduation from a board approved surveying curriculum of two (2) years or more,
      2. passing the fundamentals of land surveying examinations, and
      3. a specific record of an additional four (4) years of combined office and field experience of which two (2) years has been in responsible charge of land surveying projects under the supervision of a Professional Land Surveyor and of a grade and character which indicates to the Board that the applicant may be competent to practice.
         
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   2. An applicant who graduated from a non-approved surveying program, shall provide proof of;
      
      
      1. graduation from a non-approved surveying curriculum of two (2) years or more
      2. passing the fundamentals of land surveying examinations, and
      3. a specific record of an additional six (6) years of combined office and field experience of which two (2) years has been in responsible charge of land surveying projects under the supervision a Professional Land Surveyor and of a grade and character which indicates to the Board that the applicant may be competent to practice.
         
         
   3. An applicant who graduated from a non-approved engineering or surveying program of four (4) years or more, shall provide proof of;
      
      
      1. graduation from a Board approved or non-approved surveying curriculum, Civil Engineering, or Civil Engineering Technology curriculum of four (4) years or more,
      2. passing the fundamentals of land surveying examination, and
      3. a specific record of an additional two (2) years of combined office and field experience in responsible charge of land surveying projects under the supervision of a Professional Land Surveyor and of a grade and character which indicated to the Board that the applicant may be competent to practice.
         
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   4. An applicant who does not have a Board approved or non-approved, surveying or related science curriculum of two (2) years or more, must show proof of a specific record of nine (9) years or more and practice in land surveying of which at least five (5) years have been in responsible charge of independent land surveying work under the supervision of a Professional Land Surveyor and of a grade and character which indicates to the board that the applicant may be competent to practice.
      
      
   5. Applicants must show proof of a specific record of combined office and field experience of a grade and character which indicates to the Board that the applicant may be competent to practice and has obtained the experience under the supervision of a Professional Land Surveyor. Experience record may be claimed to the date of the application. Experience record is to be continuous from the beginning to the date of the application. Experience time shall not exceed elapsed calendar time. Applications with insufficient experience will be rejected by the Board. Only experience obtained directly within the land surveying area will be considered as qualifying experience by the Board. The following listed experience will be considered to be of a grade and character satisfactory to the Board.
      
      
      1. "Office experience" which includes, but is not limited to, land surveying activities, under the responsible charge of a Professional Land Surveyor, where the applicant:
         1. Assists in the planning, directing and analyzing necessary for the preparation of surveys, plats, and related documents.
         2. Reduces and evaluates land surveying data.
         3. Develops procedures and systems for the collection, reduction, adjustment and use of land surveying data.
         4. Prepares data to be used by field surveyors or field crews.
         5. Coordinates the preparation and processing of maps, plats, reports, descriptions, or other documents.Researches records to obtain survey and title data.
         6. Performs boundary analysis and reconciles records and field evidence to identify boundary line's discrepancies.
            
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      2. "Field experience" which includes, but is not limited to, land surveying activities, under the responsible charge of a Professional Land Surveyor, where the applicant:
         1. Assists in determining field survey methods and procedures, including selection of accuracy standards.
         2. Selects or verifies that the correct control monumentation is used to establish the survey datums (horizontal and vertical) and selects "on the ground" locations for control monuments.
         3. Inspects monumentation in the field and/or examines field evidence for the determination and identification of physical evidence. (IV) Reviews measurements observations with the responsibility for accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
         4. Reviews measurements observations with the responsibility for accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
         5. Reviews, determines procedures for and prepares field notes and records for proper application of field survey procedures.
         6. Plans field checks, reviews field checks, and, based on such checks, determines if completed field survey plats are accurate and sufficient.
         7. Searches for boundary and control monuments; assists in analyzing field evidence; compares record data to found physical evidence; compares record data to measured data, documents discrepancies; assists in acquiring and documenting testimony regarding boundary locations; recommends boundary locations and/or establishment; selects or verifies that the correct controlling monuments are used to locate or establish boundary points and lines.
         8. Recommends when existing boundary monuments are to be replaced; selects the methods to be used for replacing and resetting monuments.
         9. Functions as a "party chief," "chief of parties," or lead person in charge of field surveyors or field crews.
            
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   6. Applicants shall submit a minimum of five (5) references, three (3) of whom shall be professional land surveyors having personal knowledge of the applicant's land surveying experience. These references should be able to verify the periods of experience since the beginning of the history, leaving no gaps in dates. The Board cannot give credit for surveying experience that has not been verified by one or more references.
      
      
   7. When the requirements of the Statutes and this Chapter are met, the applicant shall be admitted to either an eight (8) hour written examination in fundamentals of land surveying, or an eight (8) hour written examination in the principles and practice of land surveying of which two (2) hours shall include questions on laws, procedures and practices pertaining to land surveying in the State of Oklahoma, or both.
      
      
   8. Upon completion of the applicable requirements in this section, to the satisfaction of the Board, the applicant shall be registered as a Professional Land Surveyor in the State of Oklahoma.

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