1. Scope of practice. A professional land surveyor license entitles the holder to perform land surveying services.

[PL 2013, c. 180, §5 (NEW); PL 2013, c. 180, §6 (AFF).]

Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 18224

  • Board: means the Board of Licensure for Professional Land Surveyors. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 18201
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Land surveying: means any service or work involving the application of special knowledge of the rules of evidence and boundary laws, principles of mathematics and the related physical and applied sciences for measuring and locating lines, angles, elevations and natural and man-made features in the air, on the surface of the earth, within underground workings and on the beds of bodies of water. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 18201
  • Land surveyor-in-training: means a person licensed under this chapter to practice land surveying under the responsible charge of a professional land surveyor. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 18201
  • Professional land surveyor: means a person licensed under this chapter to practice land surveying. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 18201
2. Professional qualifications. An applicant for a professional land surveyor license must:
A. Be a land surveyor-in-training in this State or hold a license from another jurisdiction with qualifications similar to those required for a land surveyor-in-training under section 18223, and have a specific record of 2 additional years of progressive combined office and field experience acceptable to the board; and [PL 2013, c. 180, §5 (NEW); PL 2013, c. 180, §6 (AFF).]
B. Successfully pass an examination approved by the board. [PL 2013, c. 180, §5 (NEW); PL 2013, c. 180, §6 (AFF).]

[PL 2013, c. 180, §5 (NEW); PL 2013, c. 180, §6 (AFF).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 2013, c. 180, §5 (NEW). PL 2013, c. 180, §6 (AFF).