In the United States, the individual states are responsible for regulating the profession and licensing individual professionals. Most states have a set of regulatory standards and many are similar, but I doubt that any are exactly the same. Likewise with the licensing laws and even the definition of the practice of surveying - each state is different. Most states base their definition on this model or at least in general concert.
Most states have a web site that can be visited to find their respective laws and regulations.
I hope that helps.