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FL Stat § 472.008 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations|Chapter 472 - Land Surveying and Mapping|472.008 - Rules of the Board.

472.008 Rules of the board.—(1) The board has authority to adopt rules to implement this chapter conferring duties upon it. This specific grant of rulemaking authority to the board shall be exercised only through proceedings pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 and with the prior approval of the department.(2) The board shall adopt rules authorizing the use of professional titles by retired surveyors and mappers. Such rules shall establish guidelines designed to avoid abuse by retirees and confusion on the part of the general public. The rules shall not require continuing education requirements in order to use a professional title by a retiree.(3) The department has standing to challenge any rule or proposed rule of the board pursuant to s. 120.56. In addition to challenges for any invalid exercise of delegated legislative authority, the administrative law judge, upon such a challenge by the department, may declare all or part of a rule or proposed rule invalid if it:(a) Does not protect the public from any significant and discernible harm or damages;(b) Unreasonably restricts competition or the availability of professional services in the state or in a significant part of the state; or(c) Unnecessarily increases the cost of professional services without a corresponding or equivalent public benefit.A presumption is not created for the existence of any of the conditions cited in this subsection if the department challenges the rule or proposed rule.(4) The department or the board is a substantially interested party for purposes of s. 120.54(7). The board may, as an adversely affected party, initiate and maintain an action pursuant to s. 120.68 challenging final agency action.(5) Any proposed board rule that has not been modified to remove proposed committee objections of the Administrative Procedures Committee must receive approval from the department before filing the rule with the Department of State for final adoption. The department may repeal any rule enacted by the board which has taken effect without having met proposed committee objections of the Administrative Procedures Committee.History.—ss. 4, 6, ch. 87-349; s. 23, ch. 88-392; ss. 5, 7, ch. 89-137; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 87, ch. 94-119; s. 143, ch. 98-200; s. 3, ch. 2002-41; s. 7, ch. 2009-66.
FL Stat § 472.009 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations|Chapter 472 - Land Surveying and Mapping|472.009 - Board Headquarters.

472.009 Board headquarters.—The headquarters of the board shall be in Tallahassee.History.—ss. 22, 42, ch. 79-243; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 5, 7, ch. 89-137; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
FL Stat § 472.0132 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations|Chapter 472 - Land Surveying and Mapping|472.0132 - Penalty for Theft or Reproduction of an Examination.

472.0132 Penalty for theft or reproduction of an examination.—In addition to, or in lieu of, any other discipline imposed pursuant to s. 472.033, a person who wrongfully takes an examination in whole or in part or reproduces or copies an examination administered by the department, whether such examination is reproduced or copied in part or in whole and by any means, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.History.—s. 11, ch. 2009-66.
FL Stat § 472.0135 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations|Chapter 472 - Land Surveying and Mapping|472.0135 - Education; Substituting Demonstration of Competency for Clock-Hour Requirements; Accreditation; Consultation.

472.0135 Education; substituting demonstration of competency for clock-hour requirements; accreditation; consultation.—(1) If the board requires a student to complete a specific number of clock hours of classroom instruction for initial licensure purposes, the board shall establish the minimal competencies that such student must demonstrate in order to be licensed. The demonstration of such competencies may be substituted for specific classroom clock-hour requirements established in statute or rule which are related to instructional programs for licensure purposes. Student demonstration of the established minimum competencies shall be certified by the educational institution.(2) Notwithstanding any other law, educational programs and institutions which are required by statute to be accredited, but which were accredited by an agency that has since ceased to perform an accrediting function, shall be recognized until such programs and institutions are accredited by a qualified successor to the original accrediting agency, an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education, or an accrediting agency recognized by the board.(3) The board shall consult with the Commission for Independent Education, the Board of Governors of the State University System, and the State Board of Education prior to adopting any changes to training requirements relating to entry into the profession. This consultation must allow the educational board to provide advice regarding the impact of the proposed changes in terms of the length of time necessary to complete the training program and the fiscal impact of the changes. The educational board must be consulted only when an institution offering the training program falls under its jurisdiction.History.—s. 12, ch. 2009-66.
FL Stat § 472.016 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations|Chapter 472 - Land Surveying and Mapping|472.016 - Members of Armed Forces in Good Standing With the Board.

472.016 Members of Armed Forces in good standing with the board.—(1) Any member of the United States Armed Forces who is now or in the future on active duty and who, at the time of becoming such a member of the United States Armed Forces, was in good standing with the board and entitled to practice or engage in surveying and mapping in the state shall be kept in good standing by the board, without registering, paying dues or fees, or performing any other act on his or her part to be performed, as long as he or she is a member of the United States Armed Forces on active duty and for a period of 2 years after discharge from active duty. A member, during active duty and for a period of 2 years after discharge from active duty, engaged in the practice of surveying or mapping in the private sector for profit in this state must complete all licensure renewal provisions except remitting the license renewal fee, which shall be waived by the department.(2) The board shall adopt rules exempting the spouses of members of the United States Armed Forces from licensure renewal provisions, but only in cases of absence from the state because of their spouses’ duties with the United States Armed Forces. The department or the appropriate board or program shall waive any license renewal fee for the spouse of a member of the United States Armed Forces when such member is present in this state because of the member’s active duty with the United States Armed Forces, and for the surviving spouse of a member who at the time of death was serving on active duty and died within the 2 years preceding the date of renewal.History.—s. 14, ch. 2009-66; s. 105, ch. 2010-5; s. 10, ch. 2018-7.
FL Stat § 472.0165 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations|Chapter 472 - Land Surveying and Mapping|472.0165 - Qualification of Immigrants for Examination to Practice a Licensed Profession or Occupation.

472.0165 Qualification of immigrants for examination to practice a licensed profession or occupation.—(1) It is the declared purpose of this section to encourage the use of foreign-speaking residents of this state duly qualified to become licensed surveyors and mappers so that all Florida citizens may receive better services.(2) Any person who has successfully completed, or is currently enrolled in, an approved course of study created pursuant to chapters 74-105 and 75-177, Laws of Florida, shall be deemed qualified for an examination or reexamination for a license which shall be administered in the English language unless 15 or more such applicants request that the reexamination be administered in their native language. If a reexamination is administered in a foreign language, the full cost to the board of preparing and administering the examination must be borne by the applicants.(3) The board shall adopt and implement programs designed to qualify for examination all persons who were resident nationals of the Republic of Cuba and who, on July 1, 1977, were residents of this state.History.—s. 15, ch. 2009-66.
FL Stat § 472.017 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations|Chapter 472 - Land Surveying and Mapping|472.017 - Renewal of License.

472.017 Renewal of license.—The department shall renew a license upon receipt of the renewal application and fee, upon proof of compliance with the continuing education requirement of s. 472.018, and, if a demonstration of competency is required by law or rule, upon certification by the board that the licensee has satisfactorily demonstrated his or her competence in surveying and mapping.History.—ss. 26, 42, ch. 79-243; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 7, ch. 87-349; ss. 5, 7, ch. 89-137; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 218, ch. 94-119; s. 339, ch. 97-103; s. 73, ch. 2013-18.
FL Stat § 472.019 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations|Chapter 472 - Land Surveying and Mapping|472.019 - Reactivation; Continuing Education.

472.019 Reactivation; continuing education.—(1) The continuing education requirements for reactivating a license may not exceed 12 classroom hours for each year the license was inactive.(2) The board shall promulgate rules relating to licenses which have become inactive and for the renewal of inactive licenses. The board shall prescribe by rule a fee not to exceed $50 for the reactivation of an inactive license and a fee not to exceed $50 for the renewal of an inactive license.History.—ss. 27, 42, ch. 79-243; s. 342, ch. 81-259; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 105, ch. 83-329; ss. 5, 7, ch. 89-137; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 219, ch. 94-119.
FL Stat § 472.0201 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations|Chapter 472 - Land Surveying and Mapping|472.0201 - Public Inspection of Information Required From Applicants; Exceptions; Examination Hearing.

472.0201 Public inspection of information required from applicants; exceptions; examination hearing.—(1) All information required by the department of any applicant shall be a public record and shall be open to public inspection pursuant to s. 119.07, except financial information, medical information, school transcripts, examination questions, answers, papers, grades, and grading keys, which are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and shall not be discussed with or made accessible to anyone except members of the board, the department, and staff thereof, who have a bona fide need to know such information. Any information supplied to the department by any other agency which is exempt from the provisions of chapter 119 or is confidential shall remain exempt or confidential pursuant to applicable law while in the custody of the department.(2) The department shall establish by rule the procedure by which an applicant, and the applicant’s attorney, may review examination questions and answers. Examination questions and answers are not subject to discovery but may be introduced into evidence and considered only in camera in any administrative proceeding under chapter 120. If an administrative hearing is held, the department shall provide challenged examination questions and answers to the administrative law judge. The examination questions and answers provided at the hearing are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1), unless invalidated by the administrative law judge.(3) Unless an applicant notifies the department at least 5 days before an examination hearing of the applicant’s inability to attend, or unless an applicant can demonstrate an extreme emergency for failing to attend, the department may require an applicant who fails to attend to pay reasonable attorney’s fees, costs, and court costs of the department for the examination hearing.History.—s. 17, ch. 2009-66.
FL Stat § 472.02011 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations|Chapter 472 - Land Surveying and Mapping|472.02011 - Disclosure of Confidential Information.

472.02011 Disclosure of confidential information.—(1) An officer, employee, or person under contract with the department or the board, or any subject of an investigation may not convey knowledge or information to any person who is not lawfully entitled to such knowledge or information about any public meeting or public record, which at the time such knowledge or information is conveyed is exempt from the provisions of s. 119.01, s. 119.07(1), or s. 286.011.(2) Any person who willfully violates this section commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, and may be subject to discipline pursuant to s. 472.033, and, if applicable, shall be removed from office, employment, or the contractual relationship.History.—s. 18, ch. 2009-66.
FL Stat § 472.0203 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations|Chapter 472 - Land Surveying and Mapping|472.0203 - Renewal and Cancellation Notices.

472.0203 Renewal and cancellation notices.—(1) At least 90 days before the end of a licensure cycle, the department shall:(a) Forward a licensure renewal notification to an active or inactive licensee at the licensee’s last known address of record with the department.(b) Forward a notice of pending cancellation of licensure to a delinquent status licensee at the licensee’s last known address of record with the department.(2) Each licensure renewal notification and each notice of pending cancellation of licensure must state conspicuously that a licensee who remains on inactive status for more than two consecutive biennial licensure cycles and who wishes to reactivate the license may be required to demonstrate the competency to resume active practice by sitting for a special purpose examination or by completing other reactivation requirements, as defined by rule of the board.(3) Notwithstanding any other law, a licensure renewal notification required to be sent to the last known address of record may be sent by the department to the licensee by electronic means if the licensee has provided an e-mail address to the department.History.—s. 20, ch. 2009-66; s. 10, ch. 2012-67.
FL Stat § 472.0204 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations|Chapter 472 - Land Surveying and Mapping|472.0204 - Address of Record.

472.0204 Address of record.—(1) Each licensee of the department is solely responsible for notifying the department in writing of the licensee’s current mailing address and place of practice, as defined by rule of the board. A licensee’s failure to notify the department of a change of address constitutes a violation of this section, and the licensee may be disciplined by the board.(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, service by regular mail to a licensee’s last known address of record with the department constitutes adequate and sufficient notice to the licensee for any official communication to the licensee by the board or the department except when other service is required pursuant to s. 472.033.History.—s. 21, ch. 2009-66.
FL Stat § 472.023 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations|Chapter 472 - Land Surveying and Mapping|472.023 - Surveyors and Mappers and Firms of Other States; Temporary Certificates to Practice in This State.

472.023 Surveyors and mappers and firms of other states; temporary certificates to practice in this state.—(1) Upon approval by the board and payment of a fee not to exceed $25, the department shall grant a temporary certificate for work on one specified project in this state and for a period not to exceed 1 year to a surveyor and mapper holding a certificate to practice in another state, provided that Florida registrants are similarly permitted to engage in work in such state.(2) Upon approval by the board and payment of a fee not to exceed $50, the department shall grant a temporary certificate of authorization for work on one specified project in this state for a period not to exceed 1 year to an out-of-state corporation, partnership, or firm, provided one of the principal officers of the corporation, one of the partners of the partnership, or one of the principals in the fictitiously named firm has obtained a temporary certificate of registration in accordance with subsection (1).(3) The application for a temporary license shall constitute appointment of the Department of State as an agent of the applicant for service of process in any action or proceeding against the applicant arising out of any transaction or operation connected with or incidental to the practice of surveying and mapping for which the temporary license was issued.History.—ss. 30, 42, ch. 79-243; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 5, 7, ch. 89-137; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 92, ch. 94-119.
FL Stat § 472.025 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations|Chapter 472 - Land Surveying and Mapping|472.025 - Seals.

472.025 Seals.—(1) The board shall adopt, by rule, a form of seal to be used by all registrants holding valid certificates of registration, whether the registrants are corporations, partnerships, or individuals. Each registrant shall obtain a seal in that form; and all final drawings, plans, specifications, plats, or reports prepared or issued by the registrant in accordance with the standards of practice established by the board shall be signed by the registrant, dated, and stamped with his or her seal. This signature, date, and seal shall be evidence of the authenticity of that to which they are affixed. Each registrant may in addition register his or her seal electronically in accordance with ss. 668.001-668.006. Drawings, plans, specifications, reports, or documents prepared or issued by a registrant may be transmitted electronically and may be signed by the registrant, dated, and stamped electronically with such seal in accordance with ss. 668.001-668.006.(2) It is unlawful for a person to stamp, seal, or digitally sign a document with a seal or digital signature after his or her certificate of registration has expired or been revoked or suspended, unless such certificate of registration has been reinstated or reissued. When a certificate of registration has been revoked or suspended by the board, the registrant shall, within 30 days after the revocation or suspension has become effective, surrender his or her seal to the executive director of the board and confirm to the executive director the cancellation of the registrant’s digital signature in accordance with ss. 668.001-668.006. If the registrant’s certificate has been suspended for a period of time, his or her seal shall be returned to him or her upon expiration of the suspension period.(3) No registrant shall affix or permit to be affixed his or her seal, name, or digital signature to any plan, specification, drawing, or other document which depicts work which he or she is not licensed to perform or which is beyond his or her profession or specialty therein.History.—ss. 31, 42, ch. 79-243; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 17, 44, ch. 82-179; ss. 5, 7, ch. 89-137; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 342, ch. 97-103; s. 6, ch. 97-241; s. 9, ch. 2001-63; s. 11, ch. 2012-67; s. 21, ch. 2014-147; s. 7, ch. 2017-85.
FL Stat § 472.027 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations|Chapter 472 - Land Surveying and Mapping|472.027 - Standards of Practice.

472.027 Standards of practice.—The board shall adopt rules establishing standards of practice for the profession of surveying and mapping to:(1) Assure competence in the practice of the profession;(2) Assure accuracy, completeness, and quality in the products provided;(3) Assure adequate and defensible real property boundary locations; and(4) Govern the following professional matters:(a) Conflicts of interest.(b) Client confidentiality.(c) Misuse, reuse, unauthorized use, or alteration of another professional’s product.(d) Fair dealing in all professional relationships and private and public sector contracts.(e) Retention of work products in hard copy or electronic or digital formats.(f) Transfer and storage of files and file materials upon discontinuance of the practice of surveying and mapping.History.—ss. 36, 42, ch. 79-243; s. 344, ch. 81-259; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 5, 7, ch. 89-137; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 93, ch. 94-119; s. 10, ch. 2001-63; s. 1, ch. 2014-147.
FL Stat § 472.029 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations|Chapter 472 - Land Surveying and Mapping|472.029 - Authorization to Enter Lands of Third Parties; Conditions.

472.029 Authorization to enter lands of third parties; conditions.—(1) IN GENERAL.—Surveyors and mappers or their subordinates may go on, over, and upon the lands of others when necessary to make surveys and maps or locate or set monuments, and, in so doing, may carry with them their agents and employees necessary for that purpose. Entry under the right granted by this subsection does not constitute trespass, and surveyors and mappers and their duly authorized agents or employees so entering are not liable to arrest or to a civil action by reason of such entry; however, this subsection does not give authority to registrants, subordinates, agents, or employees to destroy, injure, damage, or move any physical improvements on lands of another without the written permission of the landowner.(2) LIABILITY AND DUTY OF CARE ON AGRICULTURAL LAND.—(a) Any person regulated by this chapter who enters agricultural land shall do so in compliance with all federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to premises security, agricultural protections, and other health and safety requirements in place on such land.(b) A landowner is not liable to any third party for civil or criminal acts or damages that result from the negligent or intentional conduct of any person regulated by this chapter on agricultural land.(c) If written notice is not delivered to the landowner or landowner’s registered agent at least 3 business days prior to entry on an agricultural parcel containing more than 160 acres, the duty of care owed by the landowner to those regulated by this chapter is that due an undiscovered trespasser.(d) This subsection applies only to land classified as agricultural pursuant to s. 193.461.History.—ss. 37, 42, ch. 79-243; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 5, 7, ch. 89-137; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 94, ch. 94-119; s. 6, ch. 2002-41.
FL Stat § 472.031 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations|Chapter 472 - Land Surveying and Mapping|472.031 - Prohibitions; Penalties.

472.031 Prohibitions; penalties.—(1) No person shall:(a) Practice or offer to practice surveying and mapping unless such person is registered pursuant to ss. 472.001-472.037;(b) Use the name or title “registered surveyor and mapper,” “surveyor and mapper,” “professional surveyor and mapper,” “land surveyor,” “surveyor,” or any combination thereof when such person has not registered pursuant to ss. 472.001-472.037;(c) Present as his or her own the registration of another;(d) Knowingly give false or forged evidence to the board or a member thereof; or(e) Use or attempt to use a registration that has been suspended or revoked.(2) Any person who is found to be in violation of any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.History.—ss. 33, 42, ch. 79-243; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 5, 7, ch. 89-137; s. 103, ch. 91-224; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 95, ch. 94-119; s. 343, ch. 97-103; s. 11, ch. 2001-63; s. 7, ch. 2002-41.