2023 New Mexico Statutes › Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses › Article 23 - Engineering and Surveying › Section 61-23-27.4 - Licensure as a professional surveyor; general requirements. (Repealed effective July 1, 2030.)

A. Licensure as a professional surveyor may be either through examination or through endorsement or comity. In either case, an applicant shall file the appropriate application to demonstrate that the applicant:
(1) is of good moral character and reputation as determined by board rules;
(2) is certified as a surveyor intern;
(3) has at least four years of board-approved surveying experience if graduated from a four-year, board-approved surveying curriculum as defined by board rule;
(4) has five references, three of which shall be from licensed professional surveyors having personal knowledge of the applicant's surveying experience; and
(5) if graduated from a board-approved, four-year related science curriculum as specifically defined by board rules, has a minimum of four years of board-approved surveying experience subsequent to certification as a surveyor intern.
B. The applicant's experience pursuant to Paragraphs (3) and (5) of Subsection A of this section shall, at a minimum, include three years of increasingly responsible experience in boundary surveying and four years of increasingly responsible experience under the direct supervision of a licensed professional surveyor.
C. After acceptance of the application by the board, the applicant shall be allowed to take the appropriate examination for licensure as a professional surveyor.
D. Upon successfully completing the examination, the applicant shall be eligible to be licensed as a professional surveyor upon action of the board.
E. If otherwise qualified, an applicant may be licensed if the applicant is currently licensed as a professional surveyor in:
(1) another state, the District of Columbia or a territory of the United States; provided that:
(a) licensure does not conflict with the provisions of the Engineering and Surveying Practice Act and that the standards required for licensure and the applicant's qualifications equaled or exceeded the licensure standards in New Mexico at the time the applicant was initially licensed; and
(b) the applicant has passed examinations the board deems necessary to determine the applicant's qualifications, including a written examination that includes questions on laws, procedures and practices pertaining to surveying in this state;
(2) another state, the District of Columbia or a territory of the United States; and provided further that the applicant:
(a) has been actively licensed for the continuous fifteen years immediately preceding application to New Mexico;
(b) has not received any form of disciplinary action related to the practice of surveying or professional conduct from any jurisdiction within the five years preceding application to New Mexico;
(c) has not had the applicant's professional license suspended or revoked at any time from any jurisdiction; and
(d) has passed examinations the board deems necessary to determine the applicant's qualifications, including a written examination that includes questions on laws, procedures and practices pertaining to surveying in New Mexico; or
(3) a foreign country and can demonstrate to the board's satisfaction:
(a) evidence that the licensure was based on standards that equal or exceed those currently required for licensure by the Engineering and Surveying Practice Act; and
(b) competence in current surveying standards and procedures by passing examinations the board deems necessary to determine the applicant's qualification, including a written examination that includes questions on laws, procedures and practices pertaining to surveying in New Mexico.
History:
1978 Comp., § 61-23-27.4, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 218, § 25; 1999, ch. 259, § 20; 2005, ch. 69, § 11; 2012, ch. 46, § 10; 2023, ch. 79, § 8.
ANNOTATIONS
Delayed repeals.
— For delayed repeal of this section,
see
61-23-32 NMSA 1978.
The 2023 amendment,
effective June 16, 2023, provided additional comity provisions for licensure as a professional surveyor, and clarified language; in Subsection A, Paragraph A(1), after "reputation", added "as determined by board rules"; and in Subsection E, added a new Paragraph E(2) and redesignated former Paragraph E(2) as Paragraph E(3).
The 2012 amendment,
effective July 1, 2012, changed the experience requirements for licensure; in Subsection A, in Paragraph (3), after "board approved surveying curriculum", deleted "or has a minimum of eight years of board-approved surveying experience, including the four years of experience required for surveying intern certification, if graduated from a four-year, board-approved related science curriculum; and" and added "as defined by board rule", and added Paragraph (5); in Subsection B, after "experience pursuant to", deleted "Paragraph" and added "Paragraphs", and after "Paragraphs (3)", added "and (5)".
The 2005 amendment,
effective June 17, 2005, required the applicant to demonstrate at least four years of board-approved surveying experience if the applicant has graduated from a four year, board approved curriculum or has a minimum of eight years of board-approved surveying experience, including the four years of experience required for surveying intern certification.
The 1999 amendment,
effective June 18, 1999, substituted "licensure" for "registration" and made similar changes in the section heading and throughout the section; deleted "effective July 1, 1995" at the end of the section heading and at the beginning of Subsection A; in Subsection A(3), substituted the language beginning "if graduated from a four-year" for "after graduation; and"; and inserted "pursuant to Paragraph (3) of Subsection A of this section" in Subsection B.