Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 09 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Subtitle 13 - BOARD FOR PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYORS › Chapter 09.13.06 - Minimum Standards of Practice › Section 09.13.06.02 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In this chapter,
				the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Accurate and precise location" means a
				description of the position of a feature, object, or boundary that meets or
				exceeds the positional tolerance.
(2) "As-constructed survey" has the meaning
				stated in Regulation .07 of this chapter.
(3) "Authoritative" means the process of
				surveying which results in an accurately and precisely established location of
				a feature, object, or boundary.
(4)
				"Bench mark" means an identifiable stable reference point established as a
				record for future use or reestablishment of the elevation datum of a survey
				requiring vertical data.
(5)
				"Boundary survey" has the meaning stated in Regulation .03 of this
				chapter.
(6) "Certification entity"
				means an entity acceptable to the Board, as stated in Business Occupations and
				Professions Article, §
										15-301(b)(4),
				Annotated Code of Maryland, including, but not limited to, the following
				entities:
(a) American Society for
				Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing;
(b) GIS Certification Institute;
(c) United States Geospatial Intelligence
				Foundation; and
(d) National
				Society of Professional Surveyors.
(7) "Consumer" means a property owner or a
				prospective property owner, as the case may be, for whose benefit surveying
				services are performed.
(8) "Date"
				means the date of the latest field work.
(9) "Licensee" means:
(a) A professional land surveyor as stated in
				Business Occupations and Professions Article, §
											15-101(l),
				Annotated Code of Maryland; or
(b)
				A licensed property line surveyor as stated in Business Occupations and
				Professions Article, §
											15-101(g),
				Annotated Code of Maryland.
(10) "Metes and bounds description" has the
				meaning stated in Regulation .08 of this chapter.
(11) "Monument" means an identifiable object
				or marker which physically identifies the location of property division lines
				or other survey points on the ground.
(12) "Planimetric survey" has the meaning
				stated in Regulation .05 of this chapter.
(13) "Plat" means a drawing prepared at an
				appropriate scale to show the results of the findings and conclusions of a
				survey.
(14) "Positional tolerance"
				means the maximum allowable relative positional precision of 0.07 feet (or 2
				centimeters) plus 50 parts per million, based on the direct distance between
				the two survey markers or monuments, as applicable.
(15) "Qualifying activity" means an activity
				which:
(a) Is acceptable to the
				Board;
(b) Is offered by a
				certification entity; and
(c) Has
				content areas related to the utilization of measurement devices or systems for
				the purpose of determining topography or contours.
(16) "Relative positional precision" means
				the length of the semi-major axis expressed in feet or meters, of the error
				ellipse representing the uncertainty due to random errors in measurements used
				to control surveys in the location of the property evidence, marking any corner
				of the surveyed property relative to the property evidence, and marking any
				other corner of the surveyed property at the 95 percent confidence level (two
				standard deviations).
(17) "Right
				of way/easement survey" has the meaning stated in Regulation .09 of this
				chapter.
(18) "Special purpose
				survey" has the meaning stated in Regulation .10 of this chapter.
(19) "Survey" means the process of conducting
				research, performing field measurements and observations, and applying
				mathematical principles to determine or obtain the data necessary to record,
				display, or indicate, or all of these, land boundaries, land areas, and the
				position and characteristics of any natural or artificial, or both, features on
				or near the surface of the earth.
(20) "Survey marker" means, within the
				meaning of COMAR 09.13.03, an identifiable point, object, or mark which
				physically identifies the location of any point utilized or established to fix
				the position of a survey control station.
(21) "Surveyor" means:
(a) A professional land surveyor as stated in
				Business Occupations and Professions Article, §
											15-101(l),
				Annotated Code of Maryland;
(b) A
				licensed property line surveyor as stated in Business Occupations and
				Professions Article, §
											15-101(g),
				Annotated Code of Maryland; or
(c)
				An individual otherwise authorized to practice professional land surveying or
				property line surveying under Business Occupations and Professions Article,
				§
											15-303,
				Annotated Code of Maryland.
(22) "Topographic survey" has the meaning
				stated in Regulation .04 of this chapter.
(23) "Witness monument" means an identifiable
				point, object, or marker offset from the position of a survey marker, boundary
				point, or line which is used for the purpose of identifying the position of the
				survey marker, boundary point, or point on line through the use of distance
				measurements or angular measurements, or both.