Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 435 - Board of Registration for Professional Land Surveyors › Chapter 00 - N/A › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations for Professional Land Surveying (435-RICR-00-00-1) › Section 435-RICR-00-00-1.2 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. "Act" means R.I. Gen. Laws §
										5-8.1-1, et seq.
B. "Active" means a registered Professional Land Surveyor authorized to currently practice land surveying by the Board and who has complied with the continuing education requirements prescribed herein.
C. "Biennium" (for Continuing Education purposes) means a period of two years, commencing on July 1st and terminating on June 30th.
D. "Board" means the "Board of Registration for Professional Land Surveyors" as defined in R.I. Gen. Laws §
										5-8.1-2(4)  or, when the context permits, also mean the relevant administration or personnel of the Board.
E. "Boundary Survey" means the process of investigating, collecting and evaluating real property evidence from recorded, field, and other relevant sources, in order to formulate a professional opinion regarding the location of property boundaries. That opinion may be reported or published in different formats. The quality of the data and analysis sufficient to render the opinion, as well as to prepare any plan or report, shall meet the minimum standards set forth in §
										1.9     of this Part.
F. "Certificate of Authorization" means the certificate issued by the Board which indicates that the sole proprietor, partnership, limited liability partnership, corporation, or limited liability company named in the certificate is permitted to practice land surveying, to offer to practice land surveying, and to solicit and/or broker land surveying services in the State of Rhode Island, as defined in R.I. Gen. Laws §
										5-8.1-13(b)(2).
G. "Chair" means the Chairperson of the Board of Registration for Professional Land Surveyors.
H. "Department" means the Department of Business Regulation.
I. "Division of Design Professionals" means the administrative division within the Department established pursuant to the Division of Design Professionals Act, R.I. Gen. Laws §
										5-84-1 et seq., that is comprised of four (4) Boards; the State Board of Registration for Professional Land Surveyors, the Board of Registration for Professional Engineers, the Board of Examination and Registration of Architects, and the Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects.
J. "Entity" means any legal entity that engages in the Practice of Land Surveying. Entity includes, but is not limited to, corporations, partnerships, sole proprietorships, state agencies, municipalities, and municipal agencies.
K. "Experience" and "Training" shall have the meaning ascribed to the term "Experience" in R.I. Gen. Laws §
										5-8.1-2(7), and the terms shall be interchangeable.
L. "Inactive" means a registered Professional Land Surveyor who has obtained inactive status from the Board and is not required to comply with the continuing education requirements prescribed herein. An Inactive Registrant may not engage in the Practice of Land Surveying in the State of Rhode Island.
M. "Issued" when used with reference to a plan, drawing, plat or other work product, means when the work product is presented to the client, federal, state or municipal board / agency, etc. for acceptance or action.
N. "Land Surveyor Emeritus" means an honorary title issued, upon application, to a retired Professional Land Surveyor who is prohibited from practicing land surveying in the State of Rhode Island.
O. "NCEES" means the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying, of which the Board is a member. The Board is authorized to conduct NCEES examinations as a member, and accepts NCEES Certificates as evidence of licensing in other jurisdictions.
P. "Professional Development Hour (PDH)" means 50 minutes of in-class instruction or 50 minutes of participation in other forms of continuing education, approved by the Board.
Q. "Sponsor" means a person or entity providing a technical meeting, seminar, tutorial, short course, correspondence course, college/university course or other activity constituting continuing education hereunder and approved by the Board.
R. "Stamp" means the instrument used to apply a seal evidencing registration of a Professional Land Surveyor pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §
										5-8.1-12.
S. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Act.