West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 23 - Professional Surveyors › Title 23 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL SURVEYORS › Series 23-01 - Examination and Licensing of Professional Surveyors in West Virginia › Section 23-1-2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
As used in this rule, the following terms have the following
				  meanings unless the context or subject matter clearly requires a different
				  interpretation:
2.1. Active Duty"
				means when a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, the National
				Guard of this state or any other state or any other military reserve component
				is deployed outside this state, and for the following six months after
				discharge.
2.2 "Active Status" means
				the licensee has met all the requirements for the current annual renewal period
				and is permitted to practice as a professional surveyor in West
				Virginia.
2.3. "Certificate of
				Licensure" means a certificate issued to the applicant who has met the
				licensing requirements of W. Va. Code §
									30-13A-1 et seq. and has been
				approved by the Board. The certificate will be signed as required by the Board
				and will show the license number and seal of the Board and shall be displayed
				conspicuously at the principal place of practice.
2.4. "Comity Applicant" means a person who is
				applying to become a professional surveyor in West Virginia and is currently in
				possession of a professional surveyor license or certificate of licensure
				issued by a proper authority of a jurisdiction other than WV.
2.5. "Continuing Education" means mandatory
				continuing education required by the Board as set forth in 23CSR2.
2.6. "Delinquent Status" means the licensee
				has failed to meet the requirements for renewal or paid the renewal fee and is
				not permitted to practice as a professional surveyor in West Virginia. The
				licensee can remain in delinquent status up to thirty-six (36) months without
				submitting a new application.
2.7.
				"Direct Supervision" means the responsible licensee is in direct control of all
				field and office surveying operations. Direct control does not necessarily
				require the actual physical presence of the responsible licensee at the site of
				the survey, nor prohibit the responsible licensee from maintaining simultaneous
				direct supervision of more than one survey.
2.8. "Endorsement Applicant" means a person
				who is a current licensee of the Board and is applying to survey in a
				specialized field of practice.
2.9.
				"Expired Status" means the licensee has failed to meet the requirement for
				renewal while in delinquent status and must reapply for a new license and meet
				all of the current experience, education, and examination
				requirements.
2.10. "FS
				Examination" means the NCEES Fundamentals of Surveying Examination.
2.11. "Inactive Status" means the licensee
				has met all the requirements for the current annual renewal period, except for
				continuing education, and has been granted inactive status and is not permitted
				to practice as a professional surveyor in West Virginia.
2.12. "License" means a surveying license
				issued under the provisions of W. Va. Code §
									30-13A-1 et seq. authorizing a
				licensee to practice as a professional surveyor for a designated period of time
				approved by the Board.
2.13.
				"Low-income individual" means an individual in the local labor market as
				defined in W. Va. Code §
									21-1C-2, whose household adjusted
				gross income is below 130 percent of the federal poverty line. This term also
				includes any person enrolled in a state or federal public assistance program
				including, but not limited to, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
				Program (TANF), Medicaid, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
				(SNAP).
2.14. "Military families"
				means any person who serves as an active member of the armed forces of the
				United States, the National Guard, or a reserve component as described in
				38 U. S. C. §
										101, honorably discharged veterans of those
				forces, and their spouses. This term also includes surviving spouses of
				deceased service members who have not remarried.
2.15. "NCEES" means the National Council of
				Examiners for Engineering and Surveying.
2.16. "Professional Charge" means a person
				who holds a current license in active status with the Board and is the lead
				professional responsible to directly supervise other professionals, technicians
				or support staff and to affix his or her signature and seal to survey
				documents.
2.17. "PS" means a
				licensed Professional Surveyor who has met all of the examination and licensing
				requirements as set forth in W. Va. Code §
									30-13A-1 et seq. and is an acronym
				used after the surveyor's name to indicate they are a current licensee with the
				Board.
2.18. "PS Examination" means
				the NCEES Principles and Practice of Surveying Examination.
2.19. "Responsible Charge" means direct
				control of work or projects under the direct supervision of a licensee or
				person licensed as a professional surveyor in a jurisdiction other than WV to
				engage in the practice of surveying.
2.20. "Retired Status" means the licensee has
				applied for and been approved by the Board for retired status and is not
				permitted to practice as a professional surveyor in West Virginia.
2.21. "SI" means a certified Surveyor Intern
				who has passed the FS examination.
2.22. "SU" means "surface and underground"
				and is the designation following the license number of a licensee who has met
				the requirements to be endorsed by the Board as an underground surveyor
				pursuant to W. Va. Code §
									30-13A-1 et seq.
2.23. "Technician" means a person who
				performs technical work related to surveying under the direction of a
				designated field or office supervisor or a person in responsible charge or
				licensed professional. Examples of a technician may be, but are not limited to,
				an instrument person, rodperson, drafter or computer operator.
2.24. "WV Examination" means the
				state-specific West Virginia Professional Surveyors Examination developed by
				the Board.