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66-10-12. Surveying experience of a character satisfactory to the board. (a) (1) Land surveying experience shall meet the following criteria:

(A) Fall within the definition of “the practice of land surveying” in K.S.A. 74-7003, and amendments thereto; and

(B) be under the direct supervision of a licensed land surveyor for work performed after May 1, 1988.

(2) Each applicant shall supply at least three references from licensed land surveyors or licensed professional engineers who are familiar with the applicant’s land surveying experience. At least one reference shall be from a licensed land surveyor.

(b) The following requirements shall be used to assign credit for work experience.

(1) Progressive land surveying experience shall include each of the following elements of professional land surveying:

(A) Project management;

(B) research;

(C) measurements and locations;

(D) computations and analysis;

(E) legal principles and reconciliation;

(F) land planning and design;

(G) monumentation; and

(H) documentation and land information systems.

(2) Land surveying experience normally identified with engineering projects, including construction staking, curb and gutter projects, sanitary sewers, and design surveys for highways or bridges other than those that relate to right-of-way surveys, shall not be

considered progressive land surveying experience. This experience, however, may be considered by the board as basic land surveying experience.

(3) Teaching experience in land surveying courses in an accredited engineering or land surveying curriculum may be considered as equal to one year of basic land surveying experience.

(4) Through June 30, 2012, if an applicant provides a record of surveying courses or related technical education courses, including mathematics, drafting, geology, chemistry, and physics, the applicant may be given credit for 0.5 years of experience in basic land surveying for every 15 semester hours of these educational courses. (Authorized by K.S.A. 74-7013 and 74-7022; implementing K.S.A. 74-7022; effective May 1, 1984; amended May 4, 1992; amended Feb. 22, 1993; amended Feb. 13, 1995; amended Feb. 4, 2000; amended Feb. 9, 2001; amended Nov. 2, 2001; amended Feb. 3, 2006.)