Florida Statutes Title XXXII Chapter 472 - Land Surveying And Mapping

• 472.001 - Purpose.
  The Legislature deems it necessary to regulate surveyors and mappers as provided in ss. 472.001-472.037.History.—ss. 20, 42, ch. 79-243; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss....
• 472.003 - Persons Not Affected By Ss. 472.001-472.037.
  Sections 472.001-472.037 do not apply to:(1) Any surveyor and mapper working as a salaried employee of the United States Government when engaged in work solely for...
• 472.005 - Definitions.
  As used in ss. 472.001-472.037:(1) “Board” means the Board of Professional Surveyors and Mappers.(2) “Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.(3) “Surveyor and mapper” includes the...
• 472.006 - Department; Powers And Duties.
  The department shall:(1) Adopt rules establishing a procedure for the biennial renewal of licenses. However, the department may issue up to a 4-year license to selected...
• 472.007 - Board Of Professional Surveyors And Mappers.
  There is created in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services the Board of Professional Surveyors and Mappers.(1) The board shall consist of nine members, six...
• 472.0075 - Contacting Board Through Department.
  The board may be contacted through the headquarters of the department in the City of Tallahassee.History.—s. 6, ch. 2009-66.
• 472.008 - Rules Of The Board.
  (1) The board has authority to adopt rules to implement this chapter conferring duties upon it. This specific grant of rulemaking authority to the board shall...
• 472.009 - Board Headquarters.
  The headquarters of the board shall be in Tallahassee.History.—ss. 22, 42, ch. 79-243; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 5, 7, ch. 89-137; s. 4,...
• 472.0101 - Foreign-trained Professionals; Special Examination And License Provisions.
  (1) When not otherwise provided by law, the department shall by rule provide procedures under which exiled professionals may be examined under this chapter. A person...
• 472.011 - Fees.
  (1) The board, by rule, may establish fees to be paid for applications, examination, reexamination, licensing and renewal, inactive status application and reactivation of inactive licenses,...
• 472.013 - Examinations, Prerequisites.
  (1) A person desiring to be licensed as a surveyor and mapper shall apply to the department for licensure.(2) An applicant shall be entitled to take the...
• 472.0131 - Examinations; Development; Administration.
  (1) The department shall provide, contract, or approve services for the development, preparation, administration, scoring, score reporting, and evaluation of all examinations. The department shall consult...
• 472.0132 - Penalty For Theft Or Reproduction Of An Examination.
  In addition to, or in lieu of, any other discipline imposed pursuant to s. 472.033, a person who wrongfully takes an examination in whole or...
• 472.0135 - Education; Substituting Demonstration Of Competency For Clock-hour Requirements; Accreditation; Consultation.
  (1) If the board requires a student to complete a specific number of clock hours of classroom instruction for initial licensure purposes, the board shall establish...
• 472.015 - Licensure.
  (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the department is the sole authority for determining the contents of any documents to be submitted for initial licensure and licensure...
• 472.016 - Members Of Armed Forces In Good Standing With The Board.
  (1) Any member of the Armed Forces of the United States who is now or in the future on active duty and who, at the time...
• 472.0165 - Qualification Of Immigrants For Examination To Practice A Licensed Profession Or Occupation.
  (1) It is the declared purpose of this section to encourage the use of foreign-speaking residents of this state duly qualified to become licensed surveyors and...
• 472.017 - Renewal Of License.
  The department shall renew a license upon receipt of the renewal application and fee, upon proof of compliance with the continuing education requirement of s....
• 472.018 - Continuing Education.
  The department may not renew a license until the licensee submits proof satisfactory to the board that during the 2 years before her or his...
• 472.019 - Reactivation; Continuing Education.
  (1) The continuing education requirements for reactivating a license may not exceed 12 classroom hours for each year the license was inactive.(2) The board shall promulgate rules...
• 472.0201 - Public Inspection Of Information Required From Applicants; Exceptions; Examination Hearing.
  (1) All information required by the department of any applicant shall be a public record and shall be open to public inspection pursuant to s. 119.07,...
• 472.02011 - Disclosure Of Confidential Information.
  (1) An officer, employee, or person under contract with the department or the board, or any subject of an investigation may not convey knowledge or information...
• 472.0202 - Inactive And Delinquent Status.
  (1) A licensee may practice a profession only if the licensee has an active status license. A licensee who practices a profession without an active status...
• 472.0203 - Renewal And Cancellation Notices.
  (1) At least 90 days before the end of a licensure cycle, the department shall:(a) Forward a licensure renewal notification to an active or inactive licensee at...
• 472.0204 - Address Of Record.
  (1) Each licensee of the department is solely responsible for notifying the department in writing of the licensee’s current mailing address and place of practice, as...
• 472.021 - Certification Of Partnerships And Corporations.
  (1) The practice of or the offer to practice surveying and mapping by registrants through a corporation or partnership offering surveying and mapping services to the...
• 472.023 - Surveyors And Mappers And Firms Of Other States; Temporary Certificates To Practice In This State.
  (1) Upon approval by the board and payment of a fee not to exceed $25, the department shall grant a temporary certificate for work on one...
• 472.025 - Seals.
  (1) The board shall adopt, by rule, a form of seal to be used by all registrants holding valid certificates of registration, whether the registrants are...
• 472.027 - Standards Of Practice.
  The board shall adopt rules establishing standards of practice for the profession of surveying and mapping to:(1) Assure competence in the practice of the profession;(2) Assure accuracy,...
• 472.029 - Authorization To Enter Lands Of Third Parties; Conditions.
  (1) IN GENERAL.—Surveyors and mappers or their subordinates may go on, over, and upon the lands of others when necessary to make surveys and maps or...
• 472.031 - Prohibitions; Penalties.
  (1) No person shall:(a) Practice or offer to practice surveying and mapping unless such person is registered pursuant to ss. 472.001-472.037;(b) Use the name or title “registered surveyor...
• 472.033 - Disciplinary Proceedings.
  Disciplinary proceedings for the board shall be within the jurisdiction of the department.(1)(a) The department shall investigate any complaint that is filed before it if the...
• 472.0335 - Classification Of Disciplinary Actions.
  (1) A licensee may petition the department to review a disciplinary incident to determine whether the specific violation meets the standard of a minor violation as...
• 472.0337 - Power To Administer Oaths, Take Depositions, And Issue Subpoenas.
  For the purpose of an investigation or proceeding conducted by the department, the department shall administer oaths, take depositions, make inspections, issue subpoenas which must...
• 472.034 - Mediation.
  (1) Notwithstanding s. 472.033, the board shall adopt rules to designate which violations of this chapter are appropriate for mediation. The board may designate as mediation...
• 472.0345 - Authority To Issue Citations.
  (1) Notwithstanding s. 472.033, the board or the department shall adopt rules to permit the issuance of citations. The citation shall be issued to the subject...
• 472.0351 - Grounds For Discipline; Penalties; Enforcement.
  (1) The following acts constitute grounds for which the disciplinary actions specified in subsection (2) may be taken:(a) Violation of any provision of s. 472.031;(b) Attempting to procure...
• 472.0355 - Disciplinary Guidelines.
  (1) The board by rule shall adopt and periodically review the disciplinary guidelines applicable to each ground for disciplinary action which may be imposed by the...
• 472.036 - Unlicensed Practice Of Professional Surveying And Mapping; Cease And Desist Notice; Civil Penalty; Enforcement; Citations; Allocation Of Moneys Collected.
  (1) When the department has probable cause to believe that a person not licensed by the department or the board has violated this chapter or any...
• 472.0365 - Unlicensed Activities; Fees; Disposition.
  In order to protect the public and to ensure a consumer-oriented department, it is the intent of the Legislature that vigorous enforcement of regulation for...
• 472.0366 - Elevation Certificates; Requirements For Surveyors And Mappers.
  (1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Division” means the Division of Emergency Management established within the Executive Office of the Governor under s. 14.2016.(b) “Elevation certificate”...
• 472.037 - Application Of Ss. 472.001-472.037.
  (1) Nothing contained in ss. 472.001-472.037 shall be construed to repeal, amend, limit, or otherwise affect any local building code or zoning law or ordinance, now...

Last modified: September 23, 2016