WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                        Ch. 3

"Practice property line surveying" § 15-101
"Professional land surveyor" § 15-101

15-304. QUALIFICATIONS OF APPLICANTS.

(A)  IN GENERAL.

TO QUALIFY FOR A LICENSE, AN APPLICANT SHALL BE AN
INDIVIDUAL WHO MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION.

(B)  CHARACTER AND REPUTATION.

THE APPLICANT SHALL BE OF GOOD CHARACTER AND REPUTATION.

(C)  EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE -- LAND SURVEYOR.

AN APPLICANT FOR A LICENSE TO PRACTICE LAND SURVEYING SHALL
MEET THE EDUCATIONAL AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS UNDER § 15-305
OF THIS SUBTITLE.

(D)  SAME -- PROPERTY LINE SURVEYOR.

(1)  SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION, AN
APPLICANT FOR A LICENSE TO PRACTICE PROPERTY LINE SURVEYING SHALL
HAVE AT LEAST 6 YEARS OF WORK EXPERIENCE IN PROPERTY LINE
SURVEYING THAT IS SATISFACTORY TO THE BOARD AND THAT INDICATES TO
THE BOARD THAT THE APPLICANT MAY BE COMPETENT TO PRACTICE
PROPERTY LINE SURVEYING.

(2)  IF AN APPLICANT HAS COMPLETED 1 OR MORE YEARS OF
A CURRICULUM THAT INCLUDED THE STUDY OF THE PRINCIPLES AND
METHODS OF SURVEYING AT A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, INCLUDING A
COMMUNITY COLLEGE THAT THE BOARD APPROVES, IT MAY ALLOW, FOR EACH
OF THOSE YEARS, BUT NOT MORE THAN 4 YEARS, A 1-YEAR CREDIT
TOWARDS THE EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS
SUBSECTION.

(E)  EXAMINATIONS.

EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SUBTITLE, AN APPLICANT
SHALL PASS EACH EXAMINATION REQUIRED UNDER THIS SUBTITLE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Subsection (a) of this section is standard
language added to introduce the basic requirements for
an applicant for a license.

Subsection (b) of this section is new language derived
without substantive change from former Art. 56, §
335(f), except as that subsection related to a "land
surveyor-in-training".

Subsections (c) and (e) of this section are new
language added to provide convenient cross-references

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