Summary


If adopted, the proposed language will include the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) as one of the organizations qualified to evaluate the substantial equivalency of ABET standards in Rule 5J-17.003, F.A.C.; incorporate new or amend forms in Rules 5J-17.010, 5J-17.022, 5J-17.028, 5J-17.037, 5J-17.043, 5J-17.063, 5J-17.080 and 5J-17.086, F.A.C.; eliminate the discipline associated with the corresponding sections in Chapter 472, F.S. in Rule 5J-17.011; require a notification regarding insurance coverage in Rule 5J-17.015; extend time to pay Final Orders to ninety (90) days to make it consistent with Rule 5J-17.016, F.A.C.; establish criteria for evaluating work experience requirements in Rule 5J-17.020, F.A.C.; provide criteria for applicants that graduate from non-ABET accredited surveying and mapping programs in Rule 5J-17.021, F.A.C.; establish the requirement for an applicant to become a surveyor and mapper intern/surveyor in training in Rule 5J-17.022, F.A.C.; include photogrammetry to the list of surveying and mapping practice specialties in Rule 5J-17.025, F.A.C.; update the contact information of the foreign degree evaluation in Rule 5J-17.026, F.A.C.; more accurately depict the language of the rule to reflect a designation of a Surveyor in Training, rather than a licensure as one in Rule 5J-17.029, F.A.C.; delete “multiple choice” from the type of questions on the Florida Jurisdictional Examination and update examination procedures in Rules 5J-17.031, 5J-17.032 and 5J-17.034, F.A.C.; expand the reach and the hours allowed for various types of continuing education in Rule 5J-17.041, F.A.C.; incorporate form to apply for continuing education provider status and clarifies that the nonrefundable application fee is $200 with a $250 fee for continuing education provider status in Rule 5J-17.043, F.A.C.; eliminate those definitions which had become antiquated or obsolete in the profession of surveying and mapping, and added others that reflect the current terminology and technology in Rule 5J-17.050, F.A.C.; provide clarity to what is required in the profession in regard to what determines vertical accuracy, horizontal accuracy and assumed datum, while eliminating language that is outdated or ambiguous within the profession in Rule 5J-17.051, F.A.C.; redefine, and modernize the requirements specifically related to boundary surveys in Rule 5J-17.052, F.A.C.; expand the coverage of conflict of interest exposure in the profession from county employee to all government employees in Rule 5J-17.053, F.A.C.; eliminate the need for a raised seal as the profession recognizes changes in the distribution of its work product in Rule 5J-17.062, F.A.C.; clarify fees to comply with statute regarding examination fees, continuing education provider status and amend fee language and provides a fee waiver for military veterans in Rule 5J-17.070, F.A.C.; establish a more efficient procedure for those licensees placed on probation in Rule 5J-17.083, F.A.C.; streamline the survey review process of probationers in Rule 5J-17.085, F.A.C.; and a general cleanup and streamline of the remaining rules.