§ 5-8.1-9 Board of registration forprofessional land surveyors – Application and qualification forregistration. – (a) Application for registration as a professional land surveyor orcertification as a surveyor-in-training shall be made, in writing, on a formprescribed and furnished by the board of land surveyors. The application shall:
(i) Contain statements made under oath;
(ii) Show the applicant's education;
(iii) Contain a detailed summary of the applicant's technicaland professional experience; and
(iv) Designate references as described in this section.
(b) The fee established in § 5-8.1-11 must accompanyeach application. Failure to include this fee will result in the applicationbeing returned to the applicant without consideration by the board.
(c) To be eligible for registration as a professional landsurveyor, an applicant must be of good character and reputation. Additionally,the applicant must submit five (5) references with his or her application,three (3) of which are from registered professional land surveyors havingpersonal knowledge of his or her land surveying experience. No person seekinghis or her initial registration as a professional land surveyor shall begranted the certificate without first completing a surveyor-in-training programas prescribed and approved by the board.
(d) To be eligible for certification as asurveyor-in-training, an applicant must be of good character and reputationsubstantiated by an interview with a quorum of the board of registration andadditionally must submit three (3) character references one of which must befrom a professional land surveyor.
(e) One of the following shall be considered as minimumevidence to the board that the applicant is qualified for registration as aprofessional land surveyor or for certification as a land-surveyor-in training,respectively:
(i) Graduation from a four (4) year survey degree program,experience and examination. A graduate of a four (4) year survey degreeprogram may be admitted to an eight (8) hour written examination in thefundamentals of land surveying. Upon passing that examination the applicant isgranted a surveyor-in-training certificate in this state. After receiving thesurveyor-in-training certificate the applicant will need a specific record of aminimum four (4) years of experience in land surveying. This verifiedexperience shall be under the direct supervision of a registered professionalland surveyor, satisfactory to the board and shall be broken down as follows.At a minimum twenty percent (20%) shall be field experience, twenty percent(20%) shall be research, deed evidence, reconciliation, etc. and twenty percent(20%) shall be property line calculations and determination. Once theexperience has been deemed satisfactory to the board, the applicant may beadmitted to a six (6) hour written examination in the principles and practiceof land surveying plus an additional two (2) hour written Rhode Island legalportion. Upon passing that examination, the applicant is granted a certificateof registration to practice land surveying in this state, provided theapplicant is qualified.
(ii) Graduation from a four (4) year degree program,experience and examination. A graduate of a four (4) year degree programwho has also fulfilled the four (4) year core curriculum (see paragraph (iii)below) may be admitted to an eight (8) hour written examination in thefundamentals of land surveying. Upon passing that examination the applicant isgranted a surveyor-in-training certificate in this state. After receiving thesurveyor-in-training certificate the applicant will need a specific record of aminimum five (5) years of experience in land surveying. This verifiedexperience shall be under the direct supervision of a registered professionalland surveyor, satisfactory to the board and shall be broken down as follows:At a minimum twenty percent (20%) shall be field experience; twenty percent(20%) shall be research, deed evidence, reconciliation, etc. and twenty percent(20%) shall be property line calculations and determination. Once theexperience has been deemed satisfactory to the board, the applicant may beadmitted to a six (6) hour written examination in the principles and practiceof land surveying plus an additional two (2) hour written Rhode Island legalportion. Upon passing that examination, the applicant is granted a certificateof registration to practice land surveying in this state, provided theapplicant is qualified.
(iii) Four (4) year core curriculum. An applicant witha four (4) year degree as described in paragraph (ii) above may need to takeadditional courses to fulfill, at a minimum, the following core curriculum. Forthe following list of classes any equivalent class may be taken and any surveyrelated course may be substituted upon approval of the board:
(A) Surveying I (3 credit hours), Surveying II (3 credithours).
(B) GPS & Geodetic control (3 credit hours).
(C) Photogrammetry and remote sensing (3 credit hours).
(O) Advanced communication (6 credit hours): technicalwriting, creative writing or speech.
(iv) Graduation from a two (2) year survey degree program,experience, and examination. A graduate of a two (2) year survey degreeprogram may be admitted to an eight (8) hour written examination in thefundamentals of land surveying. Upon passing that examination the applicant isgranted a surveyor-in-training certificate in this state. After receiving thesurveyor-in-training certificate the applicant will need a specific record of aminimum six (6) years of verified experience in land surveying. (Four (4) ofthe years of experience shall be after receiving a surveyor-in-trainingcertificate). All six (6) years of experience shall be under the directsupervision of a registered professional land surveyor, satisfactory to theboard and shall be broken down as follows: At a minimum twenty percent (20%)shall be field experience, twenty percent (20%) shall be research, deedevidence, reconciliation, etc. and twenty percent (20%) shall be property linecalculations and determination. Once the experience has been deemedsatisfactory to the board, the applicant may be admitted to a six (6) hourwritten examination in the principles and practice of land surveying plus anadditional two (2) hour written Rhode Island legal portion. Upon passing thatexamination, the applicant is granted a certificate of registration to practiceland surveying in this state, provided the applicant is qualified.
(v) Graduation from a two (2) year degree program,experience, and examination. A graduate of a two (2) year degree programwho has also fulfilled the two (2) year core curriculum (see paragraph (vi)below) may be admitted to an eight (8) hour written examination in thefundamentals of land surveying. Upon passing that examination the applicant isgranted a surveyor-in-training certificate in this state. After receiving thesurveyor-in-training certificate the applicant will need a specific record of aminimum seven (7) years of verified experience in land surveying. (Four (4) ofthe years of experience shall be after receiving a surveyor-in-trainingcertificate). All seven (7) years of experience shall be under the directsupervision of a registered professional land surveyor, satisfactory to theboard and shall be broken down as follows: At a minimum twenty percent (20%)shall be field experience; twenty percent (20%) shall be research, deedevidence, reconciliation, etc. and twenty percent (20%) shall be property linecalculations and determination. Once the experience has been deemedsatisfactory to the board, the applicant may be admitted to a six (6) hourwritten examination in the principles and practice of land surveying plus anadditional two (2) hour written Rhode Island legal portion. Upon passing thatexamination, the applicant is granted a certificate of registration to practiceland surveying in this state, provided the applicant is qualified.
(vi) Two (2) year core curriculum. An applicant with atwo (2) year degree as described in paragraph (v) above may need to takeadditional courses to fulfill, at a minimum, the following core curriculum. Forthe following list of classes any equivalent class may be taken and any surveyrelated course may be substituted upon approval of the board:
(A) Surveying I (3 credit hours), Surveying II (3 credithours).
(B) Mathematics (12 credit hours): advanced algebra,analytical trigonometry, analytical geometry, spherical trigonometry,statistical analysis or quantitative business analysis I, Analyticaltrigonometry and analytical geometry are mandatory classes to fulfill the (12credit hours).
(C) Business and law (6 credit hours): legal principles,business administration, law of contracts, law of property, estates & trusts,professional ethics.
(G) Advanced communication (6 credit hours): technicalwriting, creative writing or speech.
(vii) Graduation from a two (2) year program, experienceand examination. Any person obtaining a minimum of five (5) yearsexperience under the supervision of a registered professional land surveyor,and is satisfactory to the board, may be admitted to an eight (8) hour writtenexamination in the fundamentals of land surveying. Upon passing thatexamination the applicant is granted a surveyor-in-training certificate (LSIT),in this state provided the applicant is qualified. Upon obtaining a specificrecord of a minimum of an additional five (5) years of experience of combinedoffice and field experience satisfactory to the board in land surveying, whichexperience was under the direct supervision of a registered professional landsurveyor, and which experience indicates to the board that the applicant may becompetent to practice land surveying, and the person is a graduate of a landsurveying or related curriculum of satisfactory standing, of two (2) years ormore approved by the board, who has obtained an associates degree in landsurveying or related curriculum, the applicant may be submitted to a six (6)hour written examination in the principles and practice of land surveying plusan additional two (2) hour written Rhode Island legal portion. Upon passingthat examination, the applicant is granted a certificate of registration topractice land surveying in this state, provided the applicant is qualified.This subsection expires at midnight, December 31, 2009.
(viii) In certain instances in which an applicant presents anexperience of unusually high quality, the board, at its complete discretion,may allow an applicant, having acquired six (6) verified years of active officeand field experience in land surveying, which experience has been under thedirect supervision of a professional land surveyor, to be admitted to an eight(8) hour written examination in the fundamentals of land surveying. Uponpassing those examinations, the applicant is granted a surveyor-in-trainingcertificate in the state. This subsection does not exempt the applicant fromthe required degree or the experience after obtaining the surveyor-in-trainingcertificate (LSIT).
(ix) Surveying teaching. Teaching of advanced landsurveying subjects in a college or university offering an approved landsurveying curriculum may be considered as land surveying experiencesatisfactory to the board.
(x) Registration by comity or endorsement. A personholding a current certificate of registration to engage in the practice of landsurveying issued to him or her by a proper authority of a state, territory, orpossession of the United States, or the District of Columbia must have, at thetime they were licensed, met the existing Rhode Island requirements forlicensure. All applicants applying under this section must have passed thewritten examinations in the fundamentals of land surveying and the principlesand practice of land surveying. If, based upon verified evidence and theopinion of the board, the applicant meets all appropriate requirements of thissection, the applicant will be allowed to take the two (2) hour written RhodeIsland legal portion. Upon passing this examination the applicant shall begranted a certificate of registration to practice land surveying in this state,provided the applicant is qualified.
(f) The passing grade on all examinations offered by the landsurveyors is not less than seventy percent (70%). An applicant failing anyexamination may apply for re-examination upon payment of the appropriate fees.An applicant who scores less than fifty percent (50%) on any examination maynot apply for re-examination for at least one year.
(g) An applicant who fails any of the exams three (3) timesshall be interviewed by the board, before any further application can be actedupon. It is the applicant's responsibility to show the board that he or shewill be successful if allowed to take the exam again. If in the board's opinionthe applicant can not satisfactorily demonstrate that he or she is qualified tore-take the exam, the board may require that the applicant acquire additionalknowledge, education, and or experience, satisfactory to the board before theapplicant may sit for another exam.
§ 5-8.1-9 Board of registration forprofessional land surveyors – Application and qualification forregistration. – (a) Application for registration as a professional land surveyor orcertification as a surveyor-in-training shall be made, in writing, on a formprescribed and furnished by the board of land surveyors. The application shall:
(i) Contain statements made under oath;
(ii) Show the applicant's education;
(iii) Contain a detailed summary of the applicant's technicaland professional experience; and
(iv) Designate references as described in this section.
(b) The fee established in § 5-8.1-11 must accompanyeach application. Failure to include this fee will result in the applicationbeing returned to the applicant without consideration by the board.
(c) To be eligible for registration as a professional landsurveyor, an applicant must be of good character and reputation. Additionally,the applicant must submit five (5) references with his or her application,three (3) of which are from registered professional land surveyors havingpersonal knowledge of his or her land surveying experience. No person seekinghis or her initial registration as a professional land surveyor shall begranted the certificate without first completing a surveyor-in-training programas prescribed and approved by the board.
(d) To be eligible for certification as asurveyor-in-training, an applicant must be of good character and reputationsubstantiated by an interview with a quorum of the board of registration andadditionally must submit three (3) character references one of which must befrom a professional land surveyor.
(e) One of the following shall be considered as minimumevidence to the board that the applicant is qualified for registration as aprofessional land surveyor or for certification as a land-surveyor-in training,respectively:
(i) Graduation from a four (4) year survey degree program,experience and examination. A graduate of a four (4) year survey degreeprogram may be admitted to an eight (8) hour written examination in thefundamentals of land surveying. Upon passing that examination the applicant isgranted a surveyor-in-training certificate in this state. After receiving thesurveyor-in-training certificate the applicant will need a specific record of aminimum four (4) years of experience in land surveying. This verifiedexperience shall be under the direct supervision of a registered professionalland surveyor, satisfactory to the board and shall be broken down as follows.At a minimum twenty percent (20%) shall be field experience, twenty percent(20%) shall be research, deed evidence, reconciliation, etc. and twenty percent(20%) shall be property line calculations and determination. Once theexperience has been deemed satisfactory to the board, the applicant may beadmitted to a six (6) hour written examination in the principles and practiceof land surveying plus an additional two (2) hour written Rhode Island legalportion. Upon passing that examination, the applicant is granted a certificateof registration to practice land surveying in this state, provided theapplicant is qualified.
(ii) Graduation from a four (4) year degree program,experience and examination. A graduate of a four (4) year degree programwho has also fulfilled the four (4) year core curriculum (see paragraph (iii)below) may be admitted to an eight (8) hour written examination in thefundamentals of land surveying. Upon passing that examination the applicant isgranted a surveyor-in-training certificate in this state. After receiving thesurveyor-in-training certificate the applicant will need a specific record of aminimum five (5) years of experience in land surveying. This verifiedexperience shall be under the direct supervision of a registered professionalland surveyor, satisfactory to the board and shall be broken down as follows:At a minimum twenty percent (20%) shall be field experience; twenty percent(20%) shall be research, deed evidence, reconciliation, etc. and twenty percent(20%) shall be property line calculations and determination. Once theexperience has been deemed satisfactory to the board, the applicant may beadmitted to a six (6) hour written examination in the principles and practiceof land surveying plus an additional two (2) hour written Rhode Island legalportion. Upon passing that examination, the applicant is granted a certificateof registration to practice land surveying in this state, provided theapplicant is qualified.
(iii) Four (4) year core curriculum. An applicant witha four (4) year degree as described in paragraph (ii) above may need to takeadditional courses to fulfill, at a minimum, the following core curriculum. Forthe following list of classes any equivalent class may be taken and any surveyrelated course may be substituted upon approval of the board:
(A) Surveying I (3 credit hours), Surveying II (3 credithours).
(B) GPS & Geodetic control (3 credit hours).
(C) Photogrammetry and remote sensing (3 credit hours).
(O) Advanced communication (6 credit hours): technicalwriting, creative writing or speech.
(iv) Graduation from a two (2) year survey degree program,experience, and examination. A graduate of a two (2) year survey degreeprogram may be admitted to an eight (8) hour written examination in thefundamentals of land surveying. Upon passing that examination the applicant isgranted a surveyor-in-training certificate in this state. After receiving thesurveyor-in-training certificate the applicant will need a specific record of aminimum six (6) years of verified experience in land surveying. (Four (4) ofthe years of experience shall be after receiving a surveyor-in-trainingcertificate). All six (6) years of experience shall be under the directsupervision of a registered professional land surveyor, satisfactory to theboard and shall be broken down as follows: At a minimum twenty percent (20%)shall be field experience, twenty percent (20%) shall be research, deedevidence, reconciliation, etc. and twenty percent (20%) shall be property linecalculations and determination. Once the experience has been deemedsatisfactory to the board, the applicant may be admitted to a six (6) hourwritten examination in the principles and practice of land surveying plus anadditional two (2) hour written Rhode Island legal portion. Upon passing thatexamination, the applicant is granted a certificate of registration to practiceland surveying in this state, provided the applicant is qualified.
(v) Graduation from a two (2) year degree program,experience, and examination. A graduate of a two (2) year degree programwho has also fulfilled the two (2) year core curriculum (see paragraph (vi)below) may be admitted to an eight (8) hour written examination in thefundamentals of land surveying. Upon passing that examination the applicant isgranted a surveyor-in-training certificate in this state. After receiving thesurveyor-in-training certificate the applicant will need a specific record of aminimum seven (7) years of verified experience in land surveying. (Four (4) ofthe years of experience shall be after receiving a surveyor-in-trainingcertificate). All seven (7) years of experience shall be under the directsupervision of a registered professional land surveyor, satisfactory to theboard and shall be broken down as follows: At a minimum twenty percent (20%)shall be field experience; twenty percent (20%) shall be research, deedevidence, reconciliation, etc. and twenty percent (20%) shall be property linecalculations and determination. Once the experience has been deemedsatisfactory to the board, the applicant may be admitted to a six (6) hourwritten examination in the principles and practice of land surveying plus anadditional two (2) hour written Rhode Island legal portion. Upon passing thatexamination, the applicant is granted a certificate of registration to practiceland surveying in this state, provided the applicant is qualified.
(vi) Two (2) year core curriculum. An applicant with atwo (2) year degree as described in paragraph (v) above may need to takeadditional courses to fulfill, at a minimum, the following core curriculum. Forthe following list of classes any equivalent class may be taken and any surveyrelated course may be substituted upon approval of the board:
(A) Surveying I (3 credit hours), Surveying II (3 credithours).
(B) Mathematics (12 credit hours): advanced algebra,analytical trigonometry, analytical geometry, spherical trigonometry,statistical analysis or quantitative business analysis I, Analyticaltrigonometry and analytical geometry are mandatory classes to fulfill the (12credit hours).
(C) Business and law (6 credit hours): legal principles,business administration, law of contracts, law of property, estates & trusts,professional ethics.
(G) Advanced communication (6 credit hours): technicalwriting, creative writing or speech.
(vii) Graduation from a two (2) year program, experienceand examination. Any person obtaining a minimum of five (5) yearsexperience under the supervision of a registered professional land surveyor,and is satisfactory to the board, may be admitted to an eight (8) hour writtenexamination in the fundamentals of land surveying. Upon passing thatexamination the applicant is granted a surveyor-in-training certificate (LSIT),in this state provided the applicant is qualified. Upon obtaining a specificrecord of a minimum of an additional five (5) years of experience of combinedoffice and field experience satisfactory to the board in land surveying, whichexperience was under the direct supervision of a registered professional landsurveyor, and which experience indicates to the board that the applicant may becompetent to practice land surveying, and the person is a graduate of a landsurveying or related curriculum of satisfactory standing, of two (2) years ormore approved by the board, who has obtained an associates degree in landsurveying or related curriculum, the applicant may be submitted to a six (6)hour written examination in the principles and practice of land surveying plusan additional two (2) hour written Rhode Island legal portion. Upon passingthat examination, the applicant is granted a certificate of registration topractice land surveying in this state, provided the applicant is qualified.This subsection expires at midnight, December 31, 2009.
(viii) In certain instances in which an applicant presents anexperience of unusually high quality, the board, at its complete discretion,may allow an applicant, having acquired six (6) verified years of active officeand field experience in land surveying, which experience has been under thedirect supervision of a professional land surveyor, to be admitted to an eight(8) hour written examination in the fundamentals of land surveying. Uponpassing those examinations, the applicant is granted a surveyor-in-trainingcertificate in the state. This subsection does not exempt the applicant fromthe required degree or the experience after obtaining the surveyor-in-trainingcertificate (LSIT).
(ix) Surveying teaching. Teaching of advanced landsurveying subjects in a college or university offering an approved landsurveying curriculum may be considered as land surveying experiencesatisfactory to the board.
(x) Registration by comity or endorsement. A personholding a current certificate of registration to engage in the practice of landsurveying issued to him or her by a proper authority of a state, territory, orpossession of the United States, or the District of Columbia must have, at thetime they were licensed, met the existing Rhode Island requirements forlicensure. All applicants applying under this section must have passed thewritten examinations in the fundamentals of land surveying and the principlesand practice of land surveying. If, based upon verified evidence and theopinion of the board, the applicant meets all appropriate requirements of thissection, the applicant will be allowed to take the two (2) hour written RhodeIsland legal portion. Upon passing this examination the applicant shall begranted a certificate of registration to practice land surveying in this state,provided the applicant is qualified.
(f) The passing grade on all examinations offered by the landsurveyors is not less than seventy percent (70%). An applicant failing anyexamination may apply for re-examination upon payment of the appropriate fees.An applicant who scores less than fifty percent (50%) on any examination maynot apply for re-examination for at least one year.
(g) An applicant who fails any of the exams three (3) timesshall be interviewed by the board, before any further application can be actedupon. It is the applicant's responsibility to show the board that he or shewill be successful if allowed to take the exam again. If in the board's opinionthe applicant can not satisfactorily demonstrate that he or she is qualified tore-take the exam, the board may require that the applicant acquire additionalknowledge, education, and or experience, satisfactory to the board before theapplicant may sit for another exam.
§ 5-8.1-9 Board of registration forprofessional land surveyors – Application and qualification forregistration. – (a) Application for registration as a professional land surveyor orcertification as a surveyor-in-training shall be made, in writing, on a formprescribed and furnished by the board of land surveyors. The application shall:
(i) Contain statements made under oath;
(ii) Show the applicant's education;
(iii) Contain a detailed summary of the applicant's technicaland professional experience; and
(iv) Designate references as described in this section.
(b) The fee established in § 5-8.1-11 must accompanyeach application. Failure to include this fee will result in the applicationbeing returned to the applicant without consideration by the board.
(c) To be eligible for registration as a professional landsurveyor, an applicant must be of good character and reputation. Additionally,the applicant must submit five (5) references with his or her application,three (3) of which are from registered professional land surveyors havingpersonal knowledge of his or her land surveying experience. No person seekinghis or her initial registration as a professional land surveyor shall begranted the certificate without first completing a surveyor-in-training programas prescribed and approved by the board.
(d) To be eligible for certification as asurveyor-in-training, an applicant must be of good character and reputationsubstantiated by an interview with a quorum of the board of registration andadditionally must submit three (3) character references one of which must befrom a professional land surveyor.
(e) One of the following shall be considered as minimumevidence to the board that the applicant is qualified for registration as aprofessional land surveyor or for certification as a land-surveyor-in training,respectively:
(i) Graduation from a four (4) year survey degree program,experience and examination. A graduate of a four (4) year survey degreeprogram may be admitted to an eight (8) hour written examination in thefundamentals of land surveying. Upon passing that examination the applicant isgranted a surveyor-in-training certificate in this state. After receiving thesurveyor-in-training certificate the applicant will need a specific record of aminimum four (4) years of experience in land surveying. This verifiedexperience shall be under the direct supervision of a registered professionalland surveyor, satisfactory to the board and shall be broken down as follows.At a minimum twenty percent (20%) shall be field experience, twenty percent(20%) shall be research, deed evidence, reconciliation, etc. and twenty percent(20%) shall be property line calculations and determination. Once theexperience has been deemed satisfactory to the board, the applicant may beadmitted to a six (6) hour written examination in the principles and practiceof land surveying plus an additional two (2) hour written Rhode Island legalportion. Upon passing that examination, the applicant is granted a certificateof registration to practice land surveying in this state, provided theapplicant is qualified.
(ii) Graduation from a four (4) year degree program,experience and examination. A graduate of a four (4) year degree programwho has also fulfilled the four (4) year core curriculum (see paragraph (iii)below) may be admitted to an eight (8) hour written examination in thefundamentals of land surveying. Upon passing that examination the applicant isgranted a surveyor-in-training certificate in this state. After receiving thesurveyor-in-training certificate the applicant will need a specific record of aminimum five (5) years of experience in land surveying. This verifiedexperience shall be under the direct supervision of a registered professionalland surveyor, satisfactory to the board and shall be broken down as follows:At a minimum twenty percent (20%) shall be field experience; twenty percent(20%) shall be research, deed evidence, reconciliation, etc. and twenty percent(20%) shall be property line calculations and determination. Once theexperience has been deemed satisfactory to the board, the applicant may beadmitted to a six (6) hour written examination in the principles and practiceof land surveying plus an additional two (2) hour written Rhode Island legalportion. Upon passing that examination, the applicant is granted a certificateof registration to practice land surveying in this state, provided theapplicant is qualified.
(iii) Four (4) year core curriculum. An applicant witha four (4) year degree as described in paragraph (ii) above may need to takeadditional courses to fulfill, at a minimum, the following core curriculum. Forthe following list of classes any equivalent class may be taken and any surveyrelated course may be substituted upon approval of the board:
(A) Surveying I (3 credit hours), Surveying II (3 credithours).
(B) GPS & Geodetic control (3 credit hours).
(C) Photogrammetry and remote sensing (3 credit hours).
(O) Advanced communication (6 credit hours): technicalwriting, creative writing or speech.
(iv) Graduation from a two (2) year survey degree program,experience, and examination. A graduate of a two (2) year survey degreeprogram may be admitted to an eight (8) hour written examination in thefundamentals of land surveying. Upon passing that examination the applicant isgranted a surveyor-in-training certificate in this state. After receiving thesurveyor-in-training certificate the applicant will need a specific record of aminimum six (6) years of verified experience in land surveying. (Four (4) ofthe years of experience shall be after receiving a surveyor-in-trainingcertificate). All six (6) years of experience shall be under the directsupervision of a registered professional land surveyor, satisfactory to theboard and shall be broken down as follows: At a minimum twenty percent (20%)shall be field experience, twenty percent (20%) shall be research, deedevidence, reconciliation, etc. and twenty percent (20%) shall be property linecalculations and determination. Once the experience has been deemedsatisfactory to the board, the applicant may be admitted to a six (6) hourwritten examination in the principles and practice of land surveying plus anadditional two (2) hour written Rhode Island legal portion. Upon passing thatexamination, the applicant is granted a certificate of registration to practiceland surveying in this state, provided the applicant is qualified.
(v) Graduation from a two (2) year degree program,experience, and examination. A graduate of a two (2) year degree programwho has also fulfilled the two (2) year core curriculum (see paragraph (vi)below) may be admitted to an eight (8) hour written examination in thefundamentals of land surveying. Upon passing that examination the applicant isgranted a surveyor-in-training certificate in this state. After receiving thesurveyor-in-training certificate the applicant will need a specific record of aminimum seven (7) years of verified experience in land surveying. (Four (4) ofthe years of experience shall be after receiving a surveyor-in-trainingcertificate). All seven (7) years of experience shall be under the directsupervision of a registered professional land surveyor, satisfactory to theboard and shall be broken down as follows: At a minimum twenty percent (20%)shall be field experience; twenty percent (20%) shall be research, deedevidence, reconciliation, etc. and twenty percent (20%) shall be property linecalculations and determination. Once the experience has been deemedsatisfactory to the board, the applicant may be admitted to a six (6) hourwritten examination in the principles and practice of land surveying plus anadditional two (2) hour written Rhode Island legal portion. Upon passing thatexamination, the applicant is granted a certificate of registration to practiceland surveying in this state, provided the applicant is qualified.
(vi) Two (2) year core curriculum. An applicant with atwo (2) year degree as described in paragraph (v) above may need to takeadditional courses to fulfill, at a minimum, the following core curriculum. Forthe following list of classes any equivalent class may be taken and any surveyrelated course may be substituted upon approval of the board:
(A) Surveying I (3 credit hours), Surveying II (3 credithours).
(B) Mathematics (12 credit hours): advanced algebra,analytical trigonometry, analytical geometry, spherical trigonometry,statistical analysis or quantitative business analysis I, Analyticaltrigonometry and analytical geometry are mandatory classes to fulfill the (12credit hours).
(C) Business and law (6 credit hours): legal principles,business administration, law of contracts, law of property, estates & trusts,professional ethics.
(G) Advanced communication (6 credit hours): technicalwriting, creative writing or speech.
(vii) Graduation from a two (2) year program, experienceand examination. Any person obtaining a minimum of five (5) yearsexperience under the supervision of a registered professional land surveyor,and is satisfactory to the board, may be admitted to an eight (8) hour writtenexamination in the fundamentals of land surveying. Upon passing thatexamination the applicant is granted a surveyor-in-training certificate (LSIT),in this state provided the applicant is qualified. Upon obtaining a specificrecord of a minimum of an additional five (5) years of experience of combinedoffice and field experience satisfactory to the board in land surveying, whichexperience was under the direct supervision of a registered professional landsurveyor, and which experience indicates to the board that the applicant may becompetent to practice land surveying, and the person is a graduate of a landsurveying or related curriculum of satisfactory standing, of two (2) years ormore approved by the board, who has obtained an associates degree in landsurveying or related curriculum, the applicant may be submitted to a six (6)hour written examination in the principles and practice of land surveying plusan additional two (2) hour written Rhode Island legal portion. Upon passingthat examination, the applicant is granted a certificate of registration topractice land surveying in this state, provided the applicant is qualified.This subsection expires at midnight, December 31, 2009.
(viii) In certain instances in which an applicant presents anexperience of unusually high quality, the board, at its complete discretion,may allow an applicant, having acquired six (6) verified years of active officeand field experience in land surveying, which experience has been under thedirect supervision of a professional land surveyor, to be admitted to an eight(8) hour written examination in the fundamentals of land surveying. Uponpassing those examinations, the applicant is granted a surveyor-in-trainingcertificate in the state. This subsection does not exempt the applicant fromthe required degree or the experience after obtaining the surveyor-in-trainingcertificate (LSIT).
(ix) Surveying teaching. Teaching of advanced landsurveying subjects in a college or university offering an approved landsurveying curriculum may be considered as land surveying experiencesatisfactory to the board.
(x) Registration by comity or endorsement. A personholding a current certificate of registration to engage in the practice of landsurveying issued to him or her by a proper authority of a state, territory, orpossession of the United States, or the District of Columbia must have, at thetime they were licensed, met the existing Rhode Island requirements forlicensure. All applicants applying under this section must have passed thewritten examinations in the fundamentals of land surveying and the principlesand practice of land surveying. If, based upon verified evidence and theopinion of the board, the applicant meets all appropriate requirements of thissection, the applicant will be allowed to take the two (2) hour written RhodeIsland legal portion. Upon passing this examination the applicant shall begranted a certificate of registration to practice land surveying in this state,provided the applicant is qualified.
(f) The passing grade on all examinations offered by the landsurveyors is not less than seventy percent (70%). An applicant failing anyexamination may apply for re-examination upon payment of the appropriate fees.An applicant who scores less than fifty percent (50%) on any examination maynot apply for re-examination for at least one year.
(g) An applicant who fails any of the exams three (3) timesshall be interviewed by the board, before any further application can be actedupon. It is the applicant's responsibility to show the board that he or shewill be successful if allowed to take the exam again. If in the board's opinionthe applicant can not satisfactorily demonstrate that he or she is qualified tore-take the exam, the board may require that the applicant acquire additionalknowledge, education, and or experience, satisfactory to the board before theapplicant may sit for another exam.
