Provide input to NCEES on Model Law and Licensure Updates
PLSC is looking for your input on an important issue that was presented at the recent National Society of Professional Surveyors meeting.
Issue 1: Non-boundary Professional Surveyor License
NCEES is considering developing a new mapping science pathway to surveying licensure. This pathway would provide a non-boundary professional surveyor license. This would utilize a new exam focused on non-boundary aspects of authoritative mapping, such as remote sensing, hydrography, photogrammetry and geodesy. States would have the opportunity, based on their individual statues, to choose whether to use this exam to issue a new license type or to issue a standard professional surveyor license but with the expectation the licensed professional would only practice within their area of expertise.
NCEES asked NSPS the following two questions:
- If NCEES developed and offered a mapping science exam, do you believe members of your association would benefit from a non-boundary professional surveyor license? Please feel free to comment beyond a “yes” or “no”.
- Do you believe a NCEES mapping science exam would encourage more of your members to seek licensure as a professional surveyor? Do you have any thoughts regarding how many members might be interested?
Issue 2: Proposed Model Law
The NSPS ad hoc committee on the NCEES Model Law was charged with reviewing the current NCEES Model Laws and Rules for Surveying to ensure that it is still consistent with the practices of surveying today, and to make a report of recommendations for any revisions to the NSPS Board of Directors for its review.
Please click here for the report submitted from the ad hoc committee.
Request from PLSC to you
Please review the documents linked below and provide any input to your Chapter at the next meeting. You can also contact any of the PLSC Board Directors or Todd Beers, NSPS Director for PLSC (see emails below).
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