PURPOSE: This rule outlines conditions under which the board will require a professional land surveying applicant under section 327.381, RSMo to take and pass an examination(s) as a prerequisite to licensure. (1) Any person applying for licensure as a professional land surveyor under section 327.381, RSMo, who was licensed on or after October 1992 in another state, territory or possession of the United States or in another country without being required to pass the National Council of Examiners in Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) examinations, that is, the Fundamentals of Land Surveying Examination and the Principles and Practice of Land Surveying Examination; will be required to pass the NCEES Fundamentals of Land Surveying Examination, except that if such person has been actively engaged in the practice of land surveying for a period of at least fifteen (15) years prior to the filing of his/her application for comity and has taken at least an eight (8) hour examination in the Fundamentals of Land Surveying, the requirement for taking the NCEES Fundamentals of Land Surveying Examination will be waived. (2) Any person applying for licensure as a professional land surveyor under section 327.381, RSMo, who was licensed prior to October 1992 in another state, territory or possession of the United States or in another country without being required to pass the NCEES Fundamentals of Land Surveying Examination, will be required to pass the NCEES Fundamentals of Land Surveying Examination; except that if such person has been actively engaged in the practice of land surveying for a period of at least fifteen (15) years prior to the filing of his/her application for comity and has taken at least an eight (8) hour examination in the Fundamentals of Land Surveying, which is equivalent to that of the NCEES, the requirement for taking the NCEES Fundamentals of Land Surveying Examination will be waived.

1. (3) Any person applying for licensure as a professional land surveyor under section 327.381, RSMo, who was licensed prior to October 1992 in another state, territory or possession of the United States or in another country without being required to pass the NCEES Principles and Practice of Land Surveying Examination, will be required to pass the NCEES Principles and Practice of Land Surveying Examination; except that if such person has been actively engaged in the practice of land surveying for a period of at least fifteen (15) years prior to the filing of his/her application for comity and has taken an examination in the Principles and Practice of Land Surveying, which is equivalent to that of the NCEES, the requirement for taking the NCEES Principles and Practice of Land Surveying Examination will be waived.
2. (4) Any person applying for licensure as a professional land surveyor under section 327.381, RSMo, shall be required to take and pass the written Missouri Specific Examination covering Missouri surveying practice and Missouri statutes and rules relating to the practice of land surveying.
3. (5) When a comity applicant is required to take one or both of the NCEES examinations as well as the written Missouri Specific Examination, the applicant may take the examinations on consecutive testing dates, provided however, the applicant will not be licensed by comity until he or she passes all of the examinations required of the applicant.

AUTHORITY: sections 327.041 and 327.381, RSMo Supp. 2001.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 30-4.080. Original rule filed Dec. 8, 1981, effective March 11, 1982. Amended: Filed Jan. 27, 1987, effective April 26, 1987. Rescinded and readopted: Filed Oct. 1, 2001, effective April 30, 2002. Moved to 20 CSR 2030-4.080, effective Aug. 28, 2006.

*Original authority: 327.041, RSMo, amended 1969, 1981, 1986, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001 and 327.381, RSMo 1969, amended 1981, 1999, 2001.