PURPOSE: This rule establishes the examinations that are required of a person applying for enrollment as a land surveyor-intraining under section 327.312, RSMo, and for a person applying for licensure as a professional land surveyor.

1. (1) The examination for enrollment as a land surveyor-in-training shall be the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) Fundamentals of Land Surveying Examination.
2. (2) The examinations for licensure as a professional land surveyor shall be the NCEES Principles and Practice of Land Surveying and the Missouri Specific Examination covering Missouri surveying practice and Missouri statutes and rules relating to the practice of land surveying. These two (2) examinations are independent of each other and shall be graded separately. A passing score must be obtained on each examination before licensure will be granted.

AUTHORITY: sections 327.041 and 327.314, RSMo Supp. 2001 and 327.312, RSMo 2000.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 30-5.120. Original rule filed Dec. 8, 1981, effective March 11, 1982. Amended: Filed Jan. 12, 1984, effective April 12, 1984. Amended: Filed Jan. 27, 1987, effective April 26, 1987. Amended: Filed July 20, 1987, effective Oct. 25, 1987. Rescinded and readopted: Filed Oct. 1, 2001, effective April 30, 2002. Moved to 20 CSR 2030-5.120, effective Aug. 28, 2006. Non-substantive change filed Oct. 21, 2015, published Dec. 31, 2015.

*Original authority: 327.041, RSMo 1969, amended 1981, 1986, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001 and 327.314, RSMo 1983, amended 1999.