1. A. An applicant for certification as a surveyor intern shall file the appropriate application and demonstrate that the applicant:

   1. (1) is of good moral character and reputation as determined by board rules;
   2. (2) has obtained at least a senior status in a board-approved, four-year curriculum in surveying; and
   3. (3) has three references, two of whom shall be licensed professional surveyors having personal knowledge of the applicant's knowledge and experience.
2. B. After acceptance of the application by the board, the applicant shall be allowed to take the appropriate examination for certification as a surveyor intern.
3. C. Upon successfully completing the examination and an approved four-year surveying curriculum, then by action of the board, the applicant may be certified as a surveyor intern.
4. D. The certification of surveyor intern does not permit the intern to practice surveying. Certification as a surveyor intern is intended to demonstrate that the intern has obtained certain skills in surveying fundamentals and is pursuing a career in surveying.
5. E. If otherwise qualified, a graduate of a board-approved but related curriculum of at least four years, to be considered for certification as a surveyor intern, shall have a specific record of two years of combined office and field board-approved surveying experience obtained under the direction of a licensed professional surveyor. Class time will not be counted in the two years of required experience, but work prior to or while attending school may be counted toward the two years of required experience at the discretion of the board.

History: 1978 Comp., § 61-23-27.3, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 218, § 24; 1999, ch. 259, § 19; 2012, ch. 46, § 9; 2019, ch. 220, § 5; 2023, ch. 79, § 7.

ANNOTATIONS

Delayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-23-32 NMSA 1978.

The 2023 amendment, effective June 16, 2023, provided that an applicant for certification as a surveyor intern shall demonstrate that applicant is of good moral character and reputation as determined by the rules of the state board of licensure for professional engineers and professional surveyors; and in Subsection A, Paragraph A(1), after "reputation", added "as determined by board rules".

The 2019 amendment, effective June 14, 2019, revised certain requirements to be considered for certification as a surveyor intern; in Subsection E, after "specific record of", deleted "four" and added "two", after "not be counted in the", deleted "four" and added "two", and after "toward the", deleted "four" and added "two".

The 2012 amendment, effective July 1, 2012, permitted the board to credit work prior to or while attending school toward the experience requirement; in Subsection A, in the introductory sentence, after "appropriate application", deleted "where he shall"; and in Subsection E, in the second sentence, added "Class", after "Class time", deleted "spent in obtaining the related curriculum" and after "not be counted in the four years of required experience", added the remainder of the sentence.

The 1999 amendment, effective June 18, 1999, deleted "effective July 1, 1995" at the end of the section heading and at the beginning of Subsection A; substituted "licensed" for "registered" in Subsections A(3) and E; substituted "intern" for "registrant" in the first sentence of Subsection D; and in Subsection E, substituted "a board-approved but related curriculum" for "an unapproved but related curriculum" in the first sentence, and deleted "unapproved or" preceding "related curriculum" in the last sentence.