(a) An applicant for admission to the fundamentals of surveying examination shall:

1. (1) be within 20 credits of graduation from a bachelor’s degree program registered as leading to licensure in land surveying pursuant to section 52.49 of this Title, or accredited by an acceptable accrediting agency, or a bachelor’s degree program that is substantially equivalent to such a registered or accredited program as determined by department as recommended by the State board; or
2. (2) hold a bachelor’s degree in engineering, math, or a related science or their substantial equivalent with 15 credits of surveying as set forth in section 52.49 of this Title and have completed 1 year of experience acceptable to the department as recommended by the State board; or
3. (3) hold an associate’s degree in surveying accredited by an acceptable accrediting agency, or an associate’s degree program that is substantially equivalent to such accredited program as determined by the department and have completed two and a half years of experience acceptable to the department as recommended by the State board; or
4. (4) hold an associate’s degree in engineering, math, or related science or their substantial equivalent with 15 credits of surveying as set forth in section 52.49 of this Title and have completed 3 years of experience acceptable to the department as recommended by the State board; and

(b) An applicant for admission to the principles and practice of surveying and the New York State jurisdictional surveying examinations shall:

1. (1) have completed the education and experience requirements set forth in section 68.4 of this Title.

   (c) Content.

   The examination shall consist of:

2. (1) Part 1 - Fundamentals of Surveying: mathematics, physics, English, surveying, property surveys and descriptions, vertical curves, state plane coordinate calculations, economic analysis; and
3. (2) Part 2 - Principles and Practice of Surveying: principles of profession (legal, technical, standards of professional conduct), property surveys, written instruments, monumentations, real property, field survey procedures, property survey descriptions, subdivision planning and design, deed descriptions and conveyancing, surveying law, geodetic surveying, hydrographic surveying; and
4. (3) Part 3 - Jurisdictional Examination, Surveying in New York State: examination in the practical and legal aspects of land surveying pertinent to New York State, the scope and content of which shall be determined by the State board.

(d) After February 14, 1975, Fundamentals of Land Surveying, Part 1, replaces Fundamentals of Land Surveying, Mathematics; Principles and Practice of Land Surveying, Part 2, replaces Principles and Practice of Land Surveying, Surveying.

1. (1) Candidates who have established credit prior to February 14, 1975 for the mathematics part of the examination shall be examined in Part 2 and Part 3.
2. (2) Candidates who have established credit prior to February 14, 1975 for the surveying part of the examination shall be examined in Part 1 and Part 3.

3. (3) The grade retention provisions of section 59.5(f) of this Title shall not be applicable to land surveying examinations.

   (e) Passing grade.

   The passing grade for each of the parts of the surveying examination taken prior to October 1, 1984 is 75.0; for parts taken on or after October 1, 1984, the passing grade shall be 70.0. Except for the jurisdictional examination, scores for the licensing examinations shall be reported on a pass/fail basis.