Montana Code 37-67-325. Qualifications of applicant for examination and licensure as professional land surveyor
37-67-325. Qualifications of applicant for examination and licensure as professional land surveyor. (1) An applicant who meets any of the following sets of requirements must be admitted to the principles and practices of surveying examination and the Montana state-specific land surveyor examination:
Terms Used In Montana Code 37-67-325
- Board: means the board of professional engineers and professional land surveyors provided for in 2-15-1763. See Montana Code 37-67-101
- Professional land surveyor: means a person who:
(a)has been licensed as a land surveyor by the board;
(b)is a professional specialist in the technique, analysis, and application of measuring land;
(c)is skilled and educated in the principles of mathematically related physical and applied sciences, relevant requirements of law for adequate evidence, and all requisites to the surveying of real property; and
(d)is engaged in the practice of land surveying. See Montana Code 37-67-101
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(a)a baccalaureate degree in land surveying that meets the board-approved land surveying curriculum, passage of the fundamentals of surveying examination, at least 4 years of combined office and field experience in land surveying under the direct supervision of a licensed professional land surveyor of which at least 3 years must be progressive experience on land surveying projects, and references and exhibits of land surveying projects as required by the board;
(b)an associate degree in land surveying that meets the board-approved land surveying curriculum, passage of the fundamentals of surveying examination, at least 6 years of combined office and field experience in land surveying under the direct supervision of a licensed professional land surveyor of which at least 4 1/2 years must be progressive experience on land surveying projects, and references and exhibits of land surveying projects as required by the board;
(c)a baccalaureate degree with a minor in land surveying that meets the board-approved land surveying curriculum, passage of the fundamentals of surveying examination, at least 6 years of combined office and field experience in land surveying under the direct supervision of a licensed professional land surveyor of which at least 4 1/2 years must be progressive experience on land surveying projects, and references and exhibits of land surveying projects as required by the board; or
(d)before October 1, 2022, passage of the fundamentals of surveying examination, at least 10 years of combined office and field experience in land surveying under the direct supervision of a licensed professional land surveyor of which at least 6 years must be progressive experience on land surveying projects, and references and exhibits of land surveying projects as required by the board.
(2)Upon passage of both examinations, the applicant must be granted a license to practice land surveying in this state.