Ohio Code 4733.13 – Examinations
(A) When examinations are required as provided by section 4733.11 of the Revised Code, they shall be held at a time and place specified by the state board of registration for professional engineers and surveyors. The examinations shall test the applicant’s knowledge to perform professional engineering or surveying services which shall insure the safety of life, health, and property. An examination referred to as the fundamentals of engineering or as the fundamentals of surveying examination shall test the applicant’s knowledge of the fundamentals of engineering or surveying as appropriate.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4733.13
- Practice of surveying: means any professional service that requires the application of special knowledge of the principles of mathematics, the related physical and applied sciences, and the relevant requirements of law for the adequate performance of the art of surveying, including, but not limited to, measuring the area or the contours of any portion of the earth's surface, the lengths and directions of the bounding lines, and the contour of the surface, for their correct determination and description and for conveyancing for recording, or for the establishment or re-establishment of land boundaries and the platting of lands and subdivisions; and like measurements and operations involved in the surveying of mines, commonly known as "mine surveying. See Ohio Code 4733.01
- Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
(B) An examination referred to as the principles and practice of engineering examination shall test the applicant’s knowledge of the branch of engineering in which the applicant specializes. For the purpose of this section, the branches of engineering are all those branches in which engineering examinations are offered by the board or the national council of examiners for engineering and surveying.
(C) A principles and practice of surveying examination shall test the applicant’s knowledge of surveying and the laws and practices applicable to the state of Ohio.
(D) An applicant failing an examination may apply for re-examination. The fee for each re-examination shall be the same as the regular examination fee.