§ 12-120-313 — Qualifications for professional land surveyor

Colorado § 12-120-313

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 12: Professions
• Art.: Engineers, Surveyors, and Architects

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(1) Repealed.

(2) (a) An applicant may qualify for licensing as a professional land surveyor
by education, experience, and examination if the applicant passes the appropriate
examination as adopted by the board in accordance with section 12-120-104 (2)(b)
and the examination pertaining to Colorado law.

(b) To be admitted to an examination pursuant to subsection (2)(a) of this
section, the applicant shall meet the requirements stated in at least one of the
following:

(I) (A) Have graduated from a board-approved surveying curriculum of four
or more years; and

(B) Have two years of progressive land surveying experience under the
supervision of a professional land surveyor or an exempted federal employee
defined in section 12-120-303 (1)(b); and

(C) Have been enrolled as a land surveyor-intern in this state; or

(II) (A) Have graduated from a non-board-approved surveying curriculum of
four or more years; and

(B) Have four years of progressive land surveying experience of which at
least two must be under the supervision of a professional land surveyor or an
exempted federal employee as defined in section 12-120-303 (1)(b); and

(C) Have been enrolled as a land surveyor-intern in this state; or

(III) (A) Have graduated from a board-approved two-year surveying
curriculum or from a four-year engineering curriculum that included surveying
course work as specified by the board by rule; and

(B) Have six years of progressive land surveying experience of which four
years shall have been under the supervision of a professional land surveyor or an
exempt federal employee as defined under section 12-120-303 (1)(b); and

(C) Have been enrolled as a land surveyor-intern in this state; or

(IV) (A) Have obtained a bachelor's degree in a nonsurveying curriculum;

(B) Have completed surveying and other related course work, as specified by
the board by rule;

(C) Have six years of progressive land surveying experience, of which four
years shall have been under the supervision of a professional land surveyor or an
exempted federal employee as defined in section 12-120-303 (1)(b); and

(D) Have been enrolled as a land surveyor-intern in this state.

(c) Upon passing the examinations and the submission of evidence of
experience satisfactory to the board, the applicant shall be licensed as a
professional land surveyor if the applicant is otherwise qualified pursuant to
section 12-120-312.

(3) The board may allow an applicant to substitute for one year of
experience the satisfactory completion of one academic year in a curriculum
approved by the board. The substitution of education for experience shall not
exceed three years.

(4) Repealed.

(5) (a) A professional land surveyor who has been duly licensed to practice
professional land surveying in this state and who is over sixty-five years of age,
upon application, may be classified as a retired professional land surveyor.
Individuals who are so classified shall lose their licensure, shall not practice
professional land surveying, and shall pay a fee to retain retired professional land
surveyor status.

(b) (I) A retired professional land surveyor shall be reinstated to the status of
a professional land surveyor upon payment of the renewal fee. No other fee shall be
assessed against the retired professional land surveyor as a penalty.

(II) For any professional land surveyor who has been retired for two or more
years, the board may require reexamination unless the board is satisfied of the
retired professional land surveyor's continued competence.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 901, � 1, effective October 1. L. 2020: (1) amended, (HB 20-1326), ch. 126, p. 534, � 15, effective June 25. L. 2024: (1) repealed and (2)(a) amended, (HB 24-1329), ch. 342, p. 2314, � 11, effective August 7.