S.B. 92 Enrolled

LAND SURVEYOR AMENDMENTS
2003 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Howard A. Stephenson
Gene Davis This act modifies the Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Licensing Act by
sunsetting the option of persons seeking licensure as professional land surveyors to
substitute a program of qualifying experience for the educational requirement. The act
also makes technical changes.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
AMENDS:
58-22-302, as last amended by Chapter 133, Laws of Utah 1998
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 58-22-302 is amended to read:
58-22-302. Qualifications for licensure.
(1) Each applicant for licensure as a professional engineer shall:
(a) submit an application in a form prescribed by the division;
(b) pay a fee determined by the department under Section 63-38-3.2 ;
(c) provide satisfactory evidence of good moral character;
(d) (i) have graduated and received [an earned] a bachelors or masters degree from an
engineering program meeting criteria established by rule by the division in collaboration with
the board; or
(ii) have completed the Transportation Engineering Technology and Fundamental
Engineering College Program prior to July 1, 1998, under the direction of the Utah Department
of Transportation and as certified by the Utah Department of Transportation;
(e) have successfully completed a program of qualifying experience established by rule
by the division in collaboration with the board;
(f) have successfully passed examinations established by rule by the division in
collaboration with the board; and

(g) meet with the board or representative of the division upon request for the purpose of
evaluating the applicant's qualification for licensure.
(2) Each applicant for licensure as a professional structural engineer shall:
(a) submit an application in a form prescribed by the division;
(b) pay a fee determined by the department under Section 63-38-3.2 ;
(c) provide satisfactory evidence of good moral character;
(d) have graduated and received an earned bachelors or masters degree from an
engineering program meeting criteria established by rule by the division in collaboration with the
board;
(e) have successfully completed three years of licensed professional engineering
experience established by rule by the division in collaboration with the board;
(f) have successfully passed examinations established by rule by the division in
collaboration with the board; and
(g) meet with the board or representative of the division upon request for the purpose of
evaluating the applicant's qualification for licensure.
(3) Each applicant for licensure as a professional land surveyor shall:
(a) submit an application in a form prescribed by the division;
(b) pay a fee determined by the department under Section 63-38-3.2 ;
(c) provide satisfactory evidence of good moral character;
(d) (i) have graduated and received an [earned] associates, bachelors, or masters degree
from a land surveying program, or an equivalent land surveying program, such as a program
offered by the Utah College of Applied Technology as approved by the State Board of Regents,
established by rule by the division in collaboration with the board, and have successfully
completed a program of qualifying experience in land surveying established by rule by the
division in collaboration with the board; or
[(e)] (ii) have successfully completed a program of qualifying experience in land
surveying prior to January 1, 2007, in accordance with rules established [by rule] by the division
in collaboration with the board;

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[(f) have successfully completed a program of qualifying experience in land surveying
established by rule by the division in collaboration with the board, which experience is in
addition to any experience obtained in Subsection (3)(e);]
[(g)] (e) have successfully passed examinations established by rule by the division in
collaboration with the board; and
[(h)] (f) meet with the board or representative of the division upon request for the
purpose of evaluating the applicant's qualification for licensure.
(4) Each applicant for licensure by endorsement shall:
(a) submit an application in a form prescribed by the division;
(b) pay a fee determined by the department under Section 63-38-3.2 ;
(c) provide satisfactory evidence of good moral character;
(d) submit satisfactory evidence of:
(i) current licensure in good standing in a jurisdiction recognized by rule by the division
in collaboration with the board; [and]
(ii) [have] having successfully passed any examination established by rule by the division
in collaboration with the board; and
(iii) full-time employment as a licensed professional engineer, professional structural
engineer, or professional land surveyor as a principal for at least five of the last seven years
immediately preceding the date of the application; and
(e) meet with the board or representative of the division upon request for the purpose of
evaluating the applicant's qualifications for license.
(5) The rules made to implement this section shall be in accordance with Title 63,
Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.

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