Ind. Code § 25-21.5-6-1 Scope of examination for professional surveyors
Sec. 1. The examination required of all applicants for registration as a professional surveyor must be a written or computer based examination divided into the following two (2) parts:
(1) The basic disciplines part of the examination, which must be designed to test the applicant's knowledge of the basic disciplines of surveying. The standard of proficiency required must approximate that attained by graduation in an approved four (4) year surveying curriculum.
(2) The principles and practice part of the examination, which must be designed primarily to test the principles and practice of surveying. The principles and practice part of the examination must be divided into two (2) sections as follows:
(A) The first section must test the applicant's understanding, judgment, and ability to correctly apply the following:
(i) Federal laws and regulations.
(ii) Practices pertaining to the establishment, description, and reestablishment of land boundaries.
(iii) The platting of subdivisions.
(iv) The ethical, economic, and legal principles relating to the practice of surveying.
(v) The principles of mathematics relating to the practice of surveying.
(B) The second section must test the applicant's understanding, judgment, and ability to correctly apply the following:
(i) What is set forth in clause (A)(i) through clause (A)(v).
(ii) Indiana laws and rules.
(iii) Work that the professional surveyor is permitted to perform under this article.
(iv) The ability to write and interpret legal descriptions and solve narrative problems regarding the analysis and execution of surveys and survey problems.
As added by P.L.23-1991, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.178-1997, SEC.9; P.L.9-2012, SEC.1; P.L.57-2013, SEC.59; P.L.11-2023, SEC.79.