Notice of Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Board
of Professional Surveyors and Mappers
RULE NO.: RULE TITLE:
61G17-7.003
Certificates of Authorization
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Board of Professional
Surveyors and Mappers (hereafter Board) is amending Rule 61G17-7.003, F.A.C. to
clarify when licensed surveyors and mappers must obtain certificates of
authorization.
SUMMARY: The Board is clarifying and specifying when
licensed surveyors and mappers must obtain certificates of authorization.
SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS: No
Statement of Estimated Regulatory Cost was prepared.
Any person who wishes to provide information regarding
a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or provide a proposal for a lower
cost regulatory alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this
notice.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 472.021
FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 472.021
FS.
IF REQUESTED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS
NOTICE, A HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED AND ANNOUNCED IN THE FAW.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE
IS: John Knap, Executive Director, Board of Professional Surveyors and Mappers,
THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:
61G17-7.003 Certificates of Authorization.
(1) Except as provided in
subsection (10)(5) of this rule,
certificates of authorization are required of all corporations, partnerships,
professional associations, firms, or persons practicing under a fictitious
name, who provide surveying and mapping services to the public. For the purpose
of this rule, those corporations, partnerships, associations, firms, and
persons shall be referred to as “business entities.”
(2) Individuals practicing surveying and mapping under
their given name are not required to obtain a certificate of authorization (LB
#). For the purposes of this rule,
“given name” is defined as the individual’s name as it
exactly appears on the individual's birth certificate, state issued
driver’'s license, or
(3) Individuals practicing surveying and mapping under
the first initials of their first and/or middle names and their entire last
name are not required to obtain a certificate of authorization (LB#).
(4) Individuals practicing surveying and mapping under
their given name or the first initials of their first and/or middle names and
their entire last name are permitted to use the following titles and
abbreviations in their surveying and mapping business name without being
required to obtain a certificate of authorization (LB#): licensed surveyor and
mapper, registered surveyor and mapper, registered land surveyor, professional
land surveyor, professional surveyor and mapper, professional surveyor, RLS,
PLS, PSM, or PS.
(5) Individuals practicing surveying and mapping
pursuant to subsections 2, 3, and 4 of this rule must obtain a certificate of
authorization (LB#) once the individual adds Incorporated, Inc., Limited
Liability Company, LLC, Partnership Association, P.A., or any other business
association or business entity name, title or abbreviation to the individual's
name or business name.
(6) Individuals operating a surveying and mapping
business, which is incorporated, is a limited liability corporation, is a
partnership association, or is operating as any other business entity, but does
not include the business entity title or abbreviation in the surveying and
mapping business's name, must obtain a certificate of authorization (LB#).
(7)(2) Upon application to the Board, certificates of
authorization shall be issued only to those business entities which:
(a) List the street address of each of its
(b) Specify the name or names of its principals who
are licensed surveyors and mappers as the term “principal” is
defined in paragraph 61G17-2.003(1)(b), F.A.C.;
(c) Provide proof to show that the applicant is a
partnership, corporation, or person practicing under a fictitious name at the
time of application and that the person identified pursuant to paragraph (7)(b)
of this rule is a principal of the business entity.
(8)(3) The Board shall penalize, deny, suspend or revoke the
certificate of authorization of any business entity which fails to meet the
requirements of laws or rules pertaining to the practice of surveying and
mapping.
(9)(4) Business entities shall notify the Board within one
(1) month of any changes in the business entity’s location of offices,
its licensed surveyors and mappers in residence, and the names of its
principals, along with proof to demonstrate the change in principals.
(10)(5) Paragraphs (7)(2)(a) and (b) of this
rule do not apply to construction offices or temporary field offices set up to
serve a specific survey site.
Specific
Authority 472.021 FS. Law Implemented 472.021 FS. History–New 3-22-84,
Formerly 21HH-7.03, Amended 3-12-92, Formerly 21HH-7.003, Amended 5-30-95,
5-21-00, 3-25-01, ________.
NAME OF PERSON ORIGINATING PROPOSED RULE: Board of
Professional Surveyors and Mappers
NAME OF SUPERVISOR OR PERSON WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED
RULE: Board of Professional Surveyors and Mappers
DATE PROPOSED RULE APPROVED BY AGENCY HEAD: December
14, 2005
DATE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHED IN
FAW: January 6, 2006