Rule 13. Continuing Education
865 IAC 1-13-1 Continuing education
Authority: IC 25-21.5-2-14; IC 25-21.5-8-7
Affected: IC 25-21.5
Sec. 1. This rule establishes the continuing education requirements for registered land surveyors. (State Board of Registration for Land Surveyors; 865 IAC 1-13-1)
865 IAC 1-13-2 Continuing education requirements
Authority: IC 25-21.5-2-14; IC 25-21.5-8-7
Affected: IC 25-21.5
Sec. 2. (a) Registered land surveyors must complete twenty-four (24) hours of continuing education in order to qualify for renewal of an active license.
(b) Continuing education is first required for the July 31, 2002, renewal. However, notwithstanding subsection (a), only twenty-one (21) hours of continuing education, including six (6) mandatory hours under section 6 of this rule and fifteen (15) elective hours under section 7 of this rule, will be required for the July 31, 2002 renewal. No credit will be given for courses completed prior to August 1, 2000.
(c) No credit will be given for courses completed prior to August 1, 2000. Courses taken or taught between August 1, 2000 and the effective date of this rule and of 865 IAC 1-14 may receive credit under section 5(b) of this rule. The limitation in section 5(b) of this rule to submit course material within three (3) months after taking the course shall not apply to courses taken in this time period so long as the course material is submitted no later than April 1, 2001. (State Board of Registration for Land Surveyors; 865 IAC 1-13-2)
865 IAC 1-13-3 New registrants exempted
Authority: IC 25-21.5-2-14; IC 25-21.5-8-7
Affected: IC 25-21.5
Sec. 3. New registrants are not required to comply with these continuing education requirements at the first renewal of their license. (State Board of Registration for Land Surveyors; 865 IAC 1-13-3)
865 IAC 1-13-4 Length of instruction hour
Authority: IC 25-21.5-2-14; IC 25-21.5-8-7
Affected: IC 25-21.5
Sec. 4. One (1) hour of continuing education must contain at least fifty (50) minutes of instruction. (State Board of Registration for Land Surveyors; 865 IAC 1-13-4)
865 IAC 1-13-5 Courses from approved and unapproved providers
Authority: IC 25-21.5-2-14; IC 25-21.5-8-7
Affected: IC 25-21.5
Sec. 5.
(a) Hours of continuing education will be granted to registered land surveyors who have successfully completed courses offered by land surveyor continuing education providers approved pursuant to 865 IAC 1-14 or specific courses from nonapproved providers that the board has approved.
(b) It is the obligation of the registered land surveyor to submit course material from unapproved providers either not more than three (3) months after taking the course or three (3) months before the end of the renewal cycle, whichever comes first. The required information must include the following: (1) The course outline or description. (2) A certified statement signed by the registered land surveyor stating that the entire course was completed. (3) The information required in 865 IAC 1-14-13. (4) The name and professional biography of the instructor.
(c) To qualify under subsection (b), courses must be on the subject matter listed in section 6 or 7 of this rule and instructors must meet the requirements of 865 IAC 1-14-9. Course content, instructor qualifications, and provider qualifications must meet the requirements provided in 865 IAC 1-14. If the submitted information does not meet the requirements for approval, the course may be rejected and credit denied. (State Board of Registration for Land Surveyors; 865 IAC 1-13-5)
865 IAC 1-13-6 Mandatory topics
Authority: IC 25-21.5-2-14; IC 25-21.5-8-7
Affected: IC 25-21.5
Sec. 6. To qualify for renewal, a registered land surveyor must complete six (6) hours of continuing education in any of the following mandatory topics:
(1) 865 IAC 1-10, rules of professional conduct.
(2) 865 IAC 1-12, competent practice of land surveying.
(3) IC 25-21.5, Indiana land surveyor’s registration act. (State Board of Registration for Land Surveyors; 865 IAC 1-13-6)
865 IAC 1-13-7 Elective topics
Authority: IC 25-21.5-2-14; IC 25-21.5-8-7
Affected: IC 25-21.5
Sec. 7. To qualify for renewal, a registered land surveyor must complete eighteen (18) hours of continuing education in any of the following elective topics:
(1) College level mathematics.
(2) College level physical sciences.
(3) Federal and state laws, rules, regulations, and practices pertaining to the establishment or reestablishment of land boundaries, and the practice of land surveying in Indiana.
(4) Preparation and analysis of legal descriptions of interests in land.
(5) The design, planning, and platting of subdivisions.
(6) Preparation of plans and profiles for roads, storm drainage, and sanitary sewer extensions for subdivisions.
(7) The ethical, economic, and legal principles that pertain to the practice of land surveying.
(8) Distance and direction measurements, including statistical analysis.
(9) Topographic and hydrographic surveying.
(10) Photogrammetry.
(11) Surveying applications, such as GIS, LIS, GPS.
(12) Advanced surveying procedures and equipment.
(13) Computer applications for land surveyors.
(14) College level communication, such as public speaking and technical writing.
(15) The topics listed in section 6 of this rule.
(State Board of Registration for Land Surveyors; 865 IAC 1-13-7)
865 IAC 1-13-8 Continuing education credit not given
Authority: IC 25-21.5-2-14; IC 25-21.5-8-7
Affected: IC 25-21.5
Sec. 8. Credit will not be given for any of the following:
(1) Any education obtained prior to licensure.
(2) Self-study courses, correspondence courses, or any other unmonitored course where college credit are not awarded for successful completion or where such course was not provided by an accredited college or university as defined in this rule.
(3) Meetings conducted during eating periods.
(4) Motivational classes or seminars.
(5) Meetings of the state board of registration for land surveyors.
(6) Business, social, or other noneducational meetings of professional groups, or subgroups, such as the Indiana Society of Professional Land Surveyors.
(7) Committee work with local, state, or national professional organizations.
(8) Staff meetings.
(9) Courses taken for a second or subsequent time during a renewal period.
(10) Courses or seminars not completed. Partial credit may not be given.
(11) Courses not completed due to dismissal by the provider for disruption of the course, such as reading newspapers, talking on mobile telephones, or anything other than paying attention during the course.
(State Board of Registration for Land Surveyors; 865 IAC 1-13-8)
865 IAC 1-13-9 Retention of certificates of completion
Authority: IC 25-21.5-2-14; IC 25-21.5-8-7
Affected: IC 25-21.5
Sec. 9. Registered land surveyors shall retain course completion certificates for not less than five (5) years from the date of the course. (State Board of Registration for Land surveyors; 865 IAC 1-13-9)
865 IAC 1-13-10 Hours cannot be used in later renewal cycles
Authority: IC 25-21.5-2-14; IC 25-21.5-8-7
Affected: IC 25-21.5
Sec. 10. Hours of continuing education earned in one (1) renewal period may not be used in a subsequent renewal period. (State Board of Registration for Land Surveyors; 865 IAC 1-13-10)
865 IAC 1-13-11 College courses as continuing education
Authority: IC 25-21.5-2-14; IC 25-21.5-8-7
Affected: IC 25-21.5
Sec. 11. College courses taken after licensure that qualify for continuing education credit under section 6 or 7 of this rule will be counted as follows:
(1) Ten (10) hours of continuing education credit per credit hour taken in a quarter system.
(2) Fifteen (15) hours of continuing education credit per credit hour taken in a semester system.
(State Board of Registration for Land Surveyors; 865 IAC 1-13-11)
865 IAC 1-13-12 Credit for instructors
Authority: IC 25-21.5-2-14; IC 25-21.5-8-7
Affected: IC 25-21.5
Sec. 12. Two (2) hours of continuing education credit will be granted per hour time spent as a lecturer, instructor, or discussion leader in a course offered by an approved continuing education provider. Continuing education credit will be granted only the first time an approved course is given per biennium. Fractions of hours are not eligible for credit toward meeting the continuing education requirement. (State Board of Registration for Land Surveyors; 865 IAC 1-13-12)
865 IAC 1-13-13 Inactive status
Authority: IC 25-21.5-2-14; IC 25-21.5-8-7
Affected: IC 25-21.5
Sec. 13. Registered land surveyors may apply to the board to renew their licenses in an inactive status. No continuing education is required to renew inactive. An inactive registered land surveyor may not practice land surveying while in an inactive status. (State Board of Registration for Land Surveyors; 865 IAC 1-13-13)
865 IAC 1-13-14 Reactivation of inactive license
Authority: IC 25-21.5-2-14; IC 25-21.5-8-7
Affected: IC 25-21.5
Sec. 14. To reactivate an inactive license, a registered land surveyor must:
(1) apply to the board for reactivation on the application form supplied by the board; and
(2) pay the same fee required to renew an active license. (State Board of Registration for Land Surveyors; 865 IAC 1-13-14)
865 IAC 1-13-15 Reactivation if inactive for six years or less
Authority: IC 25-21.5-2-14; IC 25-21.5-8-7
Affected: IC 25-21.5
Sec. 15. Registered land surveyors who have been inactive for a period of six (6) years or less at the date the reactivation application is filed must either:
(1) pass part IIB of the next regularly scheduled land surveyor examination; or
(2) show proof of having completed twenty-four (24) hours of continuing education, six (6) hours under section 6 of this rule and eighteen (18) hours under section 7 of this rule, within the two (2) year period immediately prior to the date the reactivation application is filed. (State Board of Registration for Land Surveyors; 865 IAC 1-13-15)
865 IAC 1-13-16 Reactivation if inactive for six years or more
Authority: IC 25-21.5-2-14; IC 25-21.5-8-7
Affected: IC 25-21.5
Sec. 16. Registered land surveyors who have been inactive for a period of more than six (6) years at the date the reactivation application is filed must pass part IIB of the next regularly scheduled land surveyor examination and show proof of having completed twenty-four (24) hours of continuing education, six (6) hours under section 6 of this rule and eighteen (18) hours under section 7 of this rule, within two (2) year period immediately prior to the date the reactivation application is filed. (State Board of Registration for Land Surveyors; 865 IAC 1-13-16)
865 IAC 1-13-17 Continuing education required after reactivation
Authority: IC 25-21.5-2-14; IC 25-21.5-8-7
Affected: IC 25-21.5
Sec.17. This section applies to all registered land surveyors who reactivate an inactive license by establishing the number of hours of continuing education required for the time period between reactivation and the following renewal date in order to qualify to renew active. Registered land surveyors must complete the mandatory continuing education required in section 6 of this rule unless the requirement in the table in this section is zero (0). Additional hours of continuing education required in this table may be met by taking courses that meet the requirements of section 7 of this rule.
Date of Activation
Hours Required to Renew
Active August 1-October 31 of first 12 months of license period
24
November 1-January 31 of first 12 months of license period
21
February 1-April 30 of first 12 months of license period
18
May 1-July 31 of first 12 months of license period
15
August 1-October 31 of second 12 months of license period
12
November 1-January 31 of second 12 months of license period
9
February 1-April 30 of second 12 months of license period
6
May 1-July 31 of second 12 months of license period
0
(State Board of Registration for Land Surveyors; 865 IAC 1-13-17)
865 IAC 1-13-18 Petitions for reduction of hours
Authority: IC 25-21.5-2.14; IC 25-21.5-8-7
Affected: IC 25-21.5
Sec. 18. (a) Registered land surveyors who are unable to meet the continuing education requirements because they:
(1) serve honorably on active duty in the military;
(2) reside outside of the United States of America; or
(3) have an incapacitating illness or injury that has prevented either part-time or full-time employment; may petition the board in writing to have a reduction of the continuing education requirements.
(b) Registered land surveyors who receive a reduction in the continuing education hours under subsection (a) must make up those hours in the next licensure period to the extent required by the table in this subsection. Those hours will be in addition to the hours otherwise required for the next licensure period.
Makeup Hours (Combined with Hours Actually Obtained During the Continuing Education Length of Unavailability Under Period From Which the Reduction Subsection (a) was Given)
Hours Required to Renew
Less than 3 months
24
At Least 3 months but less than 6 months
21
At least 6 months but less than 9 months
18
At least 9 months but less than 12 months
15
At least 12 months but less than 15 months
12
At least 15 months but less than 18 months
9
At least 18 months but less than 21 months
6
21 months to 24 months
3
(State Board of Registration for Land Surveyors; 865 IAC 1-13-18)
865 IAC 1-13-19 Audits of continuing education compliance
Authority: IC 25-21.5-2-14; IC 25-21.5-8-7
Affected: IC 25-1-11; IC 25-21.5
Sec. 19. (a) The board may conduct audits of registered land surveyors and providers for continuing education compliance. For every purpose of this section, the board may designate a board member or staff member to act on behalf of or in name of the board.
(b) If, as the result of an audit or other review, the board determines that hours of continuing education a registered land surveyor has claimed do not meet the requirements of IC 25-21.5-8-7 and this article, the board shall notify the registered land surveyor of that determination.
(c) A registered land surveyor, who has been notified under subsection (b), may within thirty (30) days, submit information to the board giving all the substantive reasons in support of the registered land surveyor’s position that an adequate number of hours of continuing education have been completed.
(d) A registered land surveyor who submits false information shall be subject to the sanctions provided for under IC 25-1-11.
(e) Registered land surveyors who are found not to be in compliance will be subject to discipline under IC 25-1-11. (State Board of Registration for Land Surveyors; 865 IAC 1-13-19)
865 IAC 1-13-20 Sunset provision
Authority: IC 25-21.5-2-14; IC 25-21.5-8-7
Affected IC 25-21.5
Sec. 20. This rule expires August 1, 2004. (State Board of Registration for Land Surveyors; 865 IAC 1-13-20)
