Section 7206-A. Requirements for a license as a professional land surveyor

1. To qualify  for  a  license  as  a  professional  land  surveyor,  an
  applicant shall fulfill the following requirements:
    (1) Application: file an application with the department;
    (2)  Education:  have received an education, including a bachelor's or
  higher degree based on a program in land surveying, in  accordance  with
  the commissioner's regulations;
    (3)  Experience:  (a)  If  the  applicant  has  a bachelor's or higher
  degree, have at least four years in  work  satisfactory  to  the  board,
  provided that the board may accept study beyond the bachelor's degree in
  partial  fulfillment of this requirement; or (b) If the applicant has an
  associate's degree, have at least six years in work satisfactory to  the
  board  provided  that  the board may accept study beyond the associate's
  degree in partial fulfillment of this requirement;
    (4) Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and  in
  accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
    (5) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;
    (6)  Citizenship  or immigration status: be a United States citizen or
  an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States;
    (7) Character: be  of  good  moral  character  as  determined  by  the
  department; and
    (8)  Fees:  pay  a fee of two hundred twenty dollars to the department
  for admission to a department conducted examination and for  an  initial
  license,  a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for each reexamination, a
  fee of one hundred  thirty-five  dollars  for  an  initial  license  for
  persons not requiring admission to department conducted examination, and
  a fee of two hundred ten dollars for each triennial registration period.
    2.  In  lieu  of  the  degree and experience requirements specified in
  subparagraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision  one  of  this  section,  eight
  years  of  practical experience in work satisfactory to the board may be
  accepted, provided that each full year of college study  in  engineering
  or  land  surveying satisfactory to the department may at the discretion
  of the board be accepted in lieu of one year of the required eight years
  of experience.
    3. For an  identification  card  as  an  "intern  land  surveyor",  an
  applicant  shall  fulfill  the  requirements  of subdivision one of this
  section, except those  in  subparagraphs  (3)  and  (5),  provided  that
  admission  to  the examination may be given when the applicant is within
  twenty credits of the completion of the requirements for the  bachelor's
  or  higher  degree as prescribed in subparagraph (2) of subdivision one,
  or has completed the practical experience requirement of subdivision two
  of this section. The fee for examination and identification card  as  an
  "intern  land  surveyor"  shall  be seventy dollars and the fee for each
  reexamination shall be seventy dollars.