SEC. 73-13-71. Definitions.

(a) The term "board," as used in Sections 73-13-71 through 73-13-105 , shall mean the State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors as provided for in Section 73-13-5 of this chapter.

(b) The term "professional land surveyor," as used in Sections 73-13-71 through 73-13-105 , shall mean a person who engages in the practice of land surveying as hereinafter defined, whether in an individual capacity, or in behalf of or as an employee of any state, county, or municipal authority of the State of Mississippi.

(c) The term "land surveyor intern," as used in Sections 73-13-71 through 73-13-105 , shall mean a candidate for registration as a professional land surveyor who has successfully passed the fundamentals of land surveying examination, has met the requirements of the board for enrollment, has received from the board a certificate stating that he has successfully passed this portion of the professional land surveying examinations and has been enrolled as a land surveyor intern.

(d) The practice of "land surveying," within the meaning and intent of Sections 73-13-71 through 73-13-105 , is surveying of areas for their correct determination and description and for conveyancing, or for the establishment or re-establishment of land boundaries and the platting of lands and subdivisions thereof, and such other duties as traditional or sound surveying practices would direct.

SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 8792-01; Laws, 1962, ch. 505, Sec. 1; reenacted, 1983, ch. 450, Sec. 24; reenacted and amended, 1991, ch. 470, Sec. 24, eff from and after July 1, 1991. Reenacted by Laws 1999, Ch. 416, Sec. 24, eff. July 1, 1999; reeacted and amended by Laws 1999, Ch. 534, Sec. 24, SB2380, eff. July 1, 1999.
 
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