Land Surveyor State Requirements

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Alabama Land Surveyors are required to take 30 PDHs every 24 months.
*Note: Effective November 27, 2017 new licensees in Alabama are exempt from the continuing education requirements for their first renewal cycle.Effective July 1, 2018 For professional land surveyors, the continuing professional education requirements shall include a minimum of four (4) professional development credit hours on the Standards for Practice of Surveying in the State of Alabama every two years and one (1) professional development credit hour on ethics every year; however, the total number of professional development credit hours required of professional land surveyors by the board shall not increase overall because of this requirement.
A new professional land surveyor shall complete the Standards for Practice of Surveying in the State of Alabama credits within two years and complete the ethics credit within one year of initial licensure. Credit for these courses shall count toward the succeeding annual or biennial continuing professional education requirements.

Online Limitations

There are no limits on the number of hours allowed to be taken online.

Governing Agency

Name: Alabama State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers & Land Surveyors
Phone: 3342425568
Fax: 3342425105
Website: http://www.bels.alabama.gov/

Address:
RSA Union Building, Suite 382
100 North Union Street
Montgomery, AL 36104

Alaska Land Surveyors are required to take 24 professional development hours every 24 months.

Online Limitations

There are no limits on the number of hours allowed to be taken online.

Governing Agency

Name: Alaska State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers & Land Surveyors
Phone: 9074652550
Fax: 9074652974
Website:https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardofArchitectsEngineersandLandSurveyors.aspx

Address:
333 Willoughby Avenue, 9th Floor
P.O. Box 110806
Juneau, AK 99811

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Arkansas Land Surveyors are required to take 30 professional development hours every 2 years. All activities must be relevant to the practice of surveying and may include technical, ethical or managerial content

Online Limitations

There are no limitations on the number of Professional Development Hours that may be taken online.

Governing Agency

Name: Arkansas State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
Phone: 5016822824
Fax: 5016822827
Website: http://www.arkansas.gov/pels/index.html

Address:
623 Woodlane Avenue
Little Rock, AR 72201

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All Land Surveying Professionals must complete 24 hours of professional development every renewal cycle. At least 2 hours must be in Ethics.

Online Limitations

Only 8 professional development hours may be taken online. The mandatory Ethics course must be obtained by attending a live seminar and may not be taken online. Webinars are not accepted as live training coursework.

Governing Agency

Name: Delaware State Board of Registration for Professional Land Surveyors
Phone: 3027444500
Fax: 3027392711
Website: https://dpr.delaware.gov/boards/landsurveyors/
Address:
Cannon Building Suite 203
861 Silver Lake Blvd.
Dover, DE 19904

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Florida Land Surveyors are required to take 24 professional development hours every 24 months.

Effective 7/15/18 the 24 credit hours you must obtain each biennium may now be in whatever category you feel will benefit you the most professionally. It is no longer a mandate/requirement that you take 6 hours of SOP, but rather it is left up to your professional judgement on which classes you take, as long as 24 credit hours are taken.

Online Limitations

There are no limits on the number of hours allowed to be taken online.

Governing Agency

Name: Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
Phone: 8504103800
Fax: 8504103797
Website: https://www.freshfromflorida.com/Business-Services/Surveyors-and-Mappers
Address: 407 South Calhoun Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399

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Georgia Land Surveyor are required to obtain 15 PDHs each renewal period. In addition, every Land Surveyor must ensure that, once every 4 years, at least 6 PDHS in Minimum Technical Standards be included in their education.

Online Limitations

There are no limits on the number of hours allowed to be taken online.

Governing Agency

Name: Georgia Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
Phone: 4782072440
Fax: 4782071354
Website: http://sos.ga.gov/index.php/licensing/plb/22
Address:
237 Coliseum Drive
Macon, GA 31217

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Iowa Land Surveyors are required to obtain 30 professional development hours each renewal cycle.

Online Limitations

No more than 10 hours may be taken online or through correspondence

Governing Agency

Name: Iowa Engineers and Land Surveyors Examining Board
Phone: 5152814126
Fax: 5152817411
Website: https://plb.iowa.gov/board/engineers-land-surveyors

Address:
1920 S.E. Hulsizer Road
Ankeny, IA 50021

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Idaho Land Surveyors must complete 30 hours of professional competency instruction each renewal period.

Online Limitations

There are no limits on the number of hours allowed to be taken online.

Governing Agency

Name: Idaho Board of Licensure of Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors
Phone: 2083737210
Fax: 2083737213
Website: http://www.ipels.idaho.gov/

Address:
1510 E Watertower Ste 110
Meridian, ID 83642

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Illinois Land Surveyors must complete 20 professional development courses every 24 months. Of the 20 hours, 2 hours must be in the area of professional conduct and 4 hours must be in Illinois Statutes and Rules for Land Surveyors. The Illinois state-specific course must be completed in a classroom setting.

Online Limitations

No more than 10 hours may be obtained from online distance learning.

The Illinois Statutes and Rules for Land Surveyors course must be taken in a classroom setting.

Governing Agency

Name: Illinois State Board of Professional Engineers and Illinois Land Surveyors
Phone: 2177850800
Fax: 3128144500
Website: http://www.idfpr.com/profs/ProfEngineer.asp

Address:
320 West Washington Street, 3rd floor
Springfield, IL 62786

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All Kansas Land Surveyors are required to complete 30 hours of professional development each renewal period, including 2 hours on Kansas Minimum Standards

Online Limitations

There are no limits on the number of hours allowed to be taken online.

Governing Agency

Name: Kansas State Board of Technical Professions
Phone: 7852963053
Fax:
Website: http://www.ksbtp.ks.gov/

Address:
900 S.W. Jackson Street
Topeka, KS 66612

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Kentucky Land Surveyors shall complete and report to the board a minimum of eight (8) professional development hours for each calendar year, for a total of a minimum of sixteen (16) professional development hours for each reporting period. The Standards of Practice for Professional Land Surveyors, Professional Ethics, and the Code of Professional Practice and Conduct is required once every four years and must be taken with a board approved sponsor.

Online Limitations

All courses may be taken online. The four (4) hour standards of practice for professional land surveyors, professional ethics, and the code of professional practice and conduct, must be taken with a board approved sponsor.

Governing Agency

Name: Kentucky State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
Phone: 5025732680
Fax: 5025736687
Website: http://kyboels.ky.gov/

Address:
160 Democrat Dr.
Frankfort, KY 40601

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Louisiana Land Surveyors must complete 15 hours of professional development each renewal cycle. A minimum of 1 hour must be taken in Ethics and at least 2 hours must be taken in Minimum Standards for Property Boundary Surveys in Louisiana

Online Limitations

There are no online limitations, all courses may be taken online.

Governing Agency

Name: Louisiana Professional Engineering & Land Surveying
Phone: 2259256291
Fax: 2259256292
Website: http://www.lapels.com/

Address:
9643 Brookline Ave Ste.121
Baton Rouge, LA 70809

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Maryland Land Surveyors shall complete, as a condition of a license renewal in each individual 2-year renewal cycle, a minimum of 24 CPC units.

A minimum of 4 CPC units in every individual 2-year renewal cycle shall be earned from the participation with content areas related to the following:

(1) Minimum Standards of Practice;
(2) Legal cases, commentaries, and other related materials as they apply to the law of land boundaries in Maryland;
(3) The awareness of ethical concerns and conflicts;
(4) An enhanced familiarity with the codes of conduct;
(5) An understanding of standards of practice or care; or
(6) Similar topics aimed at maintaining, improving, or expanding the skills set and knowledge necessary to practice land surveying services or property line surveying services in the most ethical and responsible manner.

Online Limitations

There are no limitations to the number of hours that may be taken online.

Governing Agency

Name: Maryland Board for Professional Land Surveyors
Phone: 4102306256
Fax: 4103330021
Website: http://www.dllr.state.md.us/license/ls/

Address:
500 N. Calvert Street, Room 308
Baltimore, MD 21202

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All professional Land Surveyors licensed in Maine must complete 8 hours of professional development each two-year license period.
First License Renewal
A licensee whose initial license is issued during the first year of the 2-year license term shall certify to completion of 4 hours of professional education during the preceding license term at time of first renewal.
A licensee whose initial license is issued during the second year of the 2 year license term need not complete any continuing professional education to be eligible for a first renewal.

Online Limitations

There are no limits on the number of hours allowed to be taken online.

Governing Agency

Name: Maine Board of Licensure for Professional Land Surveyors
Phone: 2076248603
Fax: 2076248637
Website: http://www.maine.gov/pfr/professionallicensing/professions/surveyors/index.htm

Address:
35 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333

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Minnesota licensees must complete 24 hours of professional development each renewal cycle, including 2 hours of Professional Ethics.

Online Limitations

There are no online limitations. All courses may be taken online.

Governing Agency

Name: Minnesota Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, et al.
Phone: 6122962388
Fax: 6512975310
Website: http://www.aelslagid.state.mn.us./index.html

Address:
85 East 7th Pl. Suite 160
St. Paul, MN 55101

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Missouri Land Surveyors must complete 20 hours of professional development every two-year cycle.

Licensees are required to take 4 hours of Missouri Minimum Standards every 4 years.

Online Limitations

Missouri Land Surveyors are limited to 12 hours of online credit per renewal cycle.

Governing Agency

Name: Missouri Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors
Phone: 5737510047
Fax: 5737518046
Website: http://pr.mo.gov/professionalengineers.asp

Address:
P.O. Box 184
Jefferson City, 65102

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All licensees must complete 12 hours of professional development courses annually.

1 PDH in Ethics is required every two years.
1 PDH in Mississippi Standards of Practice is dueannually if licensed 5 years or less in Mississippi
1 PDH in Mississippi Standards of Practice is due biennially if licensed more than 5 years in Mississippi

Online Limitations

There are no online limitations. All courses may be taken online.

Governing Agency

Name: Mississippi State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineer
Phone: 6013596160
Fax: 6013596159
Website: http://www.pepls.state.ms.us/

Address:
P.O. Box 3
Jackson, MS 39205

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Montana Land Surveyors are required to complete 30 Professional Development Hours every 2 years.

Online Limitations

There are no limitations for online courses. All courses may be taken online.

Governing Agency

Name: Montana Board of Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors
Phone: 4068412017
Fax: 4068412309
Website: http://bsd.dli.mt.gov/license/bsd_boards/pel_board/board_page.asp

Address:
301 South Park Avenue
PO Box 200513
Helena, MT 59620

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North Carolina Approved Sponsor #S-0502 North Carolina Land Surveyors are required to complete 15 professional development hours every 12 months.

A Course Evaluation from must be filled out and sent to the sponsor (EZ-pdh.com) for each course taken, as mandated by the state. Course Evaluation form will be available to you at the end of each course before you are able to download your certificate or available in at the link below.

http://www.ncbels.org/CPC/AttendeeSponsorEvaluationForm.pdf

Online Limitations

There is no limit on the number of hours permitted to be taken online.

Governing Agency

Name: North Carolina Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors
Phone: 9197912000
Fax: 9197912012
Website: http://www.ncbels.org

Address:
4601 Six Forks Rd. Suite 310
Raleigh, NC 27609

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North Dakota Land Surveyors are required to take 30 Continuing Professional Competency (CPC) credits every 24 months. At least 20 hours must be earned in technical subjects that directly safeguard the public’s health, safety and welfare including technical professional management subjects such as total quality process or technical engineering or land surveying software training. A maximum of ten 10 hours may be earned in non-technical professional management subjects such as ethics or administration oriented computer classes.

Online Limitations

There is no limit on the number of hours permitted to be taken online.

Governing Agency

Name: North Dakota State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Survey
Phone: 7012580786
Fax: 7012587471
Website: http://www.ndpelsboard.org

Address:
723 West Memorial Highway
PO Box 1357
Bismark, ND 58502

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Nebraska Land Surveyors are required to take 30 professional development hours every two years.

Online Limitations

There are no online limitations. All courses may be taken online.

Governing Agency

Name: The Nebraska Board of Examiners for Land Surveyors
Phone: 4024712566
Fax: 4024713057
Website: http://www.nbels.nebraska.gov/

Address:
555 North Cotner Blvd, Lower Level
Lincoln, NE 68505

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New Hampshire Land Surveyors are required to take 8 continuing education units every 24 months. Four (4) contact hours are equivalent to one (1) continuing education unit. .

Online Limitations

There are no limits on the number of hours allowed to be taken online.

Governing Agency

Name: New Hampshire Board of Land Surveyors
Phone: 6032712219
Fax: 6032716990
Website: https://www.oplc.nh.gov/land-surveyors/

Address:
57 Regional Drive
Concord, NH 03301

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New Jersey Land Surveyors must complete 24 hours of professional development each two-year cycle.

Online Limitations

There are no limitations to the number of hours to be taken online.

Governing Agency

Name: New Jersey Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
Phone: 9735046200
Fax: 9732738035
Website: http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/nonmedical/pels.htm

Address:
124 Halsey Street, 6th Floor
P.O. Box 45015
Newark, NJ 07102

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New Mexico Land Surveyors are required to take 30 professional development hours every 24 months including 2 mandatory hours in Ethics.

Online Limitations

There is maximum of 10 hours in self-directed study (online and correspondence).

Governing Agency

Name: New Mexico State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors
Phone: 5054764565
Fax: 5054764802
Website: http://www.sblpes.state.nm.us/index.html

Address:
4001 Office Court Drive
Suite 903
Santa Fe, NM 87507

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Nevada Land Surveyors are required to take 30 professional development hours every 24 months.

Online Limitations

There is no limit on the number of hours permitted to be taken online.

Governing Agency

Name: Nevada State Board of Engineers and Land Surveyors
Phone: 7756881231
Fax: 7756882991
Website: http://www.nvboe.org/

Address:
1755 East Plumb Lane, Suite 135
Reno, NV 89502

Online Info

24 hours of professional development are due every three years. Only 8 credit hours may be taken online.

One (1) hour in Ethics is required each renewal cycle. This credit can be earned through distance education or live instruction.

Online Limitations

Only 8 hours may be completed online or by correspondence

Governing Agency

Name: New York State Board for Engineering and Land Surveying
Phone: 5184743817
Fax: 5184736282
Website: http://www.op.nysed.gov/prof/pels/

Address:
89 Washington Avenue
State Education Building- 2nd floor
Albany, NY 12234

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Ohio Land Surveyors must complete 30 professional development hours every two years.

Effective January 1, 2018 a person registered as a professional engineer or professional surveyor shall complete at least two of the thirty hours required on professional ethics or rules relevant to the practices of engineering or surveying.

Online Limitations

The Board allows up to a maximum of 3 hours continuing professional development per year for the completion of correspondence courses (paper, online, or other formats). Our courses are considered correspondence courses.

Governing Agency

Name: Ohio State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Surveyors
Phone: 6144663651
Fax: 6147283059
Website: http://www.peps.ohio.gov

Address:
77 S HIGH ST STE 2472
COLUMBUS, OH 43215

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Oklahoma Land Surveyors are required to take 30 professional development hours every 24 months.

Online Limitations

There is no limitation on the number of hours that can be taken online.

Governing Agency

Name: Oklahoma State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
Phone: 4055212874
Fax:
Website: http://www.ok.gov/pels/

Address:
201 NE 27th St.
Rm 120
Oklahoma City, OK 73105

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Oregon Land Surveyors are required to take 30 professional development hours every 24 months.

Online Limitations

There is no limit on the number of hours permitted to be taken online.

Governing Agency

Name: Oregon State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying
Phone: 5033622666
Fax: 5033625454
Website: http://www.oregon.gov/OSBEELS/

Address:
670 Hawthorne Ave S.E., Suite 220
Salem, OR 97301

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Pennsylvania Land Surveyors are required to take 24 professional development hours every 24 months.

Online Limitations

There are no limits on the number of hours allowed to be taken online.

Governing Agency

Name: State Registration Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists
Phone: 7177837049
Fax: 7177055540
Website:http://www.dos.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/state_registration_board_for_professional_engineers%2C_land_surveyors_and_geologists/12510

Address:
P.O. Box 2649
Harrisburg, PA 17105

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Rhode Island Land Surveyors are required to complete 20 Professional Development Hours every 2 years.

Online Limitations

No more than 10 hours may be completed online

Governing Agency

Name: Rhode Island State Board of Registration for Professional Land Surveyors
Phone: 4014629595
Fax: 4014629532
Website: http://www.bdp.state.ri.us/surveyors/

Address:
1511 Pontiac Avenue, Building #68-2
Cranston, RI 02920

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South Carolina requires Land Surveyors to complete 30 professional development hours every 24 months.

Online Limitations

There is no limitation on the number of hours permitted to be taken online.

Governing Agency

Name: South Carolina State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surv
Phone: 8038964422
Fax: 8038964427
Website: http://www.llr.state.sc.us/POL/Engineers

Address:
Synergy Business Park
Kingstree Building, 110 Centerview Dr., Suite 201
Columbia, SC 29210

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South Dakota requires Engineer Professionals to complete 30 professional development hours every 24 months.

At least 20 PDH must be in technical areas which directly safeguard the public’s health, safety, and welfare

The remaining 10 PDH may be earned in professional management subjects, such as total quality process or ethics

Online Limitations

There are no online limitations. All hours may be taken online.

Governing Agency

Name: South Dakota Board of Technical Professions
Phone: 6053942510
Fax: 6053942509
Website: https://dlr.sd.gov/bdcomm/btp/engineers.aspx

Address:
2040 W. Main Street, Suite 304
Rapid City, SD 57702

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Tennessee Land Surveyors are required to take 15 Professional Development Hours (PDH) every 12 months. 4 hours of online study = 1 PDH. A minimum of 7.5 PDHs can be obtained through online or video courses.

Online Limitations

7.5 professional development hours may be taken online.

Governing Agency

Name: Tennessee Board of Examiners for Land Surveyors
Phone: 6157413611
Fax: 6157411245
Website: http://www.state.tn.us/commerce/boards/surveyors/

Address:
500 James Robertson Pkwy
Nashville, TN 37243

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Texas Professional Engineers are required to complete 12 professional development hours annually. Three of the Twelve hours must be in Board developed or approved courses in Acts, Rules, and/or Ethics

Online Limitations

There are no online limitations.

Governing Agency

Name: Texas Board of Prof. Land Surveying
Phone: 5122395263
Fax: 5122395253
Website: http://www.txls.state.tx.us/

Address:
12100 Park 35 Circle, Building A
Suite 156, MC-230
Austin, TX 78753

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Utah Land Surveyors are required to complete 30 professional development hours every 24 months.

Online Limitations

There are no limitations to online or correspondence courses.

Governing Agency

Name: Utah Representative Committee for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
Phone: 8015306628
Fax: 8015306511
Website: http://www.dopl.utah.gov/licensing/engineer_land_surveying.html

Address:
160 East 300 South
PO Box 146741
Salt Lake City, UT 84114

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Virginia Land Surveyors are required to complete 16 professional development hours every 2 years.

Online Limitations

There are no online limitations. All courses may be taken online.

Governing Agency

Name: APELSCIDLA Board
Phone: 8043678506
Fax: 8045274298
Website: http://www.dpor.virginia.gov/Boards/APELS/

Address:
9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 400
Richmond, VA 23233

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Vermont Land Surveyors are required to take 20 Professional Development Hours each renewal cycle

Online Limitations

There are no online limitations. All courses may be taken online.

Governing Agency

Name: Vermont Board Land Surveyors
Phone: 8028281380
Fax: 8028282368
Website: http://vtprofessionals.org/opr1/surveyors/

Address:
81 River Street, Heritage Building
Drawer #9
Montpelier, VT 05609

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Washington Land Surveyors are required to take 15 Professional Development Hours each year of a two-year renewal cycle for a total of 30 hours every 2 years.

Online Limitations

There are no online limitations. All courses may be taken online.

Governing Agency

Name: Washington Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
Phone: 3606641575
Fax: 3606642551
Website: http://www.dol.wa.gov/business/engineerslandsurveyors/

Address:
Department of Licensing
PO Box 9025
Olympia, WA 98507

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Wisconsin Land Surveyors are required to take 20 continuing education hours every 24 months. The required 20 hours of education must include a minimum of two (2) professional development hours in each of the following categories:
1. Programs, courses or activities in the area of Wisconsin statutes and rules that regulate professional land surveyors and surveys.
2. Programs, courses or activities in the area of professional conduct and ethics.
3. Programs, courses or activities in the area of land surveying or related sciences.

Online Limitations

There are no limits on the number of hours allowed to be taken online.

Governing Agency

Name: Wisconsin Department of Regulations & Licensing
Phone: 6082662112
Fax: 6082617083
Website: http://drl.wi.gov/profession.asp?profid=102&locid=0

Address:
PO Box 8935
1400 E Washington Avenue Room 112
Madison, WI 53703

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West Virginia Professional Land Surveyors are required to complete 8 professional development hours annually.

Every four years, a licensee must complete a minimum of 2 hours on Minimum Technical Standards and a minimum of 2 hours in Professional Ethics at a seminar approved by the Board.

Online Limitations

Mandatory courses must be taken in a classroom setting. Mandatory courses are not allowed to be taken online with the exception of out of state licensees who may request a cd-rom from the board.

Governing Agency

Name: West Virginia Board of Professional Land Surveyors
Phone: 3047650315
Fax: 3047650316
Website: http://www.wvbps.wv.gov/Pages/default.aspx

Address:
416 Airport Road, Suite 1
Sutton, WV 26601

Online Info

Wyoming Land Surveyors are required to take 30 Continuing Professional Competency hours every 24 months.

Online Limitations

There are no online limitations. All courses may be taken online.

Governing Agency

Name: Wyoming Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surv
Phone: 3077776155
Fax: 3077773403
Website: http://engineersandsurveyors.wy.gov/

Address:
6920 Yellowtail Drive, Suite 100
Cheyenne, WY 82002