Florida Statute 472.027 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Chapter 472
LAND SURVEYING AND MAPPING

View Entire Chapter

F.S. 472.027

472.027 Standards of practice.—The board shall adopt rules establishing standards of practice for the profession of surveying and mapping to:

(1) Assure competence in the practice of the profession;

(2) Assure accuracy, completeness, and quality in the products provided;

(3) Assure adequate and defensible real property boundary locations; and

(4) Govern the following professional matters:

(a) Conflicts of interest.

(b) Client confidentiality.

(d) Fair dealing in all professional relationships and private and public sector contracts.

(e) Retention of work products in hard copy or electronic or digital formats.

(f) Transfer and storage of files and file materials upon discontinuance of the practice of surveying and mapping.

History.—ss. 36, 42, ch. 79-243; s. 344, ch. 81-259; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 5, 7, ch. 89-137; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 93, ch. 94-119; s. 10, ch. 2001-63; s. 1, ch. 2014-147.

Total Results: 3

566 So. 2d 1358, 1990 WL 133202

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 13, 1990 | Docket: 1529206

Cited 4 times | Published

Surveyors relied for its rulemaking authority is section 472.027, Florida Statutes. This section provides:

49 So. 3d 823, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 18318, 2010 WL 4861684

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 1, 2010 | Docket: 60296861

Cited 2 times | Published

standards for surveying and mapping authorized by § 472.027, Florida Statutes; and that each defendant is

Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Jul 12, 1991 | Docket: 3258363

Published

the requirements in Part II, Ch. 177, F.S. Section 472.027, F.S., authorizes the Board of Professional