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Fla. Stat. § 472.027 (2025)
Standards of practice.
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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.
(c) Misuse, reuse, unauthorized use, or alteration of another professional’s product.
(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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1990–2010 · leading case: Bd. of Trs., Internal Imp. Trust Fund v. Bd. of Prof'l Land Surveyors, 566 So. 2d 1358 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990).
Bd. of Trs., Internal Imp. Trust Fund v. Bd. of Prof'l Land Surveyors, 566 So. 2d 1358 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990). “The statute upon which the Board of Surveyors relied for its rulemaking authority is section 472.027, Florida Statutes. This section provides: Minimum technical standards for land surveying.”
Est. of Rocks v. McLaughlin Eng'g Co., 49 So. 3d 823 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010). “The second cause of action, negligence per se, alleges that each defendant’s performance as a surveyor for clients consisted of the same failures alleged in the negligence counts; that their performance fell below the minimum standards for surveying and mapping authorized by §…”
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