The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Chapter 472
LAND SURVEYING AND MAPPING

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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.

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Amendments to 472.027

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 472.027

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 472.027.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

ROCKS v. McLAUGHLIN ENGINEERING COMPANY E., 49 So. 3d 823 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)

. . . ; that their performance fell below the minimum standards for surveying and mapping authorized by § 472.027 . . .

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND OF STATE OF FLORIDA v. BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYORS,, 566 So. 2d 1358 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

. . . The statute upon which the Board of Surveyors relied for its rulemaking authority is section 472.027, . . . Although section 472.027, Florida Statutes, may authorize a rule directing a surveyor to measure the . . .