Florida Statutes
Chapter 472 - Land Surveying and Mapping
472.027 - Standards of Practice.


(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.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations

Chapter 472 - Land Surveying and Mapping

472.001 - Purpose.

472.003 - Persons Not Affected by Ss. 472.001-472.037.

472.005 - Definitions.

472.006 - Department; Powers and Duties.

472.007 - Board of Professional Surveyors and Mappers.

472.0075 - Contacting Board Through Department.

472.008 - Rules of the Board.

472.009 - Board Headquarters.

472.0101 - Foreign-Trained Professionals; Special Examination and License Provisions.

472.011 - Fees.

472.013 - Examinations, Prerequisites.

472.0131 - Examinations; Development; Administration.

472.0132 - Penalty for Theft or Reproduction of an Examination.

472.0135 - Education; Substituting Demonstration of Competency for Clock-Hour Requirements; Accreditation; Consultation.

472.015 - Licensure.

472.016 - Members of Armed Forces in Good Standing With the Board.

472.0165 - Qualification of Immigrants for Examination to Practice a Licensed Profession or Occupation.

472.017 - Renewal of License.

472.018 - Continuing Education.

472.019 - Reactivation; Continuing Education.

472.0201 - Public Inspection of Information Required From Applicants; Exceptions; Examination Hearing.

472.02011 - Disclosure of Confidential Information.

472.0202 - Inactive and Delinquent Status.

472.0203 - Renewal and Cancellation Notices.

472.0204 - Address of Record.

472.021 - Certification of Partnerships and Corporations.

472.023 - Surveyors and Mappers and Firms of Other States; Temporary Certificates to Practice in This State.

472.025 - Seals.

472.027 - Standards of Practice.

472.029 - Authorization to Enter Lands of Third Parties; Conditions.

472.031 - Prohibitions; Penalties.

472.033 - Disciplinary Proceedings.

472.0335 - Classification of Disciplinary Actions.

472.0337 - Power to Administer Oaths, Take Depositions, and Issue Subpoenas.

472.034 - Mediation.

472.0345 - Authority to Issue Citations.

472.0351 - Grounds for Discipline; Penalties; Enforcement.

472.0355 - Disciplinary Guidelines.

472.036 - Unlicensed Practice of Professional Surveying and Mapping; Cease and Desist Notice; Civil Penalty; Enforcement; Citations; Allocation of Moneys Collected.

472.0365 - Unlicensed Activities; Fees; Disposition.

472.0366 - Elevation Certificates; Requirements for Surveyors and Mappers.

472.037 - Application of Ss. 472.001-472.037.