                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PRACTICE OF LAND SURVEYING; SUBDIVISIONS (§ 54.1-408)

In addition to the work defined in § 54.1-400, a land surveyor may, for
subdivisions, site plans and plans of development only, prepare plats, plans and
profiles for roads, storm drainage systems, sanitary sewer extensions, and water
line extensions, and may perform other engineering incidental to such work, but
excluding the design of pressure hydraulic, structural, mechanical, and
electrical systems. The work included in this section shall involve the use and
application of standards prescribed by local or state authorities. The land
surveyor shall pass an examination given by the Board in addition to that
required for the licensing of land surveyors as defined in § 54.1-400. Any land
surveyor previously licensed pursuant to subdivision (3) (b) of former §
54-17.1 may continue to do the work herein described without further
examination.
		Except as provided, nothing contained herein or in the definition of
&#8220;practice of land surveying&#8221; in § 54.1-400 shall be construed to
include engineering design and the preparation of plans and specifications for
construction.

HISTORY: 1970, c. 671, § 54-17.1; 1974, c. 534; 1980, c. 757; 1982, c. 590;
1984, c. 437; 1988, c. 765.