Fla. Stat. § 472.027
Standards of practice
Redline — January 1, 2011 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2014
As of January 1, 2011
The board shall adopt rules relating to the practice of surveying and mapping which establish minimum technical standards to ensure the achievement of no less than minimum degrees of accuracy, completeness, and quality in order to assure adequate and defensible real property boundary locations and other pertinent information provided by surveyors and mappers under the authority of ss. 472.001-472.037.
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.
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