Oklahoma § 59-475.22 - Exceptions

§ 59-475.22. Exceptions

This act shall not be construed to prevent:

1. Other professions. The practice of any other legally

recognized profession;

2. Temporary license:

a.

Professional engineer. The practice or offer to

practice engineering by a person not a resident of or

having no established place of business in this state

is allowed; provided, such person is legally qualified

by licensure to practice engineering, as defined in

Section 475.2 of this title, in the applicant's

resident state or jurisdiction and who has made

application for licensure to the Board. Such person

shall make application for temporary licensure to the

Board, in a manner prescribed by the Board. After

payment of a temporary license fee, a temporary

license may be granted to perform a particular job for

a definite period of time, to expire at the earliest

issuance of a professional engineering license by the

Board. Further, such person shall submit a complete

permanent professional engineer application to the

Board within thirty (30) days of the date of issuance

of the temporary license, with all required properly

completed forms and fees. Failure to submit a

permanent professional engineer application for Board

consideration within the designated thirty-day time

period may be considered a violation of this act and

Board rules. No right to practice engineering shall

accrue to such applicant by reason of a temporary

license for any works not set forth in the license,

and

b.

Professional surveyor. The practice of surveying

under a temporary permit by a person licensed as a

professional surveyor in another state is not

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considered to be in the best interest of the public

and therefore shall not be granted unless the person

is applying pursuant to the Military Service

Occupation, Education and Credentialing Act;

3. Employees and subordinates. The work of an employee or a

subordinate of a person holding a license under this act, or an

employee of a person practicing lawfully under paragraph 2 of this

section is allowed; provided, such work does not include final

engineering or surveying designs or decisions and is done under the

direct supervision of and verified by a person holding a license

under this act or a person practicing lawfully under paragraph 2 of

this section;

4. Material takeoff. Providing a list of material derived from

measuring and interpreting a set of blueprints or plans, otherwise

known as a "material takeoff" or advising a person on such a

"material takeoff" shall not constitute the practice of engineering;

and

5. A person shall not be construed to practice or offer to

practice surveying, within the meaning and intent of this act, who

merely acts as an agent of a purchaser of surveying services.

Agents of a purchaser of surveying services include, but are not

limited to, real estate agents and brokers, title companies,

attorneys providing title examination services, and persons who or

firms that coordinate the acquisition and use of surveying services.

The coordination of surveying services includes, but is not limited

to, sales and marketing of services, discussion of requirements of

surveys, contracting to furnish surveys, review of surveys, the

requesting of revisions of surveys, and making any and all

modifications to surveys with the written consent of the

professional surveyor, and furnishing final revised copies to the

professional surveyor showing all revisions, the distribution of

surveys and receiving payment for such services. These actions do

not constitute the practice of surveying, and do not violate any

part of this act or the bylaws and rules of the Board.

Added by Laws 1968, c. 245, § 22, emerg. eff. April 26, 1968.

Amended by Laws 1982, c. 297, § 22; Laws 1992, c. 165, § 19, eff.

July 1, 1992; Laws 2005, c. 115, § 21, eff. Nov. 1, 2005; Laws 2010,

c. 337, § 2, emerg. eff. June 6, 2010; Laws 2017, c. 259, § 20, eff.

Nov. 1, 2017; Laws 2024, c. 147, § 31, eff. Nov. 1, 2024.

§59-475.22a. Surveying documents - Conditions of filing.

It shall be unlawful for the registrar of deeds or the county

clerk of any county or proper public authority to file any map,

plat, survey or other documents within the definition of surveying

which do not have impressed thereon and affixed thereto the personal

signature and seal of a professional surveyor by whom or under whose

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direct supervision the map, plat, survey or other documents were

prepared.

Added by Laws 1982, c. 297, § 23. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 165, §

20, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 2024, c. 147, § 32, eff. Nov. 1, 2024.

§59-475.22b.

1992.

Repealed by Laws 1992, c. 165, § 21, eff. July 1,