Tennessee § 62-18-102 - Part definitions.

§ 62-18-102. Part definitions.

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: “Board” means the state board of examiners for land surveyors, provided for by this part; “Land surveyor” means a person who is engaged in the practice of land surveying; “Practice of land surveying” means any service of work, the adequate performance of which involves the application of special knowledge of the principles of mathematics, the related physical and applied sciences and the relevant requirements of law for adequate evidence to the act of measuring and locating lines, angles, elevations, natural and man-made features in the air, on the surface of the earth, within underground workings and on the beds of bodies of water for the purpose of determining areas and volumes, for the monumenting of property boundaries and for the platting and layout of lands and subdivisions of land, including the topography, drainage, alignment and grades of streets, and for the preparation and perpetuation of maps, records, plats, field notes, records and property descriptions that represent these surveys; and A person shall be construed to “practice or offer to practice” land surveying within the meaning and intent of this part, who: Engages in land surveying; By verbal claim, sign, letterhead, card or in any other way represents that the person is a land surveyor; or Represents that the person is able to perform land surveying in this state. Acts 1969, ch. 207, § 2; 1979, ch. 97, § 1; T.C.A., § 62-1802. Attorney General Opinions. In the definition of “practice of land surveying”, the term “drainage” refers to the components of a land drainage system, including storm and wastewater drainage, OAG 04-018, 2004 Tenn. AG LEXIS 18 (2/09/04). A licensed land surveyor who is not a registered engineer may not conduct and perform drainage design and calculations required for the construction of subdivisions, including determining the detention and retention of storm water as well as determining the size of ponds, basins, pipes and culverts which will hold and through which storm water will flow, OAG 04-018, 2004 Tenn. AG LEXIS 18 (2/09/04). A city, in the exercise of its land planning authority, is not bound by the minimum standards governing the practice of land surveying and engineering; therefore, a city may require an engineer to perform functions that, arguably, may be performed by a land surveyor, OAG 04-018, 2004 Tenn. AG LEXIS 18 (2/09/04).