327.314.  Professional land surveyor, applicant for license, qualifications. — 1.  Prior to January 1, 2024, any person may apply to the board for licensure as a professional land surveyor who has been enrolled as a land surveyor-in-training and has presented evidence to the satisfaction of the board that said person has acquired at least four years of satisfactory professional field and office experience in land surveying from the date of enrollment as a land surveyor-in-training.  This experience shall have been under the immediate personal supervision of a professional land surveyor.

  2.  Beginning January 1, 2024, any person may apply to the board for licensure who presents evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant has met the requirements as provided in this subsection:

  (1)  An applicant shall be a high school graduate or hold a certificate of high school equivalence (GED), and either:

  (a)  Has graduated and received a baccalaureate degree in an approved curriculum, as defined by the board, which shall include at least fifteen semester hours of approved surveying course work, as defined by the board, of which at least six semester hours shall be in the legal aspects of boundary surveying; or

  (b)  Has passed at least sixty hours of college credit which shall include at least fifteen semester hours of approved surveying course work, as defined by the board, of which at least six semester hours shall be in legal aspects of boundary surveying; or

  (c)  Has passed at least fifteen semester hours of approved surveying coursework, as defined by the board, of which at least six semester hours shall be in legal aspects of land surveying;

  (d)  An applicant meeting the requirements of paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall have acquired at least four years of satisfactory field and office experience in land surveying under the immediate personal supervision of a professional land surveyor;

  (e)  An applicant meeting the requirements of paragraph (b) of this subdivision shall have acquired at least five years of satisfactory field and office experience in land surveying under the immediate personal supervision of a professional land surveyor;

  (f)  An applicant meeting the requirements of paragraph (c) of this subdivision shall have acquired at least six years of satisfactory field and office experience in land surveying under the immediate personal supervision of a professional land surveyor.  Pursuant to this provision, up to one year of postsecondary education, approved by the board, may count as equivalent work experience;

  (2)  An applicant shall pass any examinations required by the board pursuant to section 327.331;

  (3)  Any person enrolled as a land surveyor-in-training prior to January 1, 2024, shall only be required to meet the requirements in place pursuant to their enrollment.