Notice of Declaratory Statement

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES
Division of Consumer Services
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Board of Professional Surveyors and Mappers, Division of Consumer Services, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, State of Florida, has received the petition for declaratory statement from Florida Surveying and Mapping Society, Inc. and Mr. James H. Humphrey, an individual, on January 15, 2010. The Agency Clerk number is #A65537.The petition seeks the agency's opinion as to the applicability of 472.005(4), F.S. (2009) as it applies to the petitioner.
The petition seeks the Board’s opinion regarding the definition of professional surveying and mapping, particularly photogrammetry, as set out in Section 472.005(4), F.S. (2009). In addition, it requests guidance on the employment of unlicensed individuals or entities, as it applies to Petitioner James H. Humphrey.
A copy of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Agency Clerk, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, 407 S. Calhoun Street, Mail Stop #M12, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0800.
Please refer all comments to: Bennett M. Miller, Board Counsel, Board of Professional Surveyors and Mappers, Division of Consumer Services, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, 2005 Apalachee Parkway, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-6500, (850) 410-3834.