245:15-1-3. Definitions
The following words or terms, when used in the Rules of Procedure, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Definitions in 59 O.S. Section 475.2 and 65 O.S. Section 3-118 shall be read together with the definitions and interpretations provided in the Rules of Procedure of the Board.
"Accessory to a corner" means any exclusively identifiable physical object whose spatial relationship to the corner is recorded. Accessories may be bearing trees, bearing objects, monuments, reference monuments, line trees, pits, mounds, charcoal filled bottles, steel or wooden stakes, or other objects.
"Act" means O.S. Title 59, 475.1 et seq.
"Certify" or "Certification" means a statement based upon facts and knowledge known to the licensee and is not a guarantee or warranty, either expressed or implied.
"Closure error" means the ratio between the horizontal linear error of closure to the total horizontal distance traversed, with the numerator of the ratio being the number "one".
"Control surveying" means the establishment of horizontal and/or vertical control which will be the basis for future phases of a project including, but not limited to: extraction of geospatial data, engineering design projects, construction staking, surveys to layout horizontal and vertical alignments, topographic surveys using field methods, collection of topographic and planimetric data using photogrammetric methods and construction surveys of engineering or architectural public works project.
"Geospatial" means the relative position of features on, above, or below the earth's surface defined by a localized or globalized system.
"Land or boundary survey" means a survey, the primary purpose of which includes, but is not limited to, the determining of the perimeter of a parcel or tract of land by establishing or reestablishing corners, monuments and boundary lines.
"Linear closure" means a measure of the horizontal linear error without regard to direction, between the computed location of the first and last points of a traverse when either the traverse returns to its beginning point (geometrically and mathematically closed), or the traverse ends at a point of previously established control relative to the beginning point (geometrically open, but mathematically closed).
"Mortgage Inspection Report" means a representation of the boundaries of a parcel of real property and the improvements thereon, prepared incidental to a mortgage of real property.
"Monument" means a physical structure that occupies the exact position of a corner.
"Planimetric mapping survey" means a map that presents the horizontal positions only for the features represented. This is distinguished from a topographic map by the omission of relief in measurable form.
"Positional error" means the difference between the actual position of a corner monument and it's described or computed position. This error may be determined by computing the difference between the measured position and the adjusted position of the monument or by measurement of angle and distance between three of the corner monuments on the survey if made with precise surveying instruments using proper procedures.
"Professional Engineer, Retired" means an individual who has been duly licensed as a professional engineer by the Board, who chooses to relinquish or not to renew a license, and who applies to and is approved by the Board to be granted the use of the title "Professional Engineer, Retired."
"Professional Surveyor, Retired" means an individual who has been duly licensed as a professional surveyor by the Board, who chooses to relinquish or not to renew a license, and who applies to and is approved by the Board to be granted the use of the title "Professional Surveyor, Retired."
"Public project" as it relates to the definition of the practice of surveying in O.S. Title 59, 475.2(7)(a) (13) means a publicly funded project locating, relocating, establishing, reestablishing, retracing, laying out, or staking of the location, alignment, or elevation whose location is dependent upon property, easement, and right-of-way boundaries.
"Rules of professional conduct for Professional Engineers and Surveyors" means those rules promulgated by the Board.
"Signature" means "manual signature" or "electronic or digital signature" and shall comply with the provisions of 59 O.S. 475.15(C) and be defined as follows:
(A) Manual signature means the handwritten name of a person applied to a document that identifies the person, serves as a means of authentication of the contents of the document, provides responsibility for the creation of the document and provides for accountability for the contents of the document.
(B) An electronic or digital signature shall mean an electronic secure process or secure digital code that uniquely identifies and authenticates the sender, attached to or logically associated with an electronically transmitted record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record. An electronic or digital signature shall carry the same weight, authority, and effects as a manual signature.
"Survey plat", "sketch", or "map", or similar document, means any drawing of a parcel or tract of real property used for the purpose of depicting the results of a field survey.
"Topographic surveys" means a survey that has as its major purpose the determination of the configuration (relief) of the earth (ground) and the location of natural or artificial objects thereon.
