Oklahoma Statutes Title 59

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 act, 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 license 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 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 control and personal 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.

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