§30-13A-5 Powers and duties of the board.
§30-13A-5. Powers and duties of the board.
The board has all the powers and duties set forth in article one of this chapter and also the following powers and duties:
(1) Hold meetings, conduct hearings and administer examinations and reexaminations;
(2) Set the requirements for a license, endorsement, certificate, surveyor-in-charge and certificate of authorization;
(3) Establish qualifications for licensure and procedures for submitting, approving and disapproving applications for a license, endorsement certificate and certificate of authorization;
(4) Examine the qualifications of any applicant for a license, endorsement, or certificate;
(5) Establish procedures for persons who have begun one of the education, experience or examination requirements for licensure, stated in subdivision (1), subsection (a), section eight of this article, and has not completed the requirements prior to the thirty-first day of December, two thousand four;
(6) Prepare, conduct, administer and grade written, oral or written and oral examinations and reexaminations for a license, endorsement or certificate;
(7) Determine the passing grade for the examinations;
(8) Administer, or contract with third parties to administer, the examinations and reexaminations required under the provisions of this article;
(9) Maintain records of the examinations and reexaminations the board or a third party administers, including the number of persons taking the examination or reexamination and the pass and fail rate;
(10) Maintain an accurate registry of names and addresses of all licensees, endorsees and certificate holders;
(11) Maintain an accurate registry of names and addresses of firms holding a certificate of authorization;
(12) Establish the standards for surveys, surveying and underground surveying;
(13) Define, by legislative rule, the fees charged under the provisions of this article;
(14) Issue, renew, deny, suspend, revoke or reinstate licenses, endorsements and certificates and discipline such persons;
(15) Issue, renew, deny, suspend, revoke or reinstate certificates of authorization and discipline such firms;
(16) Establish, by legislative rule, and implement the continuing education requirements for licensees and endorsees;
(17) Sue and be sued in its official name as an agency of this state;
(18) Set the job requirements for investigators and employees necessary to enforce the provisions of this article;
(19) Hire, fix the compensation of and discharge investigators and the employees necessary to enforce the provisions of this article;
(20) Investigate alleged violations of the provisions of this article, the rules promulgated hereunder, and orders and final decisions of the board;
(21) Conduct hearings upon charges calling for discipline of a licensee, endorsee or certificate holder, or revocation or suspension of a license, endorsement, certificate or certificate of authorization;
(22) Set disciplinary action and issue orders;
(23) Propose rules in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code to implement the provisions of this article; and
(24) Take all other actions necessary and proper to effectuate the purposes of this article.