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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 18. Professional And Occupational Licensing
Agency 10. Board For Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers And Landscape Architects
Chapter 20. Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects Regulations
5/8/2026

18VAC10-20-350. Examinations.

A. Applications for initial licensure are received by the board in accordance with the following:

1. Upon successful completion of the achievement of the surveyor-in-training designation, applicants who qualify may apply to sit for the other surveying exams.

2. Upon successful completion of the land surveyor licensure requirements, applicants who qualify under 18VAC10-20-320 may apply to sit for the land surveyor B exam.

B. Applicants must apply to the board to be approved to sit for examinations. Applicants must register and submit the required exam fee to the board's designee. Applicants must follow all board regulations and designee requirements.

C. Applicants approved to sit for the exam will be eligible for a period of three years from the date of initial approval. Applicants who do not pass the exam during the eligibility period are no longer eligible to sit for the exam. To become exam-eligible again, applicants must reapply to the board, meet all current entry requirements, and demonstrate successful completion of 16 hours of educational activities that meet the requirements of 18VAC10-20-683 E and F.

Statutory Authority

§§ 54.1-201 and 54.1-404 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR130-01-2 § 5.8, eff. October 18, 1985; amended, Virginia Register Volume 4, Issue 8, eff. March 1, 1988; Volume 6, Issue 20, eff. September 1, 1990; Volume 7, Issue 14, eff. May 8, 1991; Volume 8, Issue 7, eff. February 1, 1992; Volume 10, Issue 15, eff. May 19, 1994; Volume 16, Issue 3, eff. December 1, 1999; Volume 18, Issue 7, eff. March 1, 2002; Volume 23, Issue 1, eff. February 1, 2007; Volume 25, Issue 3, eff. December 1, 2008; Volume 32, Issue 6, eff. January 1, 2016; Volume 37, Issue 24, eff. September 2, 2021; Volume 42, Issue 16, eff. May 1, 2026.

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