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(2) A licensee shall not pay, give, or offer to pay or give, directly or indirectly, to a
client or potential client or to the agent of a client or potential client, a commission,
contribution, gift, or other substantial valuable consideration to secure or retain
professional surveying work. This restriction does not include payments to an
employment agency for the purpose of securing employment or employees for salaried
positions.
(3) A licensee shall seek professional employment based on the licensee's qualifications,
competence, and ability to properly accomplish the employment sought.
R 339.17402 Conflict of interest.
Rule 402. (1) To avoid a conflict of interest, a licensee shall promptly inform, in
writing, an employer or client of the licensee or a public body that the licensee serves of
any employment, business association, interest, duty, or circumstance if that relationship
is with another and involves the current or prospective work assignment of the licensee
with that employer, client, or public body.
(2) A licensee shall not accept compensation, financial or otherwise, from more than 1
individual for services performed on the same project or assignment, unless the
circumstances are fully disclosed to all individuals that pay, or are required to approve
payment, for the work performed by the licensee.
(3) A licensee shall not ask for or accept gratuities, directly or indirectly, from
contractors, their agents, or other individuals dealing with the client or employer of the
licensee in connection with work for which the licensee is responsible, or ask for or
accept financial or other valuable consideration from another for specifying products or
services.
R 339.17403 Participation in project; responsibilities; survey identification.
Rule 403. (1) A licensee shall undertake to take part only in those phases of a project in
which the licensee is competent. In the areas of a project involving architecture or
professional engineering in which the licensee lacks competence, the licensee shall retain
licensed professional associates for those phases of that project.
(2) A licensee is responsible for clear, accurate, and complete development of plats,
plans, drawings, specifications, survey reports, and other instruments of service as is
customary in the practice of the licensee's profession, and the material must properly
satisfy the need for which it is intended.
(3) Surveys and drawings not intended to delineate, monument, or define property
boundaries and limits must be clearly identified as not being boundary surveys.
PART 5. CONTINUING EDUCATION
R 339.17505 Continuing education; license renewal; requirements.
Rule 505. (1) An applicant for license renewal who has been licensed during the 2-year
period immediately before the expiration date of the license shall obtain not less than 30
hours of continuing education during the 2-year period immediately before the expiration
date of the license and satisfy both of the following requirements: