Illinois Professional Land Surveying Law and Ethics
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Agenda
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Thursday, November 21, 2024
9:00 am – 4:50 pm CST
Illinois Land Surveyor Licensing Law: Recent Changes and Compliance
Presented by: Russell W. Olsen
- Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation recent rule changes
- Investigations and contested cases
- Disciplinary actions and penalties
- Board enforcement case studies
Complying with Illinois Survey Standards
Presented by: Brian J. Fischer
- Precision and accuracy
- Boundary construction
- Monumentation
- Certification
- Drawings and reports
- Subdivision plats
- Written descriptions
Complying with National Society of Professional Surveyors Creed and Canons
Presented by: Russell W. Olsen
- Offer to perform services
- Conflicts of interest
- Representations
- Unauthorized practice
- Adherence to statutes and codes
- Professional conduct
Illinois and Federal Site Contamination Law
Presented by: Susan Brice
- Discovering existing soil and/or groundwater contamination
- Understanding applicable rules and regulations
- Understanding liability issues
- Exploring remediation and brownfield redevelopment
Illinois Land Surveyor Licensing Law: Land Surveying
Presented by: Brian J. Fischer
- Firm Practice
- Land surveying firm registration requirements
- Surveying by business entities
- Supervision of non-registered personnel
- Complying with certification and sealing requirements
- Prevention of unauthorized practice
Professional Ethics of Surveyors
Presented by: Joe W. Stuckey
- Minimizing liability risk by maximizing compliance with rules of professional conduct
- Ethical goals, mission, philosophy, standards
- Intent Offer to perform services
- Conflicts of interest
- Representations
- Unauthorized practice
- Maintenance of standards
- Adherence to statutes and codes
- Professional conduct
- Disciplinary rules
- Professional and technical standards
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Credits
Land Surveyors
8.0 PDHs (Including 4.5 PDHs in Law & Statutes and 2.0 PDHs in Professional Conduct)
Continuing Education Credit Information
This webinar is open to the public and is designed to qualify for 8.0 PDHs (based on 50-minute hours) for professional land surveyors in Illinois. This course includes 4.5 hours in the area of Illinois land surveying statutes and rules and 2.0 hours in the area of professional conduct.
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation- Division of Professional Regulation does not pre-approve individual courses or programs.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the webinar for those who attend the entire course and score a minimum 80% on the quiz that follows the course (multiple attempts allowed).
On-Demand Credits
The preceding credit information only applies to the live presentation. This course in an on-demand format is not pre-approved by any licensing boards and may not qualify for the same credits; please consult your licensing board(s) to ensure that a structured, asynchronous learning format is appropriate.
Speakers
Susan Brice
Partner with Nijman Franzetti LLP in ChicagoMs. Brice aggressively defends clients in environmental disputes and transactions in a cost-efficient manner. She also works with her client to understand how to comply with the patchwork of environmental regulations they face. Ms. Brice not only focuses on environmental law, but also handles toxic tort and product liability litigation across the United States involving an array of chemicals, including, among others, PFAS, asbestos, ethylene oxide, chlorinated solvents, petroleum derivatives, volatile organic compounds, metals, radiological materials, BTEX, landfill gas, ethanol, and naphthalene. She represents clients in many industries, in particular manufacturing, chemicals, transportation, food/ beverage, real estate, construction and banking. Ms. Brice has taken several cases to trial and defeated the USEPA in a CERCLA case in the Northern District of Illinois and the Seventh Circuit.
Brian j. Fischer, PLS
Director of Surveying at THD Design Group, Inc.Brian Fischer has over 30 years of experience in the survey field, preforming a variety of survey types for residential, municipal, commercial, industrial and government agency clients. He has experience in survey instrumentation and computer aided drafting (CAD) programs, as well as office and survey programs such as Trimble Office, Carlson and Civil 3D. Management experience includes overseeing drafting and field crews, as well as a branch office for an Oil and Gas services firm in southeast Texas. A former adjunct faculty member for the Engineering Department at St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley, he holds Professional Land Surveyors licenses in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Mississippi and Texas.
Russell W. Olsen, PLS, PS, RPLS
Gasperec Elberts Consulting LLC, Engineering Design Source, Inc.Mr. Olsen is a Senior Professional Land Surveyor with Engineering Design Source, Inc., a Civil Engineering and Surveying Firm based in Chesterfield, Missouri. He has more than 30 years’ experience as a professional land surveyor, beginning in the Chicago metropolitan area. Mr. Olsen is currently licensed as a land surveyor in Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Texas. He has been fortunate to have worked on numerous Highway Department/Department of Transportation horizontal and vertical control surveys, land acquisition and topographic surveys, County Transportation Department Plats of Highway, and Municipal Highway Department surveys. Mr. Olsen has also worked on many commercial and residential developments throughout northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana. He is currently enrolled in the University of Maine Graduate School in the Eng. D. (Doctor of Engineering) Engineering Technology/Surveying Engineering Program. Mr. Olsen has an MS in Engineering Technology/Surveying Engineering from the University of Maine and a BA in Mathematical Sciences. He has presented seminars and webinars previously with HalfMoon Education on topics including Law and Ethics of Illinois Land Surveying; Locating Land Boundaries on Paper (and on the Ground); Complying with Minimum Standards of Practice; Handling Ethical Issues in Land Surveying Practice; Complying with the Illinois Plat Act; Complying with National Society of Professional Surveyors Creed and Canons.
Joe W. Stuckey, JD, LLM, PE, RPLS
Attorney at Law in RosharonMr. Stuckey practices primarily in corporate, real estate, and environmental law, including transactional work and litigation. He has a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University and J.D. and L.L.M. degrees from the University of Houston Law Center. Mr. Stuckey is admitted to the practice of law in all Texas courts, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the U.S. Claims Court. He is also licensed in Texas as a professional engineer and a registered public land surveyor.
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