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Welcome New NYSAPLS Members! Did you know NSPS has a Stolen
Thank you for joining our amazing team of professional licensees, Equipment Registry?
technicians, students, thinkers, leaders, professors, volunteers, You can view the current registry at
and all-around good people! Watch for your new member kit https://www.nsps.us.com/StolenEquipment
in the mail. In addition, one of our membership committee
members will be contacting you by phone to welcome you. To report stolen equipment, please provide the following information
Shane J. Jakubec, Rochester, NY – Associate Member by email to trisha.milburn@nsps.us.com:
GdB Geospatial LS, PC, Melville, NY – Sustaining Member 1. Description of Instruments including Serial Number
Benjamin T. Pace, New Paltz, NY – Associate Member 2. Location where equipment was stolen, include nearest
Town and State
Congratulations New Licensees! 3. Date stolen

NYSAPLS would like to congratulate the following individual(s) 4. Contact person to provide information, include phone
and/or email
who have been granted the title of “Land Surveyor” as an official
licensee in the state of New York:
Revised “Find a Surveyor” Webpage Designed to
Tucker P. Stutzman 51172 Hermon, NY Help Prospective Clients Find You
All new licensees are granted a complimentary 1-year NYSAPLS Recently, the NYSAPLS Public Relations Committee focused
membership and will be honored at the Awards Ceremony during
the NYSAPLS Annual Surveyors Conference. on how to best update our website to help the public find a land
surveyor. Along with our city and county search, updates were made
Reminder – NYS Education Department’s Office to allow website visitors to search for a land surveyor by: radius
(powered by google maps) and type of work performed.
of Profession’s Advisory Notice: Regulatory
Amendments approved and Effective January 1, 2022 We need your help to ensure these search features perform correctly.
for Engineering, Land Surveying and Geology Please login to your member profile and verify your information is
correct. In particular, please navigate to the “edit bio” section be sure
The New York State Board of Regents approved regulatory to complete the steps below:
amendments in engineering, land surveying and geology that are
effective January 1, 2022. These regulatory amendments offer 1. Validate your address
greater flexibility by updating and modernizing the continuing Scroll to your home and professional address. If you see a icon, click
education requirements for professional engineers and land on the symbol and validate your address by selecting the appropriate
surveyors while implementing continuing education require- USPS address and clicking “use selected” to save. You should then see a
ments for professional geologists. For a detailed view of the icon, meaning your address has been validated and you will now be
regulatory amendments, see the Regulations of the Commissioner able to be “found” in our find a surveyor search.
on our website at http://www.op.nysed.gov/prof/pels/part68.htm.
Below is a summary of the major regulatory changes: 2. Update your “Type of Work Performed”
Check the boxes of any the services you provide, such as:
• The continuing education requirements may be completed
via courses of learning or in live classes as determined by • ALTA/NSPS Land Title • Oil/Gas Well Surveying
the licensee, provided that the continuing education is Surveying • Forensic Surveying
completed through a Department-approved sponsor and is • Boundary Surveying • Land Planning
in an acceptable subject area • Topographic Surveying • GIS Surveying Applications
• Professional engineers, land surveyors and professional • Construction Site Surveying • LiDAR & Remote Sensing
geologists may now complete their continuing education in • Flood Elevation Certificate • Photogrammetry
additional subject areas, including architecture, landscape Surveying • Laser Scanning
architecture, and interior design. • Hydrographic Surveying
Six hours of “carry over” credit may now be used from one
registration period to another, within certain parameters. Are you receiving our NYSAPLS’ E-newsletters?
Are you receiving our weekly and monthly updates? We send
our latest updates via email including membership updates and
upcoming events as well as our establish e-newsletters: Headquarters
Updates, Upcoming Events, The Secretary’s Scoop, and Town Hall
Tuesday. If you are not receiving these updates, be sure to check your
spam/junk folders and add our staff email addresses to your contacts.

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