| (a) Surveyors shall be entrusted to protect the health,
safety, property, and welfare of the public in the practice of their
profession. The public as used in this section and other rules is
defined as any individual(s), client(s), business or public entities,
or any member of the general population whose normal course of life
might reasonably include an interaction of any sort with the surveying
work of the registration holder.
(b) Surveyors shall not perform any surveying function
which, when measured by generally accepted surveying standards or
procedures, is reasonably likely to result in the endangerment of
lives, health, safety, property, or welfare of the public. Any act
or conduct which constitutes incompetence or gross negligence, or
a criminal violation of law, constitutes misconduct and shall be subject
to disciplinary action by the board.
(c) Surveyors shall first notify involved parties of
any land surveying decisions or practices that might endanger the
health, safety, property or welfare of the public. When, in a surveyor's
judgment, any risk to the public remains unresolved, that surveyor
shall report any fraud, gross negligence, incompetence, misconduct,
unethical or illegal conduct to the board or to proper civil or criminal
authorities.
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