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Tennessee board narrows "responsible charge" rule, adopts "meaningful oversight" language
Summary
The Tennessee Board of Examiners for Land Surveyors adopted rule amendments on Nov. 20, 2025 that remove a strict officer/principal requirement and allow any registrant who can provide "meaningful oversight" to be in responsible charge, with accompanying updates to professional development requirements and filing steps.
The Tennessee Board of Examiners for Land Surveyors voted Nov. 20 to amend rules governing which registrants may be "in responsible charge" of a surveying firm's practice, replacing a narrow officer/principal requirement with an oversight standard.
Kyle Johnson, associate general counsel for the Department of Commerce and Insurance, read the proposed amendments at the board's rulemaking hearing and said the change "would state: only registrants who can provide meaningful oversight at each firm location and who hold an active Tennessee registration can be in responsible charge of the firm's practice" (as read into the record). The board voted by roll call to adopt the hearing rules language as amended; all four voting members recorded "Aye."
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