Goal v. Technical Standards

Knud E. Hermansen, Assistant professor at the University of Maine

5/16/2008
(Original Publish Date: 1/1/2000)

Many surveying State licensing boards and professional organizations have grappled with establishing standards for professional practice. While practitioners can be frequently heard to argue or discuss the complexity and scope of standards, there is little discussion concerning the form the standards should take. In particular, the parties have failed to address at the outset whether the standards should be goal or technically oriented.