The following persons are exempt from the provisions of this chapter concerning the practice of land surveying:
1. Any state, county, city or district employee directly responsible to a professional land surveyor.
2. Any subordinate to a professional land surveyor of this State if he or she acts as a subordinate.
3. Professional mining engineers engaged solely in surveys made for mining and milling purposes or facilities pertaining thereto.
4. Officers and employees of the United States Government who have qualified pursuant to federal regulations and have been authorized to make surveys for the government, but such a governmental employee shall not engage in private practice as a land surveyor in Nevada unless licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
[Part 13:198:1919; added 1947, 797; A 1949, 639; 1955, 391] — (NRS A 1983, 807; 1989, 788; 1997, 1054) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 625.490)