Tennessee Code Title 62. Professions, Businesses and Trades § 62-18-102

(1) “Board” means the state board of examiners for land surveyors, provided for by this part;

(2) “Land surveyor” means a person who is engaged in the practice of land surveying;

(3) “Practice of land surveying” means any service of work, the adequate performance of which involves the application of special knowledge of the principles of mathematics, the related physical and applied sciences and the relevant requirements of law for adequate evidence to the act of measuring and locating lines, angles, elevations, natural and man-made features in the air, on the surface of the earth, within underground workings and on the beds of bodies of water for the purpose of determining areas and volumes, for the monumenting of property boundaries and for the platting and layout of lands and subdivisions of land, including the topography, drainage, alignment and grades of streets, and for the preparation and perpetuation of maps, records, plats, field notes, records and property descriptions that represent these surveys; and

(4) A person shall be construed to “practice or offer to practice” land surveying within the meaning and intent of this part, who: