California Code
DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY
CHAPTER 12.5 - Geologists and Geophysicists

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 7800. - 7800. This chapter of the Business and Professions Code constitutes...

Section 7801. - 7801. (a) “Board,” as used in this chapter, means the...

Section 7802. - 7802. “Geology,” as used in this chapter, refers to that...

Section 7802.1. - 7802.1. “Geophysics,” as used in this chapter, refers to that...

Section 7803. - 7803. “Geologist,” as used in this chapter, refers to a...

Section 7803.1. - 7803.1. “Geophysicist,” as used in this chapter, refers to a...

Section 7804. - 7804. Only a person registered as a geologist under the...

Section 7804.1. - 7804.1. Only a person registered as a geophysicist under the...

Section 7805. - 7805. The term “responsible charge of work” means the independent...

Section 7806. - 7806. A subordinate is any person who assists a professional...

Section 7807. - 7807. A qualified geologist is a person who possesses all...

Section 7807.1. - 7807.1. A qualified geophysicist is a person who possesses all...

ARTICLE 2 - Administration

Section 7810.1. - 7810.1. Protection of the public shall be the highest priority...

Section 7818. - 7818. The board, pursuant to the provisions contained in Chapter...

Section 7819. - 7819. Except as otherwise provided by law, all records of...

Section 7820. - 7820. The board shall have and use a seal bearing...

Section 7821. - 7821. The board shall compile and maintain, or may have...

Section 7822. - 7822. The board may, by regulation, provide for the division...

Section 7825. - 7825. The board shall establish relations with bodies which regulate...

ARTICLE 2.1 - Technical Advisory Committees

Section 7826. - 7826. The board may establish one or more technical advisory...

Section 7826.1. - 7826.1. Each member of each technical advisory committee shall be...

Section 7826.2. - 7826.2. Each member of each technical advisory committee shall be...

Section 7826.3. - 7826.3. All the members of each technical advisory committee shall...

Section 7826.4. - 7826.4. Each member of each technical advisory committee shall be...

ARTICLE 3 - Scope of Regulation

Section 7830. - 7830. It is unlawful for anyone other than a geologist...

Section 7830.1. - 7830.1. It is unlawful for any person other than a...

Section 7831. - 7831. It is unlawful for anyone to stamp or seal...

Section 7832. - 7832. Any person, except as in this chapter specifically exempted,...

Section 7833. - 7833. This chapter does not prohibit one or more geologists...

Section 7834. - 7834. This chapter does not prevent or prohibit an individual,...

Section 7835. - 7835. All geologic plans, specifications, reports, or documents shall be...

Section 7835.1. - 7835.1. All geophysical plans, specifications, reports, or documents shall be...

Section 7836. - 7836. Officers and employees of the United States of America...

Section 7837. - 7837. A subordinate to a geologist or geophysicist registered under...

Section 7838. - 7838. A civil engineer empowered to practice civil engineering in...

Section 7839. - 7839. This chapter shall not empower a geologist or geophysicist...

Section 7839.1. - 7839.1. This chapter shall not empower a geologist registered under...

Section 7839.2. - 7839.2. (a) A professional geologist or professional geophysicist shall use...

ARTICLE 4 - Registration

Section 7840. - 7840. An application for licensure as a geologist, certification in...

Section 7841. - 7841. An applicant for licensure as a geologist shall have...

Section 7841.1. - 7841.1. An applicant for licensure as a geophysicist shall have...

Section 7841.2. - 7841.2. (a) An applicant for certification as a geologist-in-training shall...

Section 7842. - 7842. (a) An applicant for certification in a specialty in...

Section 7842.1. - 7842.1. An applicant for certification in a specialty in geophysics...

Section 7843. - 7843. (a) An applicant for certification as a geologist-in-training shall,...

Section 7844. - 7844. (a) Examination for licensure shall be held at the...

Section 7845. - 7845. Examinations for registration as a geologist or registered certified...

Section 7845.1. - 7845.1. Examinations for registration as a geophysicist or registered certified...

Section 7846. - 7846. An applicant failing in an examination may be examined...

Section 7847. - 7847. The board, upon application therefor, on its prescribed form,...

Section 7850. - 7850. Any applicant for licensure as a professional geologist who...

Section 7850.1. - 7850.1. Any applicant for licensure as a professional geophysicist who...

Section 7850.5. - 7850.5. An applicant for certification as a certified specialty geologist...

Section 7850.6. - 7850.6. An applicant who has passed the examination for a...

Section 7851. - 7851. (a) The board shall issue, upon application and payment...

Section 7852. - 7852. (a) Each geologist licensed under this chapter shall, upon...

Section 7852.1. - 7852.1. (a) Each geophysicist licensed under this chapter shall, upon...

Section 7853. - 7853. A duplicate certificate of registration to replace one lost,...

Section 7854. - 7854. An unsuspended, unrevoked and unexpired certificate and endorsement of...

Section 7855. - 7855. Any applicant who is denied registration or authorization shall,...

Section 7856. - 7856. (a) Each applicant for licensure or certification who has...

ARTICLE 5 - Disciplinary Proceedings

Section 7860. - 7860. (a) The board may, upon its own initiative or...

Section 7860.1. - 7860.1. The board may, upon its own initiative or upon...

Section 7860.2. - 7860.2. The failure of, or refusal by, a licensee or...

Section 7861. - 7861. The proceedings under this article shall be conducted in...

Section 7862. - 7862. The board may reissue a certificate of registration, certification,...

Section 7863. - 7863. A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction...

Section 7864. - 7864. (a) A petitioner may petition the board for reinstatement...

ARTICLE 6 - Offenses Against the Chapter

Section 7870. - 7870. The board shall have the power, duty and authority...

Section 7871. - 7871. It shall be the duty of the respective officers...

Section 7872. - 7872. A person who does any of the following is...

Section 7873. - 7873. Whenever any person has engaged in or is about...

Section 7874. - 7874. (a) If a licensee who is retained as an...

ARTICLE 7 - Revenue

Section 7880. - 7880. A certificate of registration as a geologist or as...

Section 7881. - 7881. Except as otherwise provided in this article, certificates of...

Section 7881.5. - 7881.5. (a) At the time of renewal specified in Section...

Section 7882. - 7882. A suspended certificate is subject to expiration and shall...

Section 7883. - 7883. A revoked certificate is subject to expiration as provided...

Section 7884. - 7884. Certificates of licensure as a geologist or as a...

Section 7886. - 7886. (a) The department shall receive and account for all...

Section 7887. - 7887. The amount of the fees prescribed by this chapter...