California Code
DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY
CHAPTER 7 - Professional Engineers

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 6700. - 6700. This chapter constitutes the chapter on professional engineers. It...

Section 6701. - 6701. “Professional engineer,” within the meaning and intent of this...

Section 6702. - 6702. “Civil engineer” as used in this chapter means a...

Section 6702.1. - 6702.1. “Electrical engineer” as used in this chapter means a...

Section 6702.2. - 6702.2. “Mechanical engineer” as used in this chapter means a...

Section 6703. - 6703. The phrase “responsible charge of work” means the independent...

Section 6703.1. - 6703.1. “Supervision of the construction of engineering structures” means the...

Section 6704. - 6704. (a) In order to safeguard life, health, property, and...

Section 6705. - 6705. A subordinate is any person who assists a registered...

Section 6706. - 6706. (a) An engineer who voluntarily, without compensation or expectation...

Section 6706.3. - 6706.3. Any reference in any law or regulation to a...

ARTICLE 2 - Administration

Section 6710. - 6710. (a) There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs...

Section 6710.1. - 6710.1. Protection of the public shall be the highest priority...

Section 6711. - 6711. Each member of the board shall be a citizen...

Section 6712. - 6712. (a) All appointments to the board shall be for...

Section 6713. - 6713. The Governor may remove any member of the board...

Section 6714. - 6714. The board shall appoint an executive officer at a...

Section 6715. - 6715. The board shall compile and maintain, or may have...

Section 6716. - 6716. (a) The board may adopt rules and regulations consistent...

Section 6717. - 6717. The board may, by regulation, define the scope of...

Section 6718. - 6718. Any member of the board may administer oaths and...

Section 6719. - 6719. The board shall adopt and have an official seal...

Section 6720. - 6720. Each member of the board shall receive a per...

Section 6721. - 6721. The board shall establish relations with bodies that regulate...

Section 6726. - 6726. The board may establish one or more technical advisory...

Section 6726.1. - 6726.1. Each member of each technical advisory committee shall be...

Section 6726.2. - 6726.2. Each member of each technical advisory committee shall be...

Section 6726.3. - 6726.3. All the members of each technical advisory committee shall...

Section 6726.4. - 6726.4. Each member of each technical advisory committee shall be...

ARTICLE 2.3 - Professional Engineers Review Committees

Section 6728. - 6728. The board, when it deems necessary, may establish professional...

Section 6728.1. - 6728.1. Each review committee shall consist of no fewer than...

Section 6728.2. - 6728.2. Each member of a committee shall receive a per...

Section 6728.3. - 6728.3. Except as otherwise provided in this article, all hearings...

Section 6728.4. - 6728.4. At the conclusion of any hearing which is conducted...

Section 6728.5. - 6728.5. The board may adopt, amend, or repeal, in accordance...

Section 6728.6. - 6728.6. Each member of a professional engineers review committee or...

ARTICLE 3 - Application of Chapter

Section 6730. - 6730. In order to safeguard life, health, property and public...

Section 6730.2. - 6730.2. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

Section 6731. - 6731. Civil engineering embraces the following studies or activities in...

Section 6731.1. - 6731.1. Civil engineering also includes the practice or offer to...

Section 6731.2. - 6731.2. Any registered civil engineer may offer to practice, procure,...

Section 6731.3. - 6731.3. A registered civil engineer may also practice or offer...

Section 6731.4. - 6731.4. If a registered civil engineer provides construction management services...

Section 6731.5. - 6731.5. (a) Electrical engineering is that branch of professional engineering...

Section 6731.6. - 6731.6. Mechanical engineering is that branch of professional engineering described...

Section 6732. - 6732. It is unlawful for anyone other than a professional...

Section 6732.1. - 6732.1. Any person who has been granted permission to use...

Section 6732.2. - 6732.2. Any person who possesses a valid certificate to practice...

Section 6732.3. - 6732.3. (a) Any person who has received from the board...

Section 6732.4. - 6732.4. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person...

Section 6732.5. - 6732.5. (a) Upon the discontinuance of a national examination for...

Section 6733. - 6733. It is unlawful for anyone to stamp or seal...

Section 6734. - 6734. Any person practices civil engineering when he professes to...

Section 6734.1. - 6734.1. Any person practices electrical engineering when he professes to...

Section 6734.2. - 6734.2. Any person practices mechanical engineering when he professes to...

Section 6735. - 6735. (a) All civil (including structural and geotechnical) engineering plans,...

Section 6735.1. - 6735.1. The signing of civil engineering plans, specifications, reports, or...

Section 6735.3. - 6735.3. (a) All electrical engineering plans, specifications, calculations, and reports...

Section 6735.4. - 6735.4. (a) All mechanical engineering plans, specifications, calculations, and reports...

Section 6735.5. - 6735.5. The use of the word “certify” or “certification” by...

Section 6735.6. - 6735.6. If a registered civil engineer is required to provide...

Section 6736. - 6736. No person shall use the title, “structural engineer,” or...

Section 6736.1. - 6736.1. (a) No person shall use the title, “soil engineer,”...

Section 6737. - 6737. An architect, who holds a certificate to practice architecture...

Section 6737.1. - 6737.1. (a) This chapter does not prohibit any person from...

Section 6737.2. - 6737.2. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a civil engineer,...

Section 6737.3. - 6737.3. A contractor licensed under Chapter 9 (commencing with Section...

Section 6738. - 6738. (a) This chapter does not prohibit one or more...

Section 6738. - 6738. (a) This chapter does not prohibit one or more...

Section 6739. - 6739. Officers and employees of the United States of America...

Section 6740. - 6740. A subordinate to a civil, electrical or mechanical engineer...

Section 6741. - 6741. Any person, firm, partnership, or corporation is exempt from...

Section 6742. - 6742. Any person, firm, or corporation holding a license as...

Section 6743. - 6743. This chapter does not affect Chapter 15 of Division...

Section 6744. - 6744. This chapter does not require registration for the purpose...

Section 6745. - 6745. This chapter does not prohibit any person, firm or...

Section 6746. - 6746. Plans, specifications, reports and documents relating to communication lines...

Section 6746.1. - 6746.1. The provisions of this chapter pertaining to licensure of...

Section 6747. - 6747. (a) This chapter, except for those provisions that apply...

Section 6748. - 6748. (a) Notwithstanding Section 6747, this chapter applies to engineering...

Section 6749. - 6749. (a) A professional engineer shall use a written contract...

ARTICLE 4 - Registration

Section 6750. - 6750. (a) An application for licensure as a professional engineer...

Section 6751. - 6751. (a) The applicant for certification as an engineer-in-training shall...

Section 6751.2. - 6751.2. The board may consider the professional experience and education...

Section 6751.5. - 6751.5. The board shall by rule establish the criteria to...

Section 6752. - 6752. An applicant for registration as a civil engineer must...

Section 6753. - 6753. With respect to applicants for licensure as professional engineers,...

Section 6753.5. - 6753.5. All applicants shall be given equal credit for engineering...

Section 6754. - 6754. Examination for licensure shall be held at such times...

Section 6755. - 6755. (a) Examination duration and composition shall be designed to...

Section 6755.1. - 6755.1. (a) The second division of the examination for registration...

Section 6756. - 6756. (a) An applicant for certification as an engineer-in-training shall,...

Section 6757. - 6757. Applicants who profess to be qualified in more than...

Section 6758. - 6758. An applicant failing in an examination may be examined...

Section 6759. - 6759. The board, upon application therefor, on its prescribed form,...

Section 6762. - 6762. Any applicant for licensure as a professional engineer, upon...

Section 6762.5. - 6762.5. (a) The board shall issue, upon application and payment...

Section 6763. - 6763. Application for authority to use the title “structural engineer,”...

Section 6763.1. - 6763.1. An applicant to use the title “structural engineer” shall...

Section 6763.5. - 6763.5. If an applicant for licensure as a professional engineer,...

Section 6764. - 6764. Each professional engineer licensed under this chapter shall, upon...

Section 6765. - 6765. A duplicate certificate of registration to replace one lost,...

Section 6766. - 6766. An unsuspended, unrevoked and unexpired certificate and endorsement of...

Section 6767. - 6767. (a) Each applicant for licensure or certification who has...

ARTICLE 4.5 - Reporting Requirements

Section 6770. - 6770. (a) A licensee shall report to the board in...

Section 6770.1. - 6770.1. Within 30 days of entry of a conviction described...

Section 6770.2. - 6770.2. (a) Within 30 days of payment of all or...

Section 6770.3. - 6770.3. The requirements of Sections 6770, 6770.1, and 6770.2 shall...

Section 6770.4. - 6770.4. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a licensee...

Section 6770.5. - 6770.5. The board may adopt regulations to further define the...

Section 6770.6. - 6770.6. This article shall become operative on January 1, 2008,...

ARTICLE 5 - Disciplinary Proceedings

Section 6775. - 6775. The board may, upon its own initiative or upon...

Section 6775.1. - 6775.1. The board may, upon its own initiative or upon...

Section 6775.2. - 6775.2. The failure of, or refusal by, a licensee or...

Section 6776. - 6776. The proceedings under this article shall be conducted in...

Section 6777. - 6777. The board may reissue a certificate of registration, certification,...

Section 6779. - 6779. A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction...

Section 6780. - 6780. (a) A petitioner may petition the board for reinstatement...

ARTICLE 6 - Offenses Against the Chapter

Section 6785. - 6785. The board shall have the power, duty, and authority...

Section 6786. - 6786. It is the duty of the respective members of...

Section 6787. - 6787. A person who does any of the following is...

Section 6788. - 6788. Any person who violates any provision of subdivisions (a)...

Section 6789. - 6789. (a) If a licensee who is retained as an...

ARTICLE 7 - Revenue

Section 6795. - 6795. Certificates of registration as a professional engineer, and certificates...

Section 6795.2. - 6795.2. (a) At the time of renewal specified in Section...

Section 6796. - 6796. Except as otherwise provided in this article, certificates of...

Section 6796.1. - 6796.1. A suspended certificate is subject to expiration and shall...

Section 6796.2. - 6796.2. A revoked certificate is subject to expiration as provided...

Section 6796.3. - 6796.3. (a) Certificates of registration as a professional engineer, and...

Section 6796.5. - 6796.5. Once an expired or delinquent certificate of registration or...

Section 6797. - 6797. (a) The department shall receive and account for all...

Section 6798. - 6798. The board may make refunds of all fees in...

Section 6799. - 6799. (a) The amount of the fees prescribed by this...