This chapter of the Business and Professions Code constitutes the chapter on geologists and geophysicists. It may be cited as the Geologist and Geophysicist Act....
Board, as used in this chapter, means the Board for Geologists and Geophysicists. Any reference in any law or regulation to the State Board of Registration for Geologists...
Geology, as used in this chapter, refers to that science which treats of the earth in general; investigation of the earth's crust and the rocks and other materials which compose it;...
Geophysics, as used in this chapter, refers to that science which involves study of the physical earth by means of measuring its natural and induced fields of force, including, but...
Geologist, as used in this chapter, refers to a person engaged in the practice of geology....
Geophysicist, as used in this chapter, refers to a person engaged in the practice of geophysics....
Only a person registered as a geologist under the provisions of this chapter shall be entitled to take and use the title registered geologist. Only a person registered as a...
Only a person registered as a geophysicist under the provisions of this chapter shall be entitled to take and use the title Registered Geophysicist. Only a person registered as...
The term responsible charge of work means the independent control and direction by the use of initiative, skill and independent judgment of geological or geophysical work or the...
A subordinate is any person who assists a registered geologist or registered geophysicist in the practice of geology or geophysics without assuming the responsible charge of work....
A qualified geologist is a person who possesses all the qualifications specified in Section 7841 for registration except that he is not registered....
A qualified geophysicist is a person who possesses all the qualifications specified in Section 7841.1 for registration except that he is not registered....
The Board for Geologists and Geophysicists is within the department and is subject to the jurisdiction of the department. Except as provided in this section, the board shall consist...
Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the Board for Geologists and Geophysicists in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Whenever...
Each member of the board shall be a citizen of the United States, shall be at least 30 years of age, and shall have been a resident of this state for at least five years immediately...
Each member of the board shall receive a per diem and expenses as provided in Section 103....
The board may appoint a person exempt from civil service who shall be designated as an executive officer and who shall exercise the powers and perform the duties delegated by the board...
The board shall meet annually and at such other times as it may determine....
Five members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; provided, however, that four members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of...
The board, pursuant to the provisions contained in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11371) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, may adopt, amend or repeal...
Except as otherwise provided by law, all records of the board shall be open to inspection by the public during regular office hours....
The board shall have and use a seal bearing the name State Board for Geologists and Geophysicists....
The board shall prepare annually a list of the names and addresses of every person who is registered by it and a list of every person whose registration has been suspended or revoked...
The board may, by regulation, provide for the division of the certification of registration into different specialties, including, but not limited to, petroleum, mining, and ground water,...
The board shall have the authority to appoint committees as required or as deemed advisable to perform duties as the board may direct; provided, however, that the board shall not...
The board shall establish relations with bodies which regulate the practice of geology and geophysics, or closely related geologic and geophysical disciplines, or which register...
After June 30, 1970, it is unlawful for anyone other than a geologist registered under this chapter to stamp or seal any plans, specifications, plats, reports, or other documents with the...
After one year following the effective date of this section it shall be unlawful for anyone other than a geophysicist registered under this chapter to stamp or seal any...
It is unlawful for anyone to stamp or seal any plans, specifications, plats, reports, or other documents with the seal after the certificate of the registrant, named thereon, has expired or has...
Any person, except as in this chapter specifically exempted, who shall practice or offer to practice geology or geophysics for others in this state is subject to the provisions of this chapter....
This chapter does not prohibit one or more geologists or geophysicists from practicing through the medium of a sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation. In a partnership...
This chapter does not prevent or prohibit an individual, firm, company, association or corporation whose principal business is other than the practice of geology or geophysics from...
All geologic plans, specifications, reports or documents shall be prepared by a registered geologist, or registered certified specialty geologist, or by a subordinate employee under...
All geophysical plans, specifications, reports or documents shall be prepared by a registered geophysicist, registered certified specialty geophysicist, registered geologist,...
Officers and employees of the United States of America practicing solely as such officers or employees are exempt from registration under the provisions of this chapter....
A subordinate to a geologist or geophysicist registered under this chapter, insofar as he acts solely in such capacity, is exempt from registration under the provisions of this chapter....
A civil engineer empowered to practice civil engineering in this state, and a petroleum engineer registered in this state, under provisions of Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of...
This chapter shall not empower a geologist or geophysicist registered under this chapter to practice or offer to practice civil engineering and any of its various recognized branches....
This chapter shall not empower a geologist registered under this chapter to practice or offer to practice geophysics for others in this state except as such geophysical work is related...
An application for registration as a geologist or for registration as a geophysicist shall be made to the board on a form prescribed by it and shall be accompanied by the application fee fixed...
An applicant for registration as a geologist shall have all the following qualifications: (a) Not have committed any acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of licensure under Section...
An applicant for registration as a geophysicist shall have all of the following qualifications. This section shall not apply to applicants for registration as geologists. (a) Not have...
An applicant for certification in a specialty in geology shall meet all of the requirements of Section 7841 and, in addition, his seven years of professional geological work shall include...
An applicant for certification in a specialty in geophysics shall meet all of the requirements of Section 7841.1 and in addition, his seven years of professional geophysical work shall include one...
Examination for registration shall be held at the times and places within the state as the board shall determine. The scope of examinations and the methods of procedure may be prescribed...
Examinations for registration as a geologist or registered certified specialty geologist shall test the applicant's knowledge of geology and of any established specialty for which he applies...
Examinations for registration as a geophysicist or registered certified specialty geophysicist shall test the applicant' s knowledge basic to geophysics and his ability to apply that knowledge...
An applicant failing in an examination may be examined again upon filing a new application and the payment of the application fee fixed by this chapter....
The board, upon application therefor, on its prescribed form, and upon the payment of the application and registration fees fixed by this chapter, which fees shall be retained by the board,...
A temporary authorization for the practice of geology or a certified specialty geology, or both geology and a certified specialty geology, may be granted, for a specific project,...
A temporary authorization for the practice of geophysics or a certified specialty geophysics, or both geophysics and a certified specialty geophysics, may be granted, for a specific...
Any applicant who has passed the examination and has otherwise qualified hereunder as a geologist, upon payment of the registration fee fixed by this chapter shall have a...
Any applicant who has passed the examination and has otherwise qualified hereunder as a geophysicist, upon payment of the registration fee fixed by this chapter shall have a...
An applicant who has passed the examination for a certified specialty geologist and has otherwise qualified under this chapter in the specialty, upon payment of the fee fixed by this...
An applicant who has passed the examination for a certified specialty geophysicist and has otherwise qualified under this chapter in the specialty, upon payment of the fee fixed by...
(a) Each geologist registered under this chapter may, upon registration, obtain a seal of the design authorized by the board bearing the registrant's name, number of his certificate,...
(a) Each geophysicist registered under this chapter may, upon registration, obtain a seal of the design authorized by the board bearing the registrant's name, number of his certificate,...
A duplicate certificate of registration to replace one lost, destroyed, or mutilated may be issued subject to the rules and regulations of the board. The duplicate certificate fee fixed...
An unsuspended, unrevoked and unexpired certificate and endorsement of registry made under this chapter is presumptive evidence in all courts and places that the person named therein...
Any applicant who is denied registration or authorization shall, in writing, be so notified and informed of the reason therefor. Within 30 days after receipt of notice, such applicant...
(a) The board may, upon its own initiative or upon the receipt of a complaint, investigate the actions of any registered geologist, geophysicist, or person granted...
(2) Misrepresentation, fraud, or deceit by a geologist or geophysicist in his or her practice. (3) Negligence or incompetence by a geologist or geophysicist in his or her practice. ...
The proceedings under this article shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and the board...
The board may reissue a certificate of registration, certification, or authority, to any person whose certificate has been revoked if a majority of the members of the board vote in favor...
A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere made to a charge substantially related to the qualifications, functions and duties of a geologist or...
The board shall have the power, duty and authority to investigate violations of the provisions of this chapter....
It shall be the duty of the respective officers charged with the enforcement of laws and ordinances to prosecute all persons charged with the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter....
Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor and for each offense of which he is convicted is punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment not to...
Whenever any person has engaged in or is about to engage in any act or practice which constitutes or which, in the opinion of the board, will constitute an offense against this chapter,...
A certificate of registration as a geologist or as a specialty geologist or as a geophysicist or as a specialty geophysicist shall expire at 12 a.m. of the last day of the birth month of...
Except as otherwise provided in this article, certificates of registration as a geologist or as a geophysicist, or certified specialty certificates, may be renewed at any time within...
A suspended certificate is subject to expiration and shall be renewed as provided in this article, but such renewal does not entitle the holder of the certificate, while it remains...
A revoked certificate is subject to expiration as provided in this article, but it may not be renewed. If it is reinstated after its expiration, the holder of the certificate, as...
Certificates of registration as a geologist or as a geophysicist or certified specialty certificates which are not renewed within five years after expiration may not be...
The board shall report each month to the State Controller the amount and source of all revenue received by it pursuant to this chapter and at the same time pay the entire amount thereof...
The money paid into the Geology and Geophysics Fund is continuously appropriated to the board to carry out the provisions of this chapter....
The amount of the fees prescribed by this chapter shall be fixed by the board in accordance with the following schedule: (a) The fee for filing each application for registration as a geologist...