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California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 3000 - Location of Offices

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The principal office of the Board for Professional Engineers,
				  Land Surveyors, and Geologists is located at 2535 Capitol Oaks Drive, Suite
				  300, Sacramento, California, 95833-2944.
1. New chapter
				  29 (sections
				  3000-3009,
				  3021-3024,
				  3031-3037 and
				  3041) filed 11-6-69; effective
				  thirtieth day thereafter (Register 69, No. 45).
2. Amendment filed
				  1-24-74; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 74, No. 4).
3.
				  Amendment filed 6-27-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  27).
4. Change without regulatory effect amending section filed
				  11-30-92; operative 12-30-92 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 92, No. 49).
5. Change without regulatory
				  effect amending section filed 6-30-98 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 98, No. 27).
6. Change without regulatory
				  effect amending division heading and section filed 2-28-2001 pursuant to
				  section 100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2001, No. 9).
7. Change without regulatory
				  effect amending section filed 4-24-2008 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2008, No. 17).
8. Change without regulatory
				  effect amending section filed 7-9-2010 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2010, No. 28).
9. Change without regulatory
				  effect amending section filed 2-23-2011 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2011, No. 8).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 7818,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 7818,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 3001 - Correspondence

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
All correspondence relating to the functions of the board
				  including remittances and renewal fees shall be directed to the principal
				  office of the board.
1. Amendment
				  filed 6-27-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  27).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 7818,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 7818,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 3002 - Tenses, Gender and Number

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
For the purposes of these rules and regulations, the present
				  tense includes the past and the future tenses, and the future includes the
				  present; the masculine gender includes the feminine, and the feminine, the
				  masculine; and the singular includes the plural, and the plural, the
				  singular.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 3004 - Delegation of Certain Functions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Whenever it is stated in these rules and
				regulations that the "board" may or shall exercise or discharge any power,
				duty, purpose, function, or jurisdiction, the board specifically has reserved
				the same for its own, exclusive action.
(b) Whenever it is stated the "executive
				officer" may or shall exercise or discharge any power, duty, purpose, function,
				or jurisdiction, the executive officer for the board has the authority to act
				thereon.
(c) Any real party in
				interest may appeal to the board for review of the actions and decisions of the
				executive officer.
(d) Nothing
				herein prohibits the executive officer from redelegating duties to his or her
				subordinates as provided in Section
				18572 of
				the Government Code.
(e) The power
				and discretion conferred by law upon the board to receive and file accusations;
				issue notices of hearings, statements to respondent and statements of issues;
				receive and file notices of defense; determine the time and place of hearings
				under Section
				11508 of
				the Government Code, issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum, set and
				calendar cases for hearing and perform other functions necessary to the
				businesslike dispatch of the business of the board in connection with
				proceedings under the provisions of Section
				11500
				through
				11528 of
				the Government Code prior to the hearing of such proceeding; and the
				certification and delivery or mailing of copies of decisions under Section
				11518 of said code are hereby
				delegated to and conferred upon the executive officer, or, in his or her
				absence from the office of the board, his or her designee.
1. New NOTE
				  filed 6-27-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  27).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections
				  (b)-(e) filed 6-30-98 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 98, No. 27).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 7818,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 7818,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 3005 - Fees

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(a) The following
				is the prescribed application fee for:
(1)
				Licensure as a Professional Geologist or a Professional Geophysicist
				$175
(2) Certification as a
				specialty geologist or specialty geophysicist $175
(3) Certification as a geologist-in-training
				$75
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 3006 - Meetings. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. Amendment
				  filed 6-27-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  27).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (b)
				  filed 6-30-98 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 98, No. 27).
3. Change without regulatory
				  effect repealing section filed 7-9-2010 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2010, No. 28).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 7818,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 7816,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 3007 - Committees. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. Amendment
				  of subsection (a) filed 3-6-80; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register
				  80, No. 10).
2. Amendment of NOTE filed 6-27-83; effective thirtieth
				  day thereafter (Register 83, No. 27).
3. Change without regulatory
				  effect repealing section filed 7-30-97 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 97, No. 31).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 7818,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 7823
					 and
					 7824,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 3008 - Seal

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The seal
				authorized by Section
				7852 of the Code may be purchased
				by the licensee from any convenient source. It shall be not less than one and
				one-half (1 1/2) inches in diameter and shall contain the following
				information:
(1) Within the top border of
				seal: "Professional Geologist."
(2)
				Within the bottom border of seal: "State of California."
(3) In the center of seal:
(A) The licensee's name as it appears on the
				certificate issued by the Board or as abbreviated pursuant to subdivision
				(e);
(B) Number of license or
				authority.
The seal shall be of a design similar to that shown below and
				  shall bear at minimum those elements specified above.
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California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 3009 - Address Change

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Each person who is an applicant for or a holder of a
				  certificate or license issued by the Board shall file his or her address of
				  record with the Board. Within thirty (30) days after any change to his or her
				  address of record, he or she shall notify the Board in writing of such
				  change.
1. New NOTE
				  filed 6-27-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  27).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending section filed
				  6-30-98 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 98, No. 27).
3. Amendment of section and NOTE
				  filed 11-18-2013; operative 1-1-2014 (Register 2013, No.
				  47).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 7818,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 7815
					 and
					 7821,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 3010 - Certificates

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Certificates
				and licenses will be issued in the order in which the applicants
				qualify.
(b) A duplicate of a
				certificate issued in accordance with Section
				7853 of the Geologist and
				Geophysicist Act shall be issued only to replace one lost, destroyed, or
				mutilated, upon a written request accompanied by a fee as prescribed in Section
				3005 and an affidavit verifying
				the loss, destruction, or mutilation of the previous certificate. The affidavit
				of lost, destroyed, or mutilated license must be submitted on a form provided
				by the Board.
1. New section
				  filed 11-18-2020; operative 1-1-2021 (Register 2020, No.
				  47).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 7818
					 and
					 7854,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 119,
					 122,
					 7854
					 and
					 7887,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 2 - Applications › Section 3021 - Applications

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Applications for registration as a geologist, certified
				  specialty geologist, or geophysicist shall be:
(a) Filed on a form prescribed by the board,
				accompanied by the required application fee and examination fee.
(b) Filed with the board at least one hundred
				(100) days prior to the scheduled examination. All documentation in support of
				the applications shall be submitted to the board within seventy (70) days prior
				to the scheduled examination. Applications and supporting documentation not
				received by the board within the timeframes specified shall not be considered
				for that examination. An application mailed to the board shall be deemed filed
				on the date shown by the post office cancellation mark appearing on the
				envelope.
(c) An application which
				is not submitted in proper form will not be accepted by the board and will be
				returned by the executive officer with a statement of the reason
				therefor.
1. Amendment
				  of subsections (a) and (b) (2) filed 1-24-74; effective thirtieth day
				  thereafter (Register 74, No. 4).
2. Amendment of subsection (a)(1)
				  filed 6-13-75; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 75, No.
				  24).
3. Amended filed 6-27-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter
				  (Register 83, No. 27).
4. Change without regulatory effect amending
				  subsection (c) filed 6-30-98 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 98, No. 27).
5. Amendment of subsections
				  (a)-(b) filed 8-24-99; operative 9-23-99 (Register 99, No. 35).
6.
				  Change without regulatory effect amending first paragraph filed 2-23-2011
				  pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2011, No. 8).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 7818,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 7841,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 2 - Applications › Section 3022.1 - Professional Geophysicist Educational and Experience Requirements

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) To be eligible
				for the professional geophysicist license, an applicant shall have completed
				the educational requirements set forth in Section
				7841.1(b) of the
				Code, and at least seven years of professional geophysical work, as set forth
				in Section
				7841.1(c) of the
				Code.
(1) An applicant for licensure as a
				professional geophysicist will be granted credit towards the educational
				requirements, as specified in Section
				7841.1(b) of the
				Code, fulfilled at a college or university which, at the time the applicant was
				enrolled, was accredited by a national or regional accrediting agency
				recognized by the United States Office of Education. "Life Experience Course
				Credit" is not acceptable to satisfy the requirements of Section
				7841.1(b) of the
				Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 2 - Applications › Section 3023 - Date of Education and Experience

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The qualifying education and experience for examination and
				  registration as a geologist or geophysicist or certification as a specialty
				  geologist or specialty geophysicist shall include the one hundred (100) days
				  provided in Section
				  3021 for processing and acceptance
				  of the application by the board prior to the date of the examination. The
				  applicant shall promptly give written notice to the board in the event the
				  applicant's work situation changes and the one hundred (100) days from the
				  final filing date of the application to the examination date credited for
				  qualifying education and experience, or the portion that is required for
				  qualification, are not performed.
1. Amendment
				  filed 6-13-75; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 75, No.
				  24).
2. New NOTE filed 6-27-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter
				  (Register 83, No. 27).
3. Amendment filed 8-24-99; operative 9-23-99
				  (Register 99, No. 35).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 7818,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 7841
					 and
					 7841.1,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 2 - Applications › Section 3024 - Abandoned Applications

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				Any of the following actions by an applicant for certification or licensure
				shall be considered to constitute abandonment of the application with no refund
				of the application fee:
(1) Failure to
				provide additional information pursuant to Section
				3022.2 within 90 days from the
				date of a written request by the Board's staff; or,
(2) Failure to complete the examination(s) to
				which the applicant has been assigned within two (2) years from the date of
				filing of the application; or,
(3)
				Failure to appear for the examination(s) at the designated time and place
				unless a postponement has been obtained in accordance with Section
				3024.5; or,
(4) Failure to appear for the examination(s)
				at the designated time and place after having obtained two postponements in
				accordance with Section
				3024.5.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 2 - Applications › Section 3024.5 - Postponements

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The executive
				officer may grant a postponement, not to exceed two such postponements for each
				application, to any applicant who for reasonable cause is prevented from
				appearing for examination at the day or time fixed, provided the applicant's
				request for postponement and the written request and reason therefor is filed
				with the principal office of the board specified in Section
				3000 at any time prior to the
				examination or within the ten (10) day period immediately following the date of
				such examination.
(b) "Reasonable
				cause" as used in this section includes any of the following:
(1) Death of an immediate family member of
				the applicant, when accompanied by documentation, such as a copy of the death
				certificate.
(2) Illness, including
				contagious disease, or injury to the applicant or an immediate family member of
				the applicant, when accompanied by an original letter on letterhead from the
				health care provider, which includes the date(s), nature of the illness or
				injury, and the health care provider's signature.
(3) Natural disaster or other declared
				national, state, or local emergency.
(4) Military service, when accompanied by
				official military orders.
(5) Jury
				duty, when accompanied by documentation, such as the summons issued by the
				court.
(6) Unforeseen circumstances
				beyond the control of the applicant, including an accident, on the day of the
				examination that prevent the applicant from appearing at the examination
				location at the time and place set for the examination, when accompanied by
				documentation such as police reports, witness statements, and
				photos.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 2 - Applications › Section 3025 - Unqualified Specialty Geologists Applicant; Refund of Fee. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. New section
				  filed 1-26-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  5).
2. Repealer filed 1-14-92; operative 2-13-92 (Register 92, No.
				  12).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 7818,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 158
					 and
					 7851,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 2 - Applications › Section 3026 - Unqualified Applicant: Refund of Examination Fee. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. New section
				  filed 8-24-99; operative 9-23-99 (Register 99, No. 35).
2. Repealer
				  filed 6-29-2023; operative 6-29-2023 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11343.4(b)(3)
				  (Register 2023, No. 26).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 7818,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 7822,
					 7841,
					 7841.1,
					 7842
					 and
					 7887,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 2 - Applications › Section 3028 - Review of Applications

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				Within one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of an application, the board
				shall inform the candidate in writing whether the application is complete and
				accepted for filing or that it is deficient and what specific information or
				documentation is required to complete the application.
(b) The board shall render a decision
				concerning a candidate's written examination results within three hundred
				thirty (330) days after the filing of a completed application for written
				examination. This processing time applies to those candidates who submit their
				completed written examination application on the examination filing
				deadline.
(c) The following time
				frame shall apply to applications for registration under section
				7847, when no examination is
				required.
(1) Within ninety (90) days of
				receipt of an application the board shall inform the applicant in writing that
				the application is either complete or that it is deficient and what specific
				information or document is required to complete the application.
(2) Within two hundred seventy (270) calendar
				days after the date of filing an application, the board shall make a decision
				on the application for registration.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 2 - Applications › Section 3029 - Processing Times

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The
				minimum, median and maximum process time for an application from the time of
				receipt of the completed application until the board makes a decision thereon
				concerning an applicant's eligibility to take an examination is set forth
				below.
Minimum - 41 days
Median - 113 days
Maximum - 239 days
(b) The minimum, median and maximum
				processing times for written examination results from the time of receipt of a
				completed application until the board makes a decision thereon is set forth
				below:
Minimum - 175 days
Median - 202 days
Maximum - 236 days
These processing times apply to those candidates who submit a
				  completed written examination application on the examination filing
				  deadline.
(c) The minimum,
				median and maximum process time for an application filed under section
				7847 from the time of receipt of
				an application until the applicant is informed in writing that the application
				is complete or that it is deficient and what specific information or documents
				are required to complete the application is set forth below.
Minimum - 30 days
Median - 60 days
Maximum - 90 days
(d) The minimum, median and maximum process
				time for an application filed under section
				7847 from the time of receipt of
				the completed application until the board makes a decision thereon concerning
				an applicant's eligibility to be registered under that section is set forth
				below.
Minimum - 30 days
Median - 150 days
Maximum - 270 days
1. New section
				  filed 8-10-90; operative 9-10-90 (Register 90, No.
				  41).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 7818,
					 Business and Professions Code; Section
					 15376,
					 Government Code. Reference: Section
					 15376,
					 Government Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 3 - Examinations › Section 3031 - Examinations: Geologist-in-Training, Professional Geologist, Professional Geophysicist and Specialty Certification

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Pursuant to Section
				7841.2 of the Code, each applicant
				for certification as a geologist-in-training shall successfully pass the
				Fundamentals of Geology examination created and conducted by the National
				Association of State Boards of Geology, also known as ASBOG, by meeting the
				requirements set by ASBOG for taking, and receiving a passing score for, that
				examination. After [effective date of regulations, to be inserted by OAL],
				applicants shall directly contact ASBOG, or its designated vendor, if
				applicable, to obtain a date, time, and place (testing facility) to take the
				Fundamentals of Geology examination. Applicants shall pay all ASBOG's required
				examination fees for examination materials and services directly to ASBOG, or
				its designated vendor, if applicable, and shall comply with all ASBOG
				examination and test center policies, procedures, and rules.
(b) Each applicant for licensure as a
				geologist who obtains a passing score on the Fundamentals of Geology and
				Practice of Geology examinations created by the National Association of State
				Boards of Geology on or after November 1, 1996, and obtains a passing score as
				determined by a recognized criterion-referenced method of establishing the pass
				point in the supplemental California specific examination pursuant to Section
				7841 of the Code shall be deemed
				to have passed the required examinations for licensure as a professional
				geologist in California.
(1) Each applicant
				shall meet the requirements set by ASBOG for taking, and receiving a passing
				score for, Fundamentals of Geology and Practice of Geology examinations. After
				[effective date of regulations, to be inserted by OAL], applicants shall
				directly contact ASBOG, or its designated vendor, if applicable, to obtain a
				date, time, and place (testing facility) to take the Fundamentals of Geology
				and the Practice of Geology examinations. Applicants shall pay all ASBOG's
				required examination fees for examination materials and services directly to
				ASBOG, or its designated vendor, if applicable, and shall comply with all ASBOG
				examination and test center policies, procedures, and rules.
(2) Applicants shall receive credit for
				obtaining a passing score on the Fundamentals of Geology examination, the
				Practice of Geology examination, and the supplemental California specific
				examination as separate examinations and shall be required to retake and pass
				only those examinations previously failed.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 3 - Examinations › Section 3032 - Regular Written Examination

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				The regular written examination for registration as a geologist, geophysicists,
				or for certification in a specialty shall be held not less than once nor more
				than twice each calendar year.
(b)
				The executive officer shall publish annually, not later than October 1st of
				each calendar year, a schedule of examinations for the following
				year.
(c) Whenever circumstances
				warrant, the board may postpone, advance, or otherwise change the examination
				schedule previously published.
1. Amendment
				  filed 2-23-71; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 71, No.
				  9).
2. Amendment filed 1-24-74; effective thirtieth day thereafter
				  (Register 74, No. 4).
3. New NOTE filed 6-27-83; effective thirtieth
				  day thereafter (Register 83, No. 27).
4. Change without regulatory
				  effect amending subsection (b) filed 6-30-98 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 98, No. 27).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 7818,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 7844,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 3 - Examinations › Section 3033 - Examination Facilities. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. Repealer
				  filed 6-27-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  27).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 7818,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 7894,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 3 - Examinations › Section 3034 - Authorization to Take Examination. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. Repealer
				  filed 6-27-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  27).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 7818,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 7894,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 3 - Examinations › Section 3035 - Examination Subversion

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				Examination subversion is the use of any means to alter the results of an
				examination to cause the results to inaccurately represent the competency of an
				examinee. Examination subversion includes, but is not limited to:
(1) Communication between examinees inside of
				the examination room.
(2) Giving or
				receiving any unauthorized assistance on the examination while an examination
				is in progress.
(3) Having any
				unauthorized printed or written matter or other devices in his or her
				possession which might serve to aid the examinee on the examination.
(4) Obtaining, using, buying, selling,
				distributing, having possession of, or having unauthorized access to secured
				examination questions or other secured examination material prior to, during,
				or after the administration of the examination.
(5) Copying another examinee's answers or
				looking at another examinee's materials while an examination is in
				progress.
(6) Permitting anyone to
				copy answers to the examination.
(7) Removing any secured examination
				materials from the examination facility.
(8) Allowing another person to take the
				examination in the examinee's place.
(9) Placing any identifying mark upon his or
				her examination papers other than his or her identification number or other
				identifiers as directed by the examination administrator.
(10) Use by an examinee of any written
				material, audio material, video material, digital material, or any other
				mechanism not specifically authorized during the examination for the purpose of
				assisting an examinee in the examination.
(11) Writing on anything other than
				designated examination material.
(12) Writing or erasing anything after time
				is called.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 3 - Examinations › Section 3036 - Inspection of Examination Until December 1, 1998. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. New NOTE
				  filed 6-27-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  27).
2. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 1-14-92; operative 2-13-92
				  (Register 92, No. 12).
3. Amendment of section heading and section
				  filed 12-23-97; operative 12-1-98 (Register 97, No. 52).
4. Repealer
				  filed 8-24-99; operative 9-23-99 (Register 99, No.
				  35).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 7818,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 7818
					 and
					 7844,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 3 - Examinations › Section 3036.1 - Inspection of Geophysicist or Specialty Geologist or Specialty Geophysicist Examination. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. New section
				  filed 12-23-97; operative 12-1-98 (Register 97, No. 52).
2.
				  Amendment of section heading and section filed 8-24-99; operative 9-23-99
				  (Register 99, No. 35).
3. Repealer filed 5-31-2017; operative
				  7-1-2017 (Register 2017, No. 22).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 7818,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 7818
					 and
					 7844,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 3 - Examinations › Section 3036.2 - Inspection of Geologist Examination. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. New section
				  filed 8-24-99; operative 9-23-99 (Register 99, No. 35).
2. Repealer
				  filed 5-31-2017; operative 7-1-2017 (Register 2017, No.
				  22).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 7818,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 7818
					 and
					 7844,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 3 - Examinations › Section 3037 - Examination Appeal Until December 1, 1998. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. New NOTE
				  filed 6-27-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  27).
2. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 1-14-92; operative 2-13-92
				  (Register 92, No. 12).
3. Amendment of section heading, new last
				  paragraph, and amendment of NOTE filed 12-23-97; operative 12-1-98 (Register
				  97, No. 52).
4. Repealer filed 8-24-99; operative 9-23-99 (Register
				  99, No. 35).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 7818,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 7844,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 3 - Examinations › Section 3037.1 - Geophysicist or Specialty Geologist or Specialty Geophysicist Examination Appeal. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. New section
				  filed 12-23-97; operative 12-1-98 (Register 97, No. 52).
2.
				  Amendment of section heading and section filed 8-24-99; operative 9-23-99
				  (Register 99, No. 35).
3. Repealer filed 5-31-2017; operative
				  7-1-2017 (Register 2017, No. 22).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 7818,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 7844,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 3 - Examinations › Section 3037.2

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 7818,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 7844,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 3 - Examinations › Section 3072.2 - Geologist Examination Appeal Until January 1, 2000. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. New section
				  filed 8-24-99; operative 9-23-99 (Register 99, No. 35).
2. Repealer
				  filed 5-31-2017; operative 7-1-2017 (Register 2017, No.
				  22).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 7818,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 7844,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 4 - Specialties › Section 3041 - Specialty in Engineering Geology

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Only a professional geologist is eligible for certification
				  in a specialty. Application may be submitted for both registration as a
				  geologist and for certification in a specialty at the same time, but the
				  applicant must be approved for registration as a geologist before being
				  considered for certification in a specialty. The certification in a specialty
				  is, in every case, dependent upon the approval of registration as a
				  geologist.
(a) The specialty of
				"Engineering Geology" is hereby created as a division of the certification of
				registration as a geologist.
In addition to the provisions of Section
				  7842 of the Code, an applicant for
				  certification in the specialty of "Engineering Geology" shall:
(1) Be registered as a geologist in the State
				of California.
(2) Have a knowledge
				of:
(A) Geology of the State of
				California.
(B) Geologic factors
				relating to Civil Engineering problems typically encountered in the
				State.
(C) Elementary soil and rock
				mechanics.
(D) Principles of
				grading codes and other pertinent regulations. (Appendix Chapter 33, 1997
				Uniform Building Code).
Experience in engineering geology used to qualify for
				  registration as a geologist may also be used to qualify for certification as an
				  engineering geologist.
In addition to the above, an applicant shall submit three
				  references from qualified engineering geologists, and may be required, in the
				  board's discretion, to submit one or more engineering geology reports prepared
				  mainly or wholly by the applicant.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 4 - Specialties › Section 3042 - Specialty in Hydrogeology

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				A specialty in "Hydrogeology" is hereby created as a division of the
				certification of registration as a geologist. The creation of the certification
				in hydrogeology is established to protect the health, safety and welfare of the
				people of the State of California.
(b) In addition to the provisions of section
				7842 of the Code, an applicant for
				certification in the specialty of "hydrogeology" shall comply with the
				following:
(1) Be registered as a geologist
				in the State of California.
(2)
				Have a knowledge of and experience in:
(A)
				Geology of the State of California.
(B) Geologic factors relating to the water
				resources of this State.
(C)
				Principles of groundwater hydraulics/hydrology and groundwater quality
				including the vadose zone.
(D)
				Applicable federal, state and local rules and regulations.
(E) Principles of water well, monitoring
				well, disposal well, and injection well construction.
(F) Elementary soil and rock mechanics in
				relation to groundwater, including the description of rock and soil samples
				from wells.
(G) Interpretation of
				borehole logs as they relate to porosity, hydraulic conductivity or fluid
				character.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 5 - Denial, Suspension and Revocation of Registration › Section 3060 - Substantial Relationship Criteria

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) For the purpose of denial, suspension, or
				revocation of the certification of a geologist-in-training or license of a
				geologist, specialty geologist, geophysicist, or specialty geophysicist
				pursuant to Section
				141, Division 1.5 (commencing with
				Section 475), subdivision (b)(1) of
				Section 7860, subdivision (a) of Section
				7860.1, or Section
				7863
				of the Business and Professions Code, a crime, professional misconduct, or act
				shall be considered substantially related to the qualifications, functions, and
				duties of a geologist, specialty geologist, geophysicist, or specialty
				geophysicist if to a substantial degree it evidences present or potential
				unfitness of such geologist or geophysicist to perform the functions authorized
				by the license in a manner consistent with the public health, safety, or
				welfare.
(b) In making the
				substantial relationship determination required under subdivision (a) for a
				crime, the Board shall consider all of the following criteria:
(1) The nature and gravity of the
				offense.
(2) The number of years
				elapsed since the date of the offense.
(3) The nature and duties of a professional
				geologist or geophysicist.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 5 - Denial, Suspension and Revocation of Registration › Section 3061 - Criteria for Rehabilitation

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) When considering the denial of an
				application for certification as a geologist-in-training or licensure as a
				professional geologist, a specialty geologist, a professional geophysicist, or
				a specialty geophysicist under Section
				480 or Section
				7863 of the Code on the ground
				that the applicant has been convicted of a crime, the Board shall consider
				whether the applicant made a showing of rehabilitation if the applicant
				completed the criminal sentence at issue without a violation of parole or
				probation. In making this determination, the Board shall consider the following
				criteria:
(1) The nature and gravity of the
				crimes(s).
(2) The length(s) of the
				applicable parole or probation period(s).
(3) The extent to which the applicable parole
				or probation period(s) was shortened or lengthened and the reason(s) the
				period(s) was modified.
(4) The
				terms or conditions of parole or probation and the extent to which they bear on
				the applicant's rehabilitation.
(5)
				The extent to which the terms or conditions of parole or probation were
				modified and the reason(s) for modification.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 5 - Denial, Suspension and Revocation of Registration › Section 3062 - Citations of Unlicensed Persons

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The Executive Officer or his or her
				designee may issue a citation for any violation of any provision of law
				enforced by the Board to an unlicensed person who, unless otherwise exempt, is
				acting in the capacity of a professional geologist or a professional
				geophysicist.
(b) Each citation
(1) shall be in writing;
(2) shall describe with particularity the
				nature of violation, including specific reference to the provision or
				provisions of law determined to have been violated;
(3) shall contain an assessment of an
				administrative fine, an order of abatement fixing a reasonable period of time
				for abatement of the violation, or both an administrative fine and an order of
				abatement;
(4) shall be served on
				the cited person at the last known business or residence address personally or
				by certified mail with return receipt requested;
(5) shall inform the cited person that
				failure to pay the fine within 30 calendar days of the date of assessment,
				unless the citation is being appealed, may result in the Executive Officer
				applying to the appropriate superior court for a judgment in the amount of the
				administrative fine;
(6) shall
				inform the cited person that, if he or she desires an informal conference to
				appeal the finding of a violation, the informal conference shall be requested
				by written notice to the Board within 30 calendar days from date of issuance of
				the citation;
(7) shall inform the
				cited person that, if he or she desires a hearing to appeal the finding of a
				violation, that hearing shall be requested by written notice to the Board
				within 30 calendar days from date of issuance of the
				citation.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 5 - Denial, Suspension and Revocation of Registration › Section 3062.1 - Assessment of Administrative Fines

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) In no event shall the administrative fine
				be less than $50 or exceed $5,000 for each violation.
(b) In determining the amount of an
				administrative fine, the Executive Officer shall consider the following
				factors:
(1) The nature and severity of the
				violation;
(2) The good or bad
				faith exhibited by the cited person;
(3) The history of previous
				violations;
(4) The extent to which
				the cited person has cooperated with the Board and the Board's
				investigation;
(5) The extent to
				which the cited person has mitigated or attempted to mitigate any damage or
				injury caused by his or her violation;
(6) Any factors in extenuation or aggravation
				related to the violation;
(7) Other
				matters as may be appropriate.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 29 - Board for Geologists and Geophysicists › Article 5 - Denial, Suspension and Revocation of Registration › Section 3062.3 - Compliance with Order

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) If
				a cited person who has been issued an order of abatement is unable to complete
				the correction within the time set forth in the citation because of conditions
				beyond his or her control after the exercise of reasonable diligence, then he
				or she may request from the Executive Officer an extension of time within which
				to complete the correction. Such a request shall be in writing and shall be
				made within the time set forth for abatement.
(b) Failure of an applicant for licensure as
				a professional geologist, a professional geophysicist, or a certified
				specialist to abate the violation or pay the fine within the time allowed is a
				ground for denial of licensure.
(c)
				Notwithstanding any other provisions of the law, the Executive Officer may
				waive all or part of an administrative fine if the cited person satisfactorily
				completes all the requirements for, and is issued, a license or
				certification.
(d) If the cited
				person fails to pay the assessed fine within the time allowed, the Executive
				Officer may apply to the appropriate superior court for a judgment in the
				amount of the administrative fine.
(e) If a hearing as provided in Section
				3062.2(a) is not
				requested, payment of the fine shall not constitute an admission of the
				violation charged.
(f) Payment of
				the fine shall be represented as satisfactory resolution of the matter for
				purposes of public disclosure.
1. New section
				  filed 11-22-95; operative 12-22-95 (Register 95, No. 47).
2. Change
				  without regulatory effect amending subsection (b) filed 6-30-98 pursuant to
				  section 100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 98, No. 27).
3. Amendment of section heading,
				  section and NOTE filed 3-14-2017; operative 7-1-2017 (Register 2017, No.
				  11).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 125.9,
					 148,
					 149
					 and
					 7818,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 125.9,
					 148
					 and
					 149,
					 Business and Professions Code.