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California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 5 - Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 414 - Practice and Title Protection. [Repealed]

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1. New section
				  filed 3-6-75; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 75, No.
				  10).
2. Amendment filed 2-10-76; effective thirtieth day thereafter
				  (Register 76, No. 7).
3. Amendment of subsection (b) filed 7-3-80;
				  effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 80, No. 27).
4.
				  Amendment filed 8-10-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  33).
5. Repealer filed 6-13-89; operative 7-13-89 (Register 89, No.
				  25).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 6700,
					 6701,
					 6716,
					 6700.1,
					 6716
					 and
					 6717,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 6700,
					 6700.1,
					 6701,
					 6716
					 and
					 6717,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 5 - Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 415 - Practice Within Area of Competence

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A professional engineer or land surveyor licensed under the
				  Code shall practice and perform engineering or land surveying work only in the
				  field or fields in which he/she is by education and/or experience fully
				  competent and proficient.
Nothing in this regulation shall be construed:
(1) to prohibit a professional engineer from
				signing plans which include engineering work in areas other than that in which
				he/she is fully competent and proficient, if such work was performed by other
				engineers who were fully competent and proficient in such work;
(2) to prohibit a professional engineer from
				performing engineering work or a land surveyor from performing land surveying
				work in areas which involve the application of new principles, techniques,
				ideas or technology;
(3) to prohibit
				a professional engineer from supervising other engineers or a land surveyor
				from supervising other land surveyors who may respectively be performing
				engineering work or land surveying work in areas other than those in which the
				supervising professional engineer or supervising land surveyor is fully
				competent and proficient; and
(4)
				to prohibit a professional engineer from signing plans which include
				engineering work, portions of which were designed or required by any
				governmental agency.
1. New section
				  filed 3-6-75; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 74, No.
				  13).
2. Amendment filed 8-23-76; effective thirtieth day thereafter
				  (Register 76, No. 35).
3. Amendment filed 8-10-83; effective
				  thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No. 33).
4. Change without
				  regulatory effect amending section and NOTE filed 4-19-99 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 99, No. 17).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 6716
					 and
					 8710,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 6706.3,
					 6710,
					 6732,
					 6775
					 and
					 8780,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 5 - Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 416 - Substantial Relationship Criteria

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(a) For the purpose of denial, suspension, or
				revocation of the certification of an engineer-in-training or a land
				surveyor-in-training or license of a professional engineer or a land surveyor
				pursuant to Section
				141, Division 1.5 (commencing with
				Section 475), subdivision (a) of Section
				6775, subdivision (a) of Section
				6775.1, Section
				6779, subdivision (e) of Section
				8780, subdivision (a) of Section
				8780.1, or Section
				8783
				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 professional engineer or land surveyor if, to a substantial degree,
				it evidences present or potential unfitness of a professional engineer or land
				surveyor 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 engineer or land surveyor.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 5 - Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 417 - Substantial Relationship Criteria: Land Surveyors. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. New section
				  filed 5-29-75; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 75, No.
				  22).
2. Repealer filed 8-10-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter
				  (Register 83, No. 33).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 6714
					 and
					 8710,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 480-
					 482
					 and
					 490,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 5 - Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 418 - Criteria for Rehabilitation

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(a) When considering the denial of an
				application for certification as an engineer-in-training or a land
				surveyor-in-training, for licensure as a professional engineer or a
				professional land surveyor, or for authority to use the title "structural
				engineer" or "geotechnical engineer" under Section
				480, Section
				6779, or Section
				8783 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 5 - Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 419 - Disciplinary Orders

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For violations of Business and Professions Code sections
				  6775
				  and/or 8780 which result in an order issued in accordance with Chapters 4.5 and
				  5 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code against a
				  professional engineering and/or a professional land surveying license, the
				  following provisions shall apply to disciplinary orders contained in decisions
				  of the Board:
(a) The minimum
				disciplinary order shall be reproval. The maximum disciplinary order shall be
				revocation of the license.
(b) If
				warranted by extenuating and/or mitigating factors in the matter, the
				disciplinary order may be stayed by an express condition that the respondent
				comply with probationary conditions. The minimum time period in which the
				respondent shall have to comply with the conditions shall be two years. For
				purposes of this section, this time period shall be known as the "period of
				probation."
(c) All decisions
				containing stayed disciplinary orders as described in subdivision (b) shall
				include the following probationary conditions:
(1) The respondent shall obey all laws and
				regulations related to the practices of professional engineering and
				professional land surveying.
(2)
				The respondent shall submit such special reports as the Board may
				require.
(3) The period of
				probation shall be tolled during the time the respondent is practicing
				exclusively outside the state of California. If, during the period of
				probation, the respondent practices exclusively outside the state of
				California, the respondent shall immediately notify the Board in
				writing.
(4) If the respondent
				violates the probationary conditions in any respect, the Board, after giving
				the respondent notice and the opportunity to be heard, may vacate the stay and
				reinstate the disciplinary order which was stayed. If, during the period of
				probation, an accusation or petition to vacate stay is filed against the
				respondent, or if the matter has been submitted to the Office of the Attorney
				General for the filing of such, the Board shall have continuing jurisdiction
				until all matters are final, and the period of probation shall be extended
				until all matters are final.
(5)
				Upon successful completion of all of the probationary conditions and the
				expiration of the period of probation, the respondent's license shall be
				unconditionally restored.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 5 - Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Article 2 - Applications › Section 420 - Applications

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(a) Applications
				for certification, for licensure, or for a certificate of authority shall be:
(1) Filed on a form prescribed by the
				executive officer and shall be typewritten.
(2) Filed at the office of the Board and
				accompanied by the required application fee.
(3) Made out properly in every respect and
				must contain full information.
(4)
				Subscribed and certified to "under penalty of perjury" as provided by Section
				2015.5
				of the Code of Civil Procedure.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 5 - Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Article 2 - Applications › Section 421 - Refile Application

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(a)
				The executive officer may prescribe a short application form for use of those
				applicants who, failing an examination, apply within a reasonable period of
				time after the date of the examination previously failed, for re-examination.
				This application form may be known as a refile application form. The applicant
				and his application for re-examination shall be subject to the same provisions
				of the code and rules of the board, whenever applicable, as govern the filing
				of an original application.
(b) The
				applicant for re-examination shall be assigned by the executive officer to the
				next scheduled examination for which his/her application qualifies
				him/her.
1. Amendment
				  of subsection (a) filed 1-19-72; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register
				  72, No. 4).
2. Amendment filed 8-10-83; effective thirtieth day
				  thereafter (Register 83, No. 33).
3. Change without regulatory
				  effect amending section filed 1-19-95 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 95, No. 3).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 6716,
					 6758,
					 8710
					 and
					 8746,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 6758
					 and
					 8746,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 5 - Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Article 2 - Applications › Section 422 - Final Filing Date

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(a) An
				application filed with the board after the final filing date announced for an
				examination shall not be considered for such examination.
(b) Whenever the final filing date announced
				for an examination falls upon a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, it shall be
				extended to the next business day following.
(c) If an application is filed with the board
				through the United States mail, it shall be deemed filed on the date shown by
				the post office cancellation mark stamped on the envelope containing it, or on
				the date mailed if satisfactory proof is made that the mailing occurred on an
				earlier date.
1. Amendment
				  filed 8-10-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  33).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 6707,
					 6716,
					 8710 and
					 11003,
					 Government Code. Reference: Section
					 11003,
					 Government Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 5 - Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Article 2 - Applications › Section 423 - Citizenship. [Repealed]

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1. Amendment
				  filed 1-19-72; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 72, No.
				  4).
2. Repealer filed 7-27-73; effective thirtieth day thereafter
				  (Register 73, No. 30).
Note: Additional authority cited for Section
					 423: Sections
					 6752,
					 8740.5,
					 and
					 8744,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 5 - Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Article 2 - Applications › Section 424 - Experience Requirements-Professional Engineers

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(a) The engineering branches and title
				authorities described in Section
				404, herein, overlap and some
				activities are common to two or more engineering branches and title
				authorities. The minimum number of years of qualifying experience in such
				overlapping engineering branches and title authorities may be used in securing
				licensure in any applicable engineering branch or title authority but cannot be
				used more than once. The only exception to this is experience credit for
				education. Qualifying education entitles a candidate to experience credit, and
				this experience credit may be used again even though it has already been used
				to qualify for another examination.
(b) An applicant for licensure as a
				professional engineer shall be granted credit towards the experience
				requirement, as stated in subdivision (a), for the following education
				curriculum:
(1) Four (4) years experience
				credit for graduation from an approved engineering curriculum.
(2) Two (2) years experience credit for
				graduation from a non-approved engineering curriculum or from an approved
				engineering technology curriculum.
(3) Five (5) years of experience credit for
				graduation from an approved cooperative work-study engineering
				curriculum.
(4) Five (5) years of
				experience credit for graduation from an approved post-graduate engineering
				curriculum.
(5) One-half ( 1/2 )
				year of education credit for each year of study completed in an approved
				engineering curriculum that did not result in the awarding of a baccalaureate
				degree, except that the maximum of such experience shall be two (2) years.
"Life Experience Degrees" are not acceptable and will not be
				  counted towards the education credit.
The additional actual work experience required to meet the
				  six (6) years of experience requirement shall have been gained after
				  graduation, except for cooperative work study experience and post-graduate
				  education.
The sum of qualifying experience credit for education and
				  engineering teaching experience shall not exceed five
				  years.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 5 - Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Article 2 - Applications › Section 424.5 - Reinstatement Requirements for Delinquent Applicants. [Repealed]

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1. New section
				  filed 5-23-95; operative 5-23-95 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11343.4(d)
				  (Register 95, No. 21).
2. Amendment filed 12-14-99; operative
				  1-1-2000 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11343.4(d)
				  (Register 99, No. 51).
3. Change without regulatory effect repealing
				  section filed 1-17-2018 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2018, No. 3).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 6716
					 and
					 8710,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 480,
					 6755.1,
					 6755.2,
					 6796.3,
					 8741,
					 8741.1
					 and
					 8803,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 5 - Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Article 2 - Applications › Section 425 - Experience Requirements-Professional Land Surveyors

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(a) An applicant for licensure as a
				professional land surveyor shall be granted credit towards the experience
				requirements contained in Sections
				8741 and
				8742 of the Code, for the
				following education curriculum:
(1) Four (4)
				years experience credit for graduation from an approved land surveying
				curriculum.
(2) Two (2) years
				experience credit for graduation from a non-approved land surveying
				curriculum.
(3) Five (5) years of
				experience credit for graduation from an approved cooperative work-study land
				surveying curriculum.
(4) One-half
				( 1/2) year of education credit for each year of study completed in an approved
				land surveying curriculum that did not result in the awarding of a
				baccalaureate degree, except that the maximum of such experience shall be two
				(2) years. A year of study shall be at least 32 semester units or 48 quarter
				units, no less than 10 semester units or 15 quarter units of which shall be
				from classes clearly identified as being land surveying subjects.
"Life Experience Degrees" are not acceptable and will not be
				  counted towards the education credit.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 5 - Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Article 2 - Applications › Section 426 - Applicant for Structural Authority. [Renumbered]

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1. Refiled
				  1-25-66 (Register 66, No. 3).
2. Amendment filed 1-16-69; effective
				  thirtieth day thereafter (Register 69, No. 3).
3. Amendment filed
				  3-29-74; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 74, No.
				  13).
4. Amendment filed 8-10-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter
				  (Register 83, No. 33).
5. Renumbering and amendment of former
				  Section 426 to Section
				  426.10 filed 9-25-89; operative
				  10-25-89 (Register 89, No. 40).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 6716
					 and
					 6736,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 6736,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 5 - Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Article 2 - Applications › Section 426.10 - Qualification Requirements for Structural Authority

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An applicant for authority to use the title "structural
				  engineer" shall comply with all of the following requirements:
(a) The applicant shall hold an unexpired,
				valid California license as a civil engineer.
(b) The applicant shall submit evidence
				satisfactory to the Board that the applicant has been in responsible charge of
				structural engineering qualifying experience, as defined in Section
				426.11 and/or Section
				426.12, for a minimum of three
				years subsequent to the date of licensure as a California civil engineer or as
				provided in Section
				426.14.
1. Renumbering
				  and amendment of former Section
				  426 to Section
				  426.10 filed 9-25-89; operative
				  10-25-89 (Register 89, No. 40). For prior history, see Registers 86, No. 26 and
				  83, No. 33.
2. Change without regulatory effect amending section and
				  NOTE filed 4-19-99 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 99, No. 17).
3. Amendment of subsection (b)
				  filed 5-10-2017; operative 7-1-2017 (Register 2017, No.
				  19).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 6716,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 6706.3,
					 6710,
					 6732,
					 6736
					 and
					 6763,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 5 - Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Article 2 - Applications › Section 426.11 - Qualifying Experience for Structural Authority

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"Structural Engineering qualifying experience" is defined as
				  acceptable professional practice in responsible charge of structural
				  engineering projects as related to buildings (or other structures) and shall
				  include structural design experience in all areas as specified in subdivisions
				  (a)-(f) below because the stability of a structure is dependent upon the
				  interaction of the individual structural components as well as the structure as
				  a whole:
(a) Common Construction
				Materials--Steel, Concrete, Wood and Masonry: A structural engineer shall have
				experience in the use of three of the four common construction materials of
				steel, concrete, wood, and masonry as they relate to the design, rehabilitation
				and/or investigation of buildings (or other structures);
(b) Determination of Lateral Forces: A
				structural engineer shall have experience regarding structural design to resist
				lateral forces;
(c) Selection of
				Framing Systems: A structural engineer shall have experience regarding the
				selection of framing systems, including the consideration of alternatives and
				the selection of an appropriate system for the interaction of structural
				components to support vertical and lateral loads;
(d) Selection of Foundation Systems: A
				structural engineer shall have experience in the selection of foundation
				systems, including the consideration of alternatives and the selection of an
				appropriate type of foundation system to support the structure;
(e) Application of Code Requirements: A
				structural engineer shall have experience in applying local, state and federal
				requirements relating to design loads, materials, and detailing; and
(f) Multi-story Buildings or Equivalent
				Multi-level Structures: A structural engineer shall have experience with the
				design and detailing for the transfer of forces between stories in multi-story
				buildings. A multi-story building is a building which is more than one story in
				height and which is not exempted pursuant to Section
				6737.1 of the code.
1. New section
				  filed 9-25-89; operative 10-25-89 (Register 89, No.
				  40).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 6716
					 and
					 6717,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 6703,
					 6717,
					 6736
					 and
					 6763,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 5 - Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Article 2 - Applications › Section 426.12 - Experience for Checking Structural Plans

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The Board shall consider the following experience as
				  structural engineering qualifying experience, in lieu of that experience
				  defined in Section
				  426.11: Professional level
				  employment performing the checking of structural engineering plans and
				  calculations, when performed under the immediate supervision of, and certified
				  to by, either a civil engineer who holds a valid California license with the
				  authority to use the title "structural engineer" in this state or a
				  Professional Engineer who is authorized to use the title "structural engineer"
				  registered or licensed outside of this state but registered or licensed in a
				  state which has a comity agreement with the State of California related to
				  structural engineering. However, an applicant who applies for authority to use
				  the title "structural engineer" under this section shall furnish the Board with
				  a verification of employment from each employer which lists the name(s) of the
				  immediate supervisor of the applicant during the period of employment used as
				  qualifying experience under this section.
1. New section
				  filed 9-25-89; operative 10-25-89 (Register 89, No. 40).
2. Change
				  without regulatory effect amending section and NOTE filed 4-19-99 pursuant to
				  section 100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 99, No. 17).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 6716,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 6706.3,
					 6710,
					 6716,
					 6732
					 and
					 6763,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 5 - Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Article 2 - Applications › Section 426.13 - Supplemental Evidence of Responsible Charge for Structural Authority

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(a) The board shall
				consider the following as supplemental evidence, if submitted for
				consideration, to assist in determining whether an applicant for structural
				authority possesses the requisite three (3) years of structural engineering
				qualifying experience at the level of responsible charge as required in Section
				426.10 and defined in Sections
				426.11 and
				426.12:
(1) Project management experience:
(A) Coordination with other disciplines such
				as civil, electrical and mechanical engineers and/or architects;
(B) Production of construction document
				packages such as calculations, drawings and specifications; and
(C) Supervision and/or coordination of
				staff.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 5 - Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Article 2 - Applications › Section 426.14 - Experience for Structural Engineering Gained Out of State

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(a) The Board may consider an application for
				authority to use the title "structural engineer" from an applicant who does not
				possess three (3) years of qualifying experience subsequent to the date of
				licensure as a California civil engineer but who possesses experience
				equivalent to that provided in Section
				426.11 based upon either:
(1) A minimum of three (3) years of
				structural engineering qualifying experience gained after the applicant's
				registration or licensure as a civil engineer in another state.
(2) A minimum of three (3) years of
				structural engineering qualifying experience which was gained while exempt from
				licensure pursuant to Section
				6739 of the Code or while employed
				or registered or licensed in another country. Such experience shall be in
				addition to the experience required for licensure as a civil engineer in this
				state.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 5 - Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Article 2 - Applications › Section 426.50 - Qualification Requirements "Soil Engineer," "Soils Engineer," or "Geotechnical Engineer."

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An applicant for authority to use the title "soil engineer,"
				  "soils engineer" or "geotechnical engineer" shall:
(a) Hold an unexpired, valid California civil
				engineer license.
(b) Submit
				evidence satisfactory to the Board that the minimum number of years of
				qualifying experience or education has been met as required in Sections
				6736.1(b) and
				6763 of the Code and as defined in
				Section 426.51, subsequent to the date of
				licensure as a California civil engineer. Up to one year credit of qualifying
				experience will be given for possession of post graduate degree(s) from a Board
				approved school of engineering with major studies in soil engineering as listed
				in Section
				426.51(c). Credit
				for post graduate degree(s) will not be given if it has already been applied to
				the experience requirement for civil engineering licensure.
1. New section
				  filed 6-26-86; designated effective 7-1-86 (Register 86, No. 26).
2.
				  Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (b) filed 1-20-95 pursuant
				  to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 95, No. 3).
3. Change without regulatory
				  effect amending section and NOTE filed 4-19-99 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 99, No. 17).
4. Amendment of section heading
				  and section filed 5-10-2017; operative 7-1-2017 (Register 2017, No.
				  19).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 6716,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 6706.3,
					 6710,
					 6716,
					 6732,
					 6736.1
					 and
					 6763,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 5 - Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Article 2 - Applications › Section 426.51 - Qualifying Experience for "Soil Engineer."

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"Qualifying experience" means responsible charge of soil
				  engineering projects. Evidence shall be provided that the applicant has
				  qualifying experience in the areas described in subdivisions (a), (c) and (e)
				  and has demonstrated working knowledge in the areas described in subdivisions
				  (a) through (e). At least one-half of the applicant's annual full-time
				  professional practice shall be in soil engineering, except that a teacher of
				  soil engineering and related courses at a board approved school of engineering
				  will be given credit for applicable consulting work as a percentage of
				  equivalent full-time work. Applicable consulting work shall be substantiated by
				  references and project documents.
(a)
				Development of programs of geotechnical investigation which includes, but is
				not limited to:
(1) Communication with other
				design consultants to determine their geotechnical input needs;
(2) Performance of literature searches, site
				history analyses, etc., related to surface and subsurface conditions;
(3) Formulation or engineering evaluation of
				field exploration and laboratory testing programs to accomplish the scope of
				the investigation;
(4) Preparation
				or engineering evaluation of proposals.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 5 - Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Article 2 - Applications › Section 427 - References. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. Amendment
				  filed 8-5-65; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 65, No.
				  14).
2. Repealer of subsection (c) filed 1-19-72; effective
				  thirtieth day thereafter (Register 72, No. 4).
3. Amendment filed
				  7-27-73; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 73, No.
				  30).
4. Amendment of subsection (b) filed 2-10-76; effective
				  thirtieth day thereafter (Register 76, No. 7).
5. Amendment filed
				  8-10-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  33).
6. Renumbering and amendment of former Section
				  427 to Section
				  427.10 filed 9-25-89; operative
				  10-25-89 (Register 89, No. 40).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 6716,
					 6751,
					 6752,
					 8710,
					 8742
					 and
					 8743,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 6751,
					 6752,
					 8742
					 and
					 8743,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 5 - Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Article 2 - Applications › Section 427.10 - References for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors

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(a) To assist the Board in evaluating
				qualifications, each applicant for licensure as a professional engineer or a
				professional land surveyor shall submit completed reference forms from as many
				references as may be consistent with the length and character of the
				professional experience. Professional engineer applicants shall use the form
				entitled "Professional Engineer Engagement Record and Reference Form
				(PE09)(2017)," hereby incorporated by reference. Professional land surveyor
				applicants shall use the form entitled "Professional Land Surveyor Engagement
				Record and Reference Form (LS09)(2017)," hereby incorporated by reference.
				Professional land surveyor applicants may also use the form entitled "Log Book
				for Professional Land Surveyor Applicants (LB09)(2017)," hereby incorporated by
				reference, as an optional supplement to the "Professional Land Surveyor
				Engagement Record and Reference Form (LS09)(2017)."
(b) The applicant for licensure as a
				professional engineer or a professional land surveyor shall furnish not less
				than the number of references required hereafter:
(1) An applicant for a license as a
				professional land surveyor or as a professional engineer shall refer to not
				less than four persons who are authorized to practice in the discipline for
				which the applicant is applying and who have personal knowledge of the
				applicant's qualifying experience, none of whom is a relative either by birth
				or marriage.
(2) Nothing herein
				contained shall be construed to limit authority of the Board to seek such other
				information pertinent to the education and experience of the applicant as may
				be required to verify his or her qualifications. The Board may waive the
				requirement that only registered or licensed individuals give references for
				the applicants in disciplines other than civil engineering or land surveying
				when the applicants have no association with registered or licensed individuals
				in their work environment.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 5 - Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Article 2 - Applications › Section 427.20 - Reference Requirements for "Soil Engineer."

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(a) An applicant for authority to use the
				title "soil engineer" shall submit at least four completed reference forms from
				individuals who hold or held current, valid, unexpired California licenses as
				civil engineers during the time of the applicant's experience. None of the
				references shall be related to the applicant by birth or marriage. At least two
				of these individuals shall be civil engineers who are or were actively engaged
				in the practice of "soil engineering." Each civil engineer providing a
				reference shall clearly indicate areas of personal knowledge of the applicant's
				qualifying experience. Reference forms completed by civil engineers registered
				or licensed outside of California, in lieu of or in addition to California
				references, will be considered; however, the Board may require additional
				information as specified in Section
				427.20(d).
				Reference forms completed by civil engineers registered or licensed outside of
				the State of California shall be notarized. Information submitted by references
				is confidential.
(b)
				Notwithstanding Section
				427(a), a
				reference form shall be submitted for each period of qualifying experience"
				listed on the engagement record form for which the applicant desires
				credit.
(c) An applicant will be
				required to verify employment inclusive dates for each period of qualifying
				experience. Employment verification forms may be used for this
				purpose.
(d) Nothing contained in
				this section shall limit the authority of the Board to require that an
				applicant submit additional references, employment verifications, and other
				information pertinent to education or experience to verify that the applicant
				has met the minimum qualifications as defined in Sections
				6736.1(a) and (c)
				of the Code and Sections
				426.50 and
				426.51.
1. New section
				  filed 6-26-86; designated effective 7-1-86 (Register 86, No. 26).
2.
				  Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (d) filed 1-20-95 pursuant
				  to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 95, No. 3).
3. Change without regulatory
				  effect amending section and NOTE filed 4-19-99 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 99, No. 17).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 6716,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 6706.3,
					 6710,
					 6716,
					 6732,
					 6736.1 and
					 6763 Business and Professions
					 Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 5 - Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Article 2 - Applications › Section 427.30 - References for Structural Authority

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) An applicant for authority to use the
				title "structural engineer" shall submit at least three completed reference
				forms, using the form entitled "Structural Engineer Engagement Record and
				Reference Form (SE09)(2017)," hereby incorporated by reference, from
				individuals who hold current, valid California licenses as civil engineers and
				who are authorized by the Board to use the title "structural engineer," or
				equivalent thereto, none of whom is related to the applicant by birth or
				marriage. Each reference shall have personal knowledge of the applicant's
				qualifying experience and shall have examined the applicant's work. It is
				preferred that at least one of the references has been a direct supervisor for
				a period of not less than six months.
(b) "Equivalent thereto," as used in this
				section, means a professional engineer who is authorized to use the title
				"structural engineer" in a state which has a comity agreement with this state
				related to "structural engineering."
Reference forms completed by a "structural engineer"
				  registered or licensed outside of this state but registered or licensed in a
				  state which has a comity agreement with the State of California shall be
				  notarized.
(c) Nothing
				contained in this section shall limit the authority of the Board to require
				that an applicant submit additional references, employment verifications, and
				other information pertinent to the applicant's education and/or experience to
				verify that the applicant meets the minimum qualifications as defined in
				Sections 426.10,
				426.11, and/or 426.13.
1. New section
				  filed 9-25-89; operative 10-25-89 (Register 89, No. 40).
2. Change
				  without regulatory effect amending section and NOTE filed 4-19-99 pursuant to
				  section 100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 99, No. 17).
3. Amendment of subsection (a)
				  and NOTE filed 8-25-2010; operative 9-24-2010 (Register 2010, No.
				  35).
4. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (a)
				  filed 1-11-2018 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2018, No. 2).
5. Editorial correction of
				  subsections (a) and (c) (Register 2018, No. 3).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 6716,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 6736
					 and
					 6763,
					 Business and Professions Code
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 5 - Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Article 2 - Applications › Section 428 - Abandoned Applications

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
In the absence of special circumstances any of following
				  actions by an applicant for certification or licensure shall be considered to
				  constitute abandonment of the application and shall result in cancellation of
				  the application with no refund of the application fee:
(a) Failure to provide additional information
				or references within 90 days following the mailing of a request by the Board's
				staff; or
(b) Failure to complete
				the examination to which the applicant has been assigned within two (2) years
				from the date of filing of the application; or
(c) Failure to appear for examination at the
				designated time and place unless a postponement has been obtained in accordance
				with Rule 446; or
(d) Failure to
				appear for examination at the designated time and place after having obtained
				two postponements.
1. Amendment
				  filed 1-19-72; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 72, No.
				  4).
2. Amendment filed 11-7-77; effective thirtieth day thereafter
				  (Register 77, No. 46).
3. Amendment filed 8-10-83; effective
				  thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No. 33).
4. Change without
				  regulatory effect amending section and NOTE filed 4-19-99 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 99, No. 17).
5. Amendment of first paragraph
				  filed 4-27-2012; operative 4-27-2012 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11343.4
				  (Register 2012, No. 17).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 6716
					 and
					 8710,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 6706.3,
					 6710,
					 6732,
					 6750,
					 6751,
					 8740
					 and
					 8745,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 5 - Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Article 2 - Applications › Section 429 - Application Appeal

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(a) An
				applicant who is notified by the board that his/her application has been denied
				may appeal to the board for a re-evaluation of his/her application. An
				application appeal shall be filed with the board within 60 days after the date
				the denial notice has been mailed to him/her.
(b) An application appeal shall be made in
				writing and shall state the reason therefor. An appeal shall be supported by
				additional evidence, more references, affidavits, and supplemental information
				such that the board may be better informed of the applicant's
				qualifications.
(c) The executive
				officer may deny an application appeal which is not filed within the time
				period provided in paragraph (a) of this rule.
(d) The executive officer shall notify each
				applicant who appeals under this rule of the approval of his/her appeal, or the
				reason for its denial.
(e) When an
				application has been denied, the executive officer shall also notify the
				applicant that he or she has the right to hearing under the Administrative
				Procedure Act (Government Code Section
				11500 et
				seq.), if he or she makes a written request for hearing within 60 days after
				service of the notice of denial.
1. New section
				  filed 1-22-70; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 70, No.
				  4).
2. Amendment filed 8-10-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter
				  (Register 83, No. 33).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending
				  subsections (c)-(e) filed 1-19-95 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 95, No. 3).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 6716
					 and
					 8710,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 6736,
					 6751-
					 6753.5,
					 8742-
					 8744,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 5 - Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Article 2 - Applications › Section 429.1 - Denial for Lack of Good Moral Character. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. New section
				  filed 4-17-73 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 73, No.
				  16).
2. Certificate of Compliance filed 6-22-73 (Register 73, No.
				  25).
3. Editorial correction (Register 73, No. 30).
4.
				  Repealer filed 2-10-76; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 76, No.
				  7).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 6716,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 5 - Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Article 2 - Applications › Section 429.2 - Suspension or Revocation Because of Conviction of a Crime. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. New section
				  filed 4-17-73 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 73, No.
				  16).
2. Certificate of Compliance filed 6-22-73 (Register 73, No.
				  25).
3. Repealer filed 2-10-76; effective thirtieth day thereafter
				  (Register 76, No. 7).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 6716,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 5 - Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Article 3 - Examinations › Section 435 - Examination Required. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. Amendment
				  of subsections (a) and (d) filed 1-19-72; effective thirtieth day thereafter
				  (Register 72, No. 4). For prior history, see Register 71, No. 29.
2.
				  Amendment filed 7-27-73; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 73, No.
				  30).
3. Repealer filed 8-10-83 effective thirtieth day thereafter
				  (Register 83, No. 33).
Note: Additional authority cited for Section
					 435: Sections
					 6716,
					 6751,
					 6762,
					 6763.5,
					 8710
					 and
					 8747,
					 Business and Professions Code.