California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 3 - Scope of Regulation

• Section 7830.
  It is unlawful for anyone other than a geologist registered under this chapter to stamp or seal any plans, specifications, plats, reports, or other documents...
• Section 7830.1.
  It is unlawful for anyone other than a geophysicist registered under this chapter to stamp or seal any plans, specifications, plats, reports, or other documents...
• Section 7831.
  It is unlawful for anyone to stamp or seal any plans, specifications, plats, reports, or other documents with the seal after the certificate of the...
• Section 7832.
  Any person, except as in this chapter specifically exempted, who shall practice or offer to practice geology or geophysics for others in this state is...
• Section 7833.
  This chapter does not prohibit one or more geologists or geophysicists from practicing through the entity of a sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation. In a...
• Section 7834.
  This chapter does not prevent or prohibit an individual, firm, company, association or corporation whose principal business is other than the practice of geology or...
• Section 7835.
  All geologic plans, specifications, reports, or documents shall be prepared by a professional geologist or licensed certified specialty geologist, or by a subordinate employee under...
• Section 7835.1.
  All geophysical plans, specifications, reports, or documents shall be prepared by a professional geophysicist, licensed certified specialty geophysicist, professional geologist, licensed certified specialty geologist, or...
• Section 7836.
  Officers and employees of the United States of America practicing solely as such officers or employees are exempt from registration under the provisions of this...
• Section 7837.
  A subordinate to a geologist or geophysicist registered under this chapter, insofar as he or she acts solely in that capacity, is exempt from registration...
• Section 7838.
  A civil engineer empowered to practice civil engineering in this state, and a petroleum engineer registered in this state, under provisions of Chapter 7 (commencing...
• Section 7839.
  This chapter shall not empower a geologist or geophysicist registered under this chapter to practice or offer to practice civil engineering and any of its...
• Section 7839.1.
  This chapter shall not empower a geologist registered under this chapter to practice or offer to practice geophysics for others in this state except as...
• Section 7839.2.
  (a) A professional geologist or professional geophysicist shall use a written contract when contracting to provide geological or geophysical services to a client pursuant to this...

Last modified: October 22, 2018