California Public Resources Code ARTICLE 3 - Professional Foresters

• Section 750.
  This article may be known and cited as the Professional Foresters Law.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1300.)
• Section 751.
  The purpose of this article is to declare the existence of a public interest in the management and treatment of the forest resources and timberlands...
• Section 752.
  (a) “Professional forester,” as used in this article, means a person who, by reason of his or her knowledge of the natural sciences, mathematics, and the...
• Section 753.
  “Forestry,” as used in this article, refers to the science and practice of managing forested landscapes and the treatment of the forest cover in general,...
• Section 754.
  “Forested landscapes” means those tree dominated landscapes and their associated vegetation types on which there is growing a significant stand of tree species, or which...
• Section 755.
  “Person” as used in this article means any natural person.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1300.)
• Section 756.
  Nothing in this article prohibits any person from engaging in those activities otherwise restricted to professional foresters, certified specialists, or qualified but exempt certificants, provided...
• Section 757.
  The provisions of this article do not apply to any landowner who is a natural person and who personally performs services of a professional forester,...
• Section 758.
  This article shall not be construed to authorize a registered professional forester to practice civil engineering as defined in Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700)...
• Section 759.
  The board may by regulation adopt such rules and regulations pursuant to Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11371) of Part 1 of Division 3 of...
• Section 760.
  The board shall consider matters pertaining to the registration of professional foresters at least once every six months at regular meetings and may, as necessary,...
• Section 760.5.
  The board may hire the clerical and secretarial employees, technical personnel, and other staff who are necessary and budgeted to properly assist the work of...
• Section 761.
  The board shall keep a complete record of all applications for registration and certification and the board’s action thereon.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1300.)
• Section 762.
  The board may by regulation provide for the issuance of certificates of specialization in such fields of specialization as the board may by regulation establish.(Added...
• Section 763.
  (a) The board shall establish an examining committee of at least seven members composed of the following, who shall be appointed by the board and serve...
• Section 764.
  Any person appointed to serve upon the examining committee shall receive, if requested, one hundred dollars ($100) for each day during which he or she...
• Section 765.
  The examining committee shall adhere to the rules and regulations of the board. Any applicant for a license pursuant to this article who contends that...
• Section 766.
  On and after July 1, 1973, it shall be unlawful for any person to act in the capacity of, or to use the title of,...
• Section 767.
  An applicant for a license pursuant to this article shall apply to the board. Such application shall be accompanied by the payment of a fee...
• Section 768.
  The board shall require an applicant to demonstrate such degree of experience and such general knowledge of the profession of forestry as the board deems...
• Section 769.
  An applicant shall meet all of the following qualifications:(a) Be of good moral character and have a good reputation for honesty and integrity.(b) Furnish evidence of having...
• Section 770.
  (a) Examinations shall be given by the board as often as it is deemed necessary, but at least every six months.(b) The examination may consist of both...
• Section 771.
  An applicant failing in an examination may be examined again upon filing a new application and paying the application fee.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1300.)
• Section 772.
  Instead of being registered as a professional forester, an applicant may request to be registered as a certified specialist in one or more fields of...
• Section 773.
  Licenses and specialty certificates issued pursuant to this article shall be valid for two years and shall expire on July 1 of each alternating year.(Amended...
• Section 774.
  (a) Issuance of a license may be denied if sufficient evidence is received by the board of the commission or doing by the applicant of any...
• Section 775.
  The board may upon its own motion, and shall upon the verified complaint in writing of any person, cause investigation to be made of the...
• Section 776.
  Any accusation against a registrant or a certificant shall be filed within five years after the act or omission alleged as the ground for disciplinary...
• Section 777.
  If the board finds against the registrant, the board, in its decision, may terminate all operations of the registrant during the period fixed by the...
• Section 778.
  A registrant or certificant is subject to disciplinary action who:(a) Has been convicted of a felony substantially related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of a...
• Section 778.5.
  The board shall develop criteria to determine whether a felony is substantially related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of a registered professional forester in...
• Section 779.
  Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1300.)
• Section 780.
  The fees received pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the Professional Forester Registration Fund in the State Treasury, which fund is hereby created.(Added...
• Section 781.
  All fees received pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be available, when appropriated by the Legislature, for the administration of this article; provided,...
• Section 782.
  The board shall establish by regulation the amount of fees within the following ranges, and based on a determination by the board of the amount...
• Section 783.
  In case any person defaults in payment of the renewal fee, his or her registration may be revoked by the board on 60 days’ notice...

Last modified: October 22, 2018