Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7800. Section 7800.
This chapter of the Business and Professions Code constitutes the chapter on geologists and geophysicists. It may be cited as the Geologist and Geophysicist Act.
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [7800. - 7807.1.]
Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC 1.
in effectCal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7801. Section 7801.
(a)
“Board,” as used in this chapter, means the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists established under Section 6710. Any reference in any law or regulation to the Board for Geologists and Geophysicists or the State Board of Registration for Geologists and Geophysicists shall be deemed to refer to the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists.
(b)
The board shall succeed to, and is vested with, all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction previously vested in the Board for Geologists and Geophysicists.
(c)
The board shall receive two personnel years that were previously allocated to the
Board for Geologists and Geophysicists for the performance of the board’s responsibilities under this chapter.
Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7802. Section 7802.
“Geology,” as used in this chapter, refers to that science which treats of the earth in general; investigation of the earth’s crust and the rocks and other materials which compose it; and the applied science of utilizing knowledge of the earth and its constituent rocks, minerals, liquids, gases and other materials for the benefit of mankind.
Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7802.1. Section 7802.1.
“Geophysics,” as used in this chapter, refers to that science which involves study of the physical earth by means of measuring its natural and induced fields of force, including, but not limited to, electric, gravity, and magnetic, and its responses to natural and induced energy and the interpreting of these measurements and the relating of them to the physics of the earth.
Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7803. Section 7803.
“Geologist,” as used in this chapter, refers to a person engaged in the practice of geology.
Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7803.1. Section 7803.1.
“Geophysicist,” as used in this chapter, refers to a person engaged in the practice of geophysics.
Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7804. Section 7804.
Only a person registered as a geologist under the provisions of this chapter shall be entitled to take and use the title “professional geologist.” Only a person registered as a geologist and certified under the provisions of this chapter shall be entitled to take and use the title of a registered certified specialty geologist.
Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7804.1. Section 7804.1.
Only a person registered as a geophysicist under the provisions of this chapter shall be entitled to take and use the title “professional geophysicist.” Only a person registered as a geophysicist and certified under the provisions of this chapter shall be entitled to take and use the title of a registered certified specialty geophysicist.
Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7805. Section 7805.
The term “responsible charge of work” means the independent control and direction by the use of initiative, skill and independent judgment of geological or geophysical work or the supervision of such work.
Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7806. Section 7806.
A subordinate is any person who assists a professional geologist or professional geophysicist in the practice of geology or geophysics without assuming the responsible charge of work.
Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7807. Section 7807.
A qualified geologist is a person who possesses all the qualifications specified in Section 7841 for registration except that he is not registered.
Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7807.1. Section 7807.1.
A qualified geophysicist is a person who possesses all the qualifications specified in Section 7841.1 for registration except that he is not registered.
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