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

Universal Citation: 16 CA Code of Regs 427.10

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

(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.

1. Renumbering and amendment of former Section 427 to Section 427.10 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 section 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 subsection (a) (Register 2018, No. 3).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 6716 and 8710, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 6751, 6752, 8742 and 8743, Business and Professions Code.

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