Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) An applicant for licensure as a professional
engineer whose qualifications meet all requirements of the code and rules of the
Board will be allowed to appear for only the second division of the written
examination prescribed by Section 6755 of the Code if he or she meets one or more of
the following requirements:
(1) Holds valid
licensure as a professional engineer in another branch in California.
(2) Holds valid certification as an
engineer-in-training in another state obtained by passing a written examination in
which the content of the examination is designed to test the candidate's knowledge
of fundamental engineering subjects, including mathematics and the basic
sciences.
(3) Is a graduate of an
approved engineering curriculum and submits satisfactory evidence to the Board that
he or she has fifteen (15) years or more of additional engineering work experience
satisfactory to the Board that has been gained in addition to graduation, or any
other education experience, and while performing engineering tasks under the
direction of a person legally authorized to practice in an applicant's branch of
engineering.
(4) Is a graduate of a
non-approved engineering curriculum or an approved engineering technology curriculum
and submits satisfactory evidence to the Board that he or she has seventeen (17)
years or more of additional engineering work experience satisfactory to the Board
that has been gained in addition to graduation, or any other education experience,
and while performing engineering tasks under the direction of a person legally
authorized to practice in an applicant's branch of engineering.
(5) Is a graduate of an approved engineering
curriculum and an approved post-graduate engineering curriculum and submits
satisfactory evidence to the Board that he or she has fourteen (14) years or more of
additional engineering work experience satisfactory to the Board that has been
gained in addition to graduation, or any other education experience, and while
performing engineering tasks under the direction of a person legally authorized to
practice in an applicant's branch of engineering.
(6) Is a graduate of a nonapproved engineering
curriculum or an approved engineering technology curriculum and an approved
postgraduate engineering curriculum and submits satisfactory evidence to the Board
that he or she has fourteen (14) years or more of additional engineering work
experience satisfactory to the Board that has been gained in addition to graduation,
or any other education experience, and while performing engineering tasks under the
direction of a person legally authorized to practice in an applicant's branch of
engineering.
(7) Is the holder of an
earned doctorate in engineering from a department or program at a university or
college where the undergraduate engineering curriculum in the same branch of
engineering is an approved engineering curriculum; or is serving in a tenure-track
faculty position in an approved engineering curriculum at the level of Assistant
Professor or higher.
(b) An
applicant for licensure as a land surveyor whose qualifications meet all
requirements of the code and rules of the Board will be allowed to appear for only
the second division of the written examination prescribed by Section 8741 of the
Code if he or she meets one or more of the following requirements:
(1) Holds valid licensure as a professional civil
engineer in California.
(2) Holds valid
certification as a land surveyor-in-training in another state obtained by passing a
written examination in which the content of the examination is designed to test the
candidate's knowledge of fundamentals of land surveying subjects, including
mathematics and the basic sciences.
(3)
Is a graduate of an approved land surveying curriculum and submits satisfactory
evidence to the Board that he or she has fifteen (15) years or more of additional
land surveying work experience satisfactory to the Board that has been gained in
addition to graduation, or any other education experience, and while performing land
surveying tasks under the direction of a person legally authorized to practice land
surveying.
(4) Is a graduate of a
non-approved land surveying curriculum and submits satisfactory evidence to the
Board that he or she has seventeen (17) years or more of additional land surveying
work experience satisfactory to the Board that has been gained in addition to
graduation, or any other education experience, and while performing land surveying
tasks under the direction of a person legally authorized to practice in land
surveying.
(5) Is a graduate of an
approved land surveying curriculum and an approved post-graduate land surveying
curriculum and submits satisfactory evidence to the Board that he or she has
fourteen (14) years or more of additional land surveying work experience
satisfactory to the Board that has been gained in addition to graduation, or any
other education experience, and while performing land surveying tasks under the
direction of a person legally authorized to practice in land surveying.
(6) Is a graduate of a non-approved land surveying
curriculum and an approved post-graduate land surveying curriculum and submits
satisfactory evidence to the Board that he or she has sixteen (16) years or more of
additional land surveying work experience satisfactory to the Board that has been
gained in addition to graduation, or any other education experience, and while
performing land surveying tasks under the direction of a person legally authorized
to practice in land surveying.
(c) An applicant for a California certification as
an engineer-in-training or a land surveyor-in-training who holds valid certification
in another state obtained as in (a)(2) or (b)(2) above may be issued a California
certificate.
1. Amendment filed
7-27-73; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 73, No. 30). For prior
history, see Register 71, No. 29.
2. Amendment filed 1-15-82; effective
thirtieth day thereafter (Register 82, No. 3).
3. Amendment filed
8-10-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No. 33).
4. New
subsection (a)(5) filed 12-5-94; operative 1-4-95 (Register 94, No.
49).
5. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (b) filed
7-7-97 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 97, No. 28).
6. 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).
7. Repealer of subsection (a)(5) and
amendment of subsection (b)(1) filed 1-25-2001; operative 2-24-2001 (Register 2001,
No. 4).
8. Amendment of subsections (a)(3)-(4), new subsections
(a)(5)-(6), amendment of subsections (b)(3)-(4) and new subsections (b)(5)-(6) filed
9-9-2002; operative 10-9-2002 (Register 2002, No. 37).
9. Change without
regulatory effect amending section filed 7-2-2004 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2004, No. 27).
10. Amendment of subsections
(a)(4)-(6), new subsection (a)(7) and amendment of subsections (b)(4)-(6) filed
4-11-2011; operative 5-11-2011 (Register 2011, No. 15).
11. Amendment of
subsections (a)(2) and (b)(2), repealer of subsection (b)(7) and amendment of
subsection (c) filed 6-22-2016; operative 10-1-2016 (Register 2016, No.
26).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
6716,
6755,
8710
and
8741,
Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
6706.3,
6710,
6732,
6751,
6755,
6755.1,
6759,
8741,
8742,
8745
and
8748,
Business and Professions Code.
