{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"7837","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 7837","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY [5000. - 9998.12.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 12.5. Geologists and Geophysicists [7800. - 7887.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3/chapter-12.5"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3. Scope of Regulation [7830. - 7839.2.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3/chapter-12.5/article-3"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 657, Sec. 15.   Effective January 1, 2006.","effective":"2006-01-01","html":"<p>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 under the provisions of this chapter. This exemption, however, does not permit any subordinate to practice geology or geophysics for others in his or her own right or to use the title “professional geologist” or “professional geophysicist.”</p>","text":"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 under the provisions of this chapter. This exemption, however, does not permit any subordinate to practice geology or geophysics for others in his or her own right or to use the title “professional geologist” or “professional geophysicist.”","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/scope-of-regulation-7837","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}