{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"7847","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 7847","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 4. Registration [7840. - 7856.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3/chapter-12.5/article-4"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 154, Sec. 2.   (SB 1098)   Effective January 1, 2019.","effective":"2019-01-01","html":"<p>The board, upon application therefor, on its prescribed form, and upon the payment of the fee fixed by this chapter, which shall be retained by the board, may issue a certificate of registration as a geologist or as a geophysicist to a person holding an equivalent certificate of registration as a geologist or as a geophysicist, issued to him or her by any state or country when the applicant’s qualifications meet the other requirements of this chapter and the rules established by the board.</p>","text":"The board, upon application therefor, on its prescribed form, and upon the payment of the fee fixed by this chapter, which shall be retained by the board, may issue a certificate of registration as a geologist or as a geophysicist to a person holding an equivalent certificate of registration as a geologist or as a geophysicist, issued to him or her by any state or country when the applicant’s qualifications meet the other requirements of this chapter and the rules established by the board.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/registration-7847","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}