ARTICLE 1. General Provisions
Article 1 added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 942.
§§ 7800–7807.1 · 12 sections
- § 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…
- § 7801 (a) “Board,” as used in this chapter, means the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists established under Section 6710. Any reference…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 7803 “Geologist,” as used in this chapter, refers to a person engaged in the practice of geology.
- § 7803.1 “Geophysicist,” as used in this chapter, refers to a person engaged in the practice of geophysics.
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 7806 A subordinate is any person who assists a professional geologist or professional geophysicist in the practice of geology or geophysics without assuming the…
- § 7807 A qualified geologist is a person who possesses all the qualifications specified in Section 7841 for registration except that he is not registered.
- § 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.