ARTICLE 3. Application of Chapter [6730. - 6749.]
Heading of Article 3 amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1463.
§§ 6730–6749 · 44 sections
- § 6730 In order to safeguard life, health, property and public welfare, any person, either in a public or private capacity, except as in this chapter specifically…
- § 6730.2 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the licensure requirements that are imposed upon private sector professional engineers and engineering…
- § 6731 Civil engineering embraces the following studies or activities in connection with fixed works for irrigation, drainage, waterpower, water supply, flood…
- § 6731.1 Civil engineering also includes the practice or offer to practice, either in a public or private capacity, all of the following: (a) Locates, relocates,…
- § 6731.2 Any registered civil engineer may offer to practice, procure, and offer to procure, land surveying work incidental to his or her civil engineering practice,…
- § 6731.3 A registered civil engineer may also practice or offer to practice, either in a public or private capacity, construction project management services,…
- § 6731.4 If a registered civil engineer provides construction management services pursuant to Section 6731.3, Section 6703.1 shall not limit the responsibility of the…
- § 6731.5 (a) Electrical engineering is that branch of professional engineering described in Section 6734.1 that embraces studies or activities relating to the…
- § 6731.6 Mechanical engineering is that branch of professional engineering described in Section 6734.2 that deals with engineering problems relating to generation,…
- § 6732 It is unlawful for anyone other than a professional engineer licensed under this chapter to stamp or seal any plans, specifications, plats, reports, or other…
- § 6732.1 Any person who has been granted permission to use the title “consulting engineer” pursuant to legislation enacted at the 1963, 1965, or 1968 Regular Session is…
- § 6732.2 Any person who possesses a valid certificate to practice photogrammetry issued to him under the provisions of Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 8700) of this…
- § 6732.3 (a) Any person who has received from the board a license in corrosion, manufacturing, quality, or safety engineering, and who holds a valid license under this…
- § 6732.4 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who has applied for registration as a corrosion, quality, or safety engineer, and who has completed…
- § 6732.5 (a) Upon the discontinuance of a national examination for a branch specified in this chapter, the board shall not be required to administer an examination for…
- § 6733 It is unlawful for anyone to stamp or seal any plans, specifications, plats, reports, or other documents with the seal after the certificate of the registrant,…
- § 6734 Any person practices civil engineering when he professes to be a civil engineer or is in responsible charge of civil engineering work.
- § 6734.1 Any person practices electrical engineering when he professes to be an electrical engineer or is in responsible charge of electrical engineering work.
- § 6734.2 Any person practices mechanical engineering when he professes to be a mechanical engineer or is in responsible charge of mechanical engineering work.
- § 6735 (a) All civil (including structural and geotechnical) engineering plans, calculations, specifications, and reports (hereinafter referred to as “documents”)…
- § 6735.1 The signing of civil engineering plans, specifications, reports, or documents which relate to the design of fixed works shall not impose a legal duty or…
- § 6735.3 (a) All electrical engineering plans, specifications, calculations, and reports (hereinafter referred to as “documents”) prepared by, or under the responsible…
- § 6735.4 (a) All mechanical engineering plans, specifications, calculations, and reports (hereinafter referred to as “documents”) prepared by, or under the responsible…
- § 6735.5 The use of the word “certify” or “certification” by a registered professional engineer in the practice of professional engineering or land surveying…
- § 6735.6 If a registered civil engineer is required to provide as built, as constructed, or record plans for improvements or grading, which plans show changes during…
- § 6736 No person shall use the title, “structural engineer,” or any combination of these words or abbreviations thereof, unless he or she is a licensed civil engineer…
- § 6736.1 (a) No person shall use the title, “soil engineer,” “soils engineer,” or “geotechnical engineer,” or any combination of these words or abbreviations thereof,…
- § 6737 An architect, who holds a certificate to practice architecture in this State under the provisions of Chapter 3 of Division 3 of this code insofar as he…
- § 6737.1 (a) This chapter does not prohibit any person from preparing plans, drawings, or specifications for any of the following: (1) Single-family dwellings of…
- § 6737.2 Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a civil engineer, registered under the provisions of this chapter, from practicing or offering to practice any…
- § 6737.3 A contractor licensed under Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 7000) of Division 3 is exempt from the provisions of this chapter relating to the practice of…
- § 6738 (a) This chapter does not prohibit one or more civil, electrical, or mechanical engineers from practicing or offering to practice, within the scope of their…
- § 6739 Officers and employees of the United States of America practicing solely as such officers or employees are exempt from registration under the provisions of…
- § 6740 A subordinate to a civil, electrical or mechanical engineer licensed under this chapter, or a subordinate to a civil, electrical or mechanical engineer…
- § 6741 Any person, firm, partnership, or corporation is exempt from registration under the provisions of this chapter who meets all the following: (a) Is a…
- § 6742 Any person, firm, or corporation holding a license as real estate broker or real estate salesperson, when making appraisals and valuations of real estate…
- § 6743 This chapter does not affect Chapter 15 of Division 3 of this code, relating to surveyors, except insofar as this chapter is expressly made applicable.
- § 6744 This chapter does not require registration for the purpose of practicing civil engineering, by an individual, a member of a firm or partnership, or by an…
- § 6745 This chapter does not prohibit any person, firm or corporation from furnishing, either alone or with subcontractors, labor and materials, with or without…
- § 6746 Plans, specifications, reports and documents relating to communication lines and equipment prepared by employees of communications companies which come under…
- § 6746.1 The provisions of this chapter pertaining to licensure of professional engineers, other than civil engineers, do not apply to employees in the communications…
- § 6747 (a) This chapter, except for those provisions that apply to civil engineers and civil engineering, shall not apply to the performance of engineering work by a…
- § 6748 (a) Notwithstanding Section 6747, this chapter applies to engineering work approved by a person employed by a privately or publicly owned utility in the…
- § 6749 (a) A professional engineer shall use a written contract when contracting to provide professional engineering services to a client pursuant to this chapter.…