SECTIONS 6795-6799 - California Statutes

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE

SECTION 6795-6799

6795. Certificates of registration as a professional engineer, and
certificates of authority, shall be valid for a period of two years
from the assigned date of renewal. Biennial renewals shall be
staggered on a monthly basis. To renew an unexpired certificate, the
certificate holder shall, on or before the date of expiration
indicated on the renewal receipt, apply for renewal on a form
prescribed by the board, and pay the renewal fee prescribed by this
chapter.

6795.1. Within 60 to 90 days prior to the expiration of a
certificate of registration or certificate of authority, the board
shall mail to the registrant or authority holder a notice of the
pending expiration. That notice shall include application forms for
renewal. If there is no response by the expiration date, the board
shall provide a second notice to the registrant's or authority holder'
s address.

6796. Except as otherwise provided in this article, certificates of
registration as a professional engineer, and certificates of
authority may be renewed at any time within three years after
expiration on filing of application for renewal on a form prescribed
by the board and payment of all accrued and unpaid renewal fees. If
the certificate is renewed more than 60 days after its expiration,
the certificate holder, as a condition precedent to renewal, shall
also pay the delinquency fee prescribed by this chapter. Renewal
under this section shall be effective on the date on which the
application is filed, on the date on which the renewal fee is paid,
or on the date on which the delinquency fee, if any, is paid,
whichever last occurs.
The expiration date of a certificate renewed pursuant to this
section shall be determined pursuant to Section 6795.

6796.1. A suspended certificate is subject to expiration and shall
be renewed as provided in this article, but such renewal does not
entitle the holder of the certificate, while it remains suspended and
until it is reinstated, to engage in the activity to which the
certificate relates, or in any other activity or conduct in violation
of the order or judgment by which it was suspended.

6796.2. A revoked certificate is subject to expiration as provided
in this article, but it may not be renewed. If it is reinstated after
its expiration, the holder of the certificate, as a condition
precedent to its reinstatement, shall pay a reinstatement fee in an
amount equal to the renewal fee in effect on the last regular renewal
date before the date on which it is reinstated, plus the delinquency
fee, if any, accrued at the time of its revocation.

6796.3. Certificates of registration as a professional engineer,
and certificates of authority to use the title "structural engineer,"
"soil engineer," or "consulting engineer" that are not renewed
within three years after expiration may not be renewed, restored,
reinstated, or reissued unless all of the following apply:
(a) The registrant or certificate holder has not committed any
acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of registration or of
a certificate under Section 480.
(b) The registrant or certificate holder takes and passes the
examination that would be required of him or her if he or she were
then applying for the certificate for the first time, or otherwise
establishes to the satisfaction of the board that, with due regard
for the public interest, he or she is qualified to practice the
branch of engineering in which he or she seeks renewal or
reinstatement.
(c) The registrant or certificate holder pays all of the fees that
would be required of him or her if he or she were then applying for
the certificate for the first time. If the registrant or certificate
holder has been practicing in this state with an expired or
delinquent license and receives a waiver from taking the examination
as specified in subdivision (b) then he or she shall pay all accrued
and unpaid renewal fees.
The board may, by regulation, provide for the waiver or refund of
all or any part of the application fee in those cases in which a
certificate is issued without an examination pursuant to this
section.

6796.5. Once an expired or delinquent certificate of registration
or certificate of authority is renewed, restored, reinstated, or
reissued pursuant to Section 6796 or 6796.3, all the following shall
apply:
(a) The board shall continue to have full jurisdiction and
authority over the registrant or certificate holder as if the
registration or authority had not expired or become delinquent.
(b) The work performed by the registrant or certificate holder
during a period of expiration or delinquency shall be deemed lawful
and validly performed as to persons or entities other than the
registrant or authority holder.
(c) The renewal, restoration, reinstatement, or reissuance of a
registration or certificate of authority shall not affect liability
issues regarding work performed during a period of expiration or
delinquency, nor does the fact of performance during a period of
expiration on delinquency affect liability issues.

6797. The department shall receive and account for all money
derived from the operation of this chapter and, at the end of each
month, shall report such money to the State Controller and shall pay
it to the State Treasurer, who shall keep the money in a separate
fund known as the Professional Engineer's and Land Surveyor's Fund.
For accounting and recordkeeping purposes, the Professional
Engineer's and Land Surveyor's Fund shall be deemed to be a single
special fund, and shall be available for expenditure only for the
purposes as are now or may hereafter be provided by law.
The fees and civil penalties received under this chapter shall be
deposited in the Professional Engineer's and Land Surveyor's Fund.
All moneys in the fund are hereby appropriated for the purposes of
this chapter.

6798. The board may make refunds of all fees in accordance with
Section 158 of this code.

6799. The amount of the fees prescribed by this chapter shall be
fixed by the board in accordance with the following schedule:
(a) The fee for filing each application for licensure as a
professional engineer and each application for authority level
designation at not more than four hundred dollars ($400) and for each
application for certification as an engineer-in-training at not more
than one hundred dollars ($100).
(b) The fee to take an examination administered by a public or
private organization pursuant to Section 6754 shall be no greater
than the actual cost of the development and administration of the
examination and may be paid directly to the organization by the
applicant.
(c) The temporary authorization fee for a professional engineer at
not more than 25 percent of the application fee in effect on the
date of application.
(d) The renewal fee for each branch of professional engineering in
which licensure is held, and the renewal fee for each authority
level designation held, at no more than the professional engineer
application fee currently in effect.
(e) The fee for a retired license at not more than 50 percent of
the professional engineer application fee in effect on the date of
application.
(f) The delinquency fee at not more than 50 percent of the renewal
fee in effect on the date of reinstatement.
(g) The board shall establish by regulation an appeal fee for
examination. The regulation shall include provisions for an applicant
to be reimbursed the appeal fee if the appeal results in passage of
examination. The fee charged shall be no more than the costs incurred
by the board.
(h) All other document fees are to be set by the board by rule.
Applicants wishing to be examined in more than one branch of
engineering shall be required to pay the additional fee for each
examination after the first.