SECTIONS 7800-7807.1 - California Statutes

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE

SECTION 7800-7807.1

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 Act.

7801. (a) "Board," as used in this chapter, means the Board for
Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists established
under Section 6710. Any reference in any law or regulation to the
Board for Geologists and Geophysicists or the State Board of
Registration for Geologists and Geophysicists shall be deemed to
refer to the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and
Geologists.
(b) The board shall succeed to, and is vested with, all the
duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction
previously vested in the Board for Geologists and Geophysicists.
(c) The board shall receive two personnel years that were
previously allocated to the Board for Geologists and Geophysicists
for the performance of the board's responsibilities under this
chapter.

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 materials which compose it; and the
applied science of utilizing knowledge of the earth and its
constituent rocks, minerals, liquids, gases and other materials for
the benefit of mankind.

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 of force, including, but not
limited to, electric, gravity, and magnetic, and its responses to
natural and induced energy and the interpreting of these measurements
and the relating of them to the physics of the earth.

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 person registered as a geologist and
certified under the provisions of this chapter shall be entitled to
take and use the title of a registered certified specialty geologist.

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 person registered as a
geophysicist and certified under the provisions of this chapter shall
be entitled to take and use the title of a registered certified
specialty geophysicist.

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 geophysical work or the supervision of
such work.

7806. A subordinate is any person who assists a professional
geologist or professional geophysicist in the practice of geology or
geophysics without assuming the responsible charge of work.

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.