SECTIONS 7880-7887 - California Statutes

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE

SECTION 7880-7887

7880. A certificate of registration as a geologist or as a
specialty geologist or as a geophysicist or as a specialty
geophysicist shall expire at 12 a.m. of the last day of the birth
month of the certificate holder during the second year of a two-year
term if not renewed. To renew an unexpired certificate, the
certificate holder shall, on or before the date of expiration of the
certificate, apply for renewal on a form prescribed by the board, and
pay the renewal fee prescribed by this chapter.
For purposes of implementing the distribution of the renewal of
registrations throughout the year, the board may establish a system
of staggered certificate expiration dates and a pro rata formula for
the payment of renewal fees by certificate holders affected by the
implementation of the program.

7881. Except as otherwise provided in this article, certificates of
registration as a geologist or as a geophysicist, or certified
specialty certificates, may be renewed at any time within five years
after expiration on filing an 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 30 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 all renewal
fees are paid, or on the date on which the delinquency fee, if any,
is paid, whichever last occurs. If so renewed, the certificate shall
continue in effect through the date provided in Section 7880 that
next occurs after the effective date of the renewal, when it shall
expire if it is not again renewed.

7882. 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.

7883. 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 date
before the date on which it is reinstated, plus all accrued and
unpaid renewal fees and the delinquency fee, if any, accrued at the
time of its revocation.

7884. Certificates of registration as a geologist or as a
geophysicist or certified specialty certificates which are not
renewed within five years after expiration may not be renewed,
restored, reinstated, or reissued thereafter. The holder of such
certificate may apply for and obtain a new certificate, however, if:
(a) He has not committed any acts or crimes constituting grounds
for denial of licensure under Section 480.
(b) He takes and passes the examination, if any, which would be
required of him if he were then applying for the certificate for the
first time.
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 the
provisions of this section.

7885. The board shall report each month to the State Controller the
amount and source of all revenue received by it pursuant to this
chapter and at the same time pay the entire amount thereof into the
State Treasury for credit to the Geology and Geophysics Fund, which
fund is hereby created.

7886. The money paid into the Geology and Geophysics Fund shall be
used by the board to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

7887. 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 registration as a
geologist or a geophysicist or certification as a specialty geologist
or a specialty geophysicist and for administration of the
examination at not more than two hundred and fifty dollars ($250).
(b) The registration fee for a geologist or for a geophysicist and
the fee for the certification in a specialty shall be fixed at an
amount equal to the renewal fee in effect on the last regular renewal
date before the date on which the certificate is issued, except
that, with respect to certificates that will expire less than one
year after issuance, the fee shall be fixed at an amount equal to 50
percent of the renewal fee in effect on the last regular renewal date
before the date on which the certificate is issued. The board may,
by appropriate regulation, provide for the waiver or refund of the
initial certificate fee where the certificate is issued less than 45
days before the date on which it will expire.
(c) The duplicate certificate fee at not more than six dollars
($6).
(d) The temporary registration fee for a geologist or for a
geophysicist at not more than eighty dollars ($80).
(e) The renewal fee for a geologist or for a geophysicist shall be
fixed by the board at not more than four hundred dollars ($400).
(f) The renewal fee for a specialty geologist or for a specialty
geophysicist at not more than one hundred dollars ($100).
(g) Notwithstanding Section 163.5, the delinquency fee for a
certificate is an amount equal to 50 percent of the renewal fee in
effect on the last regular renewal date.
(h) Each applicant for registration as a geologist shall pay an
examination fee fixed by the board at an amount equal to the actual
cost to the board to administer the examination described in
subdivision (d) of Section 7841 that shall not exceed four hundred
fifty dollars ($450).
(i) Each applicant for registration as a geophysicist or
certification as an engineering geologist or certification as a
hydrogeologist shall pay an examination fee fixed by the board at an
amount equal to the actual cost to the board for the development and
maintenance of the written examination, and shall not exceed one
hundred dollars ($100).