6750. (a) An application for licensure as a professional engineer or certification as an engineer-in-training shall be made to the board on the prescribed form, with all statements made therein under oath, and shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed by this chapter. An application for licensure as a professional engineer shall specify, additionally, the branch […]
6751. (a) The applicant for certification as an engineer-in-training shall comply with all of the following: (1) Not have committed acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of licensure under Section 480. (2) Successfully pass the first division of the examination. (3) Satisfactorily complete three years or more of postsecondary engineering education, three years or more of engineering experience, […]
6751.2. The board may consider the professional experience and education acquired by applicants outside the United States which in the opinion of the board is equivalent to the minimum requirements of the board established by regulation for professional experience and education in this state. (Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 895.)
6751.5. The board shall by rule establish the criteria to be used for approving curricula of schools of engineering. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2084.)
6752. An applicant for registration as a civil engineer must have gained his experience under the direction of a civil engineer legally qualified to practice. (Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 92.)
6753. With respect to applicants for licensure as professional engineers, the board: (a) Shall give credit as qualifying experience of four years, for graduation with an engineering degree from a college or university the curriculum of which has been approved by the board. (b) May at its discretion give credit as qualifying experience up to a maximum […]
6753.5. All applicants shall be given equal credit for engineering experience in the armed forces of United States as with any other comparable engineering experience. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1709.)
6754. Examination for licensure shall be held at such times and places as the board shall determine. The second division of the examination for all branches specified in Section 6732 shall be administered at least once each year. Work of the board relating to examination and licensure may be divided into committees as the board […]
6755. (a) Examination duration and composition shall be designed to conform to the following general principle: The first division of the examination shall test the applicant’s knowledge of appropriate fundamental engineering subjects, including mathematics and the basic sciences; the second division of the examination shall test the applicant’s ability to apply his or her knowledge and […]
6755.1. (a) The second division of the examination for registration as a professional engineer shall include questions to test the applicant’s knowledge of state laws and the board’s rules and regulations regulating the practice of professional engineering. The board shall administer the test on state laws and board rules regulating the practice of engineering in this […]
6756. (a) An applicant for certification as an engineer-in-training shall, upon meeting all of the requirements prescribed in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 6751, be issued a certificate as an engineer-in-training. A renewal or other fee, other than the application and examination fees, shall not be charged for this certification. The certificate shall become invalid […]
6757. Applicants who profess to be qualified in more than one branch of engineering shall be required to file an application for each branch in which they wish to be registered. (Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 896.)
6758. An applicant failing in an examination may be examined again upon filing a new application and the payment of the examination fee fixed by the board. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 188, Sec. 5. (SB 826) Effective January 1, 2022.)
6759. The board, upon application therefor, on its prescribed form, and the payment of the fee fixed by this chapter, may issue a certificate of registration as a professional engineer, without written examination, to any person holding a certificate of registration issued to him or her by any state or country when the applicant’s qualifications […]
6762. Any applicant for licensure as a professional engineer, upon meeting all of the requirements prescribed in subdivision (c) of Section 6751 and who has otherwise qualified hereunder as a professional engineer, shall have a certificate of registration issued to him or her as a professional engineer in the particular branch for which he or […]
6762.5. (a) The board shall issue, upon application and payment of the fee established by Section 6799, a retired license (registration), to an engineer who has been licensed by the board for a minimum of 5 years within California and a minimum of 20 years within the United States or territory of the United States, and […]
6763. Application for authority to use the title “structural engineer,” “soil engineer,” “soils engineer,” or “geotechnical engineer” shall be made to the board on forms prescribed by it and shall be accompanied by the fee fixed by this chapter. An applicant for authority to use the title “structural engineer,” “soil engineer,” “soils engineer,” or “geotechnical […]
6763.1. An applicant to use the title “structural engineer” shall have successfully passed a written examination for structural engineering that is administered by a nationally recognized entity approved by the board. (Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 448, Sec. 20. (SB 543) Effective January 1, 2012.)
6763.5. If an applicant for licensure as a professional engineer, for certification as an engineer-in-training, or for authorization to use the title “structural engineer” or “soil engineer” is found by the board to lack the qualifications required for admission to the examination for such licensure, certification, or authorization, the board may, in accordance with the […]
6764. Each professional engineer licensed under this chapter shall, upon licensure, obtain a seal or stamp of a design authorized by the board bearing the licensee’s name, number of his or her certificate or authority, the legend “professional engineer” and the designation of the particular branch or authority in which he or she is licensed. […]
