Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY [5000 - 9998.11]
( Heading of Division 3 added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 30. ) CHAPTER 15. Land Surveyors [8700 - 8805]
( Chapter 15 added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 41. ) ARTICLE 3. Application of the Chapter [8725 - 8731]
( Article 3 added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 41. ) 8731.
A licensed civil engineer and a civil engineer exempt from licensure under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) are exempt from licensing under this chapter and may engage in the practice of land surveying with the same rights and privileges and the same duties and responsibilities as a licensed land surveyor, provided that for civil engineers who become licensed after January 1, 1982, they shall obtain a license as a land surveyor under the provisions of this chapter, before practicing land surveying as defined in this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 236, Sec. 22. (SB 1165) Effective January 1, 2017.)