2017 California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY
CHAPTER 7 - Professional Engineers
ARTICLE 7 - Revenue
Section 6795.2.
(a) At the time of renewal specified in Section 6795 or 6796, the board shall administer an assessment of the certificate holder to reinforce the certificate holder’s knowledge of state laws and the board’s rules and regulations. Failure to complete this assessment within 60 days after the date of expiration of the certificate may result in disciplinary action under Section 6775, but shall not affect the renewal of the certificate.
(b) The crime in subdivision (j) of Section 6787 shall not apply to this section.
(c) The board shall not charge the certificate holder a fee for the administration or development of the assessment.
(d) For the purposes of this section, “assessment” means an online program that contains educational reading material and questions. The material shall be based on state law and the board’s rules and regulations relating to the practice of professional engineers. The scope of the assessment shall be limited to the board’s top five types of violations related to the administrative and procedural aspects of the practice of professional engineers and any changes or additions to existing law related to such administrative and procedural aspects.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 629, Sec. 1. (SB 1085) Effective January 1, 2017.)
