Laws and Regulations

2013 Laws - Annotated to show changes made in 2012

2013 Laws - Unannotated

NOTICE - The 2013 edition of the Handbook of Laws and Rules is now available for purchase from the Board. The Handbook contains the annotated versions of the laws listed above, along with related sections of other laws. The cost per copy is $10.00. You may request a copy by sending a letter with your mailing address along with a check or money order to the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists at 2535 Capitol Oaks Drive, Suite 300, Sacramento, California, 95833.

Building Design Authority - A one-page form that explains who has the authority to design buildings.

Codes of Professional Conduct - Information about the Codes of Professional Conduct (Board Rules 475 & 476), which became effective on July 4, 2003.

Written Contract Requirements - Information about the written contract requirements (Business and Professions Code sections 6749 & 8759), which became effective on January 1, 2001.

Filing an Organization Record Form - Information about when an Organization Record form or Disassociation form needs to be filed with the Board.

Index of Decisions Designated as Precedent Decisions

The Board Rules and the Regulations Relating to Geology and Geophysics, as well as other Titles of the California Code of Regulations, are also available through the Office of Administrative Law and Westlaw at http://government.westlaw.com/linkedslice/default.asp?SP=CCR-1000.

The Legislative Counsel has extensive legislative information, as well as all of the California statutes [such as the Business and Professions Code], on its web site at http://www.leginfo.ca.gov.

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