California Codes, Business and Professions Code - BPC, Division 3 — Professions and Vocations Generally, Chapter 12.5 — Geologists and Geophysicists, Article 4 — Registration, Section 7843
(a) An applicant for certification as a geologist-in-training shall, upon meeting all the requirements prescribed in Section 7841.2, be issued a certificate as a geologist-in-training. A renewal or other fee, other than the application fee, shall not be charged for this certification. The certificate shall become invalid when the holder has qualified as a professional geologist as provided in Section 7841.
(b) A geologist-in-training certificate does not authorize the holder thereof to practice or offer to practice geology, in his or her own right, or to use the title specified in Section 7804.
(c) It is unlawful for anyone other than the holder of a valid geologist-in-training certificate issued under this chapter to use the title of “geologist-in-training” or any abbreviation of that title.
Notes
Requires issuance of a geologist-in-training certificate to an applicant meeting the referenced requirements and prohibits renewal or other fees beyond the application fee; the certificate becomes invalid when the holder qualifies as a professional geologist. Prohibits the certificate from authorizing independent geology practice or the professional title and bars anyone without a valid certificate from using “geologist-in-training.”
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