Sections
18 entriesSection 6710Establishes a 15-member Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists within the Department of Consumer Affairs and treats statutory or regulatory…Section 6710.1Establishes protection of the public as the highest priority of the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists when performing licensing,…Section 6711Sets board qualifications and composition at five members registered under the chapter, one licensed land surveyor, one licensed geologist, and eight public…Section 6712Sets board appointments at four-year terms, limits service to two consecutive terms, and provides for unexpired-term vacancies and temporary holdover until a…Section 6713Allows each appointing authority to remove from office, at any time, any board member whom that authority appointed under the referenced provision.…Section 6714Requires the board to appoint an executive officer and to fix and determine the officer’s salary with approval of the Director of…Section 6715Requires the board to compile and maintain, or have maintained on its behalf, a register of all licensees. Requires the register to…Section 6716Allows the board to adopt lawful rules under the Administrative Procedure Act and professional-conduct rules consistent with state and federal law, including…Section 6717Allows the board, by regulation, to define the scope of each branch of professional engineering for which the chapter provides registration, other…Section 6718Allows any member of the board to administer oaths and to take testimony and proofs concerning matters within the board’s jurisdiction. The…Section 6719Requires the board to adopt and maintain an official seal and to affix that seal to every certificate of registration. The provision…Section 6720Requires every member of the board to receive both a per diem payment and reimbursement or payment of expenses as provided by…Section 6721Requires the board to establish relationships with bodies regulating professional engineering or closely related professions, or registering or licensing professional engineers in…Section 6726Allows the board to create one or more technical advisory committees to advise and assist it with reviewing and verifying applications for…Section 6726.1Requires each member of every technical advisory committee to be appointed by the board and to serve at the board’s pleasure. Limits…Section 6726.2Requires each member of every technical advisory committee to be an expert in the engineering branch within that committee’s jurisdiction and to…Section 6726.3Requires every member of a technical advisory committee to serve without compensation for that committee service. Allows those members, despite the bar…Section 6726.4Extends to every member of each technical advisory committee the same immunity granted to a public employee under the specified Government Code…