California Codes, Business and Professions Code - BPC, Division 3 — Professions and Vocations Generally, Chapter 7 — Professional Engineers, Article 5 — Disciplinary Proceedings, Section 6779
A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere made to a charge substantially related to the qualifications, functions and duties of a registered professional engineer is deemed to be a conviction within the meaning of this article. The board may order the certificate suspended or revoked, or may decline to issue a certificate, when the time for appeal has elapsed, or the judgment of conviction has been affirmed on appeal or when an order granting probation is made suspending the imposition of sentence, irrespective of a subsequent order under the provisions of Section 1203.4 of the Penal Code allowing such person to withdraw his plea of guilty and to enter a plea of not guilty, or setting aside the verdict of guilty, or dismissing the accusation, information or indictment.
Notes
Defines a guilty plea, guilty verdict, or conviction after a nolo contendere plea on a substantially related charge as a conviction for the article. Allows the board, after appeal rights are exhausted or probation occurs, to suspend or revoke a certificate or refuse issuance despite later Penal Code relief withdrawing the plea, setting aside the verdict, or dismissing the case.
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