California Laws: Public Resources Code Sections 750-783
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 750
This article may be known and cited as the Professional Foresters Law. ...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 751
The purpose of this article is to declare the existence of a public interest in the management and treatment of the forest resources and timberlands...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 752
(a) "Professional forester," as used in this article, means a person who, by reason of his or her knowledge of the natural sciences, mathematics, and...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 753
"Forestry," as used in this article, refers to the science and practice of managing forested landscapes and the treatment of the forest cover in general,...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 754
"Forested landscapes" means those tree dominated landscapes and their associated vegetation types on which there is growing a significant stand of tree species, or which...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 755
"Person" as used in this article means any natural person. ...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 756
Nothing in this article prohibits any person from engaging in those activities otherwise restricted to professional foresters, certified specialists, or qualified but exempt certificants, provided...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 757
The provisions of this article do not apply to any landowner who is a natural person and who personally performs services of a professional forester,...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 758
This article shall not be construed to authorize a registered professional forester to practice civil engineering as defined in Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700)...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 759
The board may by regulation adopt such rules and regulations pursuant to Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11371) of Part 1 of Division 3 of...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 760
The board shall consider matters pertaining to the registration of professional foresters at least once every six months at regular meetings and may, as necessary,...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 760.5
The board may hire the clerical and secretarial employees, technical personnel, and other staff who are necessary and budgeted to properly assist the work of...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 761
The board shall keep a complete record of all applications for registration and certification and the board's action thereon. ...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 762
The board may by regulation provide for the issuance of certificates of specialization in such fields of specialization as the board may by regulation establish....
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 763
(a) The board shall establish an examining committee of at least seven members composed of the following, who shall be appointed by the board and...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 764
Any person appointed to serve upon the examining committee shall receive, if requested, one hundred dollars ($100) for each day during which he or she...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 765
The examining committee shall adhere to the rules and regulations of the board. Any applicant for a license pursuant to this article who contends that...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 766
On and after July 1, 1973, it shall be unlawful for any person to act in the capacity of, or to use the title of,...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 767
An applicant for a license pursuant to this article shall apply to the board. Such application shall be accompanied by the payment of a fee...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 768
The board shall require an applicant to demonstrate such degree of experience and such general knowledge of the profession of forestry as the board deems...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 769
An applicant shall meet all of the following qualifications: (a) Be of good moral character and have a good reputation for honesty and integrity. (b)...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 770
(a) Examinations shall be given by the board as often as it is deemed necessary, but at least every six months. (b) The examination may...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 771
An applicant failing in an examination may be examined again upon filing a new application and paying the application fee. ...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 772
Instead of being registered as a professional forester, an applicant may request to be registered as a certified specialist in one or more fields of...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 773
Licenses and specialty certificates issued pursuant to this article shall be valid for two years and shall expire on July 1 of each alternating year....
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 774
(a) Issuance of a license may be denied if sufficient evidence is received by the board of the commission or doing by the applicant of...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 775
The board may upon its own motion, and shall upon the verified complaint in writing of any person, cause investigation to be made of the...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 776
Any accusation against a registrant or a certificant shall be filed within five years after the act or omission alleged as the ground for disciplinary...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 777
If the board finds against the registrant, the board, in its decision, may terminate all operations of the registrant during the period fixed by the...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 778
A registrant or certificant is subject to disciplinary action who: (a) Has been convicted of a felony substantially related to the qualifications, functions, or duties...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 778.5
The board shall develop criteria to determine whether a felony is substantially related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of a registered professional forester in...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 779
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor. ...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 780
The fees received pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the Professional Forester Registration Fund in the State Treasury, which fund is hereby created....
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 781
All fees received pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be available, when appropriated by the Legislature, for the administration of this article; provided,...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 782
The board shall establish by regulation the amount of fees within the following ranges, and based on a determination by the board of the amount...
- California Laws: Public Resources Code Section 783
In case any person defaults in payment of the renewal fee, his or her registration may be revoked by the board on 60 days' notice...
