If you want to become a licensed professional engineer or an engineer-in-training, you need to apply to the board using their form. You have to sign this form under oath and pay a fee. If you're applying to be a licensed professional engineer, you should also say which type of engineering you want to be licensed in. Additionally, the board can allow a specified organization to collect exam fees directly from applicants.

This law outlines the requirements for becoming an engineer-in-training and a licensed professional engineer in California. To be certified as an engineer-in-training, applicants must pass an exam, have no disqualifying criminal history, and complete three years of engineering education or equivalent experience. For professional engineer licensure, an applicant must show six years of relevant experience, be certified as an engineer-in-training (or equivalent), have no disqualifying criminal history, and pass another exam. The board only requires a signed statement to verify eligibility for engineer-in-training certification.

This law allows the board to evaluate and recognize professional experience and education gained by applicants in other countries. As long as the board believes this foreign experience and education meet their standards, they can consider it equivalent to what is required in California.

This law instructs the board to create rules for deciding if the programs offered by engineering schools meet specific standards.

If you want to register as a civil engineer, you need to have gained your work experience while being supervised by a civil engineer who is legally allowed to practice.

This section explains how the board evaluates different types of educational and teaching experiences for those applying to become licensed professional engineers. If someone graduates from an approved engineering program, they get four years of qualifying experience credit. Graduates from non-approved programs or those with engineering technology degrees can get up to two years of credit. For completed postsecondary study, they may receive up to half a year of credit per year studied, with a cap of four years. Graduate degrees from approved engineering schools can result in up to five years of credit. Teaching engineering may earn up to one year of credit, but the total experience credit cannot exceed five years across all these categories.

If you've gained engineering experience while serving in the U.S. armed forces, it will be counted just as valuable as similar engineering experience gained elsewhere when you apply for certain opportunities.

This law is about how exams for professional licenses are conducted. The board responsible for these exams decides when and where they happen. For certain professions, an important part of the exam must be held at least once a year. The board can set up committees to handle different parts of the exam process and can make rules about how the exams are run. They can also work with other organizations to organize or provide materials for the exams.

This law describes the engineering licensing exam process. The exam is split into two parts: the first covers basic engineering topics like math and science, while the second checks if the candidate can apply their knowledge practically in engineering. The board may allow some applicants to skip the first part if they have exceptional education and experience. Likewise, highly experienced and recognized engineers might skip parts of the second test if they meet certain criteria set by the board.

This law explains that when testing to become a licensed professional engineer in California, part of the exam will include questions about state laws and regulations specific to engineering. For civil engineers, starting from 1988, the exam also tests knowledge of seismic principles and engineering surveying. It's mandatory to pass these sections to get licensed as a civil engineer. The law also clarifies that before 1988, civil engineering licenses could be issued even if seismic and surveying knowledge wasn't tested.

If you meet specific requirements, you can get a certificate as an engineer-in-training. You don't have to pay extra fees for this certificate, but it becomes invalid once you qualify as a professional engineer. This certificate doesn’t let you practice engineering by yourself or use certain professional titles. Also, it’s illegal for anyone without a valid certificate to call themselves an "engineer-in-training."

If someone wants to be registered as a professional in several different engineering fields, they have to submit separate applications for each field.

This law allows the California board to grant professional engineer registration to people from other states or countries without making them take a written exam, as long as their qualifications meet California's standards. The board must treat these out-of-state applicants the same as local ones and can't impose any extra requirements. Applicants who have taken an equivalent exam in a branch not recognized by California can still be registered in a related branch that fits their education and experience.

If you want to become a licensed professional engineer and you meet the necessary requirements, you will receive a certificate that officially registers you as a professional engineer in the specific branch you're qualified in.

If an engineer has been licensed in California for at least five years and in the U.S. or its territories for at least 20 years, they can apply for a 'retired license' by paying a fee. This license is available to those with a good standing record—meaning their license isn't suspended or under disciplinary action. However, this retired license doesn't allow them to work as a professional engineer. They can, though, call themselves a 'retired professional engineer' or similar titles. Once you have a retired license, you don't need to renew it. To reactivate their license, they must pass an exam similar to initial licensing requirements.

If you want to use the title of 'structural engineer,' 'soil engineer,' 'soils engineer,' or 'geotechnical engineer' in California, you must apply through the appropriate board and pay the required fee. You can use these titles if you've passed the board exam or, for some titles, applied before a specific date and can show you're qualified. This title shows you're specially skilled in a certain type of civil engineering, needing more education or experience than just being a civil engineer.

If someone applies to be a licensed professional engineer or wants to use titles like 'structural engineer' or 'soil engineer' and the board finds they don’t qualify for the exam, the board can give them their exam fee back.

If you're a licensed professional engineer in this section, you need to get an official seal or stamp. This stamp has to include your name, your license number, say 'professional engineer,' and show what type of engineering you're certified in.

If you lose, damage, or destroy your registration certificate, you can get a replacement by following the board's rules and paying a fee.

If someone holds a certificate and endorsement of registry that hasn't been suspended, revoked, or expired, it will be assumed in all courts that they are legally registered.