A person who does any of the following is guilty of a misdemeanor:
(a) Unless the person is exempt from licensure under this chapter, practices or offers to practice civil, electrical, or mechanical engineering in this state according to this chapter without legal authorization.
(b) Presents or attempts to file as the person’s own the certificate of an engineer-in-training or the certificate of licensure of a licensed professional engineer unless they are the person named on the certificate.
(c) Gives false evidence of any kind to the board, or to any board member, in obtaining a certificate as an engineer-in-training or a certificate of licensure.
(d) Impersonates or uses the seal, signature, or license number of a licensed professional engineer or uses a false license number.
(e) Impersonates or uses the certificate number of an engineer-in-training or uses a false certificate.
(f) Uses an expired, suspended, surrendered, or revoked certificate or license.
(g) Represents themselves as, or uses the title of, a licensed or registered civil, electrical, or mechanical engineer, or any other title whereby that person could be considered as practicing or offering to practice civil, electrical, or mechanical engineering in any of its branches, unless they are correspondingly qualified by licensure as a civil, electrical, or mechanical engineer under this chapter.
(h) Unless appropriately licensed, manages, or conducts as manager, proprietor, or agent, any place of business from which civil, electrical, or mechanical engineering work is solicited, performed, or practiced, except as authorized pursuant to Section 8726.1.
(i) Uses the title, or any combination of that title, of “professional engineer,” “licensed engineer,” “registered engineer,” or the branch titles specified in Section 6732, or the authority titles specified in Sections 6736 and 6736.1, or “engineer-in-training,” or makes use of any abbreviation of that title that might lead to the belief that the person is a licensed engineer, is authorized to use the titles specified in Section 6736 or 6736.1, or holds a certificate as an engineer-in-training, without being licensed, authorized, or certified as required by this chapter.
(j) Uses the title “consulting engineer” without being licensed as required by this chapter or without being authorized to use that title pursuant to legislation enacted at the 1963, 1965, or 1968 Regular Session.
(k) Violates any provision of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 588, Sec. 12. (AB 3253) Effective January 1, 2025.)