Business and Professions Code section 7805

The term “responsible charge of work” means the independent control and direction by the use of initiative, skill and independent judgment of geological or geophysical work or the supervision of such work.

Source: Section 7805, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=7805. (updated Jan. 1, 1972; accessed Nov. 3, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/business_and_professions_code_section_7805

Original Source: Section 7805, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=7805. (last accessed May 12, 2025).