{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-7838","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 7838","heading":"","body":"A civil engineer empowered to practice civil engineering in this state, and a petroleum engineer registered in this state, under provisions of Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 3 of this code insofar as they practice civil engineering in its various branches or petroleum engineering, respectively, are exempt from registration under the provisions of this chapter.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY [5000. - 9998.12.]","CHAPTER 12.5. Geologists and Geophysicists [7800. - 7887.]","ARTICLE 3. Scope of Regulation [7830. - 7839.2.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"92ba19f044d991ac74a8abc12203228c9260cbebf93848ed020c000e4d6b3db9","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-7837","next":"us-ca/bpc-7839"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}