Section 6760.

A temporary authorization to practice engineering in a branch defined by this chapter may be granted for a specific project, upon application and payment of the fee prescribed in Section 6799, for a period not to exceed 180 consecutive days, if the applicant complies with all of the following:

(a) The applicant maintains no place of business in this state.

(b) The applicant is legally qualified to practice the branch of engineering in which he or she is seeking the temporary authorization in the state or country where he or she maintains a place of business.

(c) (1) The applicant, if applying for a temporary authorization to practice civil engineering, demonstrates by means of an individual appearance before the board satisfactory evidence of his or her knowledge of the application of seismic forces in the design of structures or adequate knowledge in any of the other phases of civil engineering as related to the specific project for which the temporary authorization is requested.

(2) The applicant, if applying for a temporary authorization to practice engineering in a branch defined by this chapter other than civil engineering, demonstrates by means of an individual appearance before the board, satisfactory evidence of his or her knowledge in the branch of professional engineering in which the applicant proposes to practice under the temporary authorization as related to the specific project for which the temporary authorization is requested.

(d) The applicant takes and passes the examination in the state laws and board rules described in Section 6755.1.

(e) The applicant notifies the board in writing of his or her intention to practice, stating the approximate date he or she intends to commence the specific project and the approximate duration of the specific project, which shall not exceed 180 consecutive days from the commencement date of the specific project.

Upon completion of the requirements, the executive officer, on the direction of the board, shall issue a temporary authorization to the applicant.

(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1006, Sec. 19. Effective January 1, 2001.)