6785.  The board shall have the power, duty, and authority to
investigate violations of the provisions of this chapter.



6786.  It is the duty of the respective members of the legal system
to prosecute all persons charged with the violation of any of the
provisions of this chapter.
   It is the duty of the executive officer of the board, under the
direction of the board, to aid these officers in the enforcement of
this chapter.


6787.  Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor:
   (a) Who, unless he or she is exempt from registration under this
chapter, practices or offers to practice civil, electrical, or
mechanical engineering in this state according to the provisions of
this chapter without legal authorization.
   (b) Who presents or attempts to file as his or her own the
certificate of registration of a licensed professional engineer
unless he or she is the person named on the certificate of
registration.
   (c) Who gives false evidence of any kind to the board, or to any
member thereof, in obtaining a certificate of registration.
   (d) Who impersonates or uses the seal of a licensed professional
engineer.
   (e) Who uses an expired, suspended, or revoked certificate issued
by the board.
   (f) Who represents himself or herself as, or uses the title of,
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 he or she is correspondingly qualified by
registration as a civil, electrical, or mechanical engineer under
this chapter.
   (g) Who, unless appropriately registered, 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 subdivision
(d) of Section 6738 and Section 8726.1.
   (h) Who 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 Section 6763, or "engineer-in-training," or who
makes use of any abbreviation of that title that might lead to the
belief that he or she is a registered engineer or holds a certificate
as an engineer-in-training, without being registered or certified as
required by this chapter.
   (i) Who uses the title "consulting engineer" without being
registered 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.
   (j) Who violates any provision of this chapter.



6788.  Any person who violates any provision of subdivisions (a) to
(i), inclusive, of Section 6787 in connection with the offer or
performance of engineering services for the repair of damage to a
residential or nonresidential structure caused by a natural disaster
for which a state of emergency is proclaimed by the Governor pursuant
to Section 8625 of the Government Code, or for which an emergency or
major disaster is declared by the President of the United States,
shall be punished by a fine up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or
by imprisonment in the state prison for 16 months, or for two or
three years, or by both the fine and imprisonment, or by a fine up to
one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail
not exceeding one year, or by both the fine and imprisonment.