8780.  The board may receive and investigate complaints against
licensed land surveyors and registered civil engineers, and make
findings thereon.
   By a majority vote, the board may reprove, suspend for a period
not to exceed two years, or revoke the license or certificate of any
licensed land surveyor or registered civil engineer, respectively,
licensed under this chapter or registered under the provisions of
Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700), whom it finds to be guilty
of:
   (a) Any fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation in his or her practice
of land surveying.
   (b) Any negligence or incompetence in his or her practice of land
surveying.
   (c) Any fraud or deceit in obtaining his or her license.
   (d) Any violation of any provision of this chapter or of any other
law relating to or involving the practice of land surveying.
   (e) Any conviction of a crime substantially related to the
qualifications, functions, and duties of a land surveyor. The record
of the conviction shall be conclusive evidence thereof.
   (f) Aiding or abetting any person in the violation of any
provision of this chapter.
   (g) A breach or violation of a contract to provide land surveying
services.
   (h) A violation in the course of the practice of land surveying of
a rule or regulation of unprofessional conduct adopted by the board.




8780.1.  The board may receive and investigate complaints against
land surveyors-in-training, and make findings thereon.
   By a majority vote, the board may revoke the certificate of any
land surveyor-in-training:
   (a) Who has been convicted of a crime as defined in subdivision
(a) of Section 480.
   (b) Who has been found guilty of any fraud, deceit, or
misrepresentation in obtaining his or her land surveyor-in-training
certificate or license as a professional land surveyor.
   (c) Who aids or abets any person in the violation of any provision
of this chapter.
   (d) Who violates Section 119 with respect to a land
surveyor-in-training certificate or commits any act described in
Section 8792.
   (e) Any violation of any provision of this chapter.



8781.  The proceedings under this article shall be conducted in
accordance with Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 11370), Chapter
4.5 (commencing with Section 11400), and Chapter 5 (commencing with
Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government
Code, and the board shall have all the powers granted therein.




8783.  A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea
of nolo contendere made to a charge substantially related to the
qualifications, functions and duties of a land surveyor is deemed to
be a conviction within the meaning of this article. The board may
order the license or certificate suspended or revoked, or may decline
to issue a license or certificate, when the time for appeal has
elapsed, or the judgment of conviction has been affirmed on appeal or
when an order granting probation is made suspending the imposition
of sentence, irrespective of a subsequent order under the provisions
of Section 1203.4 of the Penal Code allowing such person to withdraw
his plea of guilty and to enter a plea of not guilty, or setting
aside the verdict of guilty, or dismissing the accusation,
information or indictment.



8784.  The board may reissue a license to any person, whose license
has been revoked, if a majority of the members of the board vote in
favor of such reinstatement, for reasons the board may deem
sufficient.