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§ 1622. Three Years of “Having Charge of Forestry Work, ” or “Under the Supervision of a Person...

14 CA ADC § 1622Barclays Official California Code of Regulations

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Title 14. Natural Resources
Division 1.5. Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 10. Registration of Professional Foresters (Refs & Annos)
Article 2. Applications
14 CCR § 1622
§ 1622. Three Years of “Having Charge of Forestry Work,” or “Under the Supervision of a Person Registered.”
Currentness
(a) The minimum of three (3) years “having charge of forestry work,” or “forestry work under the supervision of a person registered, or qualified for, but exempt from registration” as specified in Sections 757 and 769(b) of the Code is evaluated using the criteria in subsection (b), below.
(b) “Supervision” shall be deemed adequate to meet the three year requirement if it includes the following elements:
(1) Supervisor is able to hire and fire or effectively recommend same, or is able to clearly withdraw professional responsibility for forestry related matters.
(2) Supervisor must perform regular and timely quality control, work review and inspection, both in the office and in the field, and be able to take, or effectively recommend, corrective actions where necessary. The frequency of review, inspection and guidance shall take into consideration the experience of the non-RPF and technical complexity of the job, but shall be sufficiently frequent to ensure the accomplishment of work to professional standards.
(c) The following limitations apply to the requirement of three years “having charge of forestry work,” or “under the supervision of a person registered.”
(1) Forestry work stated in subsection 1621.1(b)(3) and 1621.1(b)(4) of this article must be performed at planning and supervision levels; scaling does not qualify unless it is part of an apprentice trainee program under the direct supervision of an RPF.
(2) Only the Master of Forestry degree, in conjunction with a qualifying Bachelor of Science degree with a major in forestry, may be substituted for one of the three years required as provided in Section 769 of the Code.

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Note: Authority cited: Section 759, Public Resources Code. Reference: Section 769, Public Resources Code.
History
1. Renumbering and amendment of former Section 1622 to Section 1621.1, and new Section 1622 filed 8-4-89; operative 9-3-89 (Register 89, No. 32). For prior history, see Register 85, No. 41.
2. Amendment of subsections (b)(2) and (c)(1) filed 10-21-96; operative 11-20-96 (Register 96, No. 43).
This database is current through 5/10/24 Register 2024, No. 19.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 14, § 1622, 14 CA ADC § 1622
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