...(California Business & Professions Code § 6737.3) states that any licensed C-10 electrical contractor can engineer a job, as long as the contractor is performing the work himself.
Yes, I see:
DEERING'S CALIFORNIA CODES ANNOTATED cites one case decision under this statute, known formerly as § 6737.4:
Wynner v. Buxton (1979, 2nd Dist) 97 CA3d 166, 158 Cal Rptr 587, 1979 Cal App LEXIS 2163.
No liability was found against a PE who stamped plans "omitting all mechanical and electrical details which may be supplied by mechanical or electrical contractor".
Also see: CA B&P § 6747 Exemption for Industries.
Except for civil engineering, the performance of unlicensed-engineering work is permitted for corporate consultants, temporary employees, contract employees, and those persons hired pursuant to third-party contracts (handymen).
Why bother using licensed contractors at all, when CA B&P § 6747, permits corporations to use unlicensed maintenance-electricians and handymen to engineer electrical systems?
PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS ACT
(Business and Professions Code §§ 6700 – 6799)
http://www.pels.ca.gov/licensees/pe_act.pdf
