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Fees shall be paid by money order, bank draft or check payable to
the Board for Geologists and Geophysicists.
- Application for registration as a Professional Geologist or Geophysicist: $250
This fee must be paid for all applications, regardless of whether a previous application has been submitted for any reason or the application is being submitted to retake any portion of the examinations for registration or certification. - Application for registration as a specialty geologist or specialty
geophysicist: $250
This fee must be paid for all applications, regardless of whether a previous application has been submitted for any reason or the application is being submitted to retake any portion of the examinations for registration or certification. - Temporary registration fee for a geologist, geophysicist or specialty geologist or specialty geophysicist: $80
- Each examination including both sections of the national examination
and the California supplemental component for registration as a
geologist: $300
This fee is in addition to the fee for application for registration. - Each examination including only the practice of geology portion
of the national examination for registration as a geologist: $150
This fee is in addition to the fee for application for registration. - Each examination including only the fundamentals of geology portion
of the national examination for registration as a geologist: $150
This fee is in addition to the fee for application for registration. - Each examination including only the practice of geology portion
of the national examination and the supplemental examination covering
California specific subjects for registration as a geologist: $250
This fee is in addition to the fee for application for registration. - Each examination including only the fundamentals of geology portion
of the national examination and the supplemental examination covering
California specific subjects for registration as a geologist: $250
This fee is in addition to the fee for application for registration. - Each supplemental examination covering California specific subjects
for registration as a geologist: $100
This fee is in addition to the fee for application for registration. - Each examination for registration as a geophysicist: $100
This fee is in addition to the fee for application for registration. - Each examination for registration as a specialty geologist or
specialty geophysicist: $100
This fee is in addition to the fee for application for registration. - Duplicate certificate fee: $6
- Renewal fee for a geologist or for a geophysicist: $270
- Renewal fee for a specialty geologist or for a specialty geophysicist: $67.50
- Delinquency fee for renewal or certificate of registration as
a geologist or geophysicist or certification as a specialty geologist
or specialty geophysicist: 50% of renewal fee in effect
on the last regular renewal date.
This is in addition to the payment-in-full of renewal fees owed.
| Action | Fee | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Application for Registration and for Administration of Examination | $250 | This fee must be paid for all applications, regardless of whether a previous application has been submitted for any reason or the application is being submitted to retake any portion of the examinations for registration or certification. |
| Examination fees: PG examination OR ASBOG Fundamentals of Geology + ASBOG Practice of Geology |
$300 | This fee is in addition to the fee for application for registration. |
| ASBOG Fundamentals of Geology Only OR ASBOG Practice of Geology Only |
$150 | This fee is in addition to the fee for application for registration. |
| ASBOGŪ Fundamentals of Geology + California Supplemental Component OR ASBOGŪ Practice of Geology + California Supplemental Component |
$250 | This fee is in addition to the fee for application for registration. |
| California Supplemental Component Only OR Professional Geophysicist Specialty Geologist Certificate |
$100 | This fee is in addition to the fee for application for registration. |
| Duplicate Certificate | $6 | |
| Renewal fee for Professional Geologist or Geophysicist | $270 | |
| Renewal fee for Specialty Geologist Certificate | $67.50 | |
| Delinquency fee for renewal of registration as Professional Geologist or Geophysicist, or for Specialty Geologist Certificate | 50% of renewal fee in effect on the last regular renewal date | This is in addition to the payment-in-full of renewal fees owed. |
