Horeczko

—George Horeczko (appellant) appeals from a judgment of the superior court which denied his petition for a writ of administrative mandamus directing the State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (the Board) to approve his application for permission to use the title “geotechnical (soils) engineer.” We have examined the statutory scheme under which his application was submitted and we find it does not suffer from the constitutional infirmities which appellant contends are present in that scheme. The judgment is therefore affirmed.

Procedural Background

According to appellant’s petition for administrative mandamus relief, in June 19S6 he filed an application with the Board for permission to use the title “geotechnical engineer.” Such an application is required by Business and Professions Code section 6736.1. The application was denied in July 1987 and his appeal from that denial was denied in October 1987.

Appellant then sought a hearing before an administrative law judge and the hearing took place on March 8, 1989. The Board adopted the administrative law judge’s proposed decision, making it effective August 13, 1989. That decision states…