Carden

Michael J. Carden appeals from the judgment denying his petition for a peremptory writ of mandate. He contends: “I. The court erred in allowing respondent Board of Registration for Professional Engineers to apply a lengthy apprenticeship period in addition to the nine years of engineering work experience established by statute. II. Respondent had no authority to enlarge the requirements for registration as a fire protection engineer set forth in Business and Professions Code section 6767 and Bulletin 3-75. [III.] The court erred in awarding only half credit to Michael Carden for engagement Nos. 1, 2 and 3 because of administrative work disqualification. [IV.] The Board of Registration for Professional Engineers was re quired to issue a statement of its findings of fact regarding its denial of Michael Carden’s application for licensure as a fire protection engineer.”

The Professional Engineers’ Act (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 6700 et seq.) specifies that “[t]he board [Board of Registration for Professional Engineers] may, by regulation, define the scope of each branch of professional engineering other than civil engineering for which registration is provided under this…