Sections
17 entriesSection 7512Defines the chapter’s authorized short title as the Private Investigator Act and allows the chapter to be cited by that name. The…Section 7512.1Defines “director,” for purposes of the chapter, as the Director of Consumer Affairs unless the surrounding context indicates otherwise. The definition expressly…Section 7512.2Requires the Director to administer and enforce all provisions of the chapter, assigning that official responsibility for both carrying out the chapter…Section 7512.3Defines “person,” for purposes of the chapter, to include an individual, firm, company, association, organization, partnership, and corporation. The expanded definition becomes…Section 7512.4Defines “bureau,” for purposes of the chapter, as the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services. The provision supplies that term’s chapter-specific meaning…Section 7512.5Defines “chief,” as used in the chapter, to mean the Chief of the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services. The definition assigns…Section 7512.6Defines “licensee,” for purposes of the chapter, as a person licensed under the chapter. The provision limits the term to that status…Section 7512.7Defines a “qualified manager,” beginning January 1, 2025, as the individual directing, controlling, charging, or managing a licensee’s business as specified and…Section 7512.10Defines “employer” as a person who employs an individual for wages or salary, lists that individual on the employer’s payroll records, and…Section 7512.11Defines “employee,” for purposes of the chapter, as an individual who works for an employer, appears on the employer’s payroll records, and…Section 7512.12Defines an “employer-employee” relationship, for purposes of the chapter, as one in which an individual works for another person, appears by name…Section 7512.13Defines “firearm permit,” as used in the chapter, to include the terms “firearms permit,” “firearms qualification card,” “firearms qualification,” and “firearms qualification…Section 7512.14Defines “member,” for purposes of the chapter, as an individual who is a member of a limited liability company as specified in…Section 7512.15Defines “manager,” for purposes of the chapter, as an individual designated under the operating agreement of a manager-managed limited liability company who…Section 7513Allows any Department of Consumer Affairs officer or employee authorized by the director to exercise the powers and duties granted to or…Section 7513.5Allows the director, consistent with the State Civil Service Act and subject to Section 159.5, to appoint inspectors, investigators, and other personnel…Section 7514Prohibits construing the chapter to authorize any person to practice law in California unless that person is an active member of the…