California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 1.5 — Denial, Suspension and Revocation of LicensesChapter 2 — Denial of LicensesSection 480.5
(a) An individual who has satisfied any of the requirements needed to obtain a license regulated under this division while incarcerated, who applies for that license upon release from incarceration, and who is otherwise eligible for the license shall not be subject to a delay in processing his or her application or a denial of the license solely on the basis that some or all of the licensure requirements were completed while the individual was incarcerated.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to a petition for reinstatement of a license or to limit the ability of a board to deny a license pursuant to Section 480.
(c) This section shall not apply to the licensure of individuals under the initiative act referred to in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1000) of Division 2.
Notes
Prohibits delaying or denying an otherwise eligible license application solely because the applicant completed some or all licensing requirements while incarcerated, when the person applies after release. Exempts license-reinstatement petitions and specified initiative-act licensure, and preserves a board’s separate authority to deny a license under the referenced general denial provision.
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