California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 4 — Real EstatePart 1 — Licensing of PersonsChapter 3 — Real Estate RegulationsArticle 3 — Disciplinary ActionSection 10179
No violation of any of the provisions of this part relating to real estate or of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 11000) of Part 2 of this division by any real estate salesperson or employee of any licensed real estate broker shall cause the revocation or suspension of the license of the responsible broker retaining the salesperson or the broker employing the employee unless it appears upon a hearing by the commissioner that the responsible broker or broker had guilty knowledge of the violation.
Notes
Exempts a responsible or employing broker from license suspension or revocation solely because a retained salesperson or employee violated specified real-estate provisions unless, after a commissioner hearing, the broker is shown to have had guilty knowledge of the violation. The carve-out makes the broker’s guilty knowledge a condition for discipline based on another person’s violation.
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