Sections
43 entriesSection 1Defines “Business and Professions Code” as the name by which the act is to be known. The provision supplies the act’s formal…Section 2Establishes that code provisions substantially identical to preexisting statutes on the same subject are construed as restatements and continuations of those statutes…Section 3Requires persons holding offices under acts repealed when the code takes effect to continue holding the same offices when those offices are…Section 4Establishes that the code does not affect actions or proceedings begun before its effective date or rights that had already accrued. Requires…Section 5Establishes that rights granted by licenses or certificates under acts repealed by the code are not affected by the code’s enactment or…Section 6Extends entitlement to a certificate under the code to persons who, when the code took effect, were entitled to a certificate under…Section 7Establishes that a conviction under an act repealed by the code counts as a conviction under the code when the same crime…Section 7.5Defines “conviction” as a judgment after a guilty or no-contest plea, guilty verdict, or finding of guilt, and allows board action after…Section 8Establishes that the code’s general provisions govern how the code is construed unless the context requires otherwise. The provision supplies a default…Section 9Establishes that division, part, chapter, article, and section headings do not govern, limit, modify, or otherwise affect the scope, meaning, or intent…Section 10Allows a public officer’s deputy or another person lawfully authorized by the officer to exercise powers granted to, or perform duties imposed…Section 11Defines “writing” to include any recorded message understandable by ordinary visual means. Requires every notice, report, statement, or record mandated by the…Section 12Establishes that a reference in the code to any portion of this code or another California law includes amendments and additions made…Section 12.5Extends any authority in the code to issue a citation for violating a code provision to include authority to cite violations of…Section 13Defines “materia medica” as substances listed in the specified official pharmacopoeias, dispensatory, remedies publication, National Formulary, or their supplements. Exempts substances covered…Section 14Defines statutory tense and gender usage so the present tense includes past and future, the future includes the present, and each gender…Section 14.1Establishes legislative intent that “man” and “men,” where appropriate, be treated as “person” and “persons,” and that those terms be changed when…Section 14.2Defines “spouse” to include a “registered domestic partner” as required by the referenced Family Code provision. The definition expands that term throughout…Section 15Defines “section” as a section of the Business and Professions Code unless another statute is specifically identified, and defines “subdivision” as a…Section 16Defines singular and plural usage so a singular term includes the plural and a plural term includes the singular. The provision supplies…Section 17Defines “county” to include a city and county. The definition expands references to counties throughout the code to cover consolidated city-and-county jurisdictions…Section 18Defines “city” to include a city and county. The definition expands references to cities throughout the code to cover consolidated city-and-county jurisdictions…Section 19Defines “shall” as mandatory and “may” as permissive for interpreting the code. The provision establishes the default legal effect of those two…Section 20Defines “oath” to include an affirmation. The definition means code provisions requiring or referring to an oath also encompass an affirmation, without…Section 21Defines “state” as California unless the term is applied to different parts of the United States; in that context, it also includes…Section 22Defines “board” as the entity in which administration of a code provision is vested and, unless expressly provided otherwise, includes a bureau,…Section 23Defines “department,” unless otherwise specified, as the Department of Consumer Affairs. Also requires references in California law to the former Department of…Section 23.5Defines “director,” unless otherwise specified, as the Director of Consumer Affairs. Also requires references in California law to the former Director of…Section 23.6Defines “appointing power,” unless another definition is expressly provided, as the Director of Consumer Affairs. The provision supplies a default meaning for…Section 23.7Defines “license,” unless expressly provided otherwise, to include a license, certificate, registration, or other authorization to engage in a business or profession…Section 23.8Defines “licensee” as any person authorized by a license, certificate, registration, or other means to engage in a business or profession regulated…Section 23.9Prohibits denying a formerly incarcerated person trained in an approved correctional rehabilitation program the right to take required licensing examinations or receive…Section 24Establishes that if a code provision or its application to a person or circumstance is held invalid, the remaining code and valid…Section 26Requires building standards adopted under code-based rulemaking authority to follow the State Building Standards Law unless specified provisions are expressly excepted, and…Section 27Requires specified licensing entities to publish online license status, suspensions, revocations, accusations, and related enforcement information while excluding specified personal data and…Section 27.5Requires a department board, upon qualifying documentation and request, to replace a licensee’s or registrant’s former legal name or gender on credentials…Section 27.6Requires the successor agency to the Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education to transmit available school-performance data it receives from schools…Section 29.5Requires applicants for licensure and licensees renewing credentials under department boards to comply with the referenced Family Code provision in addition to…Section 30Requires licensing boards, the State Bar, and Department of Real Estate to collect specified federal employer, taxpayer-identification, or Social Security numbers, bars…Section 31Requires applicants and licensees subject to support judgments or orders, and those on specified large-tax-delinquency lists, to be handled under incorporated enforcement…Section 32Requires boards regulating the listed healing-arts professions to consider including AIDS characteristics, assessment, and treatment training in continuing-education or training requirements. Establishes…Section 35Requires boards to create methods for evaluating applicable military education, training, and experience and specify how it may satisfy licensure requirements, after…Section 40Allows specified boards to contract with expert consultants for enforcement opinions and testimony, examination work, occupational analyses, or mental or physical evaluations…