California · Business and Professions Code - BPC

BPC §7121.7: (a) A qualifying individual, officer, partner, or other person named on a license shall not knowingly employ an individual who is described in subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 7121.

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A licensed individual must not knowingly employ someone listed in Section 7121.6(a) or (b), except as a non-supervising employee. Violation is a misdemeanor with fines of at least $4,500 and/or 30 days to one year jail time.

Read the full statutory text

(a) A qualifying individual, officer, partner, or other person named on a license shall not knowingly employ an individual who is described in subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 7121.6, except as a bona fide nonsupervising employee. (b) A violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than four thousand five hundred dollars ($4,500), by imprisonment in a county jail for not less than 30 days nor more than one year, or by both the fine and imprisonment. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, an indictment for any violation of this section shall be found or an information or complaint filed within four years from the performance of any act that is prohibited under this section.

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