California

Business and Professions Code - BPC

10,525 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 7196 — It is the duty of a home inspector who is not licensed as a general contractor, structural pest control operator, or architect, or registered as a professional engineer to conduct a home inspection wi
• § 7196.1 — (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to allow home inspectors who are not registered engineers to perform any analysis of the systems, components, or structural integrity of a dwelling that
• § 7196.2 — (a) If a home inspector observes any shade of yellow corrugated stainless steel tubing during a home inspection, the home inspector shall include that observation, and the following notification, in t
• § 7197 — (a) It is an unfair business practice for a home inspector, a company that employs the inspector, or a company that is controlled by a company that also has a financial interest in a company employing
• § 7198 — Contractual provisions that purport to waive the duty owed pursuant to Section 7196, or limit the liability of the home inspector to the cost of the home inspection report, are contrary to public poli
• § 7199 — The time for commencement of a legal action for breach of duty arising from a home inspection report shall not exceed four years from the date of the inspection.
• § 7199.5 — (a) All home inspections, including those defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 7195, may, if requested by the client, be accompanied by a Home Energy Rating System (HERS) California
• § 7199.7 — It is the intent of the Legislature that a Home Energy Rating System (HERS) California home energy audit may, at the request of the client, be performed by a home inspector who meets the requirements
• § 7200 — Any person who uses in any sign, business card, or letterhead, or in any advertisement, the words “guide dog instructor,” “certified guide dog instructor,” or any other terms or letters indicating or
• § 7201 — For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Guide dog instructor” means a person who instructs or trains persons who are blind or visually impaired in the use of guide dogs or who engages in the business of tr
• § 7202 — A guide dog school shall submit to the Department of Consumer Affairs on or before September 1 of each year a list of all trainers or guide dog instructors employed or contracted by the school.
• § 725 — (a) Repeated acts of clearly excessive prescribing, furnishing, dispensing, or administering of drugs or treatment, repeated acts of clearly excessive use of diagnostic procedures, or repeated acts of
• § 726 — (a) The commission of any act of sexual abuse, misconduct, or relations with a patient, client, or customer constitutes unprofessional conduct and grounds for disciplinary action for any person licens
• § 727 — The provisions of subdivision (2) of Section 1103 of the Evidence Code shall apply in disciplinary proceedings brought against a licensee for acts in violation of Section 726.
• § 728 — (a) Any psychotherapist or employer of a psychotherapist who becomes aware through a client that the client had alleged sexual intercourse or alleged sexual behavior or sexual contact with a previous
• § 729 — (a) Any physician and surgeon, psychotherapist, research psychoanalyst, student research psychoanalyst, or alcohol and drug abuse counselor, or any person holding themselves out to be a physician and
• § 730 — Any person licensed under this division or under any initiative act referred to in this division shall not perform any medical evaluation for which the evaluator is required to be certified as a quali
• § 730.5 — (a) It is unprofessional conduct and a crime, as provided in Section 4935, for a physician and surgeon, osteopathic physician, dentist, or podiatrist to direct or supervise the performance of acupunct
• § 7301 — This chapter constitutes the chapter on hair, skin, nail care, and electrolysis and may be known and cited as the Barbering and Cosmetology Act.
• § 7302 — The following definitions shall apply for purposes of this chapter: (a) “Department” means the Department of Consumer Affairs.
• § 7303 — (a) Notwithstanding Article 8 (commencing with Section 9148) of Chapter 1.
• § 7303.1 — Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the Board of Barbering and Cosmetology in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions.
• § 7305 — The board shall elect officers annually from among its members, each of whom shall hold office for a term of one year.
• § 7309 — The board shall establish a principal office, and may establish branch offices and examination facilities in the state as may be deemed necessary for the board to conduct its business.
• § 731 — (a) Any person licensed, certified, registered, or otherwise subject to regulation pursuant to this division who engages in, or who aids or abets in, a violation of Section 266h, 266i, 315, 316, or 31
• § 7311 — The board shall adopt and use a common seal for the authentication of the board’s records.
• § 7312 — (a) The board shall do all of the following: (1) Make rules and regulations in aid or furtherance of this chapter in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.
• § 7313 — (a) (1) To ensure compliance with the laws and regulations of this chapter, the board’s executive officer and authorized representatives shall, except as provided by Section 159.
• § 7314 — (a) The board shall keep a record of its proceedings relating to its public meetings, meetings of committees, and records relating to the issuance, refusal, renewal, suspension, and revocation of lice
• § 7314.3 — (a) The board shall establish a Health and Safety Advisory Committee to provide the board with advice and recommendations on health and safety issues before the board that impact licensees, including
• § 7314.5 — (a) The board may promote awareness of physical and sexual abuse by means of mail, television, radio, motion picture, newspaper, book, Internet, or other electronic communication.
• § 7315 — A majority of the board may, in any meeting properly noticed in accordance with the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, exercise all the duties and powers devolving upon the board.
• § 7316 — (a) The practice of barbering is all or any combination of the following practices: (1) Shaving or trimming the beard or cutting the hair.
• § 7317 — Except as provided in this article, it is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to engage in barbering, cosmetology, or electrolysis for compensation without a valid, unexpired license issued
• § 7318 — This chapter does not prohibit the administration of any practice subject to this chapter outside of a licensed establishment, when necessary due to the illness or other physical or mental incapacitat
• § 7319 — The following persons are exempt from this chapter: (a) All persons authorized by the laws of this state to practice medicine, surgery, dentistry, pharmacy, osteopathic medicine, chiropractic, naturop
• § 7319.5 — Students engaged in performing services on the public while enrolled in a school approved by the board shall not be required to be licensed under this chapter if they perform those services at the app
• § 7319.7 — (a) A licensee or an applicant for licensure who completes the physical and sexual abuse awareness training covered by the health and safety course required by Section 7389, and his or her employer, s
• § 732 — (a) A physician and surgeon and a dentist shall refund any amount that a patient has paid for services rendered that has subsequently been paid to the physician and surgeon or dentist by a third-party
• § 7320 — (a) This chapter confers no authority to practice medicine or surgery.
• § 7320.1 — When providing a manicure or pedicure, no metal instruments shall be used except those metal instruments necessary for the cutting, trimming, manicuring, or pedicuring of nails or cuticles or for the
• § 7320.2 — Any licensee who uses an X-ray appliance, apparatus or machine in the treatment of any human being or for the purpose of or with the intent to remove superfluous hair from the face or body of any huma
• § 7320.3 — Persons who are not licensed to perform all of the practices of a cosmetologist may not represent themselves as a cosmetologist.
• § 7320.4 — Persons who are not licensed as barbers in this state may not represent themselves as barbers.
• § 7320.5 — Any licensee who uses a laser in the treatment of any human being is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 7321 — The board shall admit to examination for a license as a cosmetologist to practice cosmetology any person who has made application to the board in proper form, paid the fee required by this chapter, an
• § 7321.5 — The board shall admit to examination for a license as a barber to practice barbering, any person who has made application to the board in proper form, paid the fee required by this chapter, and is qua
• § 7322 — The board shall admit to examination for a license as a hairstylist to practice hairstyling any person who has made application to the board in proper form, paid the fee required by this chapter, and
• § 7324 — The board shall admit to examination for a license as an esthetician to practice skin care, any person who has made application to the board in proper form, paid the fee required by this chapter, and
• § 7326 — The board shall admit to examination for a license as a manicurist to practice nail care, any person who has made application to the board in proper form, paid the fee required by this chapter, and is
• § 733 — (a) A licentiate shall not obstruct a patient in obtaining a prescription drug or device that has been legally prescribed or ordered for that patient.
• § 7330 — The board shall admit to examination for a license as an electrologist to practice electrolysis, any person who has made application to the board in proper form, paid the fee required by this chapter,
• § 7331 — The board shall grant a license to practice to an applicant if the applicant submits all of the following to the board: (a) A completed application form and all fees required by the board.
• § 7332 — (a) An apprentice is any person who is licensed by the board to engage in learning or acquiring a knowledge of barbering, cosmetology, skin care, nail care, or electrology, in a licensed establishment
• § 7333 — The apprentice training program shall be conducted in compliance with the Shelley-Maloney Apprentice Labor Standards Act of 1939, Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 3070) of Division 3 of the Labor Co
• § 7334 — (a) The board may license as an apprentice in barbering, cosmetology, skin care, or nail care any person who has made application to the board upon the proper form, has paid the fee required by this c
• § 7335 — (a) The license of an apprentice shall expire two years from the date the license was issued, or on the date the apprentice is issued a license following the license examination, or if the apprentice
• § 7336 — An apprentice may do any or all of the acts for which he or she is licensed only in the licensed establishment and under the supervision and employment of a licensee approved by the board.
• § 7337 — (a) Every application for admission to examination and licensure shall be in writing, on forms prepared and furnished by the board.
• § 7338 — (a) The examination of applicants for a license shall consist of a written examination that evaluates competency in protecting the health and safety of consumers of the services provided by licensees.
• § 7340 — All examinations shall be prepared by or under the direction of the board.
• § 7341 — The board shall deliver to every person failing any examination provided for in this chapter the total grade received on the examination.
• § 7342 — Licenses in the practice of the occupation for which the license was sought shall be issued by the board to any applicant who satisfactorily passes an examination, who possesses the other qualificatio
• § 7344 — The board may contract or otherwise arrange for reasonably required physical accommodations and facilities to conduct examinations.
• § 7345 — If an applicant fails to complete his or her application within one year after it has been filed, or fails to take the examination within one year after becoming eligible therefor, the application sha
• § 7346 — (a) For purposes of this chapter, “establishment” means any premises, building or part of a building where any activity licensed under this chapter is practiced.
• § 7347 — (a) Any person, firm, or corporation desiring to operate an establishment shall make an application to the board for a license accompanied by the fee prescribed by this chapter.
• § 7348 — An establishment shall at all times be in the charge of a person licensed pursuant to this chapter except an apprentice.
• § 7349 — It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to hire, employ, or allow to be employed, or permit to work, in or about an establishment, any person who performs or practices any occupation regul
• § 7349.1 — It is an unfair business practice for any person, firm, or corporation who engages in a practice regulated under this chapter to use the traditional symbol known as the barber pole, which comprises a
• § 7350 — No person having charge of an establishment, whether as an owner or an employee, shall permit any room or part thereof in which any occupation regulated under this chapter is conducted or practiced to
• § 7351 — Every establishment shall provide at least one public toilet room located on or near the premises for its patrons.
• § 7352 — Every establishment shall provide adequate and convenient handwashing facilities, including running water, soap, and towels or air hand dryers.
• § 7353.4 — (a) On and after July 1, 2017, an establishment licensed by the board shall, upon availability of the posting notice developed by the Labor Commissioner pursuant to Section 98.
• § 7354 — For purposes of this article, “mobile unit” means any self-contained, self-supporting, enclosed mobile unit which is licensed as a mobile unit for the practice of any occupation licensed by the board
• § 7355 — (a) Any person, firm, or corporation desiring to operate a mobile unit shall make an application to the board for a license containing the information and data set forth in subdivision (b).
• § 7356 — An application to transfer ownership or control of an existing licensed mobile unit shall be filed by the purchaser or lessor with the board within 10 days after purchase.
• § 7357 — (a) Mobile units shall comply with regulations adopted by the board that assure that the unit shall be kept clean, in good repair, and in compliance with this article.
• § 7358 — A mobile unit shall at all times be in the charge of a person licensed pursuant to this chapter except an apprentice.
• § 7359 — It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to hire, employ, allow to be employed, or permit to work, in or about a mobile unit, any person who performs or practices any occupation regulated un
• § 7360 — No person having charge of a mobile unit, whether as an owner or an employee, shall permit any room, or part thereof, in which any occupation regulated under this chapter is conducted or practiced, to
• § 7361 — All laws governing establishments under this chapter, except Article 6 (commencing with Section 7346), apply to mobile units, unless otherwise provided.
• § 7362 — (a) A school approved by the board is one that is first approved by the board and subsequently approved by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education or is a public school in this state, and provi
• § 7362.1 — A school of cosmetology approved by the board shall also meet all of the following: (a) Possess the equipment and floor space necessary for comprehensive instruction of 25 cosmetology students or the
• § 7362.2 — A school of barbering approved by the board shall also do all of the following: (a) Possess the equipment and floor space necessary for comprehensive instruction of 15 barber students or the number of
• § 7362.3 — A school of electrology approved by the board shall also do all of the following: (a) Possess the equipment and floor space necessary for comprehensive instruction of five electrology students or the
• § 7362.5 — (a) A course in barbering or cosmetology established by a school shall consist of not less than 1,000 hours of practical and technical instruction in the practice of barbering or cosmetology, as defin
• § 7363 — (a) A course in hairstyling established by a school shall consist of not less than 600 hours of practical and technical instruction.
• § 7364 — (a) A course in skin care course established by a school shall consist of not less than 600 hours of practical and technical instruction.
• § 7365 — (a) A nail care course established by a school shall consist of not less than 400 hours of practical and technical instruction.
• § 7366 — (a) A course in electrolysis established by a school shall consist of not less than 600 hours of practical and technical instruction in the practice of electrology.
• § 7367 — For students who change from one program of instruction to another, the board shall grant credit for training obtained in one course that is identical to training required in another course.
• § 7368 — No school shall advertise barbering, cosmetology or electrolysis services to the public through any medium unless those services are expressly designated as student work.
• § 7389 — (a) The board shall develop or adopt a health and safety course on hazardous substances, basic labor laws, as specified in Section 7314.
• § 7389.5 — A course of training in barbering, cosmetology, or hairstyling established by federal or state correctional institutions in California may qualify a person thereby trained to take the examination for
• § 7395.1 — (a) A student who is enrolled in an approved course of instruction in a school of cosmetology approved by the board pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 7362 may, upon completion of a minimum of 25
• § 7395.2 — (a) A student who is enrolled in an approved course of instruction in a school of barbering approved by the board pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 7362 may, upon completion of a minimum of 25 pe
• § 7396 — The form and content of a license issued by the board shall be determined in accordance with Section 164.
• § 7396.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board may, in its sole discretion, issue a probationary license to an applicant subject to terms and conditions deemed appropriate by the board, inc
• § 7397 — Every licensee shall display the license in a conspicuous place in his or her place of business or place of employment.
• § 7398 — A duplicate license shall be issued upon the filing of a statement explaining the loss, verified by the oath of the applicant, and accompanied by the fee required by this chapter.
• § 7399 — Under no circumstances shall a temporary license be issued.
• § 740 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Administer” means the direct application of a drug or device to the body of a patient by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or other
• § 7400 — Every licensee of the board, except establishments shall, within 30 days after a change of address, notify the board of the new address, and, upon receipt of the notification, the board shall make the
• § 7401 — (a) An individual licensed pursuant to Section 7396 shall report to the board at the time of license renewal their practice status, designated as one of the following: (1) Full-time practice in Califo
• § 7402.5 — (a) For purposes of this section, a “personal service permit” means a permit that authorizes an individual to perform services, for which he or she holds a license pursuant to this chapter, outside of
• § 7403 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board may revoke, suspend, or deny at any time any license required by this chapter on any of the grounds for disciplinary action provided in this a
• § 7403.2 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the executive officer or his or her designee, pursuant to an inspection of an establishment where health and safety laws and regulations related to mani
• § 7403.5 — (a) In addition to the authority provided by Sections 494 and 7403, the executive officer, in his or her discretion, may upon written notice immediately close any establishment which, upon completion
• § 7404 — The grounds for disciplinary action are as follows: (a) Unprofessional conduct which includes, but is not limited to, any of the following: (1) Incompetence or gross negligence, including failure to c
• § 7404.1 — Any person, firm, association, or corporation violating this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor unless a specific penalty is otherwise provided.
• § 7405 — A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere is deemed to be a conviction within the meaning of this article.
• § 7406 — In addition to the authority to conduct disciplinary proceedings under this chapter, the board, through its duly authorized representatives, shall have authority to assess administrative fines for the
• § 7407 — The board shall establish by regulation a schedule of administrative fines for violations of this chapter that directly impact consumer safety.
• § 7407.1 — (a) The board shall determine by regulation when a fine shall be assessed to both the holder of the establishment license and the individual licensee for the same violation.
• § 7408 — The board, through its duly authorized representatives, shall issue a citation with respect to any violation for which an administrative fine may be assessed.
• § 7408.1 — The board may enter into a payment plan for citations with administrative fines that exceed five hundred dollars ($500).
• § 7409 — Any licensee served with a citation may avoid the payment of the associated administrative fine by presentation of written proof satisfactory to the board, or its executive officer, that the violation
• § 741 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, when prescribing an opioid or benzodiazepine medication to a patient, a prescriber shall do the following: (1) Offer the patient a prescription for naloxone hydrochl
• § 7410 — Persons to whom a notice of violation or a citation is issued and an administrative fine assessed may appeal the citation to a disciplinary review committee established by the board.
• § 7411 — Persons receiving a decision from a disciplinary review committee may appeal the decision by filing a written request, within 30 days after receipt of the decision, to the program administrator.
• § 7413 — Appeals of citations not filed in a timely manner or failure of the appellant or the appellant’s representative to appear before the disciplinary review committee at the appointed time except when goo
• § 7414 — The issuance of a license to, or the renewal of a license of, a person who fails to pay administrative fines that were not contested or that were contested but the appeal has been adjudicated may be m
• § 7414.1 — All records required by law to be kept by tanning facilities subject to the Filante Tanning Facility Act of 1988 (Chapter 23 (commencing with Section 22700) of Division 8), including, but not limited
• § 7414.2 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a violation of the Filante Tanning Facility Act of 1988 (Chapter 23 (commencing with Section 22700) of Division 8), is an infraction subject to the proc
• § 7414.3 — (a) Any representative of the board designated by the director shall have the authority to issue a written notice to appear in court pursuant to Chapter 5c (commencing with Section 853.
• § 7414.4 — The board, and its authorized representatives, may disseminate information to tanning facilities regarding compliance with the Filante Tanning Facility Act of 1988.
• § 7414.5 — This article shall be applicable only to those tanning facilities operated in conjunction with, or at the same location as, an establishment licensed under this chapter.
• § 7414.6 — The board may adopt regulations concerning the operation of tanning facilities in licensed establishments.
• § 7415 — Licenses issued under this chapter, unless specifically excepted, shall be issued for a two-year period and shall expire at midnight on the last day of the month of issuance by the board.
• § 7417 — Except as otherwise provided in this article, a license that has expired for failure of the licensee to renew within the time fixed by this article may be renewed at any time within five years followi
• § 7418 — Except as otherwise provided in this article, a license which has not been renewed within five years following its expiration shall be deemed canceled and may not be renewed, restored, reinstated, or
• § 7419 — A suspended license is subject to expiration and shall be renewed by the licensee as provided in this article, but that renewal does not entitle the licensee, while the license remains suspended and u
• § 742 — A prescriber who fails to offer a prescription, as required by paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 741, or fails to provide the education and use information required by paragraphs (2) and (3)
• § 7420 — A revoked license is subject to expiration as provided in this article, but may not be renewed.
• § 7421 — The fees shall be set by the board, within the limits set forth in this article, in amounts necessary to cover the expenses of the board in performing its duties under this chapter.
• § 7422 — All fees collected on behalf of the board and all receipts of every kind and nature, shall be reported to the Controller at the beginning of each month for the month preceding.
• § 7423 — The amounts of the fees required by this chapter relating to licenses for individual practitioners are as follows: (a) (1) Cosmetologist application and examination fee shall be the actual cost to the
• § 7424 — The amounts of the fees payable under this chapter relating to licenses to operate an establishment are as follows: (a) The application and initial license fee shall be not more than eighty dollars ($
• § 7425 — The amounts of the fees payable under this chapter relating to licenses to operate a mobile unit are as follows: (a) The application fee shall be not more than fifty dollars ($50).
• § 7426 — The fee for a duplicate license as provided for in Section 7398 shall be ten dollars ($10).
• § 7426.5 — The board may, by regulation, divide the fees payable under this chapter relating to licenses into separate categories based upon processing functions, such as application review, examination administ
• § 7448 — Title.
• § 7449 — Findings and Declarations.
• § 7450 — Statement of Purpose.
• § 7451 — Protecting Independence.
• § 7452 — Contract and Termination Provisions.
• § 7452.5 — Independence Unaffected.
• § 7453 — Earnings Guarantee.
• § 7454 — Healthcare Subsidy.
• § 7455 — Loss and Liability Protection.
• § 7456 — Antidiscrimination.
• § 7457 — Sexual Harassment Prevention.
• § 7458 — Criminal Background Checks.
• § 7459 — Safety Training.
• § 7460 — Zero Tolerance Policies.
• § 7460.5 — A network company shall make continuously and exclusively available to law enforcement a mechanism to submit requests for information to aid in investigations related to emergency situations, exigent
• § 7461 — App-based Driver Rest.
• § 7462 — Impersonating an App-Based Driver.
• § 7463 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “App-based driver” means an individual who is a DNC courier, TNC driver, or TCP driver or permit holder; and for whom the condi
• § 7464 — (a) The performance of a single rideshare service or delivery service frequently requires an app-based driver to travel across the jurisdictional boundaries of multiple local governments.
• § 7464.5 — (a) A network company that is acting as a third-party settlement organization shall prepare an information return for each participating payee who is an app-based driver with a California address that
• § 7465 — (a) After the effective date of this chapter, the Legislature may amend this chapter by a statute passed in each house of the Legislature by rollcall vote entered into the journal, seven-eighths of th
• § 7466 — (a) Emergency regulations may be adopted by Covered California in order to implement and administer subdivisions (c) and (g) of Section 7454.
• § 7467 — (a) Subject to subdivision (b), the provisions of this chapter are severable.
• § 7470 — This chapter shall be known, and may be cited as, the Transportation Network Company Drivers Labor Relations Act.
• § 7470.1 — (a) It is the policy of the State of California to encourage and protect the right of transportation network company drivers to full freedom of association, self-organization, and designation of repre
• § 7470.10 — Once the board determines that a TNC driver organization is the certified driver bargaining organization for the bargaining unit, the board shall notify all covered TNCs, and all covered TNCs as defin
• § 7470.11 — For purposes of this chapter, the term “scope of representation” shall mean TNC driver earnings, benefits, and other terms and conditions of work, including deactivations, which shall be mandatory sub
• § 7470.12 — Each individual covered TNC shall retain exclusive control over the development, maintenance, design, pricing, and implementation of its product and product features, software, contract terms, algorit
• § 7470.13 — (a) A sectoral agreement submitted to the board for approval shall address, at minimum, the following subjects, each of which must be set forth separately in the sectoral agreement, unless a subject i
• § 7470.14 — (a) After the board notifies the covered TNCs of the board’s determination that a specified TNC driver organization is the certified driver bargaining organization for the bargaining unit, that TNC dr
• § 7470.15 — (a) A TNC that was not a covered TNC when a sectoral agreement took effect but whose rideshare volume in a later quarter brings it within the 95-percent threshold identified in Section 7470.
• § 7470.16 — (a) When a sectoral agreement is in effect, any TNC that is not a covered TNC for purposes of Section 7470.
• § 7470.17 — (a) After a sectoral agreement has been approved by the parties or recommended by an arbitrator, the agreement shall be submitted to the board for approval or disapproval.
• § 7470.18 — (a) It shall be an unfair practice for a TNC, an agent of a TNC, or a multicompany committee to do any of the following: (1) Fail or refuse to provide the board with a list containing the information
• § 7470.19 — Any meeting of a mediator or arbitrator with any party or group or both parties or groups to the negotiations process and the mediation and arbitration processes set forth in Section 7470.
• § 7470.2 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Active TNC driver” means a transportation network company (TNC) driver who has driven at least the minimum number of rides during th
• § 7470.20 — The provisions of this chapter are severable.
• § 7470.21 — The board may also adopt, amend, or repeal all rules and regulations necessary to carry out this chapter as emergency regulations in accordance with the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Pro
• § 7470.3 — (a) TNC drivers have the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of TNC driver organizations, to bargain through representatives of their own choosing, to engage in concerted activities
• § 7470.4 — (a) The board shall enforce this chapter.
• § 7470.5 — (a) (1) In addition to the TNC driver lists required by Section 7470.
• § 7470.6 — (a) (1) Within two weeks after the end of each calendar quarter, commencing with the quarter ending on March 31, 2026, each covered TNC shall submit to the board the name, driver’s license number, and
• § 7470.7 — (a) For purposes of this chapter, the board shall determine if an entity is a TNC driver organization within the meaning set forth in Section 7470.
• § 7470.8 — The certification and decertification process for TNC driver organizations shall follow the procedures set forth in this section.
• § 7470.9 — (a) The certified driver bargaining organization shall have the right to represent all TNC drivers in the bargaining unit with respect to matters within the TNC driver organization’s role as represent
• § 750 — (a) For purposes of this section, “prescriber” means a person authorized to write or issue a prescription pursuant to Section 11150 of the Health and Safety Code.
• § 7500 — This chapter of the Business and Professions Code constitutes the chapter on repossessors.
• § 7500.1 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Advertisement” means any written or printed communication, including a directory listing, except a free telephone directory listing that does not allow space for a licens
• § 7500.2 — (a) A repossession agency means and includes any person who, for any consideration whatsoever, engages in business or accepts employment to locate or recover collateral, whether voluntarily or involun
• § 7500.3 — (a) A repossession agency shall not include any of the following: (1) Any bank subject to the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation of the State of California under D
• § 7501 — There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs a Bureau of Security and Investigative Services.
• § 7501.05 — Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions.
• § 7501.1 — The Governor shall appoint a chief of the bureau at a salary to be fixed in accordance with Section 12080.
• § 7501.2 — Every power and duty granted to or imposed upon the director under this chapter may be delegated to the chief, except that the director may not delegate authority to adopt or otherwise act upon any pr
• § 7501.3 — The director, in accordance with the State Civil Service Act, and Section 159.
• § 7501.4 — The chief shall gather evidence of violations of this chapter and of any rule or regulation established pursuant to this chapter by persons engaged in the business of repossession who fail to obtain l
• § 7501.5 — It shall be the duty of the chief to initiate and conduct investigations into the business and affairs of licensees on the chief’s own motion.
• § 7501.6 — The director may establish and enforce such rules and regulations as may be reasonable and necessary for the examination and licensing of applicants, for the conduct of licensees, and for the general