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.

• § 1647.35 — A pediatric minimal sedation permitholder shall be required to complete a minimum of seven hours of approved courses of study related to pediatric minimal sedation as a condition of renewal of the per
• § 1647.36 — (a) A physical evaluation and medical history shall be taken before the administration of pediatric minimal sedation.
• § 1647.37 — A pediatric minimal sedation permit shall expire on the date specified in Section 1715 that next occurs after its issuance, unless it is renewed as provided in this article.
• § 1647.38 — An oral conscious sedation for minor patients permitholder who has a permit that was issued before January 1, 2022, that authorized the permitholder to administer or order the administration of oral c
• § 1647.4 — A moderate sedation permit shall expire on the date specified in Section 1715 that next occurs after its issuance, unless it is renewed as provided in this article.
• § 1647.5 — A permittee shall be required to complete 15 hours of approved courses of study related to moderate sedation as a condition of renewal of a permit.
• § 1647.6 — (a) A physical evaluation and medical history shall be taken before the administration of moderate sedation.
• § 1647.7 — (a) Prior to the issuance or renewal of a permit to administer moderate sedation, the board may, at its discretion, require an onsite inspection and evaluation of the licensee and the facility, equipm
• § 1647.8 — (a) The application fee for a permit or renewal under this article shall not exceed the amount prescribed in Section 1724.
• § 1647.9 — A violation of this article constitutes unprofessional conduct and is grounds for the revocation or suspension of the dentist’s permit or license, or both.
• § 1648.10 — (a) The Dental Board of California shall develop and distribute a fact sheet describing and comparing the risks and efficacy of the various types of dental restorative materials that may be used to re
• § 1648.15 — The fact sheet set forth by Section 1648.
• § 1648.20 — (a) This article shall not apply to any surgical, endodontic, periodontic, or orthodontic dental procedure in which dental restorative materials are not used.
• § 165 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no board, bureau, committee, commission, or program in the Department of Consumer Affairs shall submit to the Legislature any fiscal impact analysis relatin
• § 1650 — Every person who is now or hereafter licensed to practice dentistry in this state shall register on forms prescribed by the board, his or her place of practice with the executive officer of the Dental
• § 1650.1 — (a) Every applicant and licensee who has an electronic mail address shall report to the board that electronic mail address no later than July 1, 2016.
• § 1651 — Any dentist who removes his place of practice shall register each change made by him within one month after making said change.
• § 1653 — The secretary shall issue a certificate of registration for each licentiate hereunder and for each office registered by such licentiate.
• § 1654 — Any licensed person who shall change his or her name according to law shall, within 10 days after that change, reregister with the executive officer of the board and the executive officer shall make a
• § 16545 — Every state agency which licenses any kind of business transacted or carried on within their respective jurisdictions shall require applications filed to designate the name of the applicant’s workmen’
• § 1655 — Any failure on the part of any person holding such license to register it as directed for a period of six months after its issuance shall ipso facto work a forfeiture of his license, and it shall not
• § 16550 — It is the intent of the Legislature to limit any requirement for a business license imposed by a local jurisdiction on a participating driver for a transportation network company to a single business
• § 16550.1 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Business license” includes any license, certificate, fee, or equivalent payment that is required or collected by a local jurisdictio
• § 16550.2 — (a) Any local jurisdiction that requires a driver to obtain a business license to operate as a driver for a transportation network company may only require that driver to obtain a single business lice
• § 1656 — On and after January 1, 1985, every dentist licensed to practice dentistry in the state and any person working in a dentist’s office who operates dental radiographic equipment shall meet at least one
• § 1657 — (a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Mobile dental unit” means a self-contained facility, which may include a trailer or van, in which dentistry is practic
• § 1658 — (a) (1) When a licensee desires to have more than one place of practice, the licensee shall, prior to the opening of the additional office, apply to the board, pay the fee required by this chapter, an
• § 1658.1 — Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit a licensed dentist from maintaining more than one dental office in this state if all of the following conditions are met: (a) In addition to any
• § 1658.2 — (a) “Additional place of practice,” as used in this article, means any place of practice that increases the number of places of practice of the applicant, and includes an additional office that the ap
• § 1658.3 — Nothing in this article shall limit or authorize the board to limit the number of additional places of practice authorized by the board, which are in operation on October 1, 1961, and which conform to
• § 1658.4 — The transfer after October 1, 1961, of any additional office from one licentiate to another, other than as authorized by this article, shall terminate the privilege of operating such additional office
• § 1658.5 — The transfer of the location of one additional office to a new location within the same county shall not be considered the establishment of a new additional office.
• § 1658.6 — Failure to comply with the provisions of this article relating to the operation of additional offices shall be a ground for the suspension or revocation of the permission granted by the board to opera
• § 1658.7 — The board shall have the power to carry out the provisions of this article by uniform rules and regulations.
• § 1658.8 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a licensed dentist may operate a mobile dental unit provided by his or her property and casualty insurer as a temporary substitute site for the pra
• § 166 — The director shall, by regulation, develop guidelines to prescribe components for mandatory continuing education programs administered by any board within the department.
• § 16600 — (a) Except as provided in this chapter, every contract by which anyone is restrained from engaging in a lawful profession, trade, or business of any kind is to that extent void.
• § 16600.1 — (a) It shall be unlawful to include a noncompete clause in an employment contract, or to require an employee to enter a noncompete agreement, that does not satisfy an exception in this chapter.
• § 16600.5 — (a) Any contract that is void under this chapter is unenforceable regardless of where and when the contract was signed.
• § 16601 — Any person who sells the goodwill of a business, or any owner of a business entity selling or otherwise disposing of all of his or her ownership interest in the business entity, or any owner of a busi
• § 16602 — (a) Any partner may, upon or in anticipation of any of the circumstances described in subdivision (b), agree that he or she will not carry on a similar business within a specified geographic area wher
• § 16602.5 — Any member may, upon or in anticipation of a dissolution of, or the termination of his or her interest in, a limited liability company (including a series of a limited liability company formed under t
• § 16603 — Every person who, as a condition to a sale or consignment of any magazine, book, or other publication requires that the purchaser or consignee purchase or receive for sale any horror comic book, is gu
• § 16604 — Every person who, as a condition to a sale or consignment of any magazine, book, or other publication, requires that the purchaser or consignee purchase or receive for sale any other magazine, book, o
• § 16605 — Every person engaged in the business of distribution of books, magazines or publications of any kind to retail dealers shall remove from the possession of a retail dealer, within 10 days after notific
• § 16606 — The customer list, including the names, addresses, and identity of customers, of a telephone answering service shall constitute a trade secret and confidential information of, and shall belong to, the
• § 16607 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the customer list, including the names, addresses and identity of all employer customers who have listed job orders with an employment agency within a period
• § 16608 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Contract” includes a promise, undertaking, contract, or agreement, whether written or oral, express or implied.
• § 1670 — Any licentiate may have his license revoked or suspended or be reprimanded or be placed on probation by the board for unprofessional conduct, or incompetence, or gross negligence, or repeated acts of
• § 1670.1 — (a) Any licentiate under this chapter may have his or her license revoked or suspended or be reprimanded or be placed on probation by the board for conviction of a crime substantially related to the q
• § 1670.2 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any proceeding initiated by the board against a licensee for the violation of any provision of this chapter shall be filed within three years after th
• § 16700 — The provisions of this chapter are cumulative of each other and of any other provision of law relating to the same subject in effect May 22, 1907.
• § 16701 — Section 24 of this code shall not determine the separability of the provisions of this chapter, one from another.
• § 16702 — As used in this chapter “person” or “persons” includes corporations, firms, partnerships and associations existing under or authorized by the laws of this State or any other State, or any foreign coun
• § 16703 — Within the meaning of this chapter, labor, whether skilled or unskilled, is not a commodity.
• § 1671 — The board may discipline a licentiate by placing him or her on probation under various terms and conditions, which may include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) Requiring the licentiate to o
• § 1672 — (a) When the board disciplines a licensee by placing him or her on probation, the board may, in addition to the terms and conditions described in Section 1671, require the licensee to pay the monetary
• § 16720 — A trust is a combination of capital, skill or acts by two or more persons for any of the following purposes: (a) To create or carry out restrictions in trade or commerce.
• § 16721 — Recognizing that the California Constitution prohibits a person from being disqualified from entering or pursuing a business, profession, vocation, or employment because of sex, race, creed, color, or
• § 16721.5 — (a) It is an unlawful trust and an unlawful restraint of trade for a person to do the following: (1) Grant or accept a letter of credit, or other document that evidences the transfer of funds or credi
• § 16721.6 — It is the intent of the Legislature that Sections 16721 and 16721.
• § 16722 — Any contract or agreement in violation of this chapter is absolutely void and is not enforceable at law or in equity.
• § 16725 — It is not unlawful to enter into agreements or form associations or combinations, the purpose and effect of which is to promote, encourage or increase competition in any trade or industry, or which ar
• § 16726 — Except as provided in this chapter, every trust is unlawful, against public policy and void.
• § 16727 — It shall be unlawful for any person to lease or make a sale or contract for the sale of goods, merchandise, machinery, supplies, commodities for use within the State, or to fix a price charged therefo
• § 16728 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, motor carriers of property, as defined in Section 34601 of the Vehicle Code, may voluntarily elect to participate in uniform cargo liability rules, unif
• § 16729 — (a) It shall be unlawful for a person to use or distribute a common pricing algorithm as part of a contract, combination in the form of a trust, or conspiracy to restrain trade or commerce in violatio
• § 1673 — (a) On and after July 1, 2020, except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), the board shall require a licensee to provide to a patient or the patient’s guardian or health care surrogate a separate
• § 16750 — (a) Any person who is injured in his or her business or property by reason of anything forbidden or declared unlawful by this chapter, may sue therefor in any court having jurisdiction in the county w
• § 16750.1 — Any civil action to enforce any cause of action for a violation of this chapter shall be commenced within four years after the cause of action accrued.
• § 16750.2 — Any person, other than the Attorney General or a district attorney, who commences, by writ or appeal, any proceeding in the Supreme Court of California or a state court of appeal in which a violation
• § 16751 — Whenever it appears to the court before which any proceedings under this chapter are pending that the ends of justice require that other parties shall be brought before the court, the court may cause
• § 16752 — Upon a violation of this chapter by any corporation or association the Attorney General or the district attorney of the proper county may institute proper proceedings in a court of competent jurisdict
• § 16753 — Every foreign corporation or association, exercising any of the powers, franchises or functions of a corporation in this state, which violates this chapter, is subject to revocation of those powers, f
• § 16754 — The Attorney General, or the district attorney of any county, subject to the notice requirements of subdivision (g) of Section 16750, shall initiate civil actions or criminal proceedings for violation
• § 16754.5 — In any civil action brought by the Attorney General or a district attorney under this chapter, the court may, in addition to granting such prohibitory injunctions and other restraints as it may deem e
• § 16755 — (a) Any violation of this chapter is a conspiracy against trade, and any person who engages in any such conspiracy or takes part therein, or aids or advises in its commission, or who as principal, man
• § 16755.1 — (a) A civil penalty of not more than one million dollars ($1,000,000) shall be assessed and recovered in any civil action brought by the Attorney General or district attorney against any person, corpo
• § 16756 — In any indictment, information or complaint for any offense named in this chapter, it is sufficient to state the purpose or effects of the trust or combination, and that the accused is a member of, ac
• § 16756.1 — Notwithstanding any other law, in a complaint for any violation of this chapter, it is sufficient to contain factual allegations demonstrating that the existence of a contract, combination in the form
• § 16757 — (a) In prosecutions under this chapter, it is sufficient to prove that a trust or combination exists, and that the defendant belonged to it, or acted for or in connection with it, without proving all
• § 16758 — In any action or proceeding brought by the Attorney General or any district attorney for the violation of this chapter no person shall be excused from attending, testifying or producing books, papers,
• § 16759 — (a) All those powers granted to the Attorney General as a head of a department under Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code sh
• § 16760 — (a) (1) The Attorney General may bring a civil action in the name of the people of the State of California, as parens patriae on behalf of natural persons residing in the state, in the superior court
• § 16761 — The court may award, pursuant to a motion by a person who has recovered damages pursuant to Section 16750, or by the Attorney General who has secured monetary relief pursuant to Section 16760, interes
• § 16762 — Unless otherwise expressly provided, the remedies or penalties provided by this chapter are cumulative to each other and to the remedies or penalties available under other state law.
• § 16770 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that the citizens of this state receive high-quality health care coverage in the most efficient and cost-effective manner possible.
• § 1678 — Upon the revocation of any license, the fact shall be noted upon the records of the board and the license shall be marked as canceled upon the date of its revocation.
• § 1680 — Unprofessional conduct by a person licensed under this chapter is defined as, but is not limited to, any one of the following: (a) The obtaining of any fee by fraud or misrepresentation.
• § 16800 — It is unlawful for any two or more persons, or corporations, to combine or agree together to do any act which will, in any respect, prevent any person from buying livestock at any place in this State.
• § 16801 — It is unlawful for any corporation organized under the laws of this State, or the board of directors, trustees, stockholders, agents, or officers of any corporation, to pass or enforce any rule, by-la
• § 16802 — No trust, combination, or conspiracy shall be organized or exist in this State to prevent any person or corporation from selling livestock on commission at such rate as the person or corporation may s
• § 16803 — Any person who, directly or indirectly, is a party to any combination, conspiracy, or association, which attempts, directly or indirectly, to prevent any other person from freely selling livestock at
• § 16804 — A violation of any provision of this chapter is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) and not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by imprisonment in
• § 1681 — In addition to other acts constituting unprofessional conduct within the meaning of this chapter, it is unprofessional conduct for a person licensed under this chapter to do any of the following: (a)
• § 1682 — In addition to other acts constituting unprofessional conduct under this chapter, it is unprofessional conduct for: (a) Any dentist performing dental procedures to have more than one patient undergoin
• § 1683 — (a) Every dentist, dental health professional, or other licensed health professional who performs a service on a patient in a dental office shall identify himself or herself in the patient record by s
• § 1683.1 — (a) Any individual, partnership, corporation, or other entity that provides dental services through telehealth shall make available the name, telephone number, practice address, and California state l
• § 1683.2 — A provider of dental services shall not require a patient to sign an agreement that limits the patient’s ability to file a complaint with the board.
• § 1684 — In addition to other acts constituting unprofessional conduct under this chapter, it is unprofessional conduct for a person licensed under this chapter to perform, or hold himself or herself out as ab
• § 1684.1 — (a) (1) A licensee who fails or refuses to comply with a request for the dental records of a patient, that is accompanied by written authorization of the patient or the patient’s representative, as de
• § 1684.5 — (a) In addition to other acts constituting unprofessional conduct under this chapter, it is unprofessional conduct for any dentist to perform or allow to be performed any treatment on a patient who is
• § 1685 — In addition to other acts constituting unprofessional conduct under this chapter, it is unprofessional conduct for a person licensed under this chapter to require, either directly or through an office
• § 1686 — A person whose license, certificate, or permit has been revoked or suspended, who has been placed on probation, or whose license, certificate, or permit was surrendered pursuant to a stipulated settle
• § 1687 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with regard to an individual who is required to register as a sex offender pursuant to Section 290 of the Penal Code, or the equivalent in another state
• § 1695 — It is the intent of the Legislature that the Dental Board of California seek ways and means to identify and rehabilitate licentiates whose competency may be impaired due to abuse of dangerous drugs or
• § 1695.1 — As used in this article: (a) “Board” means the Dental Board of California.
• § 1695.2 — One or more diversion evaluation committees is hereby created in the state to be established by the board.
• § 1695.3 — Each member of a committee shall receive per diem and expenses as provided in Section 103.
• § 1695.4 — The board shall administer the provisions of this article.
• § 1695.5 — (a) The board shall establish criteria for the acceptance, denial, or termination of licentiates in a diversion program.
• § 1695.6 — A committee created under this article operates under the direction of the program manager.
• § 1696 — Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to public meetings, a committee may convene
• § 1697 — Each licentiate who requests participation in a diversion program shall agree to cooperate with the treatment program designed by the committee and approved by the program manager and to bear all cost
• § 1698 — (a) After the committee and the program manager in their discretion have determined that a licentiate has been rehabilitated and the diversion program is completed, the committee shall purge and destr
• § 1699 — The board shall provide for the representation of any person making reports to a committee or the board under this article in any action for defamation for reports or information given to the committe
• § 17 — “County” includes city and county.
• § 1700 — Any person, company, or association is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not less than 10 days nor more than one year, or by a f
• § 1700.5 — Notwithstanding Section 1700, any person who holds a valid, unrevoked, and unsuspended certificate as a dentist under this chapter may append the letters “D.
• § 17000 — This chapter may be cited as the Unfair Practices Act.
• § 17001 — The Legislature declares that the purpose of this chapter is to safeguard the public against the creation or perpetuation of monopolies and to foster and encourage competition, by prohibiting unfair,
• § 17002 — This chapter shall be liberally construed that its beneficial purposes may be subserved.
• § 1701 — (a) Any person is for the first offense guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) or more than three thousand dollars ($3,000), or by impris
• § 1701.1 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 1700 and 1701, a person who willfully, under circumstances or conditions that cause or create risk of bodily harm, serious physical or mental illness, or death, practices
• § 1701.5 — (a) Any dentist who as a sole proprietor, dentists who are organized as an association, partnership, or group, or a dental corporation that desires to practice under any name that would otherwise be i
• § 1702 — Nothing in this article shall prohibit the conferring of degrees and the bestowing of diplomas by reputable dental colleges of this State which have been approved by the board.
• § 17020 — The definitions in this article shall be used in construing this chapter.
• § 17021 — “Person” includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, company, corporation or municipal or other public corporation.
• § 17022 — “Sell” includes selling, offering for sale or advertising for sale.
• § 17023 — “Give” includes giving, offering to give or advertising the intent to give.
• § 17024 — “Article or product” includes any article, product, commodity, thing of value, service or output of a service trade.
• § 17025 — “Vendor” includes any person who performs work upon, renovates, alters or improves any personal property belonging to another person.
• § 17026 — “Cost” as applied to production includes the cost of raw materials, labor and all overhead expenses of the producer.
• § 17026.1 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 17026, commissions or rebates regularly earned by the retailers of cellular telephones may be used to reduce cost, provided, that in no event shall th
• § 17026.5 — Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 17026, regular term discounts granted to distributors by manufacturers of cigarettes for cash payment customarily offered to distributors without discriminati
• § 17027 — In establishing the cost of a given article or product to the distributor and vendor, the invoice cost of the article or product purchased at a forced, bankruptcy, closeout sale, or other sale outside
• § 17028 — “Ordinary channels of trade” means those ordinary, regular and daily transactions in the mercantile trade whereby title to an article or product, in no way damaged or deteriorated, is transferred from
• § 17029 — “Cost of doing business” or “overhead expense” means all costs of doing business incurred in the conduct of the business and shall include without limitation the following items of expense: labor (inc
• § 1703 — The board, or any member or officer thereof, may prefer a complaint for violation of this chapter, or any part thereof, before any court of competent jurisdiction, and may by its officers, counsel and
• § 17030 — “Loss leader” means any article or product sold at less than cost: (a) Where the purpose is to induce, promote or encourage the purchase of other merchandise; or (b) Where the effect is a tendency or
• § 17031 — Locality discrimination means a discrimination between different sections, communities or cities or portions thereof, or between different locations in such sections, communities, cities or portions t
• § 17040 — It is unlawful for any person engaged in the production, manufacture, distribution or sale of any article or product of general use or consumption, with intent to destroy the competition of any regula
• § 17041 — Nothing in this chapter prohibits locality discriminations which make allowances for differences, if any, in the grade, quality or quantity when based and justified in the cost of manufacture, sale or
• § 17042 — Nothing in this chapter prohibits any of the following: (a) A selection of customers.
• § 17043 — It is unlawful for any person engaged in business within this State to sell any article or product at less than the cost thereof to such vendor, or to give away any article or product, for the purpose
• § 17044 — It is unlawful for any person engaged in business within this State to sell or use any article or product as a “loss leader” as defined in Section 17030 of this chapter.
• § 17045 — The secret payment or allowance of rebates, refunds, commissions, or unearned discounts, whether in the form of money or otherwise, or secretly extending to certain purchasers special services or priv
• § 17046 — It is unlawful for any person to use any threat, intimidation, or boycott, to effectuate any violation of this chapter.
• § 17047 — It is unlawful for any manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor, jobber, contractor, broker, retailer, or other vendor, or any agent of any such person, to solicit any violation of this chapter.
• § 17048 — It is unlawful for any manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor, jobber, contractor, broker, retailer, or other vendor, or any agent of any such person, jointly to participate or collude with any other s
• § 17048.5 — It is unlawful for any manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor, jobber, contractor, broker, retailer, or other vendor, or any agent of any such person, to enter into a contract with any service or repai
• § 17049 — The prohibitions of this chapter against locality discrimination and sales below cost embrace any scheme of special rebates, collateral contracts or any device of any nature whereby such discriminatio
• § 1705 — In addition to the other proceedings provided for in this chapter, the superior court of any county, on application of the board, shall issue an injunction to restrain any unlicensed person from carry
• § 1705.5 — Whenever any person has engaged or is about to engage in any acts or practices which constitute or will constitute an offense against this chapter, the superior court of any county, on application of
• § 17050 — The prohibitions of this chapter against locality discriminations, sales below cost, and loss leaders do not apply to any sale made: (a) In closing out in good faith the owner’s stock or any part ther
• § 17051 — Any contract, express or implied, made by any person, firm, or corporation in violation of this chapter is an illegal contract and no recovery thereon shall be had.
• § 1706 — (a) Every complete upper or lower denture fabricated by a licensed dentist, or fabricated pursuant to the dentist’s work order, shall be marked with the patient’s name, unless the patient objects.
• § 1707 — (a) If upon investigation, the board has probable cause to believe that a person, company, or association is advertising with respect to the offering or provision of an educational program or course t
• § 17070 — Any person or trade association may bring an action to enjoin and restrain any violation of this chapter and, in addition thereto, for the recovery of damages.
• § 17071 — In all actions brought under this chapter proof of one or more acts of selling or giving away any article or product below cost or at discriminatory prices, together with proof of the injurious effect
• § 17071.5 — In all actions brought under this chapter proof of limitation of the quantity of any article or product sold or offered for sale to any one customer to a quantity less than the entire supply thereof o
• § 17072 — Where a particular trade or industry, of which a person complained against is a member, has an established cost survey for the locality and vicinity in which the offense is committed, that cost survey
• § 17073 — Proof of average overall cost of doing business for any particular inventory period when added to the cost of production of each article or product, as to a producer, or invoice or replacement cost, w
• § 17074 — Proof of transportation tariffs when fixed and approved by the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California is presumptive evidence of delivery cost.
• § 17075 — In any action where it is alleged and shown that the person complained against is selling below his cost of doing business, and such person is including labor at less than the prevailing wage scale in
• § 17076 — In any action brought under this chapter, where persons are employed or performing services for any person or in the conduct of the business wherein such person is charged with a violation of this cha
• § 17077 — In any action or prosecution for sales below cost in violation of this chapter, if the defendant acquires his raw materials for a consideration not wholly or definitely computable in money, the cost o
• § 17078 — If it appears to the court upon any application for a temporary restraining order, or upon the hearing of any order to show cause why a preliminary injunction should not be issued, or upon the hearing
• § 17079 — The court may, in its discretion, include in any injunction against a violation of this chapter such other restraint as it may deem expedient in order to deter the defendant from, and insure against,
• § 17080 — Any injunction against a violation of this chapter, whether interim or final, shall cover every article or product and not merely the particular article or product involved in the action.
• § 17081 — It is not necessary for the plaintiff, in any action under this chapter, to provide or file any undertaking or bond for the issuance of any interim or final injunction.
• § 17082 — In any action under this chapter, it is not necessary to allege or prove actual damages or the threat thereof, or actual injury or the threat thereof, to the plaintiff.
• § 17083 — The testimony of any witness in any action brought under this chapter may be taken by deposition.
• § 17084 — Any party to any action brought under this chapter may, upon notice, apply to the court in which the action is pending, or to any judge thereof, for an order requiring any other party to give to the a
• § 17085 — If, at any time while any action for a violation of this chapter is pending, it appears to the court that an extensive examination of books, papers, records, or documents is or may become material or
• § 17086 — No information obtained under this article, or under Title 4 (commencing with Section 2016.
• § 17087 — In any action or proceeding, civil or criminal, brought by the Attorney General or any district attorney for the violation of this chapter, no person shall be excused from attending, testifying or pro
• § 17095 — Any person, who, either as director, officer or agent of any firm or corporation or as agent of any person, violating the provisions of this chapter, assists or aids, directly or indirectly, in such v
• § 17096 — In any injunction proceeding against any person as officer, director or agent, it is sufficient to allege and prove the unlawful intent of the person, firm or corporation for which he acts.
• § 17100 — Any person, whether as principal, agent, officer or director, for himself, or for another person, or for any firm or corporation, or any corporation, who or which violates this chapter is guilty of a
• § 17101 — In the prosecution of any person as officer, director or agent, it is sufficient to allege and prove the unlawful intent of the person, firm or corporation for which he acts.
• § 1715 — Licenses issued under the provisions of this chapter, unless specifically excepted, expire at 12 midnight on the legal birth date of a licentiate of the board during the second year of a two-year term
• § 1715.1 — The provisions of Sections 1715, 1716, 1717, 1718, 1718.
• § 1715.5 — (a) A licensee shall, upon his or her initial licensure and any subsequent application for renewal, report the completion of any advanced educational program accredited by the Committee on Dental Accr
• § 1716 — Nothing contained in this chapter shall exempt from the payment of the renewal fee any person authorized to practice dentistry in the State of California, and every person practicing dentistry in this
• § 1716.1 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 1716, the board may, by regulation, reduce the renewal fee for a licensee who has practiced dentistry for 20 years or more in this state, has reached the age of retirement
• § 1717 — To renew an unexpired license, the licensee shall, before the time at which the license would otherwise expire, apply for renewal on a form prescribed by the board and pay the renewal fee prescribed b
• § 1718 — Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, an expired license may be renewed at any time within five years after its expiration on filing of application for renewal on a form prescribed by the boar
• § 1718.1 — A suspended license is subject to expiration and shall be renewed as provided in this article, but such renewal does not entitle the licensee, while the license remains suspended and until it is reins
• § 1718.2 — A revoked license is subject to expiration as provided in this article, but it may not be renewed.
• § 1718.3 — A license that is not renewed within five years after its expiration shall be canceled and shall not be renewed, restored, reinstated, or reissued thereafter, but the holder of the license may apply f
• § 1719 — Upon collection by the proper officer of the court, 75 percent of the fines or forfeitures of bail in any case in which any person is charged with a violation of the provisions of this chapter shall b
• § 1720 — The executive officer shall on or before the 10th day of each month pay to the State Treasury and report to the Controller all fines, penalties, and forfeitures received for violations of this chapter
• § 17200 — As used in this chapter, unfair competition shall mean and include any unlawful, unfair or fraudulent business act or practice and unfair, deceptive, untrue or misleading advertising and any act prohi
• § 17201 — As used in this chapter, the term person shall mean and include natural persons, corporations, firms, partnerships, joint stock companies, associations and other organizations of persons.
• § 17201.5 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs” includes any commission, bureau, division, or other similarly constituted agency within the Department of Consumer Affair
• § 17202 — Notwithstanding Section 3369 of the Civil Code, specific or preventive relief may be granted to enforce a penalty, forfeiture, or penal law in a case of unfair competition.
• § 17203 — Injunctive Relief—Court Orders Any person who engages, has engaged, or proposes to engage in unfair competition may be enjoined in any court of competent jurisdiction.
• § 17204 — Actions for Injunctions by Attorney General, District Attorney, County Counsel, and City Attorneys Actions for relief pursuant to this chapter shall be prosecuted exclusively in a court of competent j
• § 17205 — Unless otherwise expressly provided, the remedies or penalties provided by this chapter are cumulative to each other and to the remedies or penalties available under all other laws of this state.