California Business and Professions Code 7561.1 – The director may deny, suspend, or revoke a license issued under this …
The director may deny, suspend, or revoke a license issued under this chapter if he or she determines that the licensee or his or her qualified manager, if an individual, or if the licensee is a person other than an individual, that any of its officers, directors, partners, members, managers, or qualified manager, has:
(a) Made any false statement or given any false information in connection with an application for a license or a renewal or reinstatement of a license.
Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 7561.1
- director: means the Director of Consumer Affairs, unless the context indicates otherwise. See California Business and Professions Code 7512.1
- employee: means an individual who works for an employer, is listed on the employer's payroll records, and is under the employer's direction and control. See California Business and Professions Code 7512.11
- Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
- license: means license, certificate, registration, or other means to engage in a business or profession regulated by this code or referred to in Section 1000 or 3600. See California Business and Professions Code 23.7
- licensee: means a person licensed under this chapter. See California Business and Professions Code 7512.6
- manager: means an individual designated under an operating agreement of a manager-managed limited liability company who is responsible for performing the management functions for the limited liability company specified in subdivision (c) of §. See California Business and Professions Code 7512.15
- person: includes any individual, firm, company, limited liability company, association, organization, partnership, and corporation. See California Business and Professions Code 7512.3
- qualified manager: means the individual under whose direction, control, charge, or management the business of a licensee is operated as specified in Section 7536. See California Business and Professions Code 7512.7
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Business and Professions Code 21
- Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs, unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Business and Professions Code 15
(b) Violated any provisions of this chapter.
(c) Violated any rule of the director adopted pursuant to the authority contained in this chapter.
(d) Been convicted of any act or crime constituting grounds for denial of licensure under Section 480, including illegally using, carrying, or possessing a deadly weapon.
(e) Impersonated, or permitted or aided and abetted an employee to impersonate a law enforcement officer or employee of the United States of America, or of any state or political subdivision thereof.
(f) Committed or permitted any employee to commit any act, while the license was expired which would be cause for the suspension or revocation of a license, or grounds for the denial of an application for a license.
(g) Willfully failed or refused to render to a client services or a report as agreed between the parties and for which compensation has been paid or tendered in accordance with the agreement of the parties.
(h) Committed assault, battery, or kidnapping, or using force or violence on any person, without proper justification.
(i) Knowingly violated, or advised, encouraged, or assisted the violation of any court order or injunction in the course of business as a licensee.
(j) Acted as a runner or capper for any attorney.
(k) Been convicted of a violation of § 148 of the Penal Code.
(l) Committed any act which is a ground for denial of an application for a license under this chapter.
(m) Committed any act prohibited by Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 630) of Title 15 of Part 1 of the Penal Code.
(n) Purchased, possessed, or transported any tear gas weapon except as authorized by law. A violation of this subdivision may be punished by the suspension of a license for a period to be determined by the director.
(o) Been convicted of a violation of § 95.3 of the Penal Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 569, Sec. 33. (SB 559) Effective January 1, 2018.)