No licensee shall represent that it is sponsored, recommended, or approved by, or that its abilities or qualifications have in any respect been passed upon by, the commissioner. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit a licensee from stating that it is licensed if the effect of such license is not misrepresented.

(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1064, Sec. 649. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative July 1, 1997.)