California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 1 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS

CHAPTER 1 - The Department

Section 100. - 100. There is in the state government, in the Business,...

Section 101. - 101. The department is comprised of the following: (a) The...

Section 101.6. - 101.6. The boards, bureaus, and commissions in the department are...

Section 101.7. - 101.7. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, boards shall...

Section 102. - 102. Upon the request of any board regulating, licensing, or...

Section 102.3. - 102.3. (a) The director may enter into an interagency agreement...

Section 103. - 103. Each member of a board, commission, or committee created...

Section 104. - 104. All boards or other regulatory entities within the department’s...

Section 105. - 105. Members of boards in the department shall take an...

Section 105.5. - 105.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, each member...

Section 106. - 106. The appointing authority has power to remove from office...

Section 106.5. - 106.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Governor may...

Section 107. - 107. Pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 4 of Article...

Section 107.5. - 107.5. If any board in the department uses an official...

Section 108. - 108. Each of the boards comprising the department exists as...

Section 108.5. - 108.5. In any investigation, proceeding, or hearing that any board,...

Section 109. - 109. (a) The decisions of any of the boards comprising...

Section 110. - 110. The department shall have possession and control of all...

Section 111. - 111. Unless otherwise expressly provided, any board may, with the...

Section 112. - 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, no agency...

Section 113. - 113. Upon recommendation of the director, officers, and employees of...

Section 114. - 114. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, any...

Section 114.3. - 114.3. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, every board, as defined...

Section 114.5. - 114.5. (a) Each board shall inquire in every application for...

Section 115. - 115. The provisions of Section 114 of this code are...

Section 115.4. - 115.4. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, on and after July...

Section 115.5. - 115.5. (a) A board within the department shall expedite the...

Section 115.6. - 115.6. (a) A board within the department shall, after appropriate...

Section 115.6. - 115.6. (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (j), a...

Section 115.8. - 115.8. The Department of Consumer Affairs shall compile information on...

Section 115.9. - 115.9. The department and each board within the department shall...

Section 116. - 116. (a) The director may audit and review, upon the...

Section 118. - 118. (a) The withdrawal of an application for a license...

Section 119. - 119. Any person who does any of the following is...

Section 120. - 120. (a) Subdivision (a) of Section 119 shall not apply...

Section 121. - 121. No licensee who has complied with the provisions of...

Section 121.5. - 121.5. Except as otherwise provided in this code, the application...

Section 122. - 122. Except as otherwise provided by law, the department and...

Section 123. - 123. It is a misdemeanor for any person to engage...

Section 123.5. - 123.5. Whenever any person has engaged, or is about to...

Section 124. - 124. Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 11505 of the Government...

Section 125. - 125. Any person, licensed under Division 1 (commencing with Section...

Section 125.3. - 125.3. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, in any...

Section 125.5. - 125.5. (a) The superior court for the county in which...

Section 125.6. - 125.6. (a) (1) With regard to an applicant, every person...

Section 125.7. - 125.7. In addition to the remedy provided for in Section...

Section 125.8. - 125.8. In addition to the remedy provided for in Section...

Section 125.9. - 125.9. (a) Except with respect to persons regulated under Chapter...

Section 126. - 126. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, any board,...

Section 127. - 127. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the director...

Section 128. - 128. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it is a...

Section 128.5. - 128.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if at...

Section 129. - 129. (a) As used in this section, “board” means every...

Section 130. - 130. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the term of office...

Section 131. - 131. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no member of...

Section 132. - 132. No board, commission, examining committee, or any other agency...

Section 134. - 134. When the term of any license issued by any...

Section 135. - 135. No agency in the department shall, on the basis...

Section 135.4. - 135.4. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a board within the...

Section 135.5. - 135.5. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is...

Section 136. - 136. (a) Each person holding a license, certificate, registration, permit,...

Section 137. - 137. Any agency within the department may promulgate regulations requiring...

Section 138. - 138. Every board in the department, as defined in Section...

Section 139. - 139. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that occupational analyses...

Section 139.5. - 139.5. Beginning July 1, 2021, each board, as defined in...

Section 140. - 140. Any board, as defined in Section 22, which is...

Section 141. - 141. (a) For any licensee holding a license issued by...

Section 142. - 142. This section shall apply to the bureaus and programs...

Section 143. - 143. (a) No person engaged in any business or profession...

Section 143.5. - 143.5. (a) No licensee who is regulated by a board,...

Section 144. - 144. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, an agency designated in...

Section 144.5. - 144.5. Notwithstanding any other law, a board described in Section...

CHAPTER 1.5 - Unlicensed Activity Enforcement

Section 145. - 145. The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) Unlicensed activity...

Section 146. - 146. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a violation...

Section 147. - 147. (a) Any employee designated by the director shall have...

Section 148. - 148. Any board, bureau, or commission within the department may,...

Section 149. - 149. (a) If, upon investigation, an agency designated in Section...

CHAPTER 2 - The Director of Consumer Affairs

Section 150. - 150. The department is under the control of a civil...

Section 151. - 151. The director is appointed by the Governor and holds...

Section 152. - 152. For the purpose of administration, the reregistration and clerical...

Section 152.5. - 152.5. For purposes of distributing the reregistration work of the...

Section 152.6. - 152.6. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, each board...

Section 153. - 153. The director may investigate the work of the boards...

Section 153.5. - 153.5. In the event that a newly authorized board replaces...

Section 154. - 154. Any and all matters relating to employment, tenure or...

Section 154.1. - 154.1. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of...

Section 154.2. - 154.2. (a) The healing arts boards within Division 2 (commencing...

Section 154.5. - 154.5. If a person, not a regular employee of a...

Section 155. - 155. (a) In accordance with Section 159.5, the director may...

Section 156. - 156. (a) The director may, for the department and at...

Section 156.1. - 156.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, individuals or entities contracting...

Section 156.5. - 156.5. The director may negotiate and execute for the department...

Section 157. - 157. Expenses incurred by any board or on behalf of...

Section 158. - 158. With the approval of the Director of Consumer Affairs,...

Section 159. - 159. The members and the executive officer of each board,...

Section 159.5. - 159.5. (a) (1) There is in the department the Division...

Section 160. - 160. (a) The chief and all investigators of the Division...

Section 160.5. - 160.5. (a) All civil service employees currently employed by the...

Section 161. - 161. The department, or any board in the department, may,...

Section 162. - 162. The certificate of the officer in charge of the...

Section 163. - 163. Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the department...

Section 163.5. - 163.5. Except as otherwise provided by law, the delinquency, penalty,...

Section 164. - 164. The form and content of any license, certificate, permit,...

Section 165. - 165. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no board, bureau,...

Section 166. - 166. The director shall, by regulation, develop guidelines to prescribe...

CHAPTER 3 - Funds of the Department

Section 200. - 200. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, any revenues,...

Section 200.1. - 200.1. (a) Any accruals that occur on or after September...

Section 201. - 201. (a) (1) A charge for the estimated administrative expenses...

Section 202. - 202. (a) Upon proper presentation of claims by the department...

Section 202.5. - 202.5. Prior to payment to the Department of Justice of...

Section 203. - 203. The amount of the warrant shall be remitted to...

Section 204. - 204. A sum, not to exceed 1 percent of the...

Section 205. - 205. (a) There is in the State Treasury the Professions...

Section 205.1. - 205.1. Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 205, the Medical Cannabis...

Section 205.2. - 205.2. Whenever any reference is made in any provision of...

Section 205.3. - 205.3. Whenever any reference is made in any provision of...

Section 206. - 206. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person tendering...

Section 207. - 207. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the money...

Section 208. - 208. (a) Beginning April 1, 2021, a Controlled Substance Utilization...

Section 208. - 208. (a) Beginning April 1, 2023, a Controlled Substance Utilization...

Section 209. - 209. The Department of Justice, in conjunction with the Department...

Section 210. - 210. (a) (1) The department may enter into a contract...

Section 211. - 211. If the department hires a third-party consultant to assess...

CHAPTER 4 - Consumer Affairs

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions

Section 300. - 300. This chapter may be cited as the Consumer Affairs...

Section 301. - 301. It is the intent of the Legislature and the...

Section 302. - 302. As used in this chapter, the following terms have...

ARTICLE 2 - Director and Employees

Section 305. - 305. The director shall administer and enforce the provisions of...

Section 306. - 306. The director, in accordance with the State Civil Service...

Section 307. - 307. The director may contract for the services of experts...

Section 308. - 308. The director shall notify the appropriate policy committees of...

ARTICLE 3 - Powers and Duties

Section 310. - 310. The director shall have the following powers and it...

Section 311. - 311. The director may create an interdepartmental committee to assist...

Section 312. - 312. (a) The director shall submit to the Governor and...

Section 312.1. - 312.1. The Office of Administrative Hearings shall submit a report...

Section 312.2. - 312.2. (a) The Attorney General shall submit a report to...

Section 313. - 313. The director shall provide for the establishment of a...

Section 313.1. - 313.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the...

Section 313.2. - 313.2. The director shall adopt regulations to implement, interpret, and...

Section 313.5. - 313.5. The director shall periodically publish a bibliography of consumer...

Section 314. - 314. (a) The department or board shall not approve an...

ARTICLE 3.6 - Uniform Standards Regarding Substance-Abusing Healing Arts Licensees

Section 315. - 315. (a) For the purpose of determining uniform standards that...

Section 315.2. - 315.2. (a) A board, as described in Section 315, shall...

Section 315.4. - 315.4. (a) A board, as described in Section 315, may...

ARTICLE 4 - Representation of Consumers

Section 320. - 320. Whenever there is pending before any state commission, regulatory...

Section 321. - 321. Whenever it appears to the director that the interests...

ARTICLE 5 - Consumer Complaints

Section 325. - 325. It shall be the duty of the director to...

Section 325.3. - 325.3. In addition to the duties prescribed by Section 325,...

Section 326. - 326. (a) Upon receipt of any complaint pursuant to Section...

Section 328. - 328. (a) In order to implement the Consumer Protection Enforcement...

ARTICLE 6 - Information

Section 337. - 337. (a) The Board of Behavioral Sciences, the Board of...

CHAPTER 5 - Buildings of the Department

Section 400. - 400. The Department of Consumer Affairs may, with the approval...

Section 401. - 401. When there is money in the fund of any...

Section 402. - 402. The Department of Finance, from funds at its disposal...

Section 403. - 403. Any building constructed by the Department of Consumer Affairs...

Section 404. - 404. The Department of Consumer Affairs and the Department of...

Section 405. - 405. Rentals received under Section 403 shall be deposited in...

CHAPTER 6 - Public Members

Section 450. - 450. In addition to the qualifications provided in the respective...

Section 450.2. - 450.2. In order to avoid a potential for a conflict...

Section 450.3. - 450.3. No public member shall either at the time of...

Section 450.5. - 450.5. A public member, or a lay member, at any...

Section 450.6. - 450.6. Notwithstanding any other section of law, a public member...

Section 451. - 451. If any board shall as a part of its...

Section 452. - 452. “Board,” as used in this chapter, includes a board,...

Section 453. - 453. Every newly appointed board member shall, within one year...

CHAPTER 7 - Licensee

Section 460. - 460. (a) No city, county, or city and county shall...

Section 461. - 461. No public agency, state or local, shall, on an...

Section 462. - 462. (a) Any of the boards, bureaus, commissions, or programs...

Section 464. - 464. (a) Any of the boards within the department may...

CHAPTER 8 - Dispute Resolution Programs

ARTICLE 1 - Legislative Purpose

Section 465. - 465. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the...

Section 465.5. - 465.5. It is the intent of the Legislature to permit...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 466. - 466. As used in this chapter: (a) “Dispute resolution” includes,...

ARTICLE 3 - Establishment and Administration of Programs

Section 467. - 467. (a) There is in the Division of Consumer Services...

Section 467.1. - 467.1. (a) A program funded pursuant to this chapter shall...

Section 467.2. - 467.2. A program shall not be eligible for funding under...

Section 467.3. - 467.3. Programs funded pursuant to this chapter shall provide persons...

Section 467.4. - 467.4. (a) An agreement resolving a dispute entered into with...

Section 467.5. - 467.5. Notwithstanding the express application of Chapter 2 (commencing with...

Section 467.6. - 467.6. Each program shall maintain those statistical records required by...

Section 467.7. - 467.7. (a) Unless the parties have agreed to a binding...

ARTICLE 4 - Application Procedures

Section 468. - 468. All funds available to a county for the purposes...

Section 468.1. - 468.1. Programs shall be selected for funding by a county...

Section 468.2. - 468.2. Applications submitted for funding shall include, but need not...

Section 468.3. - 468.3. Data supplied by each applicant shall be used to...

ARTICLE 5 - Payment Procedures

Section 469. - 469. Upon the approval of the county, funds available for...

ARTICLE 6 - Funding

Section 470. - 470. A county may accept and disburse funds from any...

Section 470.1. - 470.1. (a) A grant recipient may accept funds from any...

Section 470.2. - 470.2. A county’s share of the funding pursuant to this...

Section 470.5. - 470.5. (a) On and after January 1, 2006, as described...

Section 470.6. - 470.6. A county may carry over moneys received from distributions...

ARTICLE 7 - Rules and Regulations

Section 471. - 471. (a) The advisory council shall adopt rules and regulations...

Section 471.3. - 471.3. The rules and regulations adopted by the advisory council...

Section 471.5. - 471.5. Each program funded pursuant to this chapter shall annually...

CHAPTER 9 - Certification of Third-Party Dispute Resolution Processes for New Motor Vehicles

Section 472. - 472. Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions govern...

Section 472.1. - 472.1. The department shall establish a program for certifying each...

Section 472.2. - 472.2. (a) Each manufacturer may establish, or otherwise make available...

Section 472.3. - 472.3. (a) The department, in accordance with the time intervals...

Section 472.4. - 472.4. In addition to any other requirements of this chapter,...

Section 472.5. - 472.5. The New Motor Vehicle Board in the Department of...