California Business and Professions Code CHAPTER 2 - The Director of Consumer Affairs

• Section 150.
  The department is under the control of a civil executive officer who is known as the Director of Consumer Affairs.(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 716.)
• Section 151.
  The director is appointed by the Governor and holds office at the Governor’s pleasure. The director shall receive the annual salary provided for by Chapter...
• Section 152.
  For the purpose of administration, the reregistration and clerical work of the department is organized by the director, subject to the approval of the Governor,...
• Section 152.5.
  For purposes of distributing the reregistration work of the department uniformly throughout the year as nearly as practicable, the boards in the department may, with...
• Section 152.6.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, each board within the department shall, in cooperation with the director, establish such license periods and renewal dates...
• Section 153.
  The director may investigate the work of the several boards in his department and may obtain a copy of all records and full and complete...
• Section 153.5.
  In the event that a newly authorized board replaces an existing or a previous board, the director may appoint an interim executive officer for the...
• Section 154.
  Any and all matters relating to employment, tenure or discipline of employees of any board, agency or commission, shall be initiated by said board, agency...
• Section 154.1.
  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:(1) The department is currently providing opportunities for employees of agencies comprising the department who perform enforcement...
• Section 154.2.
  (a) The healing arts boards within Division 2 (commencing with Section 500) may employ individuals, other than peace officers, to perform investigative services.(b) The healing arts boards...
• Section 154.5.
  If a person, not a regular employee of a board under this code, including the Board of Chiropractic Examiners and the Osteopathic Medical Board of...
• Section 155.
  (a) In accordance with Section 159.5, the director may employ such investigators, inspectors, and deputies as are necessary properly to investigate and prosecute all violations of...
• Section 156.
  (a) The director may, for the department and at the request and with the consent of a board within the department on whose behalf the contract...
• Section 156.1.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, individuals or entities contracting with the department or any board within the department for the provision of services relating...
• Section 156.5.
  The director may negotiate and execute for the department and for its component agencies, rental agreements for short-term hiring of space and furnishings for examination...
• Section 157.
  Expenses incurred by any board or on behalf of any board in any criminal prosecution or unprofessional conduct proceeding constitute proper charges against the funds...
• Section 158.
  With the approval of the Director of Consumer Affairs, the boards and commissions comprising the department or subject to its jurisdiction may make refunds to...
• Section 159.
  The members and the executive officer of each board, agency, bureau, division, or commission have power to administer oaths and affirmations in the performance of...
• Section 159.5.
  (a) (1) There is in the department the Division of Investigation. The division is in the charge of a person with the title of chief of the...
• Section 160.
  (a) The chief and all investigators of the Division of Investigation of the department and all investigators of the Dental Board of California have the authority...
• Section 160.5.
  (a) All civil service employees currently employed by the Board of Dental Examiners of the Department of Consumer Affairs, whose functions are transferred as a result...
• Section 161.
  The department, or any board in the department, may sell copies of any part of its respective public records, or compilations, extracts, or summaries of...
• Section 162.
  The certificate of the officer in charge of the records of any board in the department that any person was or was not on a...
• Section 163.
  Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the department and each board in the department shall charge a fee of two dollars ($2) for the...
• Section 163.5.
  Except as otherwise provided by law, the delinquency, penalty, or late fee for any licensee within the Department of Consumer Affairs shall be 50 percent...
• Section 164.
  The form and content of any license, certificate, permit, or similar indicia of authority issued by any agency in the department, including any document evidencing...
• Section 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...
• Section 166.
  The director shall, by regulation, develop guidelines to prescribe components for mandatory continuing education programs administered by any board within the department.(a) The guidelines shall be...

Last modified: October 22, 2018