California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 7 - Disciplinary Proceedings

• Section 7090.
  The registrar may upon his or her own motion and shall upon the verified complaint in writing of any person, investigate the actions of any...
• Section 7090.1.
  (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the failure to pay a civil penalty, or to comply with an order of correction or an order to...
• Section 7090.5.
  In the event a licensee commits a fraudulent act which is a ground for disciplinary action under Section 7116 of this article, the correction of...
• Section 7091.
  (a) (1) A complaint against a licensee alleging commission of any patent acts or omissions that may be grounds for legal action shall be filed in writing...
• Section 7095.
  The decision may:(a) Provide for the immediate complete suspension by the licensee of all operations as a contractor during the period fixed by the decision.(b) Permit the...
• Section 7096.
  For the purposes of this chapter, the term “licensee” shall include an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, joint venture, or any combination or organization...
• Section 7097.
  Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 7121 and 7122, when any license has been suspended by a decision of the registrar pursuant to an accusation or...
• Section 7098.
  Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 7121 and 7122, when any license has been revoked under the provisions of this chapter, any additional license issued under...
• Section 7099.
  If, upon investigation, the registrar has probable cause to believe that a licensee, or an applicant for a license under this chapter, has committed any...
• Section 7099.1.
  The board shall promulgate regulations covering the formulation of an order of correction which gives due consideration to the time required to correct and the...
• Section 7099.2.
  (a) The board shall promulgate regulations covering the assessment of civil penalties under this article that give due consideration to the appropriateness of the penalty with...
• Section 7099.3.
  Any licensee or applicant for licensure served with a citation pursuant to Section 7099, may appeal to the registrar within 15 working days from service...
• Section 7099.4.
  If within 15 working days from service of the citation issued by the registrar, the licensee or applicant for licensure fails to notify the registrar...
• Section 7099.5.
  If a licensee or applicant for licensure notifies the registrar that he or she intends to contest a citation issued under Section 7099, the registrar...
• Section 7099.6.
  (a) The failure of a licensee to comply with a citation after it is final is a ground for suspension or revocation of license.(b) The failure of...
• Section 7099.7.
  No order for payment of a civil penalty shall be made against any bond required pursuant to Sections 7071.5 to 7071.8.(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch....
• Section 7099.10.a.
  (a) If, upon investigation, the registrar has probable cause to believe that a licensee, an applicant for a license, or an unlicensed individual acting in the...
• Section 7099.11.
  (a) No person shall advertise, as that term is defined in Section 7027.1, to promote his or her services for the removal of asbestos unless he...
• Section 7100.
  In any proceeding for review by a court, the court may in its discretion, upon the filing of a proper bond by the licensee in...
• Section 7102.
  After suspension of a license upon any of the grounds set forth in this chapter, the registrar may reinstate the license upon proof of compliance...
• Section 7103.
  The revocation, suspension, or other disciplinary action of a license to act as a contractor by another state shall constitute grounds for disciplinary action in...
• Section 7104.
  When the board resolves a complaint, the board shall notify the complainant in writing of its action and the reasons for taking that action. The...
• Section 7106.
  The suspension or revocation of license as in this chapter provided may also be embraced in any action otherwise proper in any court involving the...
• Section 7106.5.
  The expiration, cancellation, forfeiture, revocation, or suspension of a license by operation of law or by order or decision of the registrar or a court...
• Section 7107.
  Abandonment without legal excuse of any construction project or operation engaged in or undertaken by the licensee as a contractor constitutes a cause for disciplinary...
• Section 7108.
  Diversion of funds or property received for prosecution or completion of a specific construction project or operation, or for a specified purpose in the prosecution...
• Section 7108.5.
  (a) A prime contractor or subcontractor shall pay to any subcontractor, not later than seven days after receipt of each progress payment, unless otherwise agreed to...
• Section 7108.6.
  A licensed contractor is required to pay all transportation charges submitted by a duly authorized motor carrier of property in dump truck equipment by the...
• Section 7109.
  (a) A willful departure in any material respect from accepted trade standards for good and workmanlike construction constitutes a cause for disciplinary action, unless the departure...
• Section 7109.5.
  Violation of any safety provision in, or authorized by, Division 5 (commencing with Section 6300) of the Labor Code resulting in death or serious injury...
• Section 7110.
  Willful or deliberate disregard and violation of the building laws of the state, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of Section 8550 or 8556...
• Section 7110.1.
  The requiring of an execution of release of any claim or the causing of the execution of any such release in violation of Section 206.5...
• Section 7110.5.
  Upon receipt of a certified copy of the Labor Commissioner’s finding of a willful or deliberate violation of the Labor Code by a licensee, pursuant...
• Section 7111.
  (a) Failure to make and keep records showing all contracts, documents, records, receipts, and disbursements by a licensee of all of his or her transactions as...
• Section 7111.1.
  The failure of, or refusal by, a licensee to respond to a written request of the registrar to cooperate in the investigation of a complaint...
• Section 7112.
  Omission or misrepresentation of a material fact by an applicant or a licensee in obtaining, or renewing a license, or in adding a classification to...
• Section 7112.1.
  Any classification that has been added to an existing license record as a result of an applicant or licensee omitting or misrepresenting a material fact...
• Section 7113.
  Failure in a material respect on the part of a licensee to complete any construction project or operation for the price stated in the contract...
• Section 7113.5.
  The avoidance or settlement by a licensee for less than the full amount of the lawful obligations of the licensee incurred as a contractor, whether...
• Section 7114.
  (a) Aiding or abetting an unlicensed person to evade the provisions of this chapter or combining or conspiring with an unlicensed person, or allowing one’s license...
• Section 7114.1.
  Any licensee whose signature appears on a falsified certificate in support of an examinee’s experience qualifications, or otherwise certifying to false or misleading experience claims...
• Section 7114.2.
  Any licensed or unlicensed person who commits any act prohibited by Section 119 is subject to the administrative remedies authorized by this chapter. Unless otherwise...
• Section 7115.
  Failure in any material respect to comply with the provisions of this chapter, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter, or to...
• Section 7116.
  The doing of any wilful or fraudulent act by the licensee as a contractor in consequence of which another is substantially injured constitutes a cause...
• Section 7116.5.
  It is a cause for discipline for a licensee to do any of the following:(a) Engage in any conduct that subverts or attempts to subvert an...
• Section 7117.
  Acting in the capacity of a contractor under any license issued hereunder except: (a) in the name of the licensee as set forth upon the license,...
• Section 7117.5.
  (a) Acting in the capacity of a contractor under any license which has been made inactive, as provided in Section 7076.5, constitutes a cause for disciplinary...
• Section 7117.6.
  Acting in the capacity of a contractor in a classification other than that currently held by the licensee constitutes a cause for disciplinary action.(Added by...
• Section 7118.
  Entering into a contract with a contractor while such contractor is not licensed as provided in this chapter constitutes a cause for disciplinary action.(Amended by...
• Section 7118.4.
  (a) If a contractor has made an inspection for the purpose of determining the presence of asbestos or the need for related remedial action with knowledge...
• Section 7118.5.
  Any contractor, applicant for licensure, or person required to be licensed, who, either knowingly or negligently, or by reason of a failure to inquire, enters...
• Section 7118.6.
  Any contractor who, either knowingly or negligently, or by reason of a failure to inquire, enters into a contract with another person who is required...
• Section 7119.
  Wilful failure or refusal without legal excuse on the part of a licensee as a contractor to prosecute a construction project or operation with reasonable...
• Section 7120.
  Wilful or deliberate failure by any licensee or agent or officer thereof, to pay any moneys, when due for any materials or services rendered in...
• Section 7121.
  A person who has been denied a license for a reason other than failure to document sufficient satisfactory experience for a supplemental classification for an...
• Section 7121.1.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the disassociation of a partner, officer, director, manager, or associate from the license of a partnership, corporation, limited...
• Section 7121.5.
  A person who was the qualifying individual on a revoked license, or of a license under suspension, or of a license that was not renewed...
• Section 7121.6.
  (a) An individual who meets all of the following criteria shall not perform any act regulated under this chapter for or on behalf of a licensee,...
• Section 7121.65.
  Prior to becoming employed in any capacity by an entity that is subject to licensure under this chapter, an individual who is described in subdivision...
• Section 7121.7.
  (a) A qualifying individual, officer, partner, or other person named on a license shall not knowingly employ an individual who is described in subdivision (a) or...
• Section 7121.8.
  For purposes of this article, “bona fide nonsupervising employee” means a person who is exempt from the provisions of this chapter under Section 7053, and...
• Section 7122.
  The performance by an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, firm, or association of an act or omission constituting a cause for disciplinary action, likewise...
• Section 7122.1.
  Notwithstanding Section 7068.2 or any other provision of this chapter, the disassociation of a qualifying individual from a license after the act or omission has...
• Section 7122.2.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 7068.2 or any other provisions of this chapter, the disassociation of a qualifying individual from a license that has been referred to arbitration...
• Section 7122.5.
  The performance by an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, firm, or association of an act or omission constituting a cause for disciplinary action, likewise...
• Section 7123.
  A conviction of a crime substantially related to the qualifications, functions and duties of a contractor constitutes a cause for disciplinary action. The record of...
• Section 7123.5.
  If a contractor is convicted of violating Section 396 of the Penal Code or any substantially similar local ordinance in connection with the sale, or...
• Section 7124.
  A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere is deemed to be a conviction within the meaning of...
• Section 7124.6.
  (a) The registrar shall make available to members of the public the date, nature, and status of all complaints on file against a licensee that do...

Last modified: October 22, 2018