California Business and Professions Code GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Section 1.
  This act shall be known as the Business and Professions Code.(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 399.)
• Section 2.
  The provisions of this code in so far as they are substantially the same as existing statutory provisions relating to the same subject matter shall...
• Section 3.
  All persons who, at the time this code goes into effect, hold office under any of the acts repealed by this code, which offices are...
• Section 4.
  No action or proceeding commenced before this code takes effect, and no right accrued, is affected by the provisions of this code, but all procedure...
• Section 5.
  No rights given by any license or certificate under any act repealed by this code are affected by the enactment of this code or by...
• Section 6.
  All persons who, at the time this code goes into effect, are entitled to a certificate under any act repealed by this code, are thereby...
• Section 7.
  Any conviction for a crime under any act repealed by this code, which crime is continued as a public offense by this code, constitutes a...
• Section 7.5.
  A conviction within the meaning of this code means a plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere. Any...
• Section 8.
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the general provisions hereinafter set forth shall govern the construction of this code.(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 399.)
• Section 9.
  Division, part, chapter, article and section headings contained herein shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify, or in any manner affect the scope, meaning,...
• Section 10.
  Whenever, by the provisions of this code, a power is granted to a public officer or a duty imposed upon such an officer, the power...
• Section 11.
  Writing includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means. Whenever any notice, report, statement, or record is required by this...
• Section 12.
  Whenever any reference is made to any portion of this code or of any other law of this State, such reference shall apply to all...
• Section 12.5.
  Whenever in any provision of this code authority is granted to issue a citation for a violation of any provision of this code, that authority...
• Section 13.
  The term “materia medica” as used in this code or in any initiative act referred to in this code, means those substances listed in the...
• Section 14.
  The present tense includes the past and future tenses; and the future, the present. Each gender includes the other two genders.(Amended by Stats. 1939, Ch.
• Section 14.1.
  The Legislature hereby declares its intent that the terms “man” or “men” where appropriate shall be deemed “person” or “persons” and any references to the...
• Section 14.2.
  “Spouse” includes “registered domestic partner,” as required by Section 297.5 of the Family Code.(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 50, Sec. 1. (SB 1005) Effective January...
• Section 15.
  “Section” means a section of this code unless some other statute is specifically mentioned. “Subdivision” means a subdivision of the section in which that term...
• Section 16.
  The singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular.(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 399.)
• Section 17.
  “County” includes city and county.(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 399.)
• Section 18.
  “City” includes city and county.(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 399.)
• Section 19.
  “Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive.(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 399.)
• Section 20.
  “Oath” includes affirmation.(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 399.)
• Section 21.
  “State” means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. In the latter case, it includes the District of...
• Section 22.
  “Board,” as used in any provision of this code, refers to the board in which the administration of the provision is vested, and unless otherwise...
• Section 23.
  “Department,” unless otherwise defined, refers to the Department of Consumer Affairs.Wherever the laws of this state refer to the Department of Professional and Vocational Standards,...
• Section 23.5.
  “Director,” unless otherwise defined, refers to the Director of Consumer Affairs.Wherever the laws of this state refer to the Director of Professional and Vocational Standards,...
• Section 23.6.
  “Appointing power,” unless otherwise defined, refers to the Director of Consumer Affairs.(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 716.)
• Section 23.7.
  Unless otherwise expressly provided, “license” means license, certificate, registration, or other means to engage in a business or profession regulated by this code or referred...
• Section 23.8.
  “Licentiate” means any person authorized by a license, certificate, registration, or other means to engage in a business or profession regulated by this code or...
• Section 23.9.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, any individual who, while imprisoned in a state prison or other correctional institution, is trained, in the course...
• Section 24.
  If any provision of this code, or the application thereof, to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the code, or the...
• Section 25.
  Any person applying for a license, registration, or the first renewal of a license, after the effective date of this section, as a licensed marriage...
• Section 26.
  Wherever, pursuant to this code, any state department, officer, board, agency, committee, or commission is authorized to adopt rules and regulations, such rules and regulations...
• Section 27.
  (a) Each entity specified in subdivisions (c), (d), and (e) shall provide on the Internet information regarding the status of every license issued by that entity...
• Section 27.6.
  The successor agency to the Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education shall transmit any available data regarding school performance, including, but not limited to,...
• Section 28.
  (a) The Legislature finds that there is a need to ensure that professionals of the healing arts who have demonstrable contact with victims and potential victims...
• Section 29.
  (a) The Board of Psychology and the Board of Behavioral Sciences shall consider adoption of continuing education requirements including training in the area of recognizing chemical...
• Section 29.5.
  In addition to other qualifications for licensure prescribed by the various acts of boards under the department, applicants for licensure and licensees renewing their licenses...
• Section 30.
  (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, any board, as defined in Section 22, and the State Bar and the Bureau of Real Estate shall, at the time...
• Section 30.a.
  (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, any board, as defined in Section 22, and the State Bar and the Department of Real Estate shall, at the time...
• Section 31.
  (a) As used in this section, “board” means any entity listed in Section 101, the entities referred to in Sections 1000 and 3600, the State Bar,...
• Section 32.
  (a) The Legislature finds that there is a need to ensure that professionals of the healing arts who have or intend to have significant contact with...
• Section 35.
  It is the policy of this state that, consistent with the provision of high-quality services, persons with skills, knowledge, and experience obtained in the armed...
• Section 40.
  (a) Subject to the standards described in Section 19130 of the Government Code, any board, as defined in Section 22, the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners,...

Last modified: October 22, 2018