California Administrative Code

Reports issued by Testing Laboratories shall be prepared by or under the supervision of a licensed civil, electrical, or mechanical engineer, as appropriate, and signed or sealed by him/her whenever such reports go beyond the tabulation of test data (composition of material, brea…

(a) The following timeframes, based on taking and passing the first available examination, shall apply to applications for licensure as a professional engineer or as a professional land surveyor when an examination is required: (1) Within 150 calendar days of receipt of an applic…

(a) The Executive Officer or his or her designee may issue a citation for any violation of any provision of law enforced by the Board to an unlicensed person who, unless otherwise exempt, is acting in the capacity of a professional engineer or a professional land surveyor. (b) Ea…

The criteria for the selection of a contractor are: professional excellence, demonstrated competence, specialized experience of the person, education and experience, ability to meet schedules, nature and quality of completed work, reliability of the person, location and other con…

(a) The Board may rescind and withdraw its recognition of a peer review program if it is determined that the peer review program is not in compliance with the requirements of this Article, the provider failed to respond to an informational request by the Board or the Peer Review …

(a) Any applicant who is aggrieved by any action of any of the board's committees or its staff may appeal from such action to the board. The appeal shall be filed within 24 months of the action being appealed or the mailing of written notification from the board, whichever is lat…

(a) The Board has determined that the following states require education, examination, and experience qualifications for licensure, when issuing a certified public accountant license to practice public accountancy, substantially equivalent to this state's qualifications: Alabama,…

“Confidential information” includes all information obtained by a licensee, in his or her professional capacity, concerning a client or a prospective client, except that it does not include information obtained from a prospective client who does not subsequently become a client, …

Members of the Board, its appointed representatives professional practice reviewers and other persons designated in section 54.1(a)(4)-(a)(6) shall not disclose information concerning licensees or their clients which comes to their attention in carrying out their professional res…

A licensee that sells or transfers all or part of the licensee's practice to another person (“successor person”), as defined in section 5035 of the Business and Professions Code, and will no longer retain any ownership in the practice shall comply with all of the following: (a) S…

A licensee that discontinues their practice but does not sell or transfer the practice to another person (“successor person”), as defined in section 5035 of the Business and Professions Code, shall comply with all of the following: (a) Send a written notice regarding the disconti…

Nothing in Section 56 permits a licensee either (1) to accept any fee or commission which would violate the requirement that a licensee be independent in the performance of services in accordance with professional standards (Section 65) or (2) to concurrently engage in the practi…

For purposes of Sections 56, 56.1, and 56.2 of the Board's regulations the following definitions apply: (a) “Licensee” means a Certified Public Accountant, Public Accountant, or firm licensed by the Board of Accountancy, including a firm with nonlicensee owners, that is engaged i…

(a) To comply with the requirements of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Business and Professions Code Section 5063, a licensee who issues a report on a client's restated financial statement shall report to the Board: (1) Any restatement of a financial statement reporting the c…

(a) Every candidate for the CPA license is required to pass or to have passed the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination prepared by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) or to otherwise have met the examination requirements of Business and Profe…

(a) The time provided by this division within which any act must be performed shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last day, unless it is a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, in which case the last day shall also be excluded.

(a) Whenever the Notice of Appeal indicates that a party is represented by an attorney or other authorized agent, such attorney or agent shall be entitled to a copy of all notices and decisions to which the party would be entitled.

(a) From the date the Notice of Appeal is submitted to the Panel, the appellant shall have 60 days to obtain the complete underlying administrative record from the Office of Administrative Hearings, pursuant to title 1, CCR, section 1038, or if an informal or emergency hearing wa…

(a) After all briefs have been submitted to the Panel pursuant to section 6006, the Panel shall make a preliminary decision in the appeal based on the record. Once the Panel has reached its preliminary decision, the executive director shall notify all parties that the Panel is re…

(a) In the event that a hearing for the appeal or a motion is scheduled, and unless otherwise directed by the Panel: (1) A party shall be allowed a maximum of 20 minutes for oral argument; (2) Not more than one person on a side may be heard; (3) The appellant, or moving party, sh…

Examinations shall be given at least once every two months at such places and on such dates as the Chief may from time to time fix. The Bureau shall mail to each applicant who has been approved to take an examination a notice of the date, time and place of the examination. Such n…

(a) If a cited person wishes to contest the citation, assessment of the administrative fine, or order of abatement, the cited person shall, within thirty (30) days after service of the citation, file in writing a request for an administrative hearing to the Bureau regarding the a…

(a) The time allowed for abatement of a violation shall begin the first day after the order of abatement has been served. If a cited person who has been issued an order of abatement is unable to complete the correction within the time set forth in the citation because of conditio…

(a) The Panel may issue an order dismissing an appeal of the decision of the licensing authority: (1) Upon appellant submitting to the Panel a request to dismiss the appeal; (2) Upon motion of a party, or upon the Panel's own notice to the parties, that appellant has failed to pe…

(a) A Panel member shall disqualify themselves and withdraw from any case in which the member cannot accord a fair and impartial hearing. Any party may request the disqualification of any member by filing an affidavit with the Panel before the submission of the case, stating with…

(a) In any appeal where the underlying decision of the licensing authority is denial of a license renewal, or cancelation, suspension, or revocation of a license, the filing of an appeal shall stay the effect of the decision until such time as a final order is made by the Panel. …

(a) For purposes of denial, suspension, or revocation of a license pursuant to Section 141, Division 1.5 (commencing with Section 475) of the Code, or Sections 6980.71(b), 6980.73(a), 6980.74(a)(4), 7510.1(d), 7564.1(c)(3), 7583.21. or 7591.10(a) of the Code, a crime, professiona…

(a) When considering the denial, suspension, revocation or reinstatement of a license for which application has been made under Chapter 8.5, 11, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5 or 11.6 of the Code on the ground that the applicant, licensee, or petitioner has been convicted of a crime, the burea…

All applicants for licensure, except applicants for registration under chapter 11.4 of Division 3 of the Code, must take a written examination designed to determine the ability and fitness of the applicant to engage in business under the particular license for which the applicati…

Except as otherwise specified in statute, each person applying for or issued a certificate, registration, permit or license under Chapters 8.5, 11, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5 or 11.6 of the Code shall: (a) as required by the Code file his or her current address of record with the Bureau; (…

(a) A license issued under Chapter 8.5, 11, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5 or 11.6 of the Code is not assignable. (b) “Assignable” refers to a quality or legal attribute which permits a thing to be transferred or negotiated. To say that a license is “not assignable” is to say that (1) the righ…

(a) Licensees shall, at all times while in the course of their duties, maintain in their possession any Bureau-issued identification cards relevant to the duties being performed and issued under Chapters 8.5, 11, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5 and 11.6 of the Code and shall present them to any…

(a) To meet the reporting requirements of paragraph (b)(2) of Section 5063, licensees shall report settlements and arbitration awards consistent with that provision that are the result of actions brought by persons located, residing, or doing business in California. (b) Reports o…

(a) A licensee shall not: (1) Perform for a contingent fee any professional services for, or receive such a fee from, a client for whom the licensee or the licensee's firm performs: (A) an audit or review of a financial statement; or (B) a compilation of a financial statement whe…

(a) At the time an application is filed, an applicant shall possess all qualifications required by applicable sections of Chapters 11.3, 11.5 and 11.6 of the Code or by these regulations. (b) A year's experience shall consist of not less than 2,000 hours of actual compensated wor…

As used in Sections 7561.4, 7587.4 and 7599.61 of the Code “dishonesty or fraud” includes, but is not limited to: (a) Violation of Sections 212, 216, 222, or 223 of the Labor Code. (b) Failure to provide, where required by law, for workers' compensation insurance or, as an employ…

Application to conduct business from any location other than the principal place of business shall be submitted on a form prescribed by the Director and accompanied by the fee prescribed. A branch office certificate shall be issued if it is established that the conditions of this…

Investigative reports shall be submitted to a customer at such times and in such manner as has been agreed upon between the licensee and the customer. Upon demand by the customer, the licensee shall not refuse to divulge to the customer the results of an investigation if payment …

(a) The course of training in the powers to arrest prescribed by the Department of Consumer Affairs pursuant to Sections 7542, 7583.6 and 7598.1 of the Code consists of successful completion of a course approved by the Bureau in exercising the powers to arrest. (b) Uniformed empl…

A licensee shall not advertise or use other forms of solicitation in any manner which is false, fraudulent, misleading, or in violation of Section 17500 of the Business and Professions Code.

“Untrue or misleading statements” include, but are not limited to, a representation by an alarm company operator or agent that: (a) an alarm system is: “Underwriters Laboratory approved or listed” (UL approved or listed) unless the entire system, and not only one or more componen…

(a) An applicant shall complete and pass the review training course on the laws and standards regarding use of deadly force, avoidance of deadly force, and de-escalation of force, as outlined below. All required classroom training shall be completed prior to attempting each range…

The target used for the purposes of completing the required range qualification shall be a human silhouette type target like the target shown in Figure 1. The minimum dimensions of the target shall be 14″ x 24″ and the maximum dimensions shall be 24″ x 45″. The target must contai…

Any use of a firearm by a holder of a Firearms Qualification Card which is in violation of law or in knowing violation of the standards for carrying and usage of firearms as taught in the course of training in the carrying and use of firearms may be grounds for suspension or revo…

For purposes of this article, “registered employee” means any person who is required by the Bureau's regulations to be registered with the Bureau or who is required to complete courses of training in powers to arrest and in the carrying and use of firearms as a condition of becom…

The fees prescribed by section 7570 of the Private Investigator Act in the Business and Professions Code are as follows: (a) The application and examination fee for an original license shall be three hundred seventy-four dollars ($374). (b) The application fee for an original bra…

The fees prescribed by section 7511 of the Collateral Recovery Act in the Business and Professions Code are as follows: (a) The application fee for an original repossession agency license shall be one thousand sixty-seven dollars ($1,067). (b) The application fee for an original …

A licensee, after demand by or on behalf of a client, for books, records or other data, whether in written or machine sensible form, that are the client's records shall not retain such records. Unpaid fees do not constitute justification for retention of client records. Although,…

(a) Working papers are the licensee's records of the procedures applied, the tests performed, the information obtained and the pertinent conclusions reached in an audit, review, compilation, tax, special report or other engagement. They include, but are not limited to, audit of o…

§ 450.16. Change of Business or Corporate Name. [Renumbered] This database is current through 5/1/26 Register 2026, No. 18. Source: https://govt.westlaw.com/calregs/Document/I67CA42735A1E11EC8227000D3A7C4BC3?viewType=FullText&originationContext=documenttoc&transitionType=Category…