Title BPC — California Bus. & Prof. Code

No person shall operate an “official” lamp or brake adjusting station unless a license therefor has been issued by the director. No person shall issue, or cause or permit to be issued, any certificate purporting to be an official lamp adjustment certificate unless he or she is a …

This article shall remain operative only until six months after the effective date of the regulations adopted by the director pursuant to Article 6.5 (commencing with Section 9888.5) and as of that date is repealed.

(a) The director shall develop inspection criteria and standards for specific safety systems and components of the vehicle in order to promote the safe and uniform installation, maintenance, and servicing of vehicle safety systems and components. (b) The director shall issue vehi…

(a) A licensee shall issue to the owner or driver of a vehicle a certificate of compliance on a form prescribed by the director if, after conducting an inspection of, and any necessary repair to, the safety systems of the vehicle, the licensee determines that the safety systems c…

Any license issued pursuant to Article 6.5 (commencing with Section 9888.5) may be suspended or revoked by the director. The director may refuse to issue a license to any applicant for the reasons set forth in Section 9889.2. The proceedings under this article shall be conducted …

After suspension of the license upon any of the grounds set forth in this article, the director may reinstate the license upon proof of compliance by the applicant with all provisions of the decision as to reinstatement. After revocation of a license upon any of the grounds set f…

As used in this article, “station,” “licensed station,” and “licensed adjuster” have the same meaning as defined in Article 6 (commencing with Section 9888.1).

Whenever a licensed adjuster in a licensed station upon an inspection or after an adjustment, made in conformity with the instructions of the bureau, determines that the lamps or the brakes upon any vehicle conform with the requirements of the Vehicle Code, the adjuster shall, wh…

This article shall remain operative only until six months after the effective date of the regulations adopted by the director pursuant to Article 6.5 (commencing with Section 9888.5) and as of that date is repealed.

The director may deny a license if the applicant or any partner, officer, or director thereof: (a) Fails to meet the qualifications established by the bureau pursuant to Article 6.5 (commencing with Section 9888.5) for the issuance of the license applied for. (b) Was previously t…

Except as otherwise provided in Section 9889.21, any person who fails to comply in any respect with the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by b…

(a) Any person who violates any provision of Article 6.5 (commencing with Section 9888.5) and Article 7 (commencing with Section 9889.1) of this chapter is guilty of an infraction and punishable as specified in subdivision (a) of Section 42001 of the Vehicle Code. (b) This sectio…

The willful making of any false statement or entry with regard to a material matter in any oath, affidavit, certificate of compliance or noncompliance, or application form which is required by this chapter or Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 44000) of Part 5 of Division 26 of t…

The director may suspend, revoke, or take other disciplinary action against a license as provided in this article if the licensee or any partner, officer, or director thereof: (a) Violates any section of the Business and Professions Code that relates to his or her licensed activi…

(a) (1) Subject to subdivision (b), an automotive repair dealer shall not install an unsafe used tire on a motor vehicle for use on a highway, as defined in Section 360 of the Vehicle Code. (2) For purposes of this section, “unsafe used tire” means a used tire to which any of the…

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 this article. The director may order the license suspended or revoked, or may decline to issue a license, when the time for appeal has elapsed, or th…

The director may take disciplinary action against any licensee after a hearing as provided in this article by any of the following: (a) Imposing probation upon terms and conditions to be set forth by the director. (b) Suspending the license. (c) Revoking the license.

The Legislature finds the following: (1) Thousands of California automobile owners each year require repair of their vehicles as a result of collision or other damage. (2) California automobile owners are suffering direct and indirect harm through unsafe, improper, incompetent, a…

“Auto body repair shop” means a place of business operated by an automotive repair dealer where automotive collision repair or reconstruction of automobile or truck bodies is performed.

An application for registration pursuant to Section 9884 shall designate that the applicant is registering as an auto body repair shop if the applicant intends to perform auto body repair. In addition, an application for registration to operate an auto body repair shop shall incl…

A check or draft issued to a repairer pursuant to Section 560 of the Insurance Code shall include the repairer’s registration number or taxpayer identification number.

Upon the effective date of any order of suspension or revocation of any license governed by this chapter, the licensee shall surrender the license to the director.

The form for registration pursuant to Section 9884 shall contain sufficient information to enable the Bureau of Automotive Repair to identify all registrants performing automotive collision repair work.

Any auto insurance company check or draft issued to a repairer pursuant to Insurance Code Section 560 shall include the repairer’s registration number or Tax Payer Identification Number.

The expiration or suspension of a license by operation of law or by order or decision of the director or a court of law, or the voluntary surrender of a license by a licensee shall not deprive the director of jurisdiction to proceed with any investigation of or action or discipli…

All accusations against licensees shall be filed within three years after the act or omission alleged as the ground for disciplinary action, except that with respect to an accusation alleging a violation of subdivision (d) of Section 9889.3, the accusation may be filed within two…

When any license has been revoked or suspended following a hearing under the provisions of this article, any additional license issued under Article 6.5 (commencing with Section 9888.5) in the name of the licensee may be likewise revoked or suspended by the director.