Title BPC, California Bus. & Prof. Code

(a) The board shall not suspend or revoke the certification or license of a nurse practitioner solely for performing an abortion if the holder performed the abortion in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the Reproductive Privacy Act (Article 2.5 (commencing with S…

It is the intent of the Legislature to provide for a study of reporting mechanisms to the board so that it can identify methods of receiving timely information on nurses who may have violated this chapter. The California Research Bureau shall prepare and deliver a report to the L…

In addition to other acts constituting unprofessional conduct within the meaning of this chapter, it is unprofessional conduct for a person licensed under this chapter to do any of the following: (a) Obtain or possess in violation of law, or prescribe, or except as directed by a …

The lapsing or suspension of a license by operation of law or by order or decision of the board or a court of law, or the voluntary surrender of a license by a licentiate shall not deprive the board of jurisdiction to proceed with any investigation of or action or disciplinary pr…

A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere made to a charge substantially related to the qualifications, functions, and duties of a registered nurse is deemed to be a conviction within the meaning of this article. The board may order the licen…

(a) On and after January 1, 2009, no person shall act or hold themselves out to the public as a professional fiduciary unless that person is licensed as a professional fiduciary in accordance with this chapter. (b) This section does not apply to a person licensed as an attorney u…

A professional fiduciary shall not operate with an expired, suspended, retired, canceled, or revoked license. (Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 336, Sec. 1. (AB 2024) Effective January 1, 2015.)

Only a person who holds a current and active license from the bureau may identify themselves as a “licensed professional fiduciary.” (Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 80, Sec. 9. (SB 1525) Effective January 1, 2025.)

In order to meet the qualifications for licensure as a professional fiduciary a person shall meet all of the following requirements: (a) Be at least 21 years of age. (b) Have not committed any acts that are grounds for denial of a license under Section 480 or 6536. (c) Submit fin…

(a) The bureau shall require an applicant for licensure as a professional fiduciary to undergo a fingerprint-based state and national criminal history background check. (b) The bureau shall submit to the Department of Justice fingerprint images and related information for an indi…

(a) The bureau shall maintain the following information in each licensee’s file, shall make this information available to a court for any purpose, including the determination of the appropriateness of appointing, continuing the appointment of, or removing, the licensee as a conse…

The bureau shall approve or deny licensure in a timely manner to applicants who apply for licensure. Upon approval of a license, the bureau shall notify the applicant of issuance of the license, and shall issue a license certificate identifying him or her as a “licensed professio…

The bureau shall review all applications for licensure and may investigate an applicant’s qualifications for licensure. The bureau shall approve those applications that meet the requirements for licensure, but shall not issue a license to any applicant who meets any of the follow…

The bureau may deny a license for the reasons specified in Section 480 or 6536. An applicant notified of the denial of his or her application for licensure shall have the right to appeal to the bureau as specified in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 480) of Division 1.5. (Added…

(a) (1) To qualify for licensure, an applicant shall have completed 30 hours of prelicensing education courses provided by an educational program approved by the bureau. (2) Beginning January 1, 2023, the prelicensing education courses shall include at least one hour of instructi…

As a requirement for licensure, an applicant shall take and pass the licensing examination administered by the bureau. The bureau shall determine the frequency with which the examination will be given. The bureau shall also determine the frequency with which an applicant for reex…

Individuals, entities, agencies, and associations that propose to offer educational programs qualifying for the prelicensing educational or continuing educational requirements of this chapter shall apply for and obtain the approval of the bureau. (Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 491, S…

(a) A license shall expire one year after it was issued on the last day of the month in which it was issued. (b) A license may be renewed by filing a renewal application with the bureau, submitting the annual statement required by Section 6561, submitting proof of the licensee’s …

(a) A license that is not renewed within three years following its expiration shall not be renewed, restored, or reinstated, and the license shall be canceled immediately upon expiration of the three-year period. (b) A canceled license may be reinstated if the applicant satisfies…

(a) The bureau may establish, by regulation, a system for the placement of a license into retired status, upon application and submission to the bureau of a statement as required by Section 6561, for a professional fiduciary who is not actively engaged in the practice of a profes…

(a) A person whose license has been revoked or surrendered may petition the bureau for reinstatement or reduction of penalty after a period of not less than one year has elapsed from the effective date of the decision or from the date of the denial of a similar petition. The dire…

Each license shall be issued to a specific person and, except in the case of licenses authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages on trains or boats, or the service of alcoholic beverages on airplanes shall be issued for a specific location, the principal address of which shall b…

Separate licenses shall be issued for each of the premises of any business establishment having more than one location, except as provided for in Sections 23355.1, 23388, 23389, and 23390, except that any manufacturer, importer, or wholesaler may receive, store, and deliver wine …

The provisions of this division do not prohibit the issuance of an off-sale general license for use on part of the same premises for which an off-sale beer and wine license has been issued and is in force, when the two licenses would be held by different persons, provided that su…

(a) Any licensee under an on-sale general license or an on-sale general license for seasonal business who maintains upon or within the premises for which the license is issued more than one room in which there is regularly maintained a fixed counter or service bar at which distil…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, any licensee under an on-sale general or on-sale general license for seasonal business who has a premises with a fixed counter or service bar in one room of the premises for the service of distilled spirits to members of the p…

Licenses for trains and boats shall be based on the average number in actual operation during the license year of each class of operating units, namely, trains and boats upon which the license privileges are exercised. The average number in actual operation shall be determined as…

(a) Licenses for the retail sale of alcoholic beverages may be issued for or transferred to premises that are to be constructed or that are in the process of construction. Alcoholic beverages shall not be sold pursuant to the license until the premises have been completed. (b) A …

(a) The department, in its discretion, may issue an interim operating permit to an applicant for any license to operate the premises during the period an application for a license at the premises is pending and when all of the following conditions exist: (1) The application has b…

(a) All licenses, except on-sale general licenses for seasonal businesses and daily on-sale general licenses issued pursuant to Section 24045.1, shall be issued on an annual basis. However, the department may issue special licenses for the sale of beer and wine on a temporary bas…

(a) The department, in its discretion, may issue on a temporary basis a daily on-sale general license and the fee for such license shall be seventy-five dollars ($75) per day. The license authorizes the sale of distilled spirits, wine, and beer for consumption on the premises whe…

(a) The department in its discretion may issue, on a temporary basis, a daily on-sale general license for a vessel of 7,000 tons or more displacement engaged in interstate or foreign commerce, which is located in a county of the third class. (b) The license shall be issued to the…

(a) The department may issue a special on-sale wine license to an establishment licensed to do business as a bed and breakfast inn. (b) For purposes of this section, “bed and breakfast inn” means an establishment of 20 guestrooms or less, which provides overnight transient occupa…

(a) The department may issue a special on-sale general license to an establishment licensed to do business as a bed and breakfast inn. (b) For purposes of this section, “bed and breakfast inn” means an establishment of 20 guestrooms or fewer, that provides overnight transient occ…

(a) The department may issue a special temporary off-sale license to a former licensee for the limited purpose of selling any stock of collectible beer, wine, or distilled spirits decanters acquired when previously licensed. (b) The fee for this license shall be one hundred dolla…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the department may issue an on-sale general license to any maritime museum association that has been organized as a nonprofit corporation more than 40 years before the date of application, that owns in its museum inventory…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the department may issue a special temporary on-sale or off-sale wine license to any nonprofit corporation having an agricultural purpose that is exempt from the payment of income taxes under Section 501(c)(5) of the Inter…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the department may issue an on-sale general bona fide public eating place license as defined by Section 23038 to any nonprofit charitable arts trust that is exempt from the payment of income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of th…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may issue a general on-sale license to a person who does not operate a bona fide eating place or other public premises who meets all of the following: (a) Has operated a catering business for not less than five years. (b)…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a beer and wine wholesaler that also holds an off-sale beer and wine retail license and only sells wine or the holder of a limited off-sale retail wine license may assist a nonprofit organization holding a temporary wine licen…

(a) The department may issue a special temporary on-sale wine license to a nonprofit corporation, exempt from payment of income taxes under Section 23701a or 23701e of the Revenue and Taxation Code and Section 501(c)(5) or 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code, if a majority of …

(a) The department may issue a special temporary retail package off-sale beer and wine license to: (1) a television station, supported wholly or in part by public membership subscription, which is a nonprofit, charitable corporation exempt from payment of income taxes under the p…

(a) The department may issue a special temporary retail package off-sale beer and wine license to a women’s educational and charitable organization that is a part of a national organization having at least 10 chapters in California at least one of which has been incorporated sinc…

(a) The department may issue a special temporary off-sale general license to any nonprofit corporation which is exempt from payment of income taxes under the provisions of Section 23701d of the Revenue and Taxation Code and Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of the Un…

The department in its discretion may issue a temporary permit to the transferee of any license to continue the operation of the premises during the period a transfer application for the license from person to person at the same premises is pending and when all the following condi…

(a) The department may issue a special temporary on-sale or off-sale beer or wine license to any nonprofit corporation that is exempt from payment of income taxes under Section 23701d or 23701e of the Revenue and Taxation Code and Section 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(6) of the Internal Re…