Title BPC — California Bus. & Prof. Code

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.