Section § 7506.10

Explanation

This law explains how and when registrations need to be renewed for those required to register. Initial registrations last one year, while renewals last two years. Registrants will receive a renewal form 60 days before their registration expires, which they need to send back with a fee to continue their registration. They can keep working with a temporary renewal certificate for up to 120 days after their registration expires. If a registration isn't renewed within 60 days of expiring, it can't be renewed. All fees, penalties, and unresolved fines must be paid before renewal. Registrants will get evidence of renewal, and if it's not received before expiration, they can use the renewal receipt or temporary certificate for proof for 60 days past expiration.

(a)CA Business & Professions Code § 7506.10(a) Every initial registration shall expire one year following the date of issuance, unless renewed as provided in this section. A renewal registration shall expire two years following the date of renewal, unless renewed as provided in this section.
(b)CA Business & Professions Code § 7506.10(b) At least 60 days prior to the expiration, the bureau shall mail a renewal form to the registrant at the licensee’s place of business. A registrant who desires to renew their registration shall forward to the bureau for each registration the properly completed renewal form obtained from the bureau, with the renewal fee prescribed by this chapter, for renewal of their registration. Until the registration renewal certificate is issued, a registrant may continue to work with a temporary registration renewal certificate on a secure form prescribed by the chief and issued by the qualified certificate holder that has been embossed by the bureau with the state seal for a period not to exceed 120 days from the date of expiration of the registration.
(c)CA Business & Professions Code § 7506.10(c) A licensee shall provide to their registrants information regarding procedures for renewal of registration.
(d)CA Business & Professions Code § 7506.10(d) A registration that is not renewed within 60 days after its expiration may not be renewed. If the registration is renewed within 60 days after its expiration, the registrant, as a condition precedent to renewal, shall pay the renewal fee and also pay the delinquency fee prescribed in this chapter. Registrants working with expired registrations shall pay all accrued fees and penalties prior to renewal or reregistration.
(e)CA Business & Professions Code § 7506.10(e) Upon renewal, evidence of renewal, as the director may prescribe, shall be issued to the registrant. If evidence of renewal has not been delivered to the registrant prior to the date of expiration, the registrant may present evidence of renewal to substantiate continued registration for a period not to exceed 60 days after the date of expiration or a temporary registration renewal certificate, as described in subdivision (b).
(f)CA Business & Professions Code § 7506.10(f) A registration shall not be renewed until any and all fines assessed pursuant to this chapter and not resolved in accordance with this chapter have been paid.

Section § 7506.11

Explanation

This section explains the rules for registration as it relates to people who work under a license. If you're registered, your registration is valid until you stop working for the licensed company or it expires. You must tell the chief in writing within 30 days if you change jobs or if your work relationship with the company changes. If you stop working for the licensed company, you must give your registration card to the company, which will then send it back to the chief. If you start working again, you'll need to re-register. Also, if you move, you have 30 days to inform the chief in writing about your new address.

(a)CA Business & Professions Code § 7506.11(a) Each registration is valid until the registrant ceases performing services for the licensee indicated on the registration card or until the registration expires.
(b)CA Business & Professions Code § 7506.11(b) Each person registered under this article shall notify the chief, in writing, within 30 days of any change in employment or contract status with a licensee. If the person ceases to be employed by or perform services for a licensee, the licensee shall notify the chief, in writing, within 30 days. The registered individual shall surrender his or her registration card to the licensee. The licensee shall forward the registration card to the chief. If at some subsequent time the person is again employed or retained by a licensee, he or she shall apply for reregistration in the manner provided in this article.
(c)CA Business & Professions Code § 7506.11(c) Each registrant, while registered, shall notify the chief, in writing, within 30 days after any change in his or her residence address.

Section § 7506.12

Explanation
This law states that any official actions or processes under this article must be carried out according to specific procedures outlined in a separate part of the Government Code. These procedures give the director certain powers to oversee and manage the process.
The proceedings under this article shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and the director shall have all the powers granted therein.

Section § 7506.13

Explanation

If you are a license holder, you must make sure that the people working for you are properly registered. This means they should either be currently registered or have applied for registration. You cannot employ or contract someone who isn't registered on time, or if their registration is expired, revoked, denied, suspended, or canceled. The bureau is responsible for keeping updated records of all registered individuals.

(a)CA Business & Professions Code § 7506.13(a) The licensee shall at all times be responsible for ascertaining that his or her registrants are currently registered or have made proper application for registration as provided in this article. The licensee may not have in his or her employment or under contract a person subject to registration who has not registered within the time required or whose registration has expired or been revoked, denied, suspended, or canceled.
(b)CA Business & Professions Code § 7506.13(b) The bureau shall keep current and accurate records of all persons registered under this article.

Section § 7506.14

Explanation

If the head of the licensing body believes that allowing a worker to keep doing their job might be dangerous to the public, the employer has to stop the worker from performing that job until a decision is made. The employer will then be informed in writing within 60 days whether the worker's application has been accepted or rejected.

If the chief determines that continued services by an applicant for registration in his or her current capacity may present undue hazard to public safety, the licensee, upon proper notification from the chief, shall suspend the applicant from rendering services in that capacity until the licensee is notified in writing by the chief within 60 days from the date of notification of suspension that the applicant’s registration has been approved or denied.

Section § 7506.3

Explanation

If you're working for or hired by a licensed company after this law took effect, you need to fill out and submit a registration form within 15 workdays. You must be at least 18 years old. Lying on this form is a misdemeanor. If it's your first time applying, you'll complete an initial registration. If you've registered before, you'll fill out a reregistration form. You only need to submit one form per company, even if that company has several licenses. The form also warns that dishonest answers can lead to your application being denied or your registration getting suspended or revoked.

Except as otherwise provided in this article, every person entering the employ of, or contracting with, a licensee or multiple licensee after the effective date of this article shall immediately complete an application for an initial registration or a reregistration and file the appropriate application with the chief within 15 working days after the commencement of employment or contracted services for the licensee or multiple licensee for whom the applicant is employed or contracted. Applicants for registration must be at least 18 years of age. An applicant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to this section that he or she knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(a)CA Business & Professions Code § 7506.3(a) An initial registration application shall be required of those persons who have not previously submitted an application for registration, or been registered as a registrant.
(b)CA Business & Professions Code § 7506.3(b) A reregistration application shall be required of those persons who have previously submitted or been registered as a registrant.
(c)CA Business & Professions Code § 7506.3(c) No registrant of a multiple licensee shall be required to file more than one application for registration or reregistration for each multiple licensee.
(d)CA Business & Professions Code § 7506.3(d) The application form shall contain a statement informing the applicant that a false or dishonest answer to a question may be grounds for denial or subsequent suspension or revocation of a registration or reregistration.

Section § 7506.4

Explanation

If you're applying for a new or renewed registration related to this article, you need to fill out a specific form provided by the director and pay a fee mentioned in another section.

The application for an initial registration or a reregistration under this article shall be on a form prescribed by the director and shall be accompanied by the fee provided for in Section 7511.

Section § 7506.5

Explanation

This law section talks about the confidentiality of application information for certain professional registrations. It states that most information on the application is private, except for the registrant’s full name, the licensee’s name and address, and the registration number. The application must be verified and include details like the applicant's or registrant's name, contact info, birth details, driver's license number, other names used, licensee's info, job title and duties, and two recent photos and fingerprint sets for a background check. It allows a small fee for processing fingerprint cards unless done electronically.

All information obtained on the application shall be confidential pursuant to the Information Practices Act (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1798) of Title 1.8 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code) and shall not be released to the public except for the registrant’s full name, the licensee’s name and address, and the registration number. The application shall be verified and shall include:
(a)CA Business & Professions Code § 7506.5(a) The full name, residence address, residence telephone number, date and place of birth, and driver’s license number of the applicant or registrant.
(b)CA Business & Professions Code § 7506.5(b) A statement listing any and all names used by the applicant or registrant, other than the name by which he or she is currently known. If the applicant or registrant has never used a name other than his or her true name, this fact shall be set forth in the statement.
(c)CA Business & Professions Code § 7506.5(c) The name and address of the licensee and the date the employment or contract commenced.
(d)CA Business & Professions Code § 7506.5(d) The title of the position occupied by the applicant or registrant and a description of his or her duties.
(e)CA Business & Professions Code § 7506.5(e) Two recent photographs of the applicant or registrant, of a type prescribed by the chief, and two classifiable sets of his or her fingerprints, one set of which shall be forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for purposes of a background check.
(f)CA Business & Professions Code § 7506.5(f) The bureau may impose a fee not to exceed three dollars ($3) for processing classifiable fingerprint cards submitted by applicants, excluding those submitted into an electronic fingerprint system using electronic fingerprint technology.

Section § 7506.6

Explanation

If you hold a valid certificate and follow the other rules in this section, you don't need to register according to this specific article.

Qualified certificate holders who comply with other provisions of this chapter are not required to register under this article.

Section § 7506.7

Explanation

Employees who only do office-related tasks like typing, filing, or clerical work don't need to register under this law.

Employees of a licensee who are engaged exclusively in stenographic, typing, filing, clerical, in-office skip tracing, or other office activities are not required to register under this article.

Section § 7506.8

Explanation

This law allows the director to refuse to register an applicant or to suspend or revoke an existing registration if the individual hasn’t paid fines or has committed certain acts that would justify denying or revoking a license. These acts could include crimes or other wrongdoings. If an application is denied, the applicant must be informed in writing, including reasons for the denial and their right to request a hearing within 30 days. Any hearing will follow specific government procedures.

(a)CA Business & Professions Code § 7506.8(a) The director may refuse to register any applicant if the individual has failed to pay any or all fines assessed pursuant to Section 7501.7 and not resolved in accordance with that section, or has committed any act that, if committed by a licensee, would be grounds for refusing to issue a license or for the suspension or revocation of a license under this chapter, or has committed acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of a license under Section 480.
The denial shall be in writing and shall describe the basis for the denial. The denial shall inform the applicant that if he or she desires a hearing to contest the denial, the hearing shall be requested of the director, in writing, within 30 days of the issuance of the denial.
When a hearing is held under this section, it shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(b)CA Business & Professions Code § 7506.8(b) The director may suspend or revoke a registration if the registrant has committed any act that, if committed by a licensee, would be grounds for refusing to issue a license or for the suspension or revocation of a license under this chapter.

Section § 7506.9

Explanation

When you register or renew your registration in certain professions, you'll get an ID card from the bureau, which can have your photo if you want. You can also ask for a stronger card with security features for a small fee. You can start working with a temporary registration while waiting for the official certificate, as long as you haven't been convicted of a felony or done something that disqualifies you. If the investigation takes longer, you can get an additional temporary registration. You must have a valid ID, temporary registration, or proof of registration to work legally, and you need to show your ID when working.

(a)CA Business & Professions Code § 7506.9(a) Upon the issuance of the initial registration, reregistration, or renewal, the chief shall issue to the registrant a suitable pocket identification card. At the request of the registrant, the identification card may include a photograph of the registrant. The photograph shall be of a size prescribed by the bureau. The card shall contain the name of the licensee with whom the registrant is registered. The applicant may request to be issued an enhanced pocket card that shall be composed of durable material and may incorporate technologically advanced security features. The bureau may charge a fee sufficient to reimburse the department for costs for furnishing the enhanced pocket card. The fee charged may not exceed the actual cost for system development, maintenance, and processing necessary to provide the service, and may not exceed six dollars ($6). If the applicant does not request an enhanced card, the department shall issue a standard card at no cost to the applicant.
(b)CA Business & Professions Code § 7506.9(b) Until the registration certificate is issued or denied, a person may be assigned to work with a temporary registration on a secure form prescribed by the chief, and issued by the qualified certificate holder, for a period not to exceed 120 days from the date the employment or contract commenced, provided the person signs a declaration under penalty of perjury that he or she has not been convicted of a felony or committed any other act constituting grounds for denial of a registration pursuant to Section 7506.8 (unless he or she declares that the conviction of a felony or the commission of a specified act or acts occurred prior to the issuance of a registration by the chief and the conduct was not the cause of any subsequent suspension or termination of a registration), and that he or she has read and understands the provisions of this chapter.
(c)CA Business & Professions Code § 7506.9(c) The chief shall issue an additional temporary registration for not less than 60 days nor more than 120 days, if the chief determines that the investigation of the applicant will take longer to complete than the initial temporary registration time period.
(d)CA Business & Professions Code § 7506.9(d) No person shall perform the duties of a registrant for a licensee unless the person has in his or her possession a valid repossessor registration card, a hardcopy printout or electronic copy of the bureau’s approval from the bureau’s Internet Web site, which may include an easily legible electronic screenshot of that information, or evidence of a valid temporary registration or registration renewal as described in subdivision (b) or (e) of this section or subdivision (f) of Section 7506.10. Every person, while engaged in any activity for which licensure is required, shall display his or her valid pocket card, as provided by regulation.
(e)CA Business & Professions Code § 7506.9(e) A person may work as a registrant pending receipt of the registration card if he or she has been approved by the bureau and carries on his or her person a hardcopy printout or electronic copy of the bureau’s approval from the bureau’s Internet Web site, which may include an easily legible electronic screenshot of that information, and a valid picture identification.