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CA Bus & Prof Code § 159 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 1 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS|CHAPTER 2 - The Director of Consumer Affairs|Section 159.

159.  The members and the executive officer of each board, agency, bureau, division, or commission have power to administer oaths and affirmations in the performance of any business of the board, and to certify to official acts.(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1350.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 159.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 1 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS|CHAPTER 2 - The Director of Consumer Affairs|Section 159.5.

159.5.  (a) (1) There is in the department the Division of Investigation. The division is in the charge of a person with the title of chief of the division.(2) Except as provided in Section 160, investigators who have the authority of peace officers, as specified in subdivision (a) of Section 160 and in subdivision (a) of Section 830.3 of the Penal Code, shall be in the division and shall be appointed by the director.(b) (1) There is in the Division of Investigation the Health Quality Investigation Unit. The primary responsibility of the unit is to investigate violations of law or regulation within the jurisdiction of the Medical Board of California, the Podiatric Medical Board of California, the Board of Psychology, the Osteopathic Medical Board of California, the Physician Assistant Board, or any entities under the jurisdiction of the Medical Board of California.(2) The Medical Board of California shall not be charged an hourly rate for the performance of investigations by the unit.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 351, Sec. 44. (AB 496) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 160 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 1 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS|CHAPTER 2 - The Director of Consumer Affairs|Section 160.

160.  (a) The chief and all investigators of the Division of Investigation of the department and all investigators of the Dental Board of California have the authority of peace officers while engaged in exercising the powers granted or performing the duties imposed upon them or the division in investigating the laws administered by the various boards comprising the department or commencing directly or indirectly any criminal prosecution arising from any investigation conducted under these laws. All persons herein referred to shall be deemed to be acting within the scope of employment with respect to all acts and matters set forth in this section.(b) The Division of Investigation of the department and the Dental Board of California may employ individuals, who are not peace officers, to provide investigative services.(c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2014.(Repealed (in Sec. 2) and added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 515, Sec. 3. (SB 304) Effective January 1, 2014. Section operative July 1, 2014, by its own provisions.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 160.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 1 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS|CHAPTER 2 - The Director of Consumer Affairs|Section 160.5.

160.5.  (a) All civil service employees currently employed by the Board of Dental Examiners of the Department of Consumer Affairs, whose functions are transferred as a result of the act adding this section shall retain their positions, status, and rights pursuant to Section 19050.9 of the Government Code and the State Civil Service Act (Part 2 (commencing with Section 18500) of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code). The transfer of employees as a result of the act adding this section shall occur no later than July 1, 1999.(b) (1) All civil service employees currently employed by the Medical Board of California of the Department of Consumer Affairs, whose functions are transferred as a result of the act adding this subdivision shall retain their positions, status, and rights pursuant to Section 19050.9 of the Government Code and the State Civil Service Act (Part 2 (commencing with Section 18500) of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code). The transfer of employees as a result of the act adding this subdivision shall occur no later than July 1, 2014.(2) The transfer of employees pursuant to this subdivision shall include all peace officer and medical consultant positions and all staff support positions for those peace officer and medical consultant positions.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 515, Sec. 4. (SB 304) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 161 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 1 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS|CHAPTER 2 - The Director of Consumer Affairs|Section 161.

161.  The department, or any board in the department, may, in accordance with the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code) and the Information Practices Act of 1977 (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1798) of Title 1.8 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code), make available to the public copies of any part of its respective public records, or compilations, extracts, or summaries of information contained in its public records, at a charge sufficient to pay the actual cost thereof. That charge shall be determined by the director with the approval of the Department of General Services.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 351, Sec. 45. (AB 496) Effective January 1, 2020. Superseded on January 1, 2023; see amendment by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 161 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 1 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS|CHAPTER 2 - The Director of Consumer Affairs|Section 161.

161.  The department, or any board in the department, may, in accordance with the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code) and the Information Practices Act of 1977 (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1798) of Title 1.8 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code), make available to the public copies of any part of its respective public records, or compilations, extracts, or summaries of information contained in its public records, at a charge sufficient to pay the actual cost thereof. That charge shall be determined by the director with the approval of the Department of General Services.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615, Sec. 3. (AB 474) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Section 463 of Stats. 2021, Ch. 615.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 162 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 1 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS|CHAPTER 2 - The Director of Consumer Affairs|Section 162.

162.  The certificate of the officer in charge of the records of any board in the department that any person was or was not on a specified date, or during a specified period of time, licensed, certified or registered under the provisions of law administered by the board, or that the license, certificate or registration of any person was revoked or under suspension, shall be admitted in any court as prima facie evidence of the facts therein recited.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 355.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 163 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 1 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS|CHAPTER 2 - The Director of Consumer Affairs|Section 163.

163.  Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the department and each board in the department shall charge a fee of two dollars ($2) for the certification of a copy of any record, document, or paper in its custody or for the certification of any document evidencing the content of any such record, document or paper.(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 590.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 163.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 1 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS|CHAPTER 2 - The Director of Consumer Affairs|Section 163.5.

163.5.  Except as otherwise provided by law, the delinquency, penalty, or late fee for any licensee within the Department of Consumer Affairs shall be 50 percent of the renewal fee for such license in effect on the date of the renewal of the license, but not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150).A delinquency, penalty, or late fee shall not be assessed until 30 days have elapsed from the date that the licensing agency mailed a notice of renewal to the licensee at the licensee’s last known address of record. The notice shall specify the date for timely renewal, and that failure to renew in a timely fashion shall result in the assessment of a delinquency, penalty, or late fee.In the event a reinstatement or like fee is charged for the reinstatement of a license, the reinstatement fee shall be 150 percent of the renewal fee for such license in effect on the date of the reinstatement of the license, but not more than twenty-five dollars ($25) in excess of the renewal fee, except that in the event that such a fee is fixed by statute at less than 150 percent of the renewal fee and less than the renewal fee plus twenty-five dollars ($25), the fee so fixed shall be charged.(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 587, Sec. 1.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 164 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 1 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS|CHAPTER 2 - The Director of Consumer Affairs|Section 164.

164.  The form and content of any license, certificate, permit, or similar indicia of authority issued by any agency in the department, including any document evidencing renewal of a license, certificate, permit, or similar indicia of authority, shall be determined by the director after consultation with and consideration of the views of the agency concerned.(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 850, Sec. 6.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 165 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 1 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS|CHAPTER 2 - The Director of Consumer Affairs|Section 165.

165.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no board, bureau, committee, commission, or program in the Department of Consumer Affairs shall submit to the Legislature any fiscal impact analysis relating to legislation pending before the Legislature until the analysis has been submitted to the Director of Consumer Affairs, or his or her designee, for review and comment. The boards, bureaus, committees, commissions, and programs shall include the comments of the director when submitting any fiscal impact analysis to the Legislature. This section shall not be construed to prohibit boards, bureaus, committees, commissions, and programs from responding to direct requests for fiscal data from Members of the Legislature or their staffs. In those instances it shall be the responsibility of boards, bureaus, committees, commissions, and programs to also transmit that information to the director, or his or her designee, within five working days.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 268, Sec. 0.2. Effective June 30, 1984.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 166 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 1 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS|CHAPTER 2 - The Director of Consumer Affairs|Section 166.

166.  The director shall, by regulation, develop guidelines to prescribe components for mandatory continuing education programs administered by any board within the department.(a) The guidelines shall be developed to ensure that mandatory continuing education is used as a means to create a more competent licensing population, thereby enhancing public protection. The guidelines shall require mandatory continuing education programs to address, at least, the following:(1) Course validity.(2) Occupational relevancy.(3) Effective presentation.(4) Actual attendance.(5) Material assimilation.(6) Potential for application.(b) The director shall consider educational principles, and the guidelines shall prescribe mandatory continuing education program formats to include, but not be limited to, the following:(1) The specified audience.(2) Identification of what is to be learned.(3) Clear goals and objectives.(4) Relevant learning methods (participatory, hands-on, or clinical setting).(5) Evaluation, focused on the learner and the assessment of the intended learning outcomes (goals and objectives).(c) Any board within the department that, after January 1, 1993, proposes a mandatory continuing education program for its licensees shall submit the proposed program to the director for review to assure that the program contains all the elements set forth in this section and complies with the guidelines developed by the director.(d) Any board administering a mandatory continuing education program that proposes to amend its current program shall do so in a manner consistent with this section.(e) Any board currently administering a mandatory continuing education program shall review the components and requirements of the program to determine the extent to which they are consistent with the guidelines developed under this section. The board shall submit a report of their findings to the director. The report shall identify the similarities and differences of its mandatory continuing education program. The report shall include any board-specific needs to explain the variation from the director’s guidelines.(f) Any board administering a mandatory continuing education program, when accepting hours for credit which are obtained out of state, shall ensure that the course for which credit is given is administered in accordance with the guidelines addressed in subdivision (a).(g) Nothing in this section or in the guidelines adopted by the director shall be construed to repeal any requirements for continuing education programs set forth in any other provision of this code.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 146, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 200 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 1 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS|CHAPTER 3 - Funds of the Department|Section 200.

200.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, any revenues, collections, or receipts accruing to any board in the department may, in the manner determined by the director and with the consent of the board concerned, be received and deposited by the department, and in such case shall be accounted for to the board and remitted by the department to the State Treasury in accordance with law for credit to the fund of such board. Notwithstanding Section 158 of this code, all refunds shall be made by the department with the consent of the board.(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1426.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 200.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 1 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS|CHAPTER 3 - Funds of the Department|Section 200.1.

200.1.  (a) Any accruals that occur on or after September 11, 1993, to any funds or accounts within the Professions and Vocations Fund that realize increased revenues to that fund or account as a result of legislation enacted on or after September 11, 1993, and that have not been transferred pursuant to Sections 13.50, 13.60, and 13.70 of the Budget Act of 1993 on the effective date of the act that enacted this section, shall be exempt from the transfers contained in Sections 13.50, 13.60, and 13.70 of the Budget Act of 1993. These funds shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:(1) Athletic Commission Fund.(2) Bureau of Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation Fund.(3) Contractors License Fund.(4) Private Investigator Fund.(5) Respiratory Care Fund.(6) Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians Fund.(b) Subdivision (a) shall not apply to the Contingent Fund of the Medical Board of California.(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 312, Sec. 6. (SB 1474) Effective January 1, 2021.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 201 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 1 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS|CHAPTER 3 - Funds of the Department|Section 201.

201.  (a) (1) A charge for the estimated administrative expenses of the department, not to exceed the available balance in any appropriation for any one fiscal year, may be levied in advance on a pro rata share basis against any of the boards, bureaus, commissions, divisions, and agencies, at the discretion of the director and with the approval of the Department of Finance.(2) The department shall submit a report of the accounting of the pro rata calculation of administrative expenses to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature on or before July 1, 2015, and on or before July 1 of each subsequent year.(b) The department shall conduct a one-time study of its current system for prorating administrative expenses to determine if that system is the most productive, efficient, and cost-effective manner for the department and the agencies comprising the department. The study shall include consideration of whether some of the administrative services offered by the department should be outsourced or charged on an as-needed basis and whether the agencies should be permitted to elect not to receive and be charged for certain administrative services. The department shall include the findings in its report pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) that it is required to submit on or before July 1, 2015.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 395, Sec. 4. (SB 1243) Effective January 1, 2015.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 202 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 1 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS|CHAPTER 3 - Funds of the Department|Section 202.

202.  (a) Upon proper presentation of claims by the department to the State Controller, the State Controller shall draw his or her warrant against any of the funds of any one of the boards to cover its share of the estimated administrative expenses of the department. The fund of one board shall not be used to pay the expenses of any other board.(b) Nothing in this section or in Section 401 shall prohibit the transfer of funds for a release time bank of any board, commission, or bureau of the department pursuant to a memorandum of understanding on the same terms and conditions applicable to other state agencies.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1212, Sec. 1.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 202.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 1 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS|CHAPTER 3 - Funds of the Department|Section 202.5.

202.5.  Prior to payment to the Department of Justice of any charges for legal services rendered to any board within the department, the Department of Justice shall submit to the board an itemized statement of the services and charges. The itemized statement shall include detailed information regarding the services performed and the amount of time billed for each of those services.(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1273, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 203 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 1 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS|CHAPTER 3 - Funds of the Department|Section 203.

203.  The amount of the warrant shall be remitted to the State Treasurer by the department for credit to the Consumer Affairs Fund. The department shall pay all of its necessary administrative expenses out of the Consumer Affairs Fund.(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 716.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 204 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 1 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS|CHAPTER 3 - Funds of the Department|Section 204.

204.  A sum, not to exceed 1 percent of the total amount appropriated for all of the boards herein mentioned may be withdrawn from the Consumer Affairs Fund without at the time furnishing vouchers and itemized statements. This sum shall be used as a revolving fund where cash advances are necessary, and at the close of each biennium, or at any other time, upon demand of the Department of Finance, shall be accounted for and substantiated by vouchers and itemized statements submitted to and audited by the State Controller.(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 716.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 205 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 1 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS|CHAPTER 3 - Funds of the Department|Section 205.

205.  (a) There is in the State Treasury the Professions and Vocations Fund. The fund shall consist of the following special funds:(1) Accountancy Fund.(2) California Architects Board Fund.(3) Athletic Commission Fund.(4) Barbering and Cosmetology Contingent Fund.(5) Cemetery and Funeral Fund.(6) Contractors License Fund.(7) State Dentistry Fund.(8) Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation Fund.(9) California Architects Board-Landscape Architects Fund.(10) Contingent Fund of the Medical Board of California.(11) Optometry Fund.(12) Pharmacy Board Contingent Fund.(13) Physical Therapy Fund.(14) Private Investigator Fund.(15) Private Security Services Fund.(16) Professional Engineer’s, Land Surveyor’s, and Geologist’s Fund.(17) Consumer Affairs Fund.(18) Behavioral Sciences Fund.(19) Licensed Midwifery Fund.(20) Court Reporters’ Fund.(21) Veterinary Medical Board Contingent Fund.(22) Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians Fund.(23) Electronic and Appliance Repair Fund.(24) Dispensing Opticians Fund.(25) Acupuncture Fund.(26) Physician Assistant Fund.(27) Board of Podiatric Medicine Fund.(28) Psychology Fund.(29) Respiratory Care Fund.(30) Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Fund.(31) Board of Registered Nursing Fund.(32) Animal Health Technician Examining Committee Fund.(33) State Dental Hygiene Fund.(34) State Dental Assistant Fund.(35) Structural Pest Control Fund.(36) Structural Pest Control Eradication and Enforcement Fund.(37) Structural Pest Control Research Fund.(38) Household Movers Fund.(b) For accounting and recordkeeping purposes, the Professions and Vocations Fund shall be deemed to be a single special fund, and each of the several special funds therein shall constitute and be deemed to be a separate account in the Professions and Vocations Fund. Each account or fund shall be available for expenditure only for the purposes as are now or may hereafter be provided by law.(c) This section shall be repealed on July 1, 2022.(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 865, Sec. 2) by Stats. 2020, Ch. 312, Sec. 7. (SB 1474) Effective January 1, 2021. Repealed as of July 1, 2022, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 3 of Stats. 2019, Ch. 865.)