California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 2 - California Architects Board › Article 8 - Disciplinary Proceedings › Section 152 - Citations

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The Board's
				executive officer is authorized to issue citations containing orders of
				abatement and/or administrative fines pursuant to sections
				125.9 or
				148 of the code against an
				architect or an unlicensed person who has committed any acts or omissions which
				are in violation of the Architects Practice Act or any regulation adopted
				pursuant thereto.
(b) A citation
				shall be issued whenever any order of abatement is issued or any fine is
				levied. Each citation shall be in writing and shall describe with particularity
				the nature and facts of the violation, including a reference to the statutes or
				regulations alleged to have been violated. The citation shall be served upon
				the individual personally or by certified mail.
(c) Where citations include an assessment of
				an administrative fine, they shall be classified according to the nature of the
				violation and shall indicate the classification on the face thereof as follows:
(1) Class "A" violations are violations which
				the executive officer has determined involve an unlicensed person who has
				violated sections
				5536,
				5536.1,
				5536.4, or
				5536.5 of the code, or title 16,
				section 134 of these regulations,
				including but not limited to, acting in the capacity of or engaged in the
				practice of architecture. A class "A" violation is subject to an administrative
				fine in an amount not less than seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750) and not
				exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each and every
				violation except a higher fine may be assessed when expressly authorized by
				statute.
(2) Class "B" violations
				are violations which the executive officer has determined involve either a
				person who, while engaged in the practice of architecture, has violated a
				statute or regulation relating to the practice of architecture and which has
				caused physical damage to a structure or building or to real property or
				monetary damage to a client or member of the public or a person who has
				committed a class "C" violation and has one or more prior, separate class "C"
				violations. A class "B" violation is subject to an administrative fine in an
				amount not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and not exceeding two
				thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each and every violation.
(3) Class "C" violations are violations which
				the executive officer has determined involve a person who, while engaged in the
				practice of architecture, has violated a statute or regulation relating to the
				practice of architecture and which has not caused either the death or bodily
				injury to another person or physical damage to a structure or building or to
				real property or monetary damage to a client or a member of the public. A class
				"C" violation is subject to an administrative fine in an amount not less than
				two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) and not exceeding one thousand dollars
				($1,000) for each and every violation.