{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"7561.3","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 7561.3","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY [5000. - 9998.12.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 11.3. Private Investigators [7512. - 7573.5.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3/chapter-11.3"},{"name":"ARTICLE 6. Disciplinary Proceedings [7561. - 7567.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3/chapter-11.3/article-6"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 569, Sec. 34.   (SB 559)   Effective January 1, 2018.","effective":"2018-01-01","html":"<p>The director may suspend or revoke a license issued under this chapter if he or she determines that the licensee or his or her qualified manager, if an individual, or if the licensee is a person other than an individual, that any of its officers, directors, partners, members, managers, or qualified manager, has:</p><p>(a) Used any letterhead, advertisement, or other printed matter, or in any manner whatever represented that he or she is an instrumentality of the federal government, a state, or any political subdivision thereof.</p><p>(b) Used a name different from that under which he or she is currently licensed in any advertisement, solicitation, or contract for business.</p>","text":"The director may suspend or revoke a license issued under this chapter if he or she determines that the licensee or his or her qualified manager, if an individual, or if the licensee is a person other than an individual, that any of its officers, directors, partners, members, managers, or qualified manager, has: (a) Used any letterhead, advertisement, or other printed matter, or in any manner whatever represented that he or she is an instrumentality of the federal government, a state, or any political subdivision thereof. (b) Used a name different from that under which he or she is currently licensed in any advertisement, solicitation, or contract for business.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/disciplinary-proceedings-7561-3","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}