CHAPTER 2. The Director of Consumer Affairs [150. - 166.]

Heading of Chapter 2 amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 77.

§§ 150–166 · 29 sections

§ 150 The department is under the control of a civil executive officer who is known as the Director of Consumer Affairs.
§ 151 The director is appointed by the Governor and holds office at the Governor’s pleasure. The director shall receive the annual salary provided for by Chapter 6…
§ 152 For the purpose of administration, the reregistration and clerical work of the department is organized by the director, subject to the approval of the…
§ 152.5 For purposes of distributing the reregistration work of the department uniformly throughout the year as nearly as practicable, the boards in the department…
§ 152.6 Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, each board within the department shall, in cooperation with the director, establish such license periods and…
§ 153 The director may investigate the work of the boards in the department and may obtain a copy of all records and full and complete data in all official matters…
§ 153.5 In the event that a newly authorized board replaces an existing or a previous board, the director may appoint an interim executive officer for the board who…
§ 154 Any and all matters relating to employment, tenure or discipline of employees of any board, agency or commission, shall be initiated by said board, agency or…
§ 154.1 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (1) The department is currently providing opportunities for employees of agencies…
§ 154.2 (a) The healing arts boards within Division 2 (commencing with Section 500) may employ individuals, other than peace officers, to perform investigative…
§ 154.3 (a) Pursuant to subdivision (u) of Section 11105 of the Penal Code, the department shall submit to the Department of Justice fingerprint images and related…
§ 154.5 If a person, not a regular employee of a board under this code, including the Board of Chiropractic Examiners and the Osteopathic Medical Board of California,…
§ 155 (a) In accordance with Section 159.5, the director may employ such investigators, inspectors, and deputies as are necessary properly to investigate and…
§ 156 (a) The director may, for the department and at the request and with the consent of a board within the department on whose behalf the contract is to be made,…
§ 156.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, individuals or entities contracting with the department or any board within the department for the provision of services…
§ 156.5 The director may negotiate and execute for the department and for its component agencies, rental agreements for short-term hiring of space and furnishings for…
§ 157 Expenses incurred by any board or on behalf of any board in any criminal prosecution or unprofessional conduct proceeding constitute proper charges against the…
§ 158 With the approval of the Director of Consumer Affairs, the boards and commissions comprising the department or subject to its jurisdiction may make refunds to…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 165 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no board, bureau, committee, commission, or program in the Department of Consumer Affairs shall submit to the…
§ 166 The director shall, by regulation, develop guidelines to prescribe components for mandatory continuing education programs administered by any board within the…