Bus. & Prof. Code, § 7121.7 · Article 7. Disciplinary Proceedings
Bus. & Prof. Code, § 7121.7
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) A qualifying individual, officer, partner, or other person named on a license shall not knowingly employ an individual who is described in subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 7121.6, except as a bona fide nonsupervising employee.
(b) A violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than four thousand five hundred dollars ($4,500), by imprisonment in a county jail for not less than 30 days nor more than one year, or by both the fine and imprisonment.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, an indictment for any violation of this section shall be found or an information or complaint filed within four years from the performance of any act that is prohibited under this section.
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History
Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 171, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2007.
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