(a) Every applicant for an occupational license shall make application to the department for a license containing a general distinguishing number.

(b) The applicant shall submit all information as may be reasonably required by the department in carrying out the provisions of this chapter, including, but not limited to, proof of successful completion within the previous six months of the appropriate department examination and proof of his or her status as a bona fide manufacturer, distributor, dealer, dealer branch, or salesperson.

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Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 18050

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
  • Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Health and Safety Code 19
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

(c) The applicant shall submit an application to the department on the forms prescribed by the department. The applicant shall provide the department with information as to the applicant’s character, honesty, integrity, and reputation, as the department may consider necessary. The department, by regulation, shall prescribe what information is required of the applicant for the purposes of this subdivision.

(d) (1) In conjunction with the license application, the applicant shall submit to the Department of Justice fingerprint images and related information required by the Department of Justice for the purposes of obtaining information as to the existence and content of a record of state or federal convictions, and state or federal arrests for which the Department of Justice establishes that the person is free on bail or on his or her recognizance pending trial or appeal.

(2) Upon receipt of the fingerprint images and related information described in paragraph (1) from the applicant, the Department of Justice shall forward to the Federal Bureau of Investigation a request for federal summary criminal history information.

(3) Upon receipt of federal summary criminal history information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Justice shall review that information and compile and disseminate a response to the Department of Housing and Community Development pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (p) of § 11105 of the Penal Code.

(4) The Department of Housing and Community Development shall request subsequent arrest notification service from the Department of Justice, as provided under § 11105.2 of the Penal Code, for the applicant.

(5) The Department of Justice shall charge a fee sufficient to cover the cost of processing the requests described in this subdivision.

(e) Upon receipt of a complete application for a license that is accompanied by the appropriate fee, the department shall, within 120 days, make a thorough investigation of the information contained in the application.

(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 166, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)