Every officer, agent, or employee of any company, and every other person who knowingly authorizes, directs, or aids in the publication, advertisement, distribution, or circulation of any false statement or representation concerning any cemetery or cemetery brokerage business and every person who, with knowledge that any advertisement, pamphlet, prospectus, or letter concerning any cemetery brokerage business or any written statement that is false or fraudulent, issues, circulates, publishes, or distributes the same, or causes it to be issued, circulated, published, or distributed, or who in any other respect willfully violates or fails, omits, or neglects to obey, observe, or comply with any order, permit, decision, demand, or requirement of the bureau under the provisions of this act relating to cemetery brokerage, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, if a cemetery licensee, he or she shall be held to trial by the bureau for a suspension or revocation of his or her cemetery license, as provided in the provisions of this act relating to disciplinary proceedings.

(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 18. (AB 180) Effective January 1, 2016.)

Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 7637.8

  • Bureau: means the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau. See California Business and Professions Code 7601
  • license: means license, certificate, registration, or other means to engage in a business or profession regulated by this code or referred to in Section 1000 or 3600. See California Business and Professions Code 23.7
  • Licensee: means any person authorized by a license, certificate, registration, or other means to engage in a business or profession regulated by this code or referred to in Sections 1000 and 3600. See California Business and Professions Code 23.8
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
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