The bureau may suspend or revoke the license of any cemetery licensee who, within the immediately preceding three years, has done any of the following:

(a) Been convicted of a crime substantially related to the qualifications, functions, and duties of such licensee. The record of conviction, or a certified copy thereof, shall be conclusive evidence of such conviction.

Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 7711.3

  • Bureau: means the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau. See California Business and Professions Code 7601
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • 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

(b) Knowingly authorized, directed, connived at, or aided in the publication, advertisement, distribution, or circulation of any material false statement or representation concerning his or her business or any cemetery property offered for sale.

(c) Willfully disregarded or violated any of the provisions of this act relating to cemetery brokerage.

(d) Acted or conducted himself or herself in a manner which would have warranted the denial of his or her application for a cemetery license, or for a renewal thereof.

(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 25. (AB 180) Effective January 1, 2016.)