California Insurance Code 1681.5 – (a) No person shall cheat on, subvert, or attempt to subvert, …
(a) No person shall cheat on, subvert, or attempt to subvert, any licensing examination given by the department, including, but not limited to, engaging in, soliciting, or procuring any of the following:
(1) Any communication between one or more examinees and any other person, other than a proctor or examination official, while the examination is in progress.
Terms Used In California Insurance Code 1681.5
- Commissioner: means the Insurance Commissioner of this State. See California Insurance Code 20
- County: includes "city and county. See California Insurance Code 14
- license: includes a certificate of convenience and a permanent license, and the term "persons who are licensed" includes the holders of any such certificate or the license, but these definitions and the use of those terms in this chapter shall not confer upon a certificate of convenience or any holder thereof any property right in or to the certificate, the certificate being and remaining only a temporary permit, issued as a matter of convenience, allowing the transaction of insurance without a permanent license, but within the limits, and subject to the conditions of the certificate of convenience issued and the laws applicable thereto. See California Insurance Code 1627
- Person: means any person, association, organization, partnership, business trust, limited liability company, or corporation. See California Insurance Code 19
(2) The taking of all or a part of the examination by a person other than the applicant.
(3) Possession or use at any time during the examination or while the examinee is on the examination premises of any device, material, or document that is not expressly authorized for use by examinees during the examination, including, but not limited to, notes, crib sheets, textbooks, and electronic devices.
(4) Failure to follow any examination instruction or rule related to examination security.
(5) The provision of false, fraudulent, or materially misleading information concerning education, experience, or other qualifications as part of, or in support of, any application for admission to any examination.
(b) Any person who willfully violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year.
(c) The commissioner shall bar any candidate caught willfully cheating under this section from taking any license examination and from holding an active license under any provision of this code for a period of five years.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 312, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2006.)