SECTIONS 7506.3-7506.14

7506.3.  Except as otherwise provided in this article, every personentering the employ of, or contracting with, a licensee or multiplelicensee after the effective date of this article shall immediatelycomplete an application for an initial registration or areregistration and file the appropriate application with the chiefwithin 15 working days after the commencement of employment orcontracted services for the licensee or multiple licensee for whomthe applicant is employed or contracted. Applicants for registrationmust be at least 18 years of age. An applicant who declares as trueany material matter pursuant to this section that he or she knows tobe false is guilty of a misdemeanor. (a) An initial registration application shall be required of thosepersons who have not previously submitted an application forregistration, or been registered as a registrant. (b) A reregistration application shall be required of thosepersons who have previously submitted or been registered as aregistrant. (c) No registrant of a multiple licensee shall be required to filemore than one application for registration or reregistration foreach multiple licensee. (d) The application form shall contain a statement informing theapplicant that a false or dishonest answer to a question may begrounds for denial or subsequent suspension or revocation of aregistration or reregistration.7506.4.  The application for an initial registration or areregistration under this article shall be on a form prescribed bythe director and shall be accompanied by the fee provided for inSection 7511.7506.5.  All information obtained on the application shall beconfidential pursuant to the Information Practices Act (Chapter 1(commencing with Section 1798) of Title 1.8 of Part 4 of Division 3of the Civil Code) and shall not be released to the public except forthe registrant's full name, the licensee's name and address, and theregistration number. The application shall be verified and shallinclude: (a) The full name, residence address, residence telephone number,date and place of birth, and driver's license number of the applicantor registrant. (b) A statement listing any and all names used by the applicant orregistrant, other than the name by which he or she is currentlyknown. If the applicant or registrant has never used a name otherthan his or her true name, this fact shall be set forth in thestatement. (c) The name and address of the licensee and the date theemployment or contract commenced. (d) The title of the position occupied by the applicant orregistrant and a description of his or her duties. (e) Two recent photographs of the applicant or registrant, of atype prescribed by the chief, and two classifiable sets of his or herfingerprints, one set of which shall be forwarded to the FederalBureau of Investigation for purposes of a background check. (f) The bureau may impose a fee not to exceed three dollars ($3)for processing classifiable fingerprint cards submitted byapplicants, excluding those submitted into an electronic fingerprintsystem using electronic fingerprint technology.7506.6.  Qualified certificate holders who comply with otherprovisions of this chapter are not required to register under thisarticle.7506.7.  Employees of a licensee who are engaged exclusively instenographic, typing, filing, clerical, in-office skip tracing, orother office activities are not required to register under thisarticle.7506.8.  (a) The director may refuse to register any applicant ifthe individual has failed to pay any or all fines assessed pursuantto Section 7501.7 and not resolved in accordance with that section,or has committed any act that, if committed by a licensee, would begrounds for refusing to issue a license or for the suspension orrevocation of a license under this chapter, or has committed acts orcrimes constituting grounds for denial of a license under Section480. The denial shall be in writing and shall describe the basis forthe denial. The denial shall inform the applicant that if he or shedesires a hearing to contest the denial, the hearing shall berequested of the director, in writing, within 30 days of the issuanceof the denial. When a hearing is held under this section, it shall be conductedin accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. (b) The director may suspend or revoke a registration if theregistrant has committed any act that, if committed by a licensee,would be grounds for refusing to issue a license or for thesuspension or revocation of a license under this chapter.7506.9.  (a) Upon the issuance of the initial registration,reregistration or renewal, the chief shall issue to the registrant asuitable pocket identification card. At the request of theregistrant, the identification card may include a photograph of theregistrant. The photograph shall be of a size prescribed by thebureau. The card shall contain the name of the licensee with whom theregistrant is registered. The applicant may request to be issued anenhanced pocket card that shall be composed of durable material andmay incorporate technologically advanced security features. Thebureau may charge a fee sufficient to reimburse the department forcosts for furnishing the enhanced pocket card. The fee charged maynot exceed the actual cost for system development, maintenance, andprocessing necessary to provide the service, and may not exceed sixdollars ($6). If the applicant does not request an enhanced card, thedepartment shall issue a standard card at no cost to the applicant. (b) Until the registration certificate is issued or denied, aperson may be assigned to work with a temporary registration on asecure form prescribed by the chief, and issued by the qualifiedcertificate holder, that has been embossed by the bureau with thestate seal for a period not to exceed 120 days from the date theemployment or contract commenced, provided the person signs adeclaration under penalty of perjury that he or she has not beenconvicted of a felony or committed any other act constituting groundsfor denial of a registration pursuant to Section 7506.8 (unless heor she declares that the conviction of a felony or the commission ofa specified act or acts occurred prior to the issuance of aregistration by the chief and the conduct was not the cause of anysubsequent suspension or termination of a registration), and that heor she has read and understands the provisions of this chapter. (c) The chief shall issue an additional temporary registration fornot less than 60 days nor more than 120 days, if the chiefdetermines that the investigation of the applicant will take longerto complete than the initial temporary registration time period. (d) No person shall perform the duties of a registrant for alicensee unless the person has in his or her possession a validrepossessor registration card or evidence of a valid temporaryregistration or registration renewal as described in subdivision (b)of this section or subdivision (c) of Section 7506.10. Every person,while engaged in any activity for which licensure is required, shalldisplay his or her valid pocket card as provided by regulation.7506.10.  (a) Every initial registration shall expire one yearfollowing the date of issuance, unless renewed as provided in thissection, except for those registrations issued on or after January 1,1984, which shall expire on December 31, 1985, and every yearthereafter, unless renewed as provided in this section. A renewalregistration shall expire two years following the date of renewal,unless renewed as provided in this section. (b) At least 60 days prior to the expiration, the bureau shallmail a renewal form to the registrant at the licensee's place ofbusiness. A registrant who desires to renew his or her registrationshall forward to the bureau for each registration the properlycompleted renewal form obtained from the bureau, with the renewal feeprescribed by this chapter, for renewal of his or her registration.Until the registration renewal certificate is issued, a registrantmay continue to work with a temporary registration renewalcertificate on a secure form prescribed by the chief and issued bythe qualified certificate holder that has been embossed by the bureauwith the state seal for a period not to exceed 120 days from thedate of expiration of the registration. (c) A licensee shall provide to his or her registrants informationregarding procedures for renewal of registration. (d) A registration that is not renewed within 60 days after itsexpiration may not be renewed. If the registration is renewed within60 days after its expiration, the registrant, as a conditionprecedent to renewal, shall pay the renewal fee and also pay thedelinquency fee prescribed in this chapter. Registrants working withexpired registrations shall pay all accrued fees and penalties priorto renewal or reregistration. (e) The delinquency fee is 50 percent of the renewal fee in effecton the date of expiration, but not less than twenty-five dollars($25). (f) Upon renewal, evidence of renewal, as the director mayprescribe, shall be issued to the registrant. If evidence of renewalhas not been delivered to the registrant prior to the date ofexpiration, the registrant may present evidence of renewal tosubstantiate continued registration for a period not to exceed 60days after the date of expiration or a temporary registration renewalcertificate as described in subdivision (b). (g) A registration shall not be renewed until any and all finesassessed pursuant to this chapter and not resolved in accordance withthis chapter have been paid.7506.11.  (a) Each registration is valid until the registrant ceasesperforming services for the licensee indicated on the registrationcard or until the registration expires. (b) Each person registered under this article shall notify thechief, in writing, within 30 days of any change in employment orcontract status with a licensee. If the person ceases to be employedby or perform services for a licensee, the licensee shall notify thechief, in writing, within 30 days. The registered individual shallsurrender his or her registration card to the licensee. The licenseeshall forward the registration card to the chief. If at somesubsequent time the person is again employed or retained by alicensee, he or she shall apply for reregistration in the mannerprovided in this article. (c) Each registrant, while registered, shall notify the chief, inwriting, within 30 days after any change in his or her residenceaddress.7506.12.  The proceedings under this article shall be conducted inaccordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and the directorshall have all the powers granted therein.7506.13.  (a) The licensee shall at all times be responsible forascertaining that his or her registrants are currently registered orhave made proper application for registration as provided in thisarticle. The licensee may not have in his or her employment or undercontract a person subject to registration who has not registeredwithin the time required or whose registration has expired or beenrevoked, denied, suspended, or canceled. (b) The bureau shall keep current and accurate records of allpersons registered under this article.7506.14.  If the chief determines that continued services by anapplicant for registration in his or her current capacity may presentundue hazard to public safety, the licensee, upon propernotification from the chief, shall suspend the applicant fromrendering services in that capacity until the licensee is notified inwriting by the chief within 60 days from the date of notification ofsuspension that the applicant's registration has been approved ordenied.