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SECTION 25051-25062
25051. A person shall not act as a poultry meat inspector unless he has a license which is issued pursuant to this chapter. 25052. Each person before acting as a poultry meat inspector shall apply to and receive from the director a license to inspect poultry meat. 25053. The application fee for a license is ten dollars ($10). 25054. Every license shall expire on the last day of the calendar year for which it is issued. 25055. Application for renewal of a license accompanied by a fee of five dollars ($5) shall be made on or before the last day of the calendar year for which the license was issued. 25056. To any fee which is not paid when due, there shall be added a penalty of five dollars ($5). 25057. If a license lapses for two calendar years, it is not subject to renewal. Any application for the renewal of such license shall be considered a new application. 25058. The director shall, after the written and oral examination and demonstration which are prescribed by Section 25059, issue to any person who passes the examination and is otherwise qualified a license to inspect poultry meat for wholesomeness. If an applicant for a license to inspect poultry meat does not take such examination within one year after the date of the receipt of his application by the director, his application expires. 25059. The written and oral examination and demonstration which are required by Section 25058 shall show the applicant's ability to understand laws and regulations which pertain to poultry meat inspection and his knowledge of all of the following: (a) Conditions which affect wholesomeness in poultry meat and poultry meat products. (b) The anatomy of poultry. (c) Routine processing techniques and equipment which are used in poultry processing plants, and poultry plant sanitation. 25060. The director shall, from time to time, arrange for the conducting of schools of instruction for poultry meat inspectors. 25061. The director may, after hearing, refuse to issue a license or renew a license and he may suspend or revoke any license for any violation of, or failure to comply with, any provision of this chapter or the regulations which are adopted pursuant to it. The director may suspend temporarily, pending hearing, any license for any willful or deliberate violation. 25062. Any proceedings under Section 25061 shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500), Part 1, Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. The director shall have all the powers which are granted in that chapter.
