2018 California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 7.5.
(a) A conviction within the meaning of this code means a plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere. Any action which a board is permitted to take following the establishment of a conviction may be taken when the time for appeal has elapsed, or the judgment of conviction has been affirmed on appeal or when an order granting probation is made suspending the imposition of sentence, irrespective of a subsequent order under the provisions of Section 1203.4 of the Penal Code. However, a board may not deny a license to an applicant who is otherwise qualified pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 480.
Nothing in this section shall apply to the licensure of persons pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 6000) of Division 3.
(b) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2020, and, as of January 1, 2021, is repealed.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 995, Sec. 1. (AB 2138) Effective January 1, 2019. Section inoperative July 1, 2020. Repealed as of January 1, 2021, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 995.)
