2020 California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 4 - REAL ESTATE
PART 1 - LICENSING OF PERSONS
CHAPTER 2 - Administration
ARTICLE 3 - Hearings
Section 10100.4.
(a) Notwithstanding Section 11415.60 of the Government Code, the department may enter into a settlement with a licensee or applicant instead of the issuance of an accusation or statement of issues against that licensee or applicant.
(b) The settlement shall identify the factual basis for the action being taken and the statutes or regulations violated.
(c) A person who enters a settlement pursuant to this section is not precluded from filing a petition, in the timeframe permitted by law, to modify the terms of the settlement or a petition for early termination of probation, if probation is part of the settlement.
(d) Any settlement with a licensee executed pursuant to this section shall be considered discipline by the department.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 712, Sec. 5. (SB 706) Effective January 1, 2012.)
