Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1323.
After January 1, 1970, no person shall perform services described in Section 4502 without a license issued under this chapter.
Article 5 - Penal Provisions
California Business and Professions Code — §§ 4540-4543
Sections (4)
Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 632, Sec. 51. (AB 1536) Effective January 1, 2022.
It is unlawful for any person to use any title or letters that imply that the person is a certified or licensed psychiatric technician unless at the time of so doing the person holds a valid, unexpired, and unrevoked certificate or license issued under this chapter.
Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 632, Sec. 52. (AB 1536) Effective January 1, 2022.
(a)It is unlawful for any person willfully to make any false representation or impersonate any other person in connection with any examination or application for a license.
(b)It is unlawful for any person to permit or aid any other person in any manner to impersonate that person in connection with any examination or application for a license.
Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 18. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon a conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 10 days nor more than one year, or by a fine of not less than twenty dollars ($20) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both such fine and imprisonment.