The commissioner shall, after appropriate notices and opportunity for hearing, by order suspend, for a period not exceeding 12 months, or bar from any position of employment, management or control of any broker-dealer, any officer, director, partner, agent, employee of, or person performing similar functions for, a broker-dealer, or any other person, if the person has been convicted of, or has pleaded nolo contendere to, a felony or misdemeanor in violation of Section 25541 that was committed on or after January 1, 1989.