5116. (a) The board, after appropriate notice and an opportunity for hearing, may order any licensee or applicant for licensure or examination to pay an administrative penalty as provided in this article as part of any disciplinary proceeding or other proceeding provided for in this chapter. (b) The board may assess administrative penalties under one or more […]
5116.1. In accordance with Section 5116 and applicable regulations, except as provided in Section 5116.2, any licensee who violates any provision of this chapter may be assessed an administrative penalty of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the first violation and not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each subsequent violation. (Added […]
5116.2. In accordance with Section 5116 and applicable regulations, any licensee who violates subdivision (a), (c), (i), (j) or (k) of Section 5100 may be assessed an administrative penalty of not more than one million dollars ($1,000,000) for the first violation and not more than five million dollars ($5,000,000) for any subsequent violation, except that […]
5116.3. In accordance with Section 5116 and applicable regulations, any person who is found to have cheated or subverted or attempted to subvert or cheat on any licensing examination or who conspired with or aided or abetted any other person to cheat, subvert or attempt to subvert any examination may be assessed an administrative penalty […]
5116.4. (a) The board’s executive officer may request assessment of an administrative penalty in any disciplinary or other proceeding provided in this chapter or in any notice to an applicant pursuant to Section 5112. (b) The administrative penalty pursuant to subdivision (a) shall become final unless contested within the time period provided for the filing of a […]
5116.5. The board may obtain a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction ordering the payment of any final administrative penalty assessed by the board pursuant to this article upon the filing of a certified copy of the board’s final decision or notice issued pursuant to Section 5112. (Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 921, Sec. […]
5116.6. Anywhere the term “licensee” is used in the article it shall include certified public accountants, public accountants, partnerships, corporations, holders of practice privileges, other persons licensed, registered, or otherwise authorized to practice public accountancy under this chapter, and persons who are in violation of any provision of Article 5.1 (commencing with Section 5096). (Added […]
