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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7181
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7181
An “asbestos consultant,” as used in this chapter, means any person who contracts to provide professional health and safety services relating to asbestos-containing material, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 6501.8 of the Labor Code, including building inspections, abatem
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7182
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7182
A “site surveillance technician” means any person who acts as an independent onsite representative of an asbestos consultant who monitors the asbestos abatement activities of others, provides asbestos air monitoring services for area and personnel samples, and performs building s
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7183
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7183
(a) Within 15 days of receipt of an application for certification pursuant to this article, the division shall inform the applicant in writing either (1) that the application is complete and accepted, or (2) that it is deficient and that additional information, documentation, or
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7183.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7183.5
The division shall enforce this article. In the event the division determines that a certified asbestos consultant or site surveillance technician obtained certification under false pretenses, or that a certified asbestos consultant or site surveillance technician acted in a gros
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7184
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7184
A person shall qualify as a certified asbestos consultant by meeting all of the following requirements: (a) Having any one of the following: (1) One year of asbestos-related experience, and a bachelor of science degree in engineering, architecture, industrial hygiene, constructio
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7185
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7185
A person shall qualify as a certified site surveillance technician by meeting all of the following requirements: (a) Having six months of asbestos-related experience under the supervision of an asbestos consultant. (b) Possession of a high school diploma or equivalent. (c) Posses
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7187
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7187
When a building owner or operator contracts with an asbestos consultant or site surveillance technician for performance of the activities described in Sections 7181 and 7182, that asbestos consultant or site surveillance technician shall not have any financial or proprietary inte
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7189
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7189
Any person who engages in the practices of an asbestos consultant or a site surveillance technician, who is not certified pursuant to this article, or who violates Section 7187, is subject to one of the following penalties: (a) Conviction of a first offense is an infraction punis
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7189.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7189.5
This article shall apply to asbestos abatement projects within the meaning of asbestos-related work as defined in Section 6501.8 of the Labor Code, and which involves 100 square feet or more of surface area of asbestos containing material.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7189.7
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7189.7
(a) Nothing in this article shall be construed to require agencies of the state to contract with asbestos consultants or site surveillance technicians who are not employees of the state as long as employees of the state who are assigned to perform the activities described in Sect
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 719
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 719
(a) A person who is licensed as a health care practitioner in any other state and is employed by a tribal health program, as defined in Section 1603 of Title 25 of the United States Code, shall be exempt from any licensing requirement described in this division with respect to ac
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7190
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7190
(a) The name or position of a public official may not be used in an advertisement or any promotional material by a person licensed under this chapter, without the written authorization of the public official. A printed advertisement or promotional material that uses the name or p
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7191
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7191
(a) If a contract for work on residential property with four or fewer units contains a provision for arbitration of a dispute between the principals in the transaction, the provision shall be clearly titled “ARBITRATION OF DISPUTES.” If a provision for arbitration is included in
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7195
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7195
For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) (1) “Home inspection” is a noninvasive, physical examination, performed for a fee in connection with a transfer, as defined in subdivision (e), of real property, of the mechanical, electrical, or plumbing systems
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7195.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7195.5
(a) For purposes of improving landscape water use and irrigation efficiency, a home inspection report on a dwelling unit prepared pursuant to this chapter on a parcel containing an in-ground landscape irrigation system, the operation of which is under the exclusive control of the
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7195.7
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7195.7
A home inspector shall not give an opinion of valuation on a property.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7196
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7196
It is the duty of a home inspector who is not licensed as a general contractor, structural pest control operator, or architect, or registered as a professional engineer to conduct a home inspection with the degree of care that a reasonably prudent home inspector would exercise.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7196.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7196.1
(a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to allow home inspectors who are not registered engineers to perform any analysis of the systems, components, or structural integrity of a dwelling that would constitute the practice of civil, electrical, or mechanical engineering, o
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7196.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7196.2
(a) If a home inspector observes any shade of yellow corrugated stainless steel tubing during a home inspection, the home inspector shall include that observation, and the following notification, in the home inspection report: “Manufacturers of yellow corrugated stainless steel t
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7197
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7197
(a) It is an unfair business practice for a home inspector, a company that employs the inspector, or a company that is controlled by a company that also has a financial interest in a company employing a home inspector, to do any of the following: (1) To perform or offer to perfor
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7198
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7198
Contractual provisions that purport to waive the duty owed pursuant to Section 7196, or limit the liability of the home inspector to the cost of the home inspection report, are contrary to public policy and invalid.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7199
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7199
The time for commencement of a legal action for breach of duty arising from a home inspection report shall not exceed four years from the date of the inspection.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7199.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7199.5
(a) All home inspections, including those defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 7195, may, if requested by the client, be accompanied by a Home Energy Rating System (HERS) California home energy audit pursuant to regulations adopted by the Energy Commission in co
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7199.7
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7199.7
It is the intent of the Legislature that a Home Energy Rating System (HERS) California home energy audit may, at the request of the client, be performed by a home inspector who meets the requirements of Article 8 (commencing with Section 1670) of Chapter 4 of Division 2 of Title
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7200
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 7200
Any person who uses in any sign, business card, or letterhead, or in any advertisement, the words “guide dog instructor,” “certified guide dog instructor,” or any other terms or letters indicating or implying that he or she is an instructor trained in the utilization or training