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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17539.15
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17539.15
(a) Solicitation materials containing sweepstakes entry materials or solicitation materials selling information regarding sweepstakes shall not represent, taking into account the context in which the representation is made, including, without limitation, emphasis, print, size, co
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17539.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17539.2
Every person who conducts any contest shall: (a) Clearly and conspicuously disclose on each entry blank the deadline for submission of that entry. (b) Refund all money or other consideration to contestants requesting such refund in writing within one year of payment and who are u
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17539.3
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17539.3
(a) Sections 17539.1 and 17539.2 do not apply to a game conducted to promote the sale of an employer’s product or service by his or her employees, when those employees are the sole eligible participants. (b) As used in Sections 17539.1 and 17539.2, “person” includes a firm, corpo
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17539.35
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17539.35
No person shall advertise, offer, or operate any contest, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 17539.3, in which any prize, including any money, property, service, or other matter of value, may be awarded or transferred if the opportunity to win that prize is conditioned on a
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17539.4
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17539.4
No person shall place an advertisement disseminated primarily in this state for a loan which utilizes real property as collateral unless there is disclosed within the printed text of that advertisement, or the oral text in the case of a radio or television advertisement, the lice
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17539.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17539.5
(a) For purposes of this section and Sections 17539.55 and 17539.6: (1) “Broadcast” means the utilization of radio, television, home videos, movie screens, telephones, or other medium, including the Internet, that does not automatically provide the prospective consumer with a pri
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17539.55
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17539.55
(a) It shall be unlawful to operate a sweepstakes in this state through the use of a 900 number, unless the information provider registers with the Department of Justice as provided in this section within 10 days after causing any advertisement for the sweepstakes to be directed
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17539.6
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17539.6
Any broadcast or print advertisement or notice that contains a 900 number shall be written or spoken in the same language as the language used in a recorded message or by a live operator of the 900 number call.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 1754.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 1754.5
(a) A radiation safety course shall have the primary purpose of providing theory, laboratory, and clinical application in radiographic techniques. The board shall approve only those courses that adhere to the minimum requirements of this section. (b) A radiation safety course pro
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 1755
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 1755
(a) A course in infection control is one that has as its main purpose providing theory and clinical application in infection control practices and principles where the protection of the public is its primary focus. (b) An unlicensed dental assistant not enrolled in a board-approv
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17550
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17550
(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Certain advertising, sales, and business practices of sellers of travel have worked financial hardship upon the people of this state. (2) The travel business has a significant impact upon the economy and well-being
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17550.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17550.1
(a) “Seller of travel” means a person who sells, provides, furnishes, contracts for, arranges, or advertises that he or she can or may arrange, or has arranged, wholesale or retail , either of the following: (1) Air or sea transportation either separately or in conjunction with o
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17550.10
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17550.10
“Travel certificate” means a writing that represents the holder is entitled to air or sea transportation or travel services, to a discount or reduced price for that transportation or those travel services, or to purchase that transportation or those travel services from a specifi
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17550.11
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17550.11
(a) “Adequate bond” means a bond executed by an admitted surety insurer in an amount at all times no less than at least equal to the amount required to be held in a trust account pursuant to Section 17550.15 by any seller of travel in conjunction with such transportation, for the
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17550.13
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17550.13
(a) (1) A seller of travel shall not receive any money or other valuable consideration in payment for air or sea transportation or other travel services offered by the seller of travel unless at the time of or prior to the receipt of payment, the seller of travel first furnishes
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17550.14
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17550.14
(a) The seller of travel has an obligation either to provide the air or sea transportation or travel services purchased by the passenger or to make a refund as provided by this section. The seller of travel shall return to the passenger all moneys paid for air or sea transportati
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17550.15
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17550.15
(a) This section applies to a seller of travel as defined in Section 17550.1. (b) The seller of travel shall deposit directly into a trust account in a federally insured bank, savings and loan association, or credit union 100 percent of all sums received from any person or entity
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17550.16
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17550.16
(a) A seller of travel is exempt from the requirements of subdivisions (a) to (f), inclusive, of Section 17550.15 for all transactions in which the seller of travel is in compliance with paragraphs (1) to (6), inclusive, or with paragraph (7). (1) The seller of travel sells, prov
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17550.17
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17550.17
(a) This section does not apply to sellers of travel who are exempt from the requirements of Section 17550.15 pursuant to Section 17550.16. (b) Upon payment in full by the passenger for air or sea transportation and any related services with a credit card or with cash, the seller
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17550.18
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17550.18
(a) If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the article which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17550.19
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17550.19
In addition to any civil penalties provided in this division, violation of this article is punishable as follows: (a) As a misdemeanor by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or by both that fine and
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17550.195
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17550.195
(a) The Attorney General shall immediately suspend the registration of a seller of travel who has been convicted of a felony offense pursuant to Section 17550.19. (b) A person who has been convicted of a felony offense pursuant to Section 17550.19 is prohibited, for a period of s
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17550.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17550.2
“Advertise” means to make any representation in the solicitation of air or sea transportation, and includes communication with other members of the same partnership, corporation, joint venture, association, organization, group, or other entity.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17550.20
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17550.20
(a) (1) Not less than 10 days before doing business in this state, a seller of travel shall apply for registration with the office of the Attorney General by filing with the Consumer Protection Section the information required by Section 17550.21 and paying the following fees, as
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17550.21
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17550.21
Each filing pursuant to Section 17550.20 shall contain the following information: (a) The name or names of the seller of travel, including the name under which the seller of travel is doing or intends to do business, if different from the name of the seller of travel. (b) The sel