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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17577.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17577.1
For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Contaminant” or “contamination” means any health-related physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance or matter in water. (b) “Water treatment device” means any product that (1) i
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17577.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17577.2
It is unlawful for any person to do any of the following in connection with the sale, lease, rental, offer to sell, lease, rent, or other disposition of water treatment devices: (a) Make any untrue or misleading oral or written statements regarding the presence of one or more con
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17577.3
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17577.3
(a) A contract or offer which is subject to approval, for the sale, lease, or rental of a water treatment device shall be deemed a home solicitation contract or offer, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1689.5 of the Civil Code regardless of where the contract or offer was
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17577.4
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17577.4
Any violation of this article is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or by both.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17577.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17577.5
(a) No contract or offer for the sale, lease, or rental of a home water treatment device and no purchase money loan, as defined in subdivision (b), shall provide for a lien on real property. Any lien taken in violation of this section is void and unenforceable. (b) For the purpos
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17577.6
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17577.6
(a) A buyer, lessee, or renter of a water treatment device may bring an action against any person who violates this article for the recovery of actual damages, exemplary damages, reasonable attorney’s fees and costs, and appropriate equitable relief. (b) The rights and remedies p
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17580
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17580
(a) A person who represents in advertising or on the label or container of a consumer good that the consumer good that it manufactures or distributes is not harmful to, or is beneficial to, the natural environment, through the use of such terms as “environmental choice,” “ecologi
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17580.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17580.5
(a) It is unlawful for a person to make an untruthful, deceptive, or misleading environmental marketing claim, whether explicit or implied. For the purpose of this section, “environmental marketing claim” shall include any claim contained in the “Guides for the Use of Environment
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17581
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17581
Any violation of this article is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six months, or by a fine not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or by both.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17582
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17582
(a) Any engine coolant or antifreeze sold in this state after January 1, 2004, that is manufactured after July 1, 2003, and that contains more than 10 percent ethylene glycol, shall include denatonium benzoate at a minimum of 30 parts per million as a bittering agent within the p
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17590
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17590
(a) There is a compelling state interest to protect the privacy of residential or wireless telephone subscribers who wish to avoid unsolicited and unwanted telephone solicitations. For the purposes of this article, a residential or wireless telephone subscriber shall be referred
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17591
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17591
It is unlawful for any person to do any of the following: using the “do not call” list for any purpose other than to comply with this article or applicable federal laws; denying or interfering in any way, directly or indirectly, with a subscriber’s right to place a California tel
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17592
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17592
(a) For purposes of this article: (1) A “telephone solicitor” means any person or entity who, on his or her own behalf or through salespersons or agents, announcing devices, or otherwise, makes or causes a telephone call to be made to a California telephone number that does any o
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17593
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17593
(a) The Attorney General, a district attorney, or a city attorney may bring a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction against a telephone solicitor to enforce the article and to obtain any one or more of the following remedies: (1) An order to enjoin the violation. (2
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17594
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17594
Any information regarding any California telephone number that appears on the “do not call” list in the possession of the Attorney General, whether obtained from the Federal Trade Commission or submitted to the Attorney General by a subscriber for inclusion in the “do not call” l
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17600
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17600
It is the intent of the Legislature to end the practice of ongoing charging of consumer credit or debit cards or third party payment accounts without the consumers’ explicit consent for ongoing shipments of a product or ongoing deliveries of service.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17601
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17601
(a) For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Automatic renewal” means a plan, arrangement, or provision of a contract that contains a free-to-pay conversion or in which a paid subscription or purchasing agreement is automatically renewed at th
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17602
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17602
(a) It is unlawful for any business that makes an automatic renewal offer or continuous service offer to a consumer in this state to do any of the following: (1) Fail to present the automatic renewal offer terms or continuous service offer terms in a clear and conspicuous manner
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17603
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17603
In any case in which a business sends any goods, wares, merchandise, or products to a consumer, under a continuous service agreement or automatic renewal of a purchase, without first obtaining the consumer’s affirmative consent as described in Section 17602, the goods, wares, mer
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17604
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17604
(a) Notwithstanding Section 17534, a violation of this article shall not be a crime. However, all available civil remedies that apply to a violation of this article may be employed. (b) If a business complies with the provisions of this article in good faith, it shall not be subj
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17605
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17605
The following are exempt from the requirements of this article: (a) Any service provided by a business or its affiliate where either the business or its affiliate is doing business pursuant to a franchise issued by a political subdivision of the state or a license, franchise, cer
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17606
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17606
This article shall become operative on December 1, 2010.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 1765
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 1765
No person other than a licensed dental hygienist or a licensed dentist may engage in the practice of dental hygiene or perform dental hygiene procedures on patients, including, but not limited to, supragingival and subgingival scaling, dental hygiene assessment, and treatment pla
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 1767
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 1767
The board shall adopt regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this article.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17700
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 17700
As used in this chapter: (a) “Coupon” includes certificates, cards, package labels, wrappers, can covers, bottle caps or other and similar devices, which entitle the person holding or delivering or surrendering them to have them exchanged for or redeemed in goods, wares, merchand