Business and Professions Code section 2886

(a)

It is unlawful for a person to willfully make any false representation or to impersonate any other person in connection with any examination or application for a license, or request to be examined or licensed.

(b)

It is unlawful for a person to permit or aid any person in any manner to impersonate that person in connection with any examination or application for a license, or request to be examined or licensed.

Source: Section 2886, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=2886. (updated Jan. 1, 2023; accessed Jun. 30, 2025).

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Original Source: Section 2886, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=2886. (last accessed May 12, 2025).