Financial Code section 50511

The commissioner may, subject to the requirements of subdivisions (b), (c), and (d) of Section 50318, suspend for a period not to exceed 12 months or bar a person from any position of employment with a licensee if the commissioner finds that the person has willfully used or claimed without authority a designation or certification of special education, practice, or skill that the person has not attained, or willfully held out to the public a confusingly similar designation or certification for the purpose of misleading the public regarding his or her qualifications or experience.

Source: Section 50511, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=FIN§ionNum=50511.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2007; accessed Jun. 30, 2025).

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