Health and Safety Code section 18045

It shall be unlawful for any person to act as a licensee within this state without having first procured a license or temporary permit issued by the department pursuant to this chapter, or when a license or temporary permit has been canceled, suspended, revoked, invalidated, expired, or the terms and conditions of an agreement for a stipulated penalty entered into pursuant to Section 18064.5 have not been fulfilled.

Source: Section 18045, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=18045. (updated Jan. 1, 1982; accessed Nov. 17, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/health_and_safety_code_section_18045

Original Source: Section 18045, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=18045. (last accessed May 12, 2025).