§ 3062.4. Disconnection of Telephone Service.

(a) If, upon investigation, the executive officer has probable cause to believe that an unregistered individual acting in the capacity of a geologist, geophysicist or certified specialist, who is not otherwise exempted from the provisions of the Geologist and Geophysicist Act and is advertising in a telephone directory, without being properly registered, or certified, the executive officer may issue a citation under Section 3062 containing an order of abatement which requires the cited person to both cease the unlawful advertising and notify the telephone company furnishing services to the cited person to disconnect the telephone services furnished to any telephone number contained in the unlawful advertising, and that subsequent calls to that number shall not be referred by the telephone company to any new telephone number obtained by that person. The cited person shall provide written evidence of compliance to the executive officer.

(b) The citation shall be stayed if the person to whom a citation is issued under subdivision (a) submits a written request to the executive officer for a hearing to appeal the citation. The executive officer shall afford an opportunity for a hearing, as specified in Section 3062.2.

(c) If the person to whom a citation and order of abatement is issued under subdivision (a) fails to comply with the order of abatement after the order is final as provided in Section 3062.2, the executive officer shall inform the Public Utilities Commission of the violation in accordance with Business and Professions Code section 149.

HISTORY

1. New section filed 11-22-95; operative 12-22-95 (Register 95, No. 47).

2. Change without regulatory effect amending section filed 6-30-98 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 98, No. 27).

Note

Note: Authority cited: Sections 125.9, 148 and 7818, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 125.9, 148 and 149, Business and Professions Code.