§ 3063. Citations of Registered Persons.

(a) The executive officer is authorized to issue citations containing orders of abatement or administrative fines pursuant to Business and Professions Code section 125.9.

(b) If the executive officer has reasonable cause to believe that a geologist, geophysicist or certified specialist has committed any act or omission where the registrant is in violation of the Geologist and Geophysicist Act, the executive officer may, in lieu of filing an accusation, issue a citation to the registrant.

(c) Each citation for violation shall be in writing and shall describe with particularity the basis of the citation, including specific reference to the provision of law determined to have been violated.

(d) Each citation may contain: (1) an order of abatement, which may include the fixing of a reasonable time for abatement of the violation; or (2) an assessment of an administrative fine in an amount not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).

(e) Service of a citation issued under this section shall be made by certified mail to the registrant's address of record and shall include information regarding appeal rights and copies of the applicable code sections violated.

HISTORY

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

2. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (a) and (b) 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 and 7818, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 125.9, Business and Professions Code.