§ 4120. Renewal of License or Certificate.

(a) The term of a license or certificate shall be two years.

(1) Unless renewed, a license or certificate issued by the board shall expire at 12 midnight on the last day of the holder's birth month during an odd year if the licensee was born in an odd year or during an even year, if the licensee was born in an even year. The initial license fee shall be prorated from the month of issuance based on the holder's birth month and birth year.

(2) To renew an unexpired license or certificate, the holder shall, before the time at which the license or certificate would otherwise expire, apply for renewal, pay the renewal fee, and certify that the licensee's or certificate holder's representations on the renewal form are true, correct, and contain no material omissions of fact, signed under penalty of perjury.

(3) The renewal application shall include a statement specifying whether the licensee or certificate holder was convicted of a crime or disciplined by another public agency during the preceding renewal period, and whether the continuing competency requirements have been met if renewing in an active status.

(4) For a license or certificate that expires on or after July 1, 2010, as a condition of renewal, an applicant for renewal not previously fingerprinted by the board, or for whom a record of the submission of fingerprints no longer exists, is required to furnish to the Department of Justice, as directed by the board, a full set of fingerprints for the purpose of conducting a criminal history record check and to undergo a state and federal level criminal offender record information search conducted through the Department of Justice. Failure to submit a full set of fingerprints to the Department of Justice on or before the date required for renewal of a license or certificate is grounds for discipline by the board. It shall be certified on the renewal form whether the fingerprints have been submitted. This requirement is waived if the license or certificate is renewed in an inactive status, or the licensee or certificate holder is actively serving in the military outside the country.

(5) An inactive license or certificate may be renewed.

(6) Failure to provide all of the information required by this section renders any application for renewal incomplete and not eligible for renewal.

(b) A limited permit cannot be renewed.

HISTORY

1. New article 3 (sections 4120-4130) and section filed 2-28-2002; operative 2-28-2002 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2002, No. 9).

2. Amendment of subsections (a), (a)(1) and (a)(3) filed 11-15-2006; operative 11-15-2006 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2006, No. 46).

3. Amendment of subsections (a)(2) and (a)(3), new subsection (a)(4), subsection renumbering, new subsection (a)(6) and amendment of Note filed 2-24-2010; operative 3-26-2010 (Register 2010, No. 9).

4. Amendment of article heading filed 12-23-2013; operative 4-1-2014 (Register 2013, No. 52).

Note

Note: Authority cited: Sections 134, 144, 152.6, 462 and 2570.20, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 134, 144, 152.6, 462, 2570.5, 2570.9, 2570.10 and 2570.11, Business and Professions Code; and Section 11105(b)(10), Penal Code.