{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-492","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 492","heading":"","body":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, successful completion of any diversion program under the Penal Code, or successful completion of an alcohol and drug problem assessment program under Article 5 (commencing with Section 23249.50) of Chapter 12 of Division 11 of the Vehicle Code, shall not prohibit any agency established under Division 2 (commencing with Section 500) of this code, or any initiative act referred to in that division, from taking disciplinary action against a licensee or from denying a license for professional misconduct, notwithstanding that evidence of that misconduct may be recorded in a record pertaining to an arrest.\nThis section shall not be construed to apply to any drug diversion program operated by any agency established under Division 2 (commencing with Section 500) of this code, or any initiative act referred to in that division.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 1.5. DENIAL, SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF LICENSES [475. - 499.]","CHAPTER 3. Suspension and Revocation of Licenses [490. - 494.6.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"ce5e8820a37bf3e4922f32c4f663add829e7297e0615fa305e940c45bef455f2","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-491","next":"us-ca/bpc-493"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}