{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-495","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 495","heading":"","body":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any entity authorized to issue a license or certificate pursuant to this code may publicly reprove a licentiate or certificate holder thereof, for any act that would constitute grounds to suspend or revoke a license or certificate. Any proceedings for public reproval, public reproval and suspension, or public reproval and revocation shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, or, in the case of a licensee or certificate holder under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Health Services, in accordance with Section 100171 of the Health and Safety Code.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 1.5. DENIAL, SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF LICENSES [475. - 499.]","CHAPTER 4. Public Reprovals [495. - 495.]"],"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":"43e8023d8aeb8cd7468d7386faf6ec93f3d2dd9a6d35ae78eccb0bec228c2b38","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-494.6","next":"us-ca/bpc-496"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}