Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 22974.8
License for Retailers of Cigarettes and Tobacco Products
Redline — January 1, 2011 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2023
As of January 1, 2011
(a) (1) The board shall take action against a retailer, convicted of a violation of either the Stake Act (Division 8.5 (commencing with Section 22950) or Section 308 of the Penal Code, according to the schedule set forth in subdivision (b).
(2) Convictions of violations by a retailer at one retail location may not be accumulated against other locations of that same retailer.
(3) Convictions of violations accumulated against a prior retail owner at a licensed location may not be accumulated against a new retail owner at the same retail location.
(4) Prior to suspending or revoking a retailer’s license to sell cigarette and tobacco products, the board shall notify the retailer. The notice shall include instructions for appealing the license suspension or revocation.
(b) (1) Upon the first conviction of a violation of either the STAKE Act (Division 8.5 (commencing with Section 22950) or Section 308 of the Penal Code, the retailer shall receive a warning letter from the board that delineates the circumstances under which a retailer’s license may by suspended or revoked and the amount of time the license may be suspended or revoked. The retailer and its employees shall receive training on tobacco control laws from the Department of Health Services upon a first conviction.
(2) Upon the second conviction of a violation of either the STAKE Act (Division 8.5 (commencing with Section 22950)) or Section 308 of the Penal Code within 12 months, the retailer shall be subject to a fine of five hundred dollars ($500).
(3) Upon the third conviction of a violation of either the STAKE Act (Division 8.5 (commencing with Section 22950)) or Section 308 of the Penal Code within 12 months, the retailer shall be subject to a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(4) Upon the fourth to the seventh conviction of a violation of either the STAKE Act (Division 8.5 (commencing with Section 22950)) or Section 308 of the Penal Code within 12 months, the board shall suspend the retailer’s license to sell cigarette and tobacco products for 90 days.
(5) Upon the eighth conviction of a violation of the STAKE Act (Division 8.5 (commencing with Section 22950) or Section 308 of the Penal Code within 24 months, the board shall revoke the retailer’s license to sell cigarette and tobacco products.
(c) The decision of the board to suspend or revoke the retailer’s license may be appealed to the board within 30 days after the notice of suspension or revocation. All appeals shall be submitted in writing.
(d) The board’s authority to take action against retailers, as set forth in this section, commences on the date of the release of the results from the survey undertaken by the Department of Health Services pursuant to Section 22952 of the Business and Professions Code Section 22952 to comply with Section 1926 of Title XIX of the federal Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-26), and any implementing regulations adopted in relation thereto by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, showing that the youth purchase survey finds that 13 percent or more of youth were able to purchase cigarettes. The board’s authority to take action under this section is inoperative on or after the date of the subsequent release of the results from the survey showing that less than 13 percent of youth were able to purchase cigarettes.
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the board shall suspend or revoke the license of a retailer upon notification by the State Department of Public Health pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 22958, or pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (f) of Section 104559.5 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision regarding the suspension or revocation of a license pursuant to this part, the board shall provide a licensee no fewer than 10 days’ written notice of a pending suspension or revocation pursuant to this section and an opportunity to appeal the suspension or revocation and the civil penalty assessed pursuant to the provisions described in subdivision (a) only to correct a mistake or clerical error. The board shall not accept or consider an appeal of suspension or revocation under this section if the appeal is founded upon the grounds of whether the retailer, or any employee or agent of the retailer, violated the STAKE Act (Division 8.5 (commencing with Section 22950)) or Section 104559.5 of the Health and Safety Code for which violation civil penalties are imposed by the State Department of Public Health pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 22958, or pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 104559.5 of the Health and Safety Code. This section shall not be construed to prevent the board from modifying its action on its own to correct a mistake or clerical error.
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