California Business and Professions Code

§ 7125

BPC § 7125 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 3 · Ch. 9 · Art. 7.5

Statute text

(a)Except as provided in subdivision (b), the board shall require as a condition precedent to the issuance, reinstatement, reactivation, renewal, or continued maintenance of a license, that the applicant or licensee have on file at all times a current and valid Certificate of Workers’ Compensation Insurance or Certification of Self-Insurance in the applicant’s or licensee’s business name. A Certificate of Workers’ Compensation Insurance shall be issued and filed, electronically or otherwise, by an insurer duly licensed to write workers’ compensation insurance in this state. A Certification of Self-Insurance shall be issued and filed by the Director of Industrial Relations. If reciprocity conditions exist, as provided in Section 3600.5 of the Labor Code, the registrar shall require the information deemed necessary to ensure compliance with this section.

(b)This section does not apply to an applicant or licensee who meets both of the following conditions:

(1)Has no employees provided that the applicant or licensee files a statement with the board on a form prescribed by the registrar before the issuance, reinstatement, reactivation, or continued maintenance of a license, certifying that the applicant or licensee does not employ any person in any manner so as to become subject to the workers’ compensation laws of California or is not otherwise required to provide for workers’ compensation insurance coverage under California law.

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Legislative history

Amended (as amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 978, Sec. 1) by Stats. 2024, Ch. 485, Sec. 12. (SB 1455) Effective January 1, 2025. Repealed as of January 1, 2028, by its own provisions. See later operative version, as amended by Sec. 13 of Stats. 2024, Ch. 485.