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Bureau of Electronic & Appliance Repair Regulations

Article 2 - Registration of Service Dealers

2711. Engaging in Business
A person shall be deemed to be a service dealer where such person:

1. (a) Solicits or advertises the repair or installation of equipment as provided in the Act by telephone directory, newspaper, printed handbill, printed business card, printed poster, or painted or electric sign, or any other method which might lead the customer to believe that he or she repairs or installs such equipment, or
2. (b) Bills a customer for repair or the installation of equipment as provided in the Act, on his or her own invoice, or
3. (c) Sells service contracts for the repair of equipment and accepts requests for the repair of such equipment under the service contract, or
4. (d) Accepts requests for repair or receives equipment for repair, or, as part of a sales transaction, provides for the installation of equipment as provided in the Act, and renders control of such equipment received or transmits such requests for repair or installation to another services dealer, or
5. (e) Repairs or installs equipment as provided in the Act as an independent contractor. An independent contractor is defined as a person who contracts to do repairs and installations of equipment as defined in the Act and is not an employee of the service dealer.

NOTE: Additional authority cited: Section 9814, Business and Professions Code: Reference: Section 9801 (f), Business and Professions Code.

2713. Place of Business
"Place of business," as used in section 9830 of the Act, includes, but is not limited to, any branch office or other location, whether or not repairs are conducted on the premises, where a service dealer assumes responsibility for the repair or installation of, equipment as provided for in the Act or which is advertised by the service dealer as the location for repair or installation of equipment or at which service contracts are offered for sale as provided for in section 2711(c) of these regulations.

NOTE: Authority cited: Section 9814, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 9801 and 9830, Business and Professions Code.

2714. Display of Registration Certificate
Each service dealer shall display in a conspicuous place the registration certificate issued by the Bureau at the place of business for which the registration was issued.

2715. Master Registration
A service dealer who owns two (2) or more places of business which currently possess individual registrations, pursuant to Section 9830 of the Code, may apply for a master registration number for use on invoices, claim receipts, estimate forms, advertising and other documents related to the service dealer's business which require his or her registration number to be placed therein. As a condition of obtaining a master registration number, all of the places of business for which a master registration is to be applied shall have the identical business name and ownership.

The issuance of a master registration shall not act as a substitute for or a waiver of the requirement that each service dealer shall maintain a current and individual registration for each place of business.

NOTE: Authority cited: Section 9814, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 9830 and 9831, Business and Professions Code.

2716. Name Style-Service Dealer's Registration
No service dealer's registration shall be issued in a fictitious name which the Bureau determines to be confusingly similar to that of another registrant, nor shall a service dealer's registration be issued in a name which is likely to be confused with that of an electronic or appliance product manufacturer, a governmental agency or trade association.

NOTE: Authority cited: Section 9814, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 9814, 9830, and 9841, Business and Professions Code.

2717. Limitation Regarding Name Style
No registration shall be issued in the same name or in a name style which the Bureau determines is confusingly similar to the name of a firm whose registration has been suspended or revoked without the prior written approval of the Bureau.

A service dealer shall not use the telephone number and/or name style of a firm whose registration has been suspended or revoked without the prior written approval of the Bureau.

NOTE: Authority cited: Section 9814, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 9814, 9830, and 9841, Business and Professions Code.