(a) The department, after notice and hearing, may suspend or revoke a license issued under this chapter if any of the following occurs:
(1) The department finds and determines that the licensee fails to meet the requirements to receive or hold a license under this chapter.
(2) The licensee fails to keep the records required by this chapter.
(3) The licensee (A) permits fraud or engages in fraudulent practices either with reference to an applicant for a driver’s license or an all-terrain vehicle safety certificate from the department, or (B) induces or countenances fraud or fraudulent practices on the part of an applicant.
(4) The licensee fails to comply with this chapter or regulation or requirement of the department adopted pursuant thereto.
(5) The licensee represents himself or herself as an agent or employee of the department or uses advertising designed to create the impression, or that would reasonably have the effect of leading persons to believe, that the licensee is in fact an employee or representative of the department; or the licensee makes an advertisement, in any manner or by any means, that is untrue or misleading and that is known, or that by the exercise of reasonable care should be known, to be untrue or misleading.
(6) The licensee, or an employee or agent of the licensee, solicits driver training or instruction or all-terrain vehicle safety instruction in, or within 200 feet of, an office of the department.
(7) The licensee is convicted of violating Section 14606, 20001, 20002, 20003, 20004, 20006, 20008, 23103, 23104, 23105, 23152, or 23153 of this code or subdivision (b) of Section 191.5 or subdivision (c) of Section 192 of the Penal Code. A conviction, after a plea of nolo contendere, is a conviction within the meaning of this paragraph.
(8) The licensee teaches, or permits a student to be taught, the specific tests administered by the department through use of the department’s forms or testing facilities.
(9) The licensee conducts training, or permits training by an employee, in an unsafe manner or contrary to safe driving practices.
(10) The licensed school owner or licensed driving school operator teaches, or permits an employee to teach, driving instruction or all-terrain vehicle safety instruction without a valid instructor’s license.
(11) The licensed school owner does not have in effect a bond as required by Section 11102.
(12) The licensee permits the use of the license by any other person for the purpose of permitting that person to engage in the ownership or operation of a school or in the giving of driving instruction or all-terrain vehicle safety instruction for compensation.
(13) The licensee holds a secondary teaching credential and explicitly or implicitly recruits or attempts to recruit a pupil who is enrolled in a junior or senior high school to be a customer for a business licensed pursuant to this article that is owned by the licensee or for which the licensee is an employee.
(b) In the interest of the public’s safety, as determined by the department, the department may immediately suspend the license of a licensee for an alleged violation under this chapter and shall conduct a hearing of the alleged violation within 30 days of the suspension.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 747, Sec. 14.5. Effective January 1, 2008.)