The bureau shall investigate the qualifications of the applicants. Except as otherwise prescribed in this article, it may issue the license applied for to an applicant on a showing satisfactory to it that the following facts exist:
(a) The applicant is properly qualified to perform the duties of a cemetery broker or salesperson.
(b) Granting the license will not be against public interest.
(c) The applicant intends actively and in good faith to carry on the business of a cemetery broker or a cemetery salesperson.
(d) In the case of a corporate applicant, the articles of incorporation permit it to act as a cemetery broker.
(e) In the case of an association or copartnership applying for such a license, its articles of association or agreement of partnership authorize it to act as a cemetery broker.
(f) The license is not being secured for the purpose of permitting the applicant to advertise as a cemetery broker or salesperson without actually engaging in such business.
(g) The applicant has not committed acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of licensure under Section 480.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 19. (AB 180) Effective January 1, 2016.)