Section 5559 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Applicant to have valid email address(a) Each applicant for examination or licensure who has a valid email address shall report to the board that email address at the time of application.(b) A licensee who has a valid email address shall report that email address to the board at the time of renewal.(c) Each applicant or licensee shall notify the board within 30 days of any change to their email address on file with the board.(d) To protect the privacy of applicants and licensees, the email addresses provided to the board pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) shall not be considered a public record and shall not be disclosed pursuant to Section 27 or pursuant to a request under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code), unless required by an order of a court of competent jurisdiction.(e) Information sent from an email account of the board to a valid email address provided by an applicant or licensee is presumed to have been delivered to the email address provided.(f) For the purposes of this section, "valid email address" means an email address at which the applicant or licensee is currently receiving email at the time the application or license renewal is submitted to the board.Ca. Bus. and Prof. Code § 5559
Added by Stats 2024 ch 482 (SB 1452),s 11, eff. 1/1/2025.