Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 1.5. DENIAL, SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF LICENSES [475 - 499]
( Division 1.5 added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 903. ) CHAPTER 3. Suspension and Revocation of Licenses [490 - 494.6]
( Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 903. ) 492.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, successful completion of any diversion program under the Penal Code, or successful completion of an alcohol and drug problem assessment program under Article 5 (commencing with Section 23249.50) of Chapter 12 of Division 11 of the Vehicle Code, shall not prohibit any agency established under Division 2 (commencing with Section 500) of this code, or any initiative act referred to in that division, from taking disciplinary action against a licensee or from denying a license for professional misconduct, notwithstanding that evidence of that misconduct may be recorded in a record pertaining to an arrest.
This section shall not be construed to apply to any drug diversion program operated by any agency established under Division 2 (commencing with Section 500) of this code, or any initiative act referred to in that division.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 26, Sec. 15. Effective March 30, 1994.)