The commissioner may suspend or revoke a license issued under this chapter or may issue a restricted license in accordance with Section 14026.5 if the commissioner determines that the licensee, or his or her manager, if an individual, or if the licensee is a person other than an individual, that any of its officers, directors, partners, or its manager, has:
(a) Used any letterhead, advertisement, or other printed matter, or in any matter whatever represented that he or she is an instrumentality of the federal government, a state or any political subdivision thereof.(b) Used a name different from that under which he or she is currently licensed in any advertisement, solicitation, or contract for business.Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 707, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative July 1, 1997, by Sec. 8 of Ch. 707.