Opinion No. (2002)

BILL LOCKYER Attorney General THOMAS S. LAZAR Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE SAM AANESTAD, MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, has requested an opinion on the following question: May a licensed contractor employ a person whose contractor's license has been revoked by the Contractors' State License Board? CONCLUSION A licensed contractor may employ a person whose contractor's license has been revoked by the Contractors' State License Board. ANALYSIS We are asked whether a person whose contractor's license has been revoked by the Contractors' State License Board (Bus. Prof. Code, § 7000.5 ; "Board") 1 may be employed by a licensed contractor. We conclude that employment is not generally prohibited even though the person's license has been revoked. The licensing and regulation of contractors in California is governed by the Contractors' State License Law (§§ 7000-7 199). In order to act as a "contractor" (§ 7026), 2 a person must possess a contractor's license unless specifically exempt from licensure. (§ 7028, subd. (a); 59 Ops.Cal.Atty.Gen. 424 , 427 (1976); 43 Ops.Cal.Atty.Gen. 115 , 116 (1964).) "[T]he purpose of the Contractors' State License Law is to…