A contractor obtained his Class C-10 licence by submitting forged journeyman certifications and a falsified experience affidavit. Once the Registrar discovers the fraud, what is the most likely outcome?
Explanation
§7112 makes the omission or misrepresentation of a material fact in obtaining, renewing, or adding a classification to a licence a cause for disciplinary action, and §7090 lets the registrar deny, cite, temporarily suspend or permanently revoke the licence for any such cause — so forged certifications and a false experience affidavit go to whether the licence should exist at all, which is why (a)'s warning misses the point even if the finished work was sound. (b) treats a money cushion as a substitute for discipline; a bond protects claimants and buys no forgiveness. (d) inverts the process: reinstatement after a revocation is something the licensee has to petition for and prove, never a date that arrives on its own.
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