How many separate active CSLB licenses may a single qualifying individual (RMO or RME) qualify simultaneously?
Explanation
§7068.1(b) caps a qualifying individual at three firms in any one-year period, and §7068.1(a) permits the second or third firm only where the firms are linked: at least 20 percent common equity ownership, a subsidiary or joint-venture relationship, or the same majority of partners, officers or managers. Without that link the qualifier may act for one firm only — which is what (a) gets wrong by making the one-firm limit absolute. (b) invents a five-firm cap, and (d) treats classification as the controlling factor when a Class A license buys no extra slots. Violating the section is a misdemeanor carrying a fine of $3,000 to $5,000 under §7068.1(e).
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