As used in this chapter, the following definitions are applicable: (a) Service agency means any person, as defined in Section 12011, that for hire, award, commission, or any other payment...

(a) No person shall engage in business as a service agency unless registered by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture pursuant to this chapter and unless the current registration fee...

Prior to the issuance of its registration or in order to maintain its current registration, a service agency shall do all of the following: (a) (1) Possess, or have available for use,...

Commencing January 1, 2001, a service agency shall use suitable and sufficient standards that are permanently and uniquely identified, and have a current certificate of accuracy provided...

(a) An application for service agency registration shall be accompanied by an annual fee of two hundred dollars ($200) for a primary maintenance location, and one hundred dollars ($100)...

Fees received by the department pursuant to this chapter shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the Food and Agriculture Fund to be used for the administration and...

Sixty percent of the funds derived pursuant to this chapter shall be allocated by the secretary to counties that employ a sealer or director of weights and measures. The payment to each...

(a) Commencing on January 1, 2001, no person shall be employed by a service agency as a service agent unless he or she possesses a current license. (b) Commencing on January 1, 2001,...

(a) The department shall establish a seven-member advisory committee consisting of the following members: (1) Two members representing registered service agencies. (2) Two...

A service agency registration may be suspended for the actions of its service agents in violation of this division. A service agency's registration may be revoked or suspended, or may...

A service agency's authorization to place devices into service, or to remove out-of-order notices may be suspended by a county sealer, within his or her county, pursuant to the notice...

(a) A county sealer intending to suspend the authorization of a service agency shall notify the service agency in writing of all of the following: (1) The alleged violations to be used as...

(5) The fact that the service agency or service agent shall be provided the opportunity for an investigational hearing prior to the suspension. (6) The fact that the service agency or...