California CFB Citation Fields: License, Code, Fine, and Effective Date

Direct answer and scope

The published CFB citation row contains six identifying and record fields: the licensee or applicant, license type, license number, cited code, fine, and effective date. Read those fields as the contents of the published citation record, preserving the wording and values displayed there.

The citation row and a current-license lookup answer different questions. The row documents the listed citation fields, while the DCA lookup is the separate route for checking current license information and available disciplinary or public documents. The involved entity must be matched exactly before the lookup result is treated as relevant.

The citation record does not supply a quality ranking. It also does not prove current inactivity or unsafe service. A citation entry should therefore be kept separate from any conclusion about present status or service quality.

How to use the supplied evidence

Begin with the published citation row and transcribe the licensee-or-applicant field, license type, license number, cited code, fine, and effective date exactly as displayed. The license type and number are the key identity fields for distinguishing the cited entity from another entity with a similar or identical name.

Next, use the DCA lookup to check the exact license type and number. Record the displayed status, the official source used, and the verification date for each matched entity. Do not treat a name-only result as a confirmed match, and do not combine one entity’s citation row with another entity’s license record.

The DCA public dataset supplies administrative record fields and displayed status. It does not supply ratings, quality findings, service availability, or endorsement. A displayed status should therefore remain a status field rather than being converted into a quality description.

The CFB complaint information identifies complaint jurisdiction categories that include crematories, crematory managers, cremated remains disposers, hydrolysis facilities, funeral establishments, and funeral directors. That complaint jurisdiction is separate from the citation row and does not change the fields published in the row.

Decision framework

For identity, ask whether the licensee or applicant name, license type, and license number correspond across the citation row and the DCA result. If the number or type differs, the records should not be treated as an exact match. If only the name corresponds, the identity remains unresolved.

For record interpretation, keep the cited code, fine, and effective date tied to the published citation row. These are fields in that record. They should not be expanded into a quality rating, a present-status conclusion, or a description of service conditions.

For current-status review, use DCA’s lookup for the exact matched entity and note the displayed status and verification date. The status can change, so a dated check is part of the record. Available disciplinary or public documents should also be considered through the same separate verification route when relevant.

For complaint-related questions, distinguish the existence of a complaint route from a finding. CFB complaint jurisdiction covers the listed professional and facility categories, but a submitted complaint is not a finding, adjudication, quality score, or proof that a license is inactive.

Evidence limits and unresolved questions

A citation row does not answer whether the cited entity currently holds an active license, because current status must be checked separately through DCA. The unresolved point is the exact current status displayed for the exact license type and number on the date of verification.

A citation row also does not establish a quality ranking, current inactivity, or unsafe service. The published fields should not be used to supply those conclusions when they are not stated in the record.

Absence from one citation page or one DCA search does not prove that no complaints or discipline exist. The supplied evidence therefore cannot support a clean-record conclusion from a single absent result.

The public DCA dataset should be read within its stated boundary: administrative record fields and displayed status, rather than ratings, quality findings, service availability, or endorsement. Any unresolved identity, status, or document question remains unresolved until the relevant exact record is matched and dated.

Questions people ask

The questions below separate what the published citation row identifies from the separate information needed to verify a current license record.

Evidence behind this page

Each point below is restricted to what the cited primary source supports. Administrative listing status is not a quality endorsement.