California Business And Professions Code Section 7527.1
(a) When creating or updating the licensing examination required pursuant to Section 7527, the bureau shall consider all of the following: (1) Including in the examination questions on the subject of laws relating to privacy and professional ethics. (2) Supplementing the examination with a separate examination on the subject of professional ethics. (b) If the bureau determines pursuant to subdivision (a) that a separate professional ethics examination is necessary, the bureau shall require that current licensees take the separate professional ethics examination if this requirement is appropriate.