California Code, Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7083.2

(a) An applicant for licensure or registration that has a valid email address shall report to the board that email address at the time of application.

(b) A registrant or licensee that has a valid email address shall report that email address to the board at the time of renewal.

(c) To protect the privacy of applicants, registrants, and licensees, the email address provided to the board pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) shall not be considered a public record and shall not be disclosed pursuant to Section 27 or pursuant to a request under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code), unless required by an order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(d) Information sent from an email account of the board to a valid email address provided by an applicant, registrant, or licensee is presumed to have been delivered to the email address provided.

(e) For the purposes of this section, “valid email address” means an email address at which the applicant, registrant, or licensee is currently receiving email at the time the application, registration, or license renewal is submitted to the board.