California Code, Health and Safety Code - HSC § 50094

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), “qualified mortgage lender” means a mortgage lender certified by the agency, pursuant to rules and regulations thereof, to do business with the agency or a housing authority certified by the agency as capable of financing the construction or rehabilitation of residential structures.

(b) “Qualified mortgage lender”, as used in Part 6 (commencing with Section 52500), means a mortgage lender certified by the policy committee, pursuant to agency rules and regulations adopted by the policy committee, to do business with the agency as capable of financing the construction or purchase of dwellings.

(c) A qualified mortgage lender, as defined in subdivision (a) or (b), may be a bank or trust company, mortgage banker, federal- or state-chartered savings and loan association, service corporation, or other financial institution or governmental agency which is deemed capable of providing service or otherwise aiding in the financing of construction loans and mortgage loans, and nothing in any other provisions of state law shall prevent such a lender or governmental agency from serving as a qualified mortgage lender under this division. A “qualified mortgage lender” that is determined by the agency to have violated state law of the terms of any agreement with the agency shall be promptly decertified.