California

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21,845 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 11145 — No state agency shall adopt or enforce any rule or regulation a violation of which can result in the imposition of a fine or imprisonment, or both, unless a statute specifically authorizes the imposit
• § 11146 — For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “State agency” has the same meaning as set forth in Section 82049, but does not include the Legislature.
• § 11146.1 — Each state agency shall offer at least semiannually to each of its filers an orientation course on the relevant ethics statutes and regulations that govern the official conduct of state officials.
• § 11146.2 — Each state agency shall maintain records indicating the specific attendees, each attendee’s job title, and dates of their attendance for each orientation course offered pursuant to Section 11146.
• § 11146.3 — Except as set forth in Section 11146.
• § 11146.4 — (a) The requirements of Section 11146.
• § 11148 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to assist small businesses in this state in complying with regulatory standards designed to protect the public.
• § 11148.5 — (a) A state agency that significantly regulates small business or that significantly impacts small business shall designate at least one person who shall serve as a small business liaison.
• § 11150 — It is the policy of this State to vest in the Governor the civil administration of the laws of the State and for the purpose of aiding the Governor in the execution and administration of the laws to d
• § 11151 — Each department shall maintain an office and the director of each department who is a member of the Governor’s council shall reside at Sacramento.
• § 11152 — Subject to the approval of the Governor, the head of each department may arrange and classify the work of the department and consolidate, abolish, or create divisions thereof.
• § 11152.5 — Wherever, pursuant to this code, any state department, officer, board, agency, committee, or commission is authorized to adopt rules and regulations, such rules and regulations which are building stan
• § 11153 — Except as otherwise provided by law, each division of a department shall be in charge of a chief who shall be appointed by the head of the department and receive such compensation as is fixed accordin
• § 11154 — Except as otherwise provided by law, the head of each department may, with the approval of the Governor, appoint such officers and employees as are necessary; and prescribe their duties, and fix their
• § 11155 — The head of a department has no authority to obligate the State for salaries in excess of money available by law for that purpose.
• § 11156 — In addition to any bonds required by the Director of General Services the head of each department may require any officer or employee in his department to execute an official bond in such amount as he
• § 11157 — The Attorney General is the legal adviser of each department in all matters relating to the department and to the powers and duties of its officers.
• § 11158 — The sheriffs in the several counties shall execute all lawful orders of a department in their counties.
• § 11159 — Whenever a department succeeds to and is vested with the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities and jurisdiction of a State agency, deputy, employee, or employment, the name or designation of the
• § 11160 — Whenever a department is invested with the power and is charged with the duty of administering and enforcing any law which imposes a duty or jurisdiction or confers an authority upon any State agency,
• § 11161 — Every person is subject to the same obligations and duties, and has the same rights as if the rights, powers and duties imposed upon and transferred to a department were exercised by the State agency,
• § 11162 — Every State officer, deputy and employee is subject to the same penalties, civil or criminal, for any offense as are prescribed by existing law for the same offense by any officer, deputy or employee
• § 11180 — The head of each department may make investigations and prosecute actions concerning: (a) All matters relating to the business activities and subjects under the jurisdiction of the department.
• § 11180.5 — At the request of a prosecuting attorney or the Attorney General, any agency, bureau, or department of this state, any other state, or the United States may assist in conducting an investigation of an
• § 11181 — In connection with any investigation or action authorized by this article, the department head may do any of the following: (a) Inspect and copy books, records, and other items described in subdivisio
• § 11182 — The head of a department may delegate the powers conferred upon him by this article to any officer of the department he authorizes to conduct the investigation or hearing.
• § 11183 — Except in a report to the head of the department or when called upon to testify in any court or proceeding at law or as provided in Section 11180.
• § 11184 — (a) In any hearing in any part of the state or in any investigation conducted under this article, the head of the department shall issue process and subpoenas in a manner consistent with the Californi
• § 11185 — (a) If the witness named in the subpoena is a natural person, the person is not obliged to attend as a witness in any matter under this article at a place out of the county in which he or she resides,
• § 11186 — The superior court in the county in which any hearing is held or any investigation is conducted under the direction of the head of a department or the county in which testimony is designated to be giv
• § 11187 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), if any witness refuses to answer any interrogatory or to attend or testify or produce or permit the inspection or copying of any papers or other items descri
• § 11188 — Upon the filing of the petition the court shall enter an order directing the person to appear before the court at a specified time and place and then and there show cause why the person has not attend
• § 11189 — In any matter pending before a department head, the department head may cause the deposition of persons residing within or without the state to be taken by causing a petition to be filed in the Superi
• § 11190 — Any party to any departmental hearing has the right to the attendance of witnesses in his behalf at the hearing or upon deposition upon making request therefor to the head of the department, designati
• § 11191 — Each witness, other than an officer or employee of the State or of a political subdivision of the State, who appears by order of the head of a department shall receive for his attendance the same fees
• § 112 — The State has accepted the retrocession of jurisdiction over certain lands by the following statutes: (a) Statutes of 1935, Chapter 828, concerning the Presidio in the City and County of San Francisco
• § 11200 — The Governor, upon recommendation of the director of the following state departments, may appoint not to exceed two chief deputies for the Directors of the Departments of Finance, Transportation, and
• § 11200.1 — The Governor, upon nomination by the Insurance Commissioner, shall appoint the nominees as one chief deputy, and as one deputy director of the Department of Insurance to serve at the pleasure of the I
• § 11200.4 — The Governor, upon recommendation of the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations may appoint not to exceed one chief deputy for the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations.
• § 11201 — Each deputy appointed pursuant to Section 11200 shall serve at the pleasure of the director of the department in which he is appointed, and his salary shall be fixed by the director of that department
• § 1125 — “Local agency,” as used in this article, means a county, city, city and county, political subdivision, district, or municipal corporation.
• § 11250 — Whenever a State agency supported from the General Fund renders services or furnishes materials to a State agency not supported from the General Fund, the cost of the services or materials is a charge
• § 11251 — The Controller, after consulting with the Department of Finance, may approve any general plan whereby any state agency which is within a department and which is supported either by a special fund or b
• § 11252 — Such adjustments shall be made in accordance with the approved plan by filing a financial statement with the Controller, and requesting the Controller to make the necessary transfers or other entries
• § 11253 — Upon written request approved by the Department of General Services, a department shall furnish to another department such assistance as it is able to render without detriment to its administration, i
• § 11255 — The Controller may establish procedures whereby some or all of the payments between funds and appropriations within a state agency and between funds and appropriations of different state agencies may
• § 11256 — Subject to approval of the Director of General Services, state agencies may furnish services, materials or equipment to, or perform work for, other state agencies upon such terms and conditions and fo
• § 11257 — State agencies may provide for the advancing of funds as herein provided to defray the charges mentioned in Section 11256.
• § 11258 — Any state agency which normally, as a part of its regular operating functions, is engaged in the business of performing work for, or furnishing services, materials or equipment to, other state agencie
• § 11259 — All money received by any state agency, other than the Regents of the University of California, for charges for work, services, materials or equipment shall be deposited in the State Treasury and, exc
• § 1126 — (a) Except as provided in Sections 1128 and 1129, a local agency officer or employee shall not engage in any employment, activity, or enterprise for compensation which is inconsistent, incompatible, i
• § 11260 — After work is performed, services are rendered, or materials or equipment are furnished pursuant to advances or transfers made under Sections 11257 and 11258, the Controller shall process transfers fr
• § 11261 — Amounts advanced or transferred in accordance with Sections 11257 and 11258 shall be available for expenditure for the same period and purpose as the appropriation from which the advance or transfer i
• § 11262 — Whenever any payment heretofore or hereafter made by a state agency for work, services, materials or equipment performed or furnished under this article or any other law by another state agency was er
• § 11263 — As used in this article, “state agency” or “state agencies” includes the Department of General Services and any and all organizational units, parts, and subdivisions of state agencies as defined in Se
• § 1127 — It is not the intent of this article to prevent the employment by private business of a public employee, such as a peace officer, fireman, forestry service employee, among other public employees, who
• § 11270 — As used in this article, “administrative costs” means the amounts expended by the Legislature, the Legislative Counsel Bureau, the Governor’s Office, the Department of Technology, the Office of Planni
• § 11270.1 — (a) The Central Service Cost Recovery Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury.
• § 11271 — The Department of Finance shall determine, and may at any time redetermine, which funds, other than the General Fund and the Central Service Cost Recovery Fund, and which functions or activities of th
• § 11272 — (a) In determining or redetermining the fair share, the Department of Finance may consider the factors of cost distribution and cost estimation as it deems necessary, except that, as to the proceeds o
• § 11274 — Notwithstanding any other law, the Department of Finance may allocate and charge a fair share of the administrative costs to all funds directly.
• § 11275 — In the event a fund has an insufficient fund balance for the payment of the administrative costs, the Controller shall request that the Department of Finance provide direction on effecting the transfe
• § 1128 — Service on an appointed or elected governmental board, commission, committee, or other body by an attorney employed by a local agency in a nonelective position shall not, by itself, be deemed to be in
• § 1129 — Service on the Board of Directors of the Local Agency Self-Insurance Authority by an officer or employee of a local agency, as defined by subdivision (a) of Section 6599.
• § 11290 — The Department of General Services may fix the cost or pro rata share, or in its discretion an amount it considers equivalent to the cost or pro rata share, and collect from each state agency in advan
• § 11291 — If a state agency refuses to pay the charges fixed by the Department of General Services pursuant to this article, the department may file a claim for such charges against any appropriations made for
• § 11292 — All money received pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (d) of Section 11290, except as provided in Section 11293, shall be accounted for to the Controller at the close of each month and on order of the Con
• § 11293 — All money received by the Department of General Services pursuant to paragraph (b) of Section 11290 shall be deposited in the Service Revolving Fund.
• § 113 — The Legislature, acting through the State Lands Commission, hereby consents to the retrocession of jurisdiction by the United States over land within this state upon and subject to each and all of the
• § 1130 — When the title of the incumbent of any office in this State is contested by proceedings instituted in any court for that purpose, no warrant shall thereafter be drawn or paid for any part of his salar
• § 1131 — As soon as the proceedings are instituted, the clerk of the court in which they are pending shall certify the facts to the officers whose duty it would otherwise be to draw the warrant or pay the sala
• § 1132 — This article does not apply to any party to a contest or proceeding who holds the certificate of election or commission of office and discharges the duties of the office.
• § 11330 — Every state agency having the control of any public institution owned or controlled by the state shall notify the Department of General Services of any horticultural, agricultural, livestock, manufact
• § 11331 — Upon receipt of such notices, the Department of General Services shall estimate the selling price of the products upon the basis of their reasonable value and arrange so far as practicable for their s
• § 11332 — No public institution owned or controlled by the state shall purchase any product from any source other than a public institution owned or controlled by the state or one of its political subdivisions,
• § 11333 — If it is impossible or impracticable to sell or exchange agricultural or livestock products between public institutions owned or controlled by the State and its political subdivisions, the products, e
• § 11334 — All money received by a state agency for the sale of products shall be accounted for and reported at the end of each month to the Controller and at the same time remitted to the Treasurer and credited
• § 11335 — This article does not limit or prevent sales pursuant to any other law relating to the sale of personal property belonging to the State.
• § 11340 — The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) There has been an unprecedented growth in the number of administrative regulations in recent years.
• § 11340.1 — (a) The Legislature therefore declares that it is in the public interest to establish an Office of Administrative Law which shall be charged with the orderly review of adopted regulations.
• § 11340.2 — (a) The Office of Administrative Law is hereby established in state government in the Government Operations Agency.
• § 11340.3 — The director may employ and fix the compensation, in accordance with law, of such professional assistants and clerical and other employees as is deemed necessary for the effective conduct of the work
• § 11340.4 — (a) The office is authorized and directed to do the following: (1) Study the subject of administrative rulemaking in all its aspects.
• § 11340.5 — (a) No state agency shall issue, utilize, enforce, or attempt to enforce any guideline, criterion, bulletin, manual, instruction, order, standard of general application, or other rule, which is a regu
• § 11340.6 — Except where the right to petition for adoption of a regulation is restricted by statute to a designated group or where the form of procedure for such a petition is otherwise prescribed by statute, an
• § 11340.7 — (a) Upon receipt of a petition requesting the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 11346), a state agency shall notify the petitioner in writin
• § 11340.85 — (a) As used in this section, “electronic communication” includes electronic transmission of written or graphical material by electronic mail, facsimile, or other means, but does not include voice comm
• § 11340.9 — This chapter does not apply to any of the following: (a) An agency in the judicial or legislative branch of the state government.
• § 11341 — (a) The office shall establish a system to give a unique identification number to each regulatory action.
• § 11342.1 — Except as provided in Section 11342.
• § 11342.2 — Whenever by the express or implied terms of any statute a state agency has authority to adopt regulations to implement, interpret, make specific or otherwise carry out the provisions of the statute, n
• § 11342.4 — The office shall adopt, amend, or repeal regulations for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter.
• § 11342.510 — Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 11342.520 — “Agency” means state agency.
• § 11342.530 — “Building standard” has the same meaning provided in Section 18909 of the Health and Safety Code.
• § 11342.535 — “Cost impact” means the amount of reasonable range of direct costs, or a description of the type and extent of direct costs, that a representative private person or business necessarily incurs in reas
• § 11342.540 — “Director” means the director of the office.
• § 11342.545 — “Emergency” means a situation that calls for immediate action to avoid serious harm to the public peace, health, safety, or general welfare.
• § 11342.548 — “Major regulation” means any proposed adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation subject to review by the Office of Administrative Law pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 11349) that wi
• § 11342.550 — “Office” means the Office of Administrative Law.
• § 11342.560 — “Order of repeal” means any resolution, order, or other official act of a state agency that expressly repeals a regulation in whole or in part.
• § 11342.570 — “Performance standard” means a regulation that describes an objective with the criteria stated for achieving the objective.
• § 11342.580 — “Plain English” means language that satisfies the standard of clarity provided in Section 11349.
• § 11342.590 — “Prescriptive standard” means a regulation that specifies the sole means of compliance with a performance standard by specific actions, measurements, or other quantifiable means.
• § 11342.595 — “Proposed action” means the regulatory action, notice of which is submitted to the office for publication in the California Regulatory Notice Register.
• § 11342.600 — “Regulation” means every rule, regulation, order, or standard of general application or the amendment, supplement, or revision of any rule, regulation, order, or standard adopted by any state agency t
• § 11342.610 — (a) “Small business” means a business activity in agriculture, general construction, special trade construction, retail trade, wholesale trade, services, transportation and warehousing, manufacturing,
• § 11343 — Every state agency shall: (a) Transmit to the office for filing with the Secretary of State a certified copy of every regulation adopted or amended by it except one that is a building standard.
• § 11343.1 — (a) All regulations transmitted to the Office of Administrative Law for filing with the Secretary of State shall conform to the style prescribed by the office.
• § 11343.2 — The Secretary of State shall endorse on the certified copy of each regulation or order of repeal filed with or delivered to him or her, the time and date of filing and shall maintain a permanent file
• § 11343.3 — Notwithstanding any other law, a state agency that is required to promulgate administrative regulations, including, but not limited to, the State Air Resources Board, the California Environmental Prot
• § 11343.4 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), a regulation or an order of repeal required to be filed with the Secretary of State shall become effective on a quarterly basis as follows: (1) Jan
• § 11343.5 — Within 10 days from the receipt of printed copies of the California Code of Regulations or of the California Code of Regulations Supplement from the State Printing Office, the office shall file one co
• § 11343.6 — The filing of a certified copy of a regulation or an order of repeal with the Secretary of State raises the rebuttable presumptions that: (a) It was duly adopted.
• § 11343.8 — Upon the request of a state agency, the office may file with the Secretary of State and the office may publish in such manner as it believes proper, any regulation or order of repeal of a regulation n
• § 11344 — The office shall do all of the following: (a) Provide for the official compilation, printing, and publication of adoption, amendment, or repeal of regulations, which shall be known as the California C
• § 11344.1 — The office shall do all of the following: (a) Provide for the publication of the California Regulatory Notice Register, which shall be an official publication of the State of California and which shal
• § 11344.2 — The office shall supply a complete set of the California Code of Regulations, and of the California Code of Regulations Supplement to the county clerk of any county or to the delegatee of the county c
• § 11344.3 — Every document, other than a notice of proposed rulemaking action, required to be published in the California Regulatory Notice Register by this chapter, shall be published in the first edition of the
• § 11344.4 — (a) The California Code of Regulations, the California Code of Regulations Supplement, and the California Regulatory Notice Register shall be sold at prices which will reimburse the state for all cost
• § 11344.6 — The publication of a regulation in the California Code of Regulations or California Code of Regulations Supplement raises a rebuttable presumption that the text of the regulation as so published is th
• § 11344.7 — Nothing in this chapter precludes any person or state agency from purchasing copies of the California Code of Regulations, the California Code of Regulations Supplement, or the California Regulatory N
• § 11344.9 — (a) Whenever the term “California Administrative Code” appears in law, official legal paper, or legal publication, it means the “California Code of Regulations.
• § 11345 — The office is not required to develop a unique identification number system for each regulatory action pursuant to Section 11341 or to make the California Regulatory Notice Register available on its w
• § 11346 — (a) It is the purpose of this chapter to establish basic minimum procedural requirements for the adoption, amendment, or repeal of administrative regulations.
• § 11346.1 — (a) (1) The adoption, amendment, or repeal of an emergency regulation is not subject to any provision of this article or Article 6 (commencing with Section 11349), except this section and Sections 113
• § 11346.2 — Every agency subject to this chapter shall prepare, submit to the office with the notice of the proposed action as described in Section 11346.
• § 11346.3 — (a) A state agency proposing to adopt, amend, or repeal any administrative regulation shall assess the potential for adverse economic impact on California business enterprises and individuals, avoidin
• § 11346.36 — (a) Prior to November 1, 2013, the Department of Finance, in consultation with the office and other state agencies, shall adopt regulations for conducting the standardized regulatory impact analyses r
• § 11346.4 — (a) At least 45 days prior to the hearing and close of the public comment period on the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation, notice of the proposed action shall be: (1) Mailed to every pers
• § 11346.45 — (a) In order to increase public participation and improve the quality of regulations, state agencies proposing to adopt regulations shall, prior to publication of the notice required by Section 11346.
• § 11346.5 — (a) The notice of proposed adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation shall include the following: (1) A statement of the time, place, and nature of proceedings for adoption, amendment, or repeal
• § 11346.6 — (a) This section shall only apply to the following proposed regulations: (1) Regulations proposed by the Department of Rehabilitation.
• § 11346.7 — The office shall maintain a link on its website to the website maintained by the Small Business Advocate that also includes the telephone number of the Small Business Advocate.
• § 11346.8 — (a) If a public hearing is held, both oral and written statements, arguments, or contentions, shall be permitted.
• § 11346.9 — Every agency subject to this chapter shall do the following: (a) Prepare and submit to the office with the adopted regulation a final statement of reasons that shall include all of the following: (1)
• § 11347 — (a) If, after publication of a notice of proposed action pursuant to Section 11346.
• § 11347.1 — (a) An agency that adds any technical, theoretical, or empirical study, report, or similar document to the rulemaking file after publication of the notice of proposed action and relies on the document
• § 11347.3 — (a) Every agency shall maintain a file of each rulemaking that shall be deemed to be the record for that rulemaking proceeding.
• § 11348 — Each agency subject to this chapter shall keep its rulemaking records on all of that agency’s pending rulemaking actions, in which the notice has been published in the California Regulatory Notice Reg
• § 11349 — The following definitions govern the interpretation of this chapter: (a) “Necessity” means the record of the rulemaking proceeding demonstrates by substantial evidence the need for a regulation to eff
• § 11349.1 — (a) The office shall review all regulations adopted, amended, or repealed pursuant to the procedure specified in Article 5 (commencing with Section 11346) and submitted to it for publication in the Ca
• § 11349.1.5 — (a) The Department of Finance and the office shall, from time to time, review the standardized regulatory impact analyses required by subdivision (c) of Section 11346.
• § 11349.2 — An agency may add material to a rulemaking file that has been submitted to the office for review pursuant to this article if addition of the material does not violate other requirements of this chapte
• § 11349.3 — (a) The office shall either approve a regulation submitted to it for review and transmit it to the Secretary of State for filing or disapprove it within 30 working days after the regulation has been s
• § 11349.4 — (a) A regulation returned to an agency because of failure to meet the standards of Section 11349.
• § 11349.5 — (a) To initiate a review of a decision by the office, the agency shall file a written Request for Review with the Governor’s Legal Affairs Secretary within 10 days of receipt of the written opinion pr
• § 11349.6 — (a) If the adopting agency has complied with Sections 11346.
• § 11349.7 — The office, at the request of any standing, select, or joint committee of the Legislature, shall initiate a priority review of any regulation, group of regulations, or series of regulations that the c
• § 11349.8 — (a) If the office is notified of, or on its own becomes aware of, an existing regulation in the California Code of Regulations for which the statutory authority has been repealed or becomes ineffectiv
• § 11349.9 — (a) To initiate a review of the office’s Notice of Repeal pursuant to Section 11349.
• § 11350 — (a) Any interested person may obtain a judicial declaration as to the validity of any regulation or order of repeal by bringing an action for declaratory relief in the superior court in accordance wit
• § 11350.3 — Any interested person may obtain a judicial declaration as to the validity of a regulation or order of repeal which the office has disapproved pursuant to Section 11349.
• § 11351 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), Article 5 (commencing with Section 11346), Article 6 (commencing with Section 11349), Article 7 (commencing with Section 11349.
• § 11352 — The following actions are not subject to this chapter: (a) The issuance, denial, or waiver of any water quality certification as authorized under Section 13160 of the Water Code.
• § 11353 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this chapter does not apply to the adoption or revision of state policy for water quality control and the adoption or revision of water quality control plans
• § 11354 — Sections 11352 and 11353 do not affect any court’s determination, relating to the applicability of this chapter to any provision of a policy, plan, or guideline, in a civil action which was pending on
• § 11354.1 — (a) For purposes of this section, “commission” means the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission.
• § 11356 — (a) Article 6 (commencing with Section 11349) is not applicable to a building standard.
• § 11357 — (a) The Department of Finance shall adopt and update, as necessary, instructions for inclusion in the State Administrative Manual prescribing the methods that an agency subject to this chapter shall u
• § 11359 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), on and after January 1, 1982, no new regulation, or the amendment or repeal of any regulation, which regulation is intended to promote fire and panic safety
• § 11361 — This chapter does not apply to the adoption or revision of regulations, guidelines, or criteria to implement the Safe Neighborhood Parks, Clean Water, Clean Air, and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 200
• § 11370 — Chapter 3.
• § 11370.1 — As used in the Administrative Procedure Act “director” means the executive officer of the Office of Administrative Hearings.
• § 11370.2 — (a) There is in the Department of General Services the Office of Administrative Hearings which is under the direction and control of an executive officer who shall be known as the director.
• § 11370.3 — The director shall appoint and maintain a staff of full-time, and may appoint pro tempore part-time, administrative law judges qualified under Section 11502 which is sufficient to fill the needs of th
• § 11370.4 — The total cost to the state of maintaining and operating the Office of Administrative Hearings shall be determined by, and collected by the Department of General Services in advance or upon such other
• § 11370.5 — (a) The office is authorized and directed to study the subject of administrative adjudication in all its aspects; to submit its suggestions to the various agencies in the interests of fairness, unifor
• § 11371 — (a) There is within the Office of Administrative Hearings a Medical Quality Hearing Panel, consisting of no fewer than five full-time administrative law judges.
• § 11372 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), all adjudicative hearings and proceedings relating to the discipline or reinstatement of licensees of the Medical Board of California, including licensees of
• § 11373 — All adjudicative hearings and proceedings conducted by an administrative law judge as designated in Section 11371 shall be conducted under the terms and conditions set forth in the Administrative Proc
• § 11373.3 — The Office of Administrative Hearings shall provide facilities and support personnel for the review committee panel and shall assess the Medical Board of California for facilities and personnel, where
• § 11380 — (a) (1) The office shall hear and render a decision on any appeal filed by a business, pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 14775, in the event the business contests the certification by a state age
• § 11400 — (a) This chapter and Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) constitute the administrative adjudication provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.
• § 11400.10 — (a) This chapter is operative on July 1, 1997.
• § 11400.20 — (a) Before, on, or after July 1, 1997, an agency may adopt interim or permanent regulations to govern an adjudicative proceeding under this chapter or Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500).
• § 11405.10 — Unless the provision or context requires otherwise, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 11405.20 — “Adjudicative proceeding” means an evidentiary hearing for determination of facts pursuant to which an agency formulates and issues a decision.
• § 11405.30 — “Agency” means a board, bureau, commission, department, division, office, officer, or other administrative unit, including the agency head, and one or more members of the agency head or agency employe
• § 11405.40 — “Agency head” means a person or body in which the ultimate legal authority of an agency is vested, and includes a person or body to which the power to act is delegated pursuant to authority to delegat
• § 11405.50 — (a) “Decision” means an agency action of specific application that determines a legal right, duty, privilege, immunity, or other legal interest of a particular person.
• § 11405.60 — “Party” includes the agency that is taking action, the person to which the agency action is directed, and any other person named as a party or allowed to appear or intervene in the proceeding.
• § 11405.70 — “Person” includes an individual, partnership, corporation, governmental subdivision or unit of a governmental subdivision, or public or private organization or entity of any character.
• § 11405.80 — “Presiding officer” means the agency head, member of the agency head, administrative law judge, hearing officer, or other person who presides in an adjudicative proceeding.
• § 11410.10 — This chapter applies to a decision by an agency if, under the federal or state Constitution or a federal or state statute, an evidentiary hearing for determination of facts is required for formulation
• § 11410.20 — Except as otherwise expressly provided by statute: (a) This chapter applies to all agencies of the state.
• § 11410.30 — (a) As used in this section, “local agency” means a county, city, district, public authority, public agency, or other political subdivision or public corporation in the state other than the state.
• § 11410.40 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, by regulation, ordinance, or other appropriate action, an agency may adopt this chapter or any of its provisions for the formulation and issuance o
• § 11410.50 — This chapter applies to an adjudicative proceeding required to be conducted under Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) unless the statutes relating to the proceeding provide otherwise.
• § 11410.60 — (a) As used in this section, “quasi-public entity” means an entity, other than a governmental agency, whether characterized by statute as a public corporation, public instrumentality, or otherwise, th
• § 11415.10 — (a) The governing procedure by which an agency conducts an adjudicative proceeding is determined by the statutes and regulations applicable to that proceeding.
• § 11415.20 — A state statute or a federal statute or regulation applicable to a particular agency or decision prevails over a conflicting or inconsistent provision of this chapter.
• § 11415.30 — (a) To the extent necessary to avoid a loss or delay of funds or services from the federal government that would otherwise be available to the state, the Governor may do any of the following by execut
• § 11415.40 — Except to the extent prohibited by another statute or regulation, a person may waive a right conferred on the person by the administrative adjudication provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.
• § 11415.50 — (a) An agency may provide any appropriate procedure for a decision for which an adjudicative proceeding is not required.
• § 11415.60 — (a) An agency may formulate and issue a decision by settlement, pursuant to an agreement of the parties, without conducting an adjudicative proceeding.
• § 11420.10 — (a) An agency, with the consent of all the parties, may refer a dispute that is the subject of an adjudicative proceeding for resolution by any of the following means: (1) Mediation by a neutral media
• § 11420.20 — (a) The Office of Administrative Hearings shall adopt and promulgate model regulations for alternative dispute resolution under this article.
• § 11420.30 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a communication made in alternative dispute resolution under this article is protected to the following extent: (a) Anything said, any admission made, and a