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17,661 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 1507.1 — (a) An adult community care facility may permit incidental medical services to be provided through a home health agency licensed pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 1725) when all of the fo
• § 1507.15 — Every community care facility that provides adult residential care or offers an adult day program shall, for the purpose of addressing issues that arise when an adult resident or an adult day program
• § 1507.2 — Notwithstanding this chapter, a child with special health care needs, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 17710 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, may be accepted in a specialized foster care
• § 1507.25 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, a person described in paragraph (2), who is not a licensed health care professional, but who is trained to administer injections by a licensed health care profes
• § 1507.3 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 1566.
• § 1507.35 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a group home for children with special health care needs, as defined in paragraph (22) of subdivision (a) of Section 1502, may allow a client who has been diagnosed
• § 1507.4 — (a) Beginning May 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the department shall collect information and send a report to each county’s department of mental health or behavioral health of all licensed adult r
• § 1507.5 — (a) In-home medical care and home and community-based services, as described in subdivisions (t) and (u) of Section 14132 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, may, when deemed medically appropriate b
• § 1507.6 — (a) Mental health services, as deemed necessary by the placing agency, may be provided to children in a group home.
• § 150700 — There is the Virtual Health Hub for Rural Communities Pilot Program.
• § 150701 — The following definitions shall apply to this division: (a) “Department” means the State Department of Public Health.
• § 150702 — (a) The department shall administer the Virtual Health Hub Fund to expand access to health services for farmworkers in rural communities by providing virtual connections to health care providers, ment
• § 150703 — (a) The Virtual Health Hub Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury.
• § 150704 — (a) The department shall award grants to partnerships of two separate community-based organizations to establish and deploy virtual health hubs.
• § 150704.5 — (a) In evaluating grant proposals pursuant to this division, the department shall give priority to community-based organizations that meet one or more of the following criteria: (1) Provide farmworker
• § 150705 — (a) Two years after the date the department posts to their internet website that the minimum fund requirement for program operation has been met pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 150703, the depa
• § 150706 — Unless subsequent legislation supersedes or modifies this division to extend the program, this division shall become inoperative if the fund balance has not been met by December 31, 2030.
• § 1508 — No person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation within the state and no state or local public agency shall operate, establish, manage, conduct, or maintain a community care facility in this
• § 1509 — The state department shall inspect and license community care facilities, except as otherwise provided in Section 1508.
• § 1509.5 — (a) The department and the licensing agencies with which it contracts for licensing shall review and make a final determination within 60 days of an applicant’s submission of a complete application on
• § 1509.56 — An applicant or licensee of an adult community care facility shall maintain an email address of record with the department.
• § 1509.6 — An applicant or licensee of an adult community care facility shall maintain an email address of record with the department.
• § 150900 — (a) The Two-Spirit, Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Intersex (2TGI) Wellness and Equity Fund is established in the State Treasury.
• § 150925 — (a) The Transgender, Gender Variant, and Intersex (TGI) Wellness Reentry Fund is established in the State Treasury.
• § 150950 — (a) No later than March 1, 2023, the California Health and Human Services Agency shall convene a working group of representatives from at least three TGI-serving organizations, at least three individu
• § 1510 — The state department may provide consulting services upon request to any community care facility to assist in the identification or correction of deficiencies and in the upgrading of the quality of ca
• § 151000 — This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the Sexual Health Education Accountability Act.
• § 151001 — For purposes of this division, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Age appropriate” means topics, messages, and teaching methods suitable to particular ages or age groups of children and adole
• § 151002 — (a) Every sexual health education program shall satisfy all of the following requirements: (1) All information shall be medically accurate, current, and objective.
• § 151003 — This division shall apply only to grants that are funded pursuant to contracts entered into or amended on or after January 1, 2008.
• § 1511 — The state department may contract for state, county, or other public agencies to assume specified licensing, approval, or consultation responsibilities.
• § 1512 — Each residential community care facility shall state, on its client information form or admission agreement, and on its patient’s rights form, the facility’s policy concerning family visits and other
• § 1512.5 — (a) No residential facility may prohibit the formation of a family council, and, when requested by a member of the resident’s family or the resident’s responsible party, the family council shall be al
• § 1513 — No license or special permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall have any property value for sale or exchange purposes and no person, including any owner, agent, or broker, shall s
• § 1514 — (a) Each residential care facility licensed under this chapter shall reveal its license number in all advertisements, publications, or announcements made with the intent to attract clients or resident
• § 1515 — (a) The department shall authorize county welfare departments to undertake comprehensive recruitment programs, including but not limited to media advertising, public awareness campaigns and public spe
• § 1516 — (a) A crisis nursery, as defined in paragraph (17) of subdivision (a) of Section 1502, shall be licensed by the department to operate a crisis residential overnight program.
• § 1517 — (a) (1) Pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 16519.
• § 1517.1 — (a) (1) Pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 16519.
• § 1517.2 — (a) The application form signed by a resource family applicant of a foster family agency shall be signed with a declaration by the applicant that the information submitted is true, correct, and contai
• § 1517.3 — (a) A person shall not incur civil liability as a result of providing the department with either of the following: (1) A foster family agency’s log of resource families that have been approved or have
• § 1517.4 — (a) (1) A foster family agency shall place a resource family on inactive status upon notification by the resource family in accordance with this section and the written directives or regulations adopt
• § 1517.5 — (a) A resource family currently approved by a foster family agency pursuant to this section or Section 1517 may be approved by a subsequent foster family agency upon the successful completion of activ
• § 1518 — (a) Nothing in this chapter shall authorize the imposition of rent regulations or controls for licensed community care facilities.
• § 152 — (a) The State Department of Public Health Office of Health Equity shall do all of the following: (1) Perform strategic planning to develop departmentwide plans for implementation of goals and objectiv
• § 1520 — Any person desiring issuance of a license for a community care facility or a special permit for specialized services under this chapter shall file with the department, pursuant to regulations, an appl
• § 1520.1 — In addition to Section 1520, applicants for a group home or short-term residential therapeutic program license shall meet the following requirements: (a) (1) During the first 12 months of operation, t
• § 1520.11 — (a) A corporation that applies for licensure with the department shall list the facilities that any member of the board of directors, an executive director, or any officer has been licensed to operate
• § 1520.2 — (a) Every licensed community care facility, at the request of a majority of its residents, shall assist its residents in establishing and maintaining a resident-oriented facility council.
• § 1520.3 — (a) (1) If an application for a license or special permit indicates, or the department determines during the application review process, that the applicant previously was issued a license under this c
• § 1520.5 — (a) The Legislature hereby declares it to be the policy of the state to prevent overconcentrations of residential facilities that impair the integrity of residential neighborhoods.
• § 1520.7 — (a) Every community care facility that is licensed or has a special permit for specialized services pursuant to Section 1525 shall provide a copy of the disaster and mass casualty plan required pursua
• § 152000 — (a) (1) The State Department of Public Health (department) shall prepare an annual report, in accordance with subdivision (c), concerning sexual orientation, gender identity, and variations in sex cha
• § 1521 — Any person desiring a license for a community care facility under the provisions of this chapter which is required by other code provisions or rules or regulations of the state department pursuant to
• § 1521.5 — (a) The county welfare director shall, prior to the issuance of any foster family home license, ensure that the county licensing staff, or the placement staff, conducts one or more in-home interviews
• § 1521.6 — (a) The Legislature recognizes the importance of ensuring that prospective foster family homes meet specified health and safety requirements.
• § 1522 — The Legislature recognizes the need to generate timely and accurate positive fingerprint identification of applicants as a condition of issuing licenses, permits, or certificates of approval for perso
• § 1522.01 — (a) Any person required to be registered as a sex offender under Section 290 of the Penal Code shall disclose this fact to the licensee of a community care facility before becoming a client of that fa
• § 1522.02 — (a) The department may adopt regulations to create substitute employee registries for persons working at more than one facility licensed pursuant to this chapter, Chapter 3.
• § 1522.03 — The Department of Justice may charge a fee sufficient to cover its cost in providing services in accordance with Section 1522 to comply with the 14-day requirement for provision to the department of t
• § 1522.04 — (a) The Legislature recognizes the need to generate timely and accurate positive fingerprint identification of applicants as a condition of issuing licenses, permits, or certificates of approval for p
• § 1522.06 — (a) Individuals who are volunteer candidates for mentoring children in foster care settings, as defined by the department, in private alternative boarding schools, or in private alternative outdoor pr
• § 1522.07 — (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 1522, foster family agencies shall submit fingerprints of their certified foster parent applicants to the Department of Justice using a card provided by
• § 1522.08 — (a) In order to protect the health and safety of persons receiving care or services from individuals or facilities licensed by the state or from individuals certified or approved by a foster family ag
• § 1522.09 — (a) The department shall, no later than July 1, 2017, develop a notice that does all of the following: (1) Contains the telephone number to make a complaint regarding a community care facility or chil
• § 1522.1 — (a) Prior to granting a license to, or otherwise approving, any individual to care for or reside with children, the department shall check the Child Abuse Central Index pursuant to paragraph (4) of su
• § 1522.2 — If a local law enforcement agency, a probation officer, or a local department or agency that provides social services becomes aware that an employee of a community treatment facility, a day treatment
• § 1522.4 — (a) In addition to any other requirements of this chapter and except for foster family homes, small family homes, and certified family homes and resource families of foster family agencies, all of the
• § 1522.41 — (a) (1) The department, in consultation and collaboration with county placement officials, group home provider organizations, the Director of Health Care Services, and the Director of Developmental Se
• § 1522.42 — (a) The department, in consultation and collaboration with county placement officials, provider organizations, the State Department of Health Care Services, and the State Department of Developmental S
• § 1522.43 — (a) (1) For the duties the department imposes on a group home administrator or short-term residential therapeutic program administrator in this chapter and in regulations adopted by the department, ev
• § 1522.44 — (a) It is the policy of the state that caregivers of children in foster care possess knowledge and skills relating to the reasonable and prudent parent standard, as defined in subdivision (c) of Secti
• § 1522.45 — (a) All licensed community care facilities serving children shall provide trauma-informed care and utilize trauma-informed practices, as defined and set forth in standards and regulations adopted by t
• § 1522.5 — The State Department of Social Services, in processing fingerprint clearances, shall give expeditious treatment to employees of, and applicants for employment with, community care facilities, as defin
• § 1522.7 — (a) This section shall not apply to individuals who are subject to paragraph (2) of subdivision (g) of Section 1522.
• § 1523.1 — (a) (1) An application fee adjusted by facility and capacity shall be charged by the department for the issuance of a license.
• § 1523.2 — (a) Beginning with the 1996–97 fiscal year, there is hereby created in the State Treasury the Technical Assistance Fund, from which money, upon appropriation by the Legislature in the Budget Act, shal
• § 1523.5 — Transitional shelter care facilities, as defined in Section 1502.
• § 1524 — A license shall be forfeited by operation of law if one of the following occurs: (a) The licensee sells or otherwise transfers the facility or facility property, except if change of ownership applies
• § 1524.01 — A resource family approval shall be forfeited by operation of law when one of the following occurs: (a) The resource family surrenders the approval to the licensed foster family agency.
• § 1524.1 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 1524, in the event of a sale of a licensed community care facility, except foster family homes and small family homes, where the sale will result in a new license being iss
• § 1524.2 — (a) This section shall apply to any community care facility that serves children, as specified in this chapter.
• § 1524.3 — (a) This section shall apply to any community care facility that serves adults, as specified in this chapter.
• § 1524.5 — (a) In addition to any other requirements of this chapter, any community care facility providing residential care for six or fewer persons, except family homes certified by foster family agencies, fos
• § 1524.6 — (a) In addition to any other requirement of this chapter, any group home or short-term residential therapeutic program, as defined by regulations of the department, providing care for any number of pe
• § 1524.7 — The State Department of Social Services shall provide to residential care facilities a form, which the residential care facility shall attach to each resident admission agreement, notifying the reside
• § 1525 — Upon the filing of the application for issuance of a license or for a special permit and substantial compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations of the department, the
• § 1525.25 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide for proper case management and orderly transition in placement when family home licensing or family home certification changes occur.
• § 1525.3 — Prior to the issuance of any new license or special permit pursuant to this chapter, the applicant shall attend an orientation given by the department.
• § 1525.5 — (a) The department may issue provisional licenses to operate community care facilities for facilities that it determines are in substantial compliance with this chapter and the rules and regulations a
• § 1526 — Immediately upon the denial of any application for a license or for a special permit, the state department shall notify the applicant in writing.
• § 1526.5 — (a) Within 90 days after a facility accepts its first client for placement following the issuance of a license or special permit pursuant to Section 1525, the department shall inspect the facility.
• § 1526.75 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to maintain quality resources for children needing placement away from their families.
• § 1526.8 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the department develop modified staffing levels and requirements for crisis nurseries, provided that the health, safety, and well-being of the children in
• § 1527 — As used in this article: (a) “Aircraft” includes, but is not limited to, any airplane, glider, or hot air balloon.
• § 1527.1 — There is hereby established the Foster Family Home and Small Family Home Insurance Fund within the State Department of Social Services.
• § 1527.2 — The fund, subject to this article, shall pay, on behalf of foster family homes, small family homes, on and after January 1, 2019, resource families, and, on or after January 1, 2020, tribally approved
• § 1527.3 — The fund shall not be liable for any of the following: (a) Any loss arising out of a dishonest, fraudulent, criminal, or intentional act of a foster parent.
• § 1527.35 — The fund shall not be liable for any loss arising out of the dishonest, fraudulent, criminal, or intentional act of any person if the date of the loss is prior to July 1, 2013.
• § 1527.4 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the fund shall not be liable for damages in excess of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for any single foster family home, small family hom
• § 1527.5 — The fund shall be liable, if a claim is approved, to pay on behalf of each licensed foster family home, small family home, on or after January 1, 2019, resource family, or, on or after January 1, 2020
• § 1527.6 — (a) A claim against the fund shall be filed with the fund in accordance with claims procedures and on forms prescribed by the State Department of Social Services or its designated contract agency.
• § 1527.7 — All processing of decisions and reports, payment of claims, and other administrative actions relating to the fund shall be conducted by the State Department of Social Services or its designated contra
• § 1527.8 — The fund established pursuant to Section 1527.
• § 1528 — (a) This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Seizure Emergency Response Act.
• § 1528.1 — (a) If a client diagnosed with seizures, a seizure disorder, or epilepsy has been prescribed intranasal emergency antiseizure medication by their health care provider, a licensee may, upon receipt of
• § 1528.2 — (a) On or before January 1, 2028, the State Department of Social Services shall, in consultation with organizations and providers with expertise in epilepsy, administering emergency antiseizure medica
• § 1528.3 — (a) Before administering intranasal emergency antiseizure medication prescribed to treat seizures in a client diagnosed with seizures, a seizure disorder, or epilepsy, the licensee shall be in receipt
• § 1528.4 — (a) Any licensee that allows administrators or authorized volunteers to administer intranasal emergency antiseizure medication pursuant to this article shall ensure that each administrator or authoriz
• § 1529.1 — It is the intent of the Legislature that persons desiring to become, or to continue being, foster parents shall receive training in order to assist them in being effective substitute caregivers and to
• § 1530 — The state department shall adopt, amend, or repeal, in accordance with Chapter 4.
• § 1530.1 — (a) The department shall adopt regulations, in consultation with providers, consumers, and other interested parties, to combine adult day care and adult day support centers licensing categories into o
• § 1530.3 — The director shall report to the Legislature during the 2007–08 budget hearings on the progress of the department’s children’s residential regulation review workgroup.
• § 1530.5 — (a) The department, in establishing regulations, including provisions for periodic inspections, under this chapter for foster family homes, certified family homes, and resource family homes of foster
• § 1530.6 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, persons licensed or approved pursuant to this chapter to provide residential foster care to a child either placed with them pursuant to order of the juvenile court o
• § 1530.7 — (a) A licensed children’s residential facility shall maintain a smoke-free environment in the facility.
• § 1530.8 — (a) (1) The department shall adopt regulations for community care facilities licensed as group homes, and for temporary shelter care facilities, as defined in subdivision (c), that care for dependent
• § 1530.9 — (a) The department shall, with the advice and assistance of the State Department of Health Care Services, counties, parent and children’s advocacy groups, and group home providers, adopt regulations f
• § 1530.90 — (a) A community treatment facility, as defined in paragraph (8) of subdivision (a) of Section 1502 and licensed pursuant to this chapter, shall meet the requirements of this section.
• § 1530.91 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a care provider that provides foster care for children pursuant to this chapter shall provide each schoolage child and the child’s authorized representative,
• § 1531 — The regulations for a license shall prescribe standards of safety and sanitation for the physical plant and standards for basic personal care, supervision, and services based upon the category of lice
• § 1531.1 — (a) A residential facility licensed as an adult residential facility, group home, short-term residential therapeutic program, small family home, foster family home, or a family home certified by a fos
• § 1531.15 — (a) A licensee of an adult residential facility, short-term residential therapeutic program, or group home for no more than six residents, except for the larger facilities provided for in paragraph (1
• § 1531.18 — A prospective applicant for licensure shall be notified at the time of the initial request for information regarding application for licensure that, prior to obtaining licensure, the facility shall se
• § 1531.2 — (a) Upon the filing by the department of emergency regulations with the Secretary of State, an adult day program, as defined in Division 6 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations, or Section
• § 1531.3 — The State Fire Marshal shall establish separate fire and panic safety standards and criteria for the evaluation of each category of license described in subdivision (a) of Section 1502.
• § 1531.4 — On and after January 1, 1999, no security window bars may be installed or maintained on any community care facility unless the security window bars meet current state and local requirements, as applic
• § 1531.5 — (a) The State Department of Social Services shall not deny a license for a foster family home solely on the basis that the applicant is a parent who has administered corporal punishment not constituti
• § 1532 — The Committee on Community Care Facilities of the State Social Services Advisory Board shall advise the director regarding regulations, policy, and administrative practices pertaining to community car
• § 1533 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any duly authorized officer, employee, or agent of the State Department of Social Services may, upon presentation of proper identification, enter and
• § 1534 — (a) (1) (A) Except for foster family homes, every licensed community care facility shall be subject to unannounced inspections by the department.
• § 1534.1 — (a) The department shall ensure that the licensee’s plan of correction is verifiable and measurable.
• § 1534.5 — The state department shall provide the office, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 9701 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, with copies of inspection reports for community care facilities upon
• § 1535 — (a) On or before January 1, 1986, the state department shall publish a comprehensive consumer guideline brochure to assist persons in the evaluation and selection of a licensed community care facility
• § 1536 — (a) (1) At least annually, the department shall publish and make available to interested persons a list or lists covering all licensed community care facilities and the services for which each facilit
• § 1536.1 — (a) “Placement agency” means a county probation department, county welfare department, county social service department, county mental health department, county public guardian, general acute care hos
• § 1536.2 — (a) When a placement agency has placed a child with a foster family agency for subsequent placement in a certified family home or with a resource family, the foster family agency shall ensure placemen
• § 1536.3 — A public agency social worker shall, in determining whether to refer an individual to an adult residential care facility, take into account the compatibility of the individual with the other residents
• § 1537 — The director shall have the authority to contract for personal services as required in order to perform inspections of, or consultation with, community care facilities.
• § 1537.1 — (a) A licensee of a residential facility serving adults that has internet service shall provide at least one internet access device, such as a computer, smart phone, tablet, or other device, that can
• § 1538 — (a) Any person may request an inspection of any community care facility, or certified family home or resource family of a foster family agency, in accordance with this chapter by transmitting to the s
• § 1538.2 — The director shall establish an automated license information system on licensees and former licensees of licensed community care facilities.
• § 1538.3 — A county may develop a cooperative agreement with the department to access disclosable, public record information from an automated system, other than the system described in Section 1538.
• § 1538.5 — (a) (1) Not less than 30 days prior to the anniversary of the effective date of a residential community care facility license, except licensed foster family homes, the department may transmit a copy t
• § 1538.55 — (a) The licensee of an Adult Residential Facility for Persons with Special Health Care Needs (ARFPSHN) or a Group Home for Children with Special Health Care Needs (GHCSHN), licensed pursuant to Articl
• § 1538.6 — (a) When the department periodically reviews the record of substantiated complaints against each group home or short-term residential therapeutic program, pursuant to its oversight role as prescribed
• § 1538.7 — (a) A group home, transitional housing placement provider, community treatment facility, youth homelessness prevention center, temporary shelter care facility, transitional shelter care facility, or s
• § 1538.8 — (a) (1) In order to review and evaluate the use of psychotropic medications in group homes and short-term residential therapeutic programs, the department shall compile, to the extent feasible and not
• § 1538.9 — (a) (1) (A) The department shall consult with the State Department of Health Care Services and stakeholders to establish a methodology for identifying those group homes providing care under the AFDC-F
• § 1539 — No licensee, or officer or employee of the licensee, shall discriminate or retaliate in any manner, including, but not limited to, eviction or threat of eviction, against any person receiving the serv
• § 1540 — (a) Any person who violates this chapter, or who willfully or repeatedly violates any rule or regulation promulgated under this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be
• § 1540.1 — Upon a finding by the licensing authority that a facility is in operation without a license, a peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.
• § 1540.2 — Any person who, without lawful authorization from a duly authorized officer, employee, or agent of the department, informs an owner, operator, employee, agent, or resident of a community care facility
• § 1541 — The director may bring an action to enjoin the violation or threatened violation of Section 1503.
• § 1542 — Any action brought by the director against a community care facility shall not abate by reason of a sale or other transfer of ownership of the community care facility which is a party to the action ex
• § 1543 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the district attorney of every county, and city attorneys in those cities which have city attorneys who have jurisdiction to prosecute misdemeanors
• § 1546 — An emergency client contingency account may be established within the Technical Assistance Fund to which not more than 50 percent of each penalty assessed pursuant to Section 1548 is deposited for use
• § 1546.1 — (a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to authorize the department to take quick, effective action to protect the health and safety of clients of community care facilitie
• § 1546.2 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to authorize the department to take quick, effective action to protect the health and safety of residents of community care facilities
• § 1547 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any person who violates Section 1503.
• § 1548 — (a) In addition to the suspension, temporary suspension, or revocation of a license issued under this chapter, the department shall levy civil penalties as follows: (b) (1) The amount of the civil pen
• § 1548.1 — The Legislature finds and declares that the current civil penalty structure for facilities licensed by the State Department of Social Services is insufficient to ensure the health and safety of those
• § 1549 — The civil, criminal, and administrative remedies available to the department pursuant to this article are not exclusive, and may be sought and employed in any combination deemed advisable by the depar
• § 1550 — The department may deny an application for, or suspend or revoke, any license, or any special permit, certificate of approval, or administrator certificate, issued under this chapter upon any of the f
• § 1550.5 — The director may temporarily suspend any license prior to any hearing when, in the opinion of the director, the action is urgent to protect residents or clients of the facility from physical or mental
• § 1550.7 — (a) The department shall conduct an unannounced visit to a facility within 30 days after the effective date of a temporary suspension of a license in order to ensure that the facility is nonoperationa
• § 1551 — (a) Proceedings for the suspension, revocation, or denial of a license, registration, special permit, certificate of approval, or any administrator certificate under this chapter, or denial of transfe
• § 1551.1 — (a) The administrative law judge conducting a hearing under this article may permit the testimony of a child witness, or a similarly vulnerable witness, including a witness who is developmentally disa
• § 1551.15 — (a) In any administrative proceeding conducted pursuant to this article in which a child or other minor is the victim in an allegation of inappropriate sexual conduct, evidence of specific instances o
• § 1551.2 — (a) (1) An out-of-court statement made by a minor under 12 years of age who is the subject or victim of an allegation at issue is admissible evidence at an administrative hearing conducted pursuant to
• § 1551.3 — Notwithstanding Sections 11425.
• § 1551.5 — In addition to the witness fees and mileage provided by Section 11450.
• § 1553 — The withdrawal of an application for a license or a special permit after it has been filed with the state department shall not, unless the state department consents in writing to such withdrawal, depr
• § 1554 — Any license, registration, or special permit suspended pursuant to this chapter, and any special permit revoked pursuant to this chapter, may be reinstated pursuant to the provisions of Section 11522
• § 1555 — Whenever a license, registration, or special permit issued under this chapter for a community care facility is suspended, revoked, temporarily suspended, forfeited, canceled, or expires, the departmen
• § 1556 — (a) If the director determines that it is necessary to temporarily suspend any license or special permit of a community care facility in order to protect the residents or clients of the facility from
• § 1556.5 — (a) If the department, as a condition of licensure, requires the chief executive officer or other authorized member of the board of directors and the administrator of a foster family agency to attend
• § 1557.5 — Each facility required to be licensed pursuant to this chapter shall keep a current record of clients in the facility, including the client’s name and ambulatory status, and the name, address, and tel
• § 1558 — (a) The department may prohibit any person from being a member of the board of directors, an executive director, or an officer of a licensee, or a licensee from employing, or continuing the employment
• § 1558.1 — (a) (1) If the department determines that a person was issued a license under this chapter, Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1200), Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1250), Chapter 3 (commencing wi
• § 1558.3 — The department shall conduct an unannounced visit to a facility within 30 days after the department serves an order of immediate exclusion from the facility upon the licensee or a person subject to im
• § 1559.110 — (a) (1) The State Department of Social Services shall license transitional housing placement providers pursuant to this chapter.
• § 1560 — (a) The director shall require as a condition precedent to the issuance of any license or special permit for a community care facility, if the licensee or holder of a special permit handles or will ha
• § 1561 — The director may grant a partial or total variance from the bonding requirements of Section 1560 for any community care facility if he finds that compliance with them is so onerous that a community ca
• § 1562 — (a) The department shall ensure that operators and staff of community care facilities have appropriate training to provide the care and services for which a license or certificate is issued.
• § 1562.01 — (a) The department shall license short-term residential therapeutic programs, as defined in paragraph (18) of subdivision (a) of Section 1502, pursuant to this chapter.
• § 1562.02 — (a) The department may license a short-term residential therapeutic program operating as a children’s crisis residential program pursuant to this chapter.
• § 1562.03 — (a) The department shall establish regulations for short-term residential therapeutic programs that are operated as children’s crisis residential programs.
• § 1562.1 — (a) For purposes of this section “adult residential facility” means a facility licensed as an adult residential facility pursuant to this chapter.
• § 1562.15 — (a) (1) If a licensee who is also the owner of an adult residential facility notifies the city and county of an intent to sell the property, as required by Section 1562.
• § 1562.2 — (a) A licensee of an adult residential facility shall notify the city and county in which the facility is located of a proposed closure, including whether the licensee intends to sell the property or
• § 1562.3 — (a) The department, in consultation with the Director of Health Care Services and the Director of Developmental Services, shall establish a training program to ensure that licensees, operators, and st
• § 1562.35 — Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, including, but not limited to Section 1562.
• § 1562.4 — Any person who becomes an administrator of an adult residential facility, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 1502, on or after July 1, 1996, shall, at a minimum, fulfill all of
• § 1562.5 — (a) The director shall ensure that, within six months after obtaining licensure, an administrator of an adult residential facility and a program director of a social rehabilitation facility shall rece
• § 1562.6 — (a) The administrator of an adult residential care facility that provides services for residents who have mental illness shall ensure that a written intake assessment is prepared by a licensed mental
• § 1563 — (a) The department shall ensure that licensing personnel at the department have appropriate training to properly carry out this chapter.
• § 1564 — (a) No individual who has ever been convicted of a sex offense against a minor shall reside in a community care facility that is within one mile of an elementary school.
• § 1565 — (a) A facility shall have an emergency and disaster plan that shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (1) Evacuation procedures, including identification of an assembly point or po