{"code":"HSC","codeName":"Health and Safety Code","section":"1538.3","citation":"Health & Saf. Code, § 1538.3","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. LICENSING PROVISIONS [1200. - 1796.88.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. California Community Care Facilities Act [1500. - 1567.94.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-2/chapter-3"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3. Regulations [1530. - 1539.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-2/chapter-3/article-3"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 612, Sec. 44.   (AB 1997)   Effective January 1, 2017.","effective":"2017-01-01","html":"<p>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 <a href=\"/hsc/1538.2\">1538.2</a>, concerning substantiated complaints for all group home or short-term residential therapeutic programs, as defined by regulations of the department, located within that county. Access to the database may be accomplished through a secure online transaction protocol.</p>","text":"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 1538.2, concerning substantiated complaints for all group home or short-term residential therapeutic programs, as defined by regulations of the department, located within that county. Access to the database may be accomplished through a secure online transaction protocol.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/regulations-1538-3","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}