{"code":"HSC","codeName":"Health and Safety Code","section":"1596.879","citation":"Health & Saf. Code, § 1596.879","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 3.4. California Child Day Care Act [1596.70. - 1596.895.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-2/chapter-3.4"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Administration of Child Day Care Licensing [1596.80. - 1596.879.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-2/chapter-3.4/article-2"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1064, Sec. 20.5.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Immediately upon the denial of any application for a license or for a special permit, the department shall notify the applicant in writing. Within 15 days after the department mails the notice, the applicant may present his or her written petition for a hearing to the department. Upon receipt by the department of the petition, the petition shall be set for hearing. The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section <a href=\"/hsc/11500\">11500</a>) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and the department has all the powers granted in that chapter.</p>","text":"Immediately upon the denial of any application for a license or for a special permit, the department shall notify the applicant in writing. Within 15 days after the department mails the notice, the applicant may present his or her written petition for a hearing to the department. Upon receipt by the department of the petition, the petition shall be set for hearing. The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and the department has all the powers granted in that chapter.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/administration-of-child-day-care-licensing-1596-879","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}