ARTICLE 2. Administration

Article 2 added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1203.

§§ 1520–1526.8 · 48 sections

§ 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…
§ 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)…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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,…
§ 1521.6 (a) The Legislature recognizes the importance of ensuring that prospective foster family homes meet specified health and safety requirements. Moreover, the…
§ 1522 The Legislature recognizes the need to generate timely and accurate positive fingerprint identification of applicants as a condition of issuing licenses,…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 1522.04 (a) The Legislature recognizes the need to generate timely and accurate positive fingerprint identification of applicants as a condition of issuing licenses,…
§ 1522.06 (a) Individuals who are volunteer candidates for mentoring children in foster care settings, as defined by the department, in private alternative boarding…
§ 1522.07 (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 1522, foster family agencies shall submit fingerprints of their certified foster parent applicants to the…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 1522.41 (a) (1) The department, in consultation and collaboration with county placement officials, group home provider organizations, the Director of Health Care…
§ 1522.42 (a) The department, in consultation and collaboration with county placement officials, provider organizations, the State Department of Health Care Services,…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 1522.5 The State Department of Social Services, in processing fingerprint clearances, shall give expeditious treatment to employees of, and applicants for employment…
§ 1522.7 (a) This section shall not apply to individuals who are subject to paragraph (2) of subdivision (g) of Section 1522. (b) The criteria described in this section…
§ 1523.1 (a) (1) An application fee adjusted by facility and capacity shall be charged by the department for the issuance of a license. After initial licensure, a fee…
§ 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…
§ 1523.5 Transitional shelter care facilities, as defined in Section 1502.3, shall be exempt from the fees imposed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1523.1.
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 1524.2 (a) This section shall apply to any community care facility that serves children, as specified in this chapter. (b) A licensee of a facility described in…
§ 1524.3 (a) This section shall apply to any community care facility that serves adults, as specified in this chapter. (b) A licensee of a facility described in…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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. The…
§ 1525.5 (a) The department may issue provisional licenses to operate community care facilities for facilities that it determines are in substantial compliance with…
§ 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. Within 15…
§ 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…
§ 1526.75 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to maintain quality resources for children needing placement away from their families. If, during a periodic inspection…
§ 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,…