CHAPTER 7. Appeal Proceedings [6600. - 6633.]

Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 993.

§§ 6600–6633 · 36 sections

§ 6600 Any employer served with a citation or notice pursuant to Section 6317, or a notice of proposed penalty under this part, or any other person obligated to the…
§ 6600.5 Any employer served with a special order or any action order by the division pursuant to Section 6308, or any other person obligated to the employer as…
§ 6601 If within 15 working days from receipt of the citation or notice of civil penalty issued by the division, the employer fails to notify the appeals board that…
§ 6601.5 If, within 15 working days from receipt of a special order, or action order by the division, the employer fails to notify the appeals board that he or she…
§ 6602 If an employer notifies the appeals board that they intend to contest a citation issued under Section 6317, or notice of proposed penalty issued under Section…
§ 6603 (a) The rules of practice and procedure adopted by the appeals board shall be consistent with Article 8 (commencing with Section 11435.05) of Chapter 4.5 of…
§ 6604 The appeals board may, in accordance with rules of practice and procedure which it shall adopt, direct and order a hearing officer: (a) To try the issues in…
§ 6605 The appeals board may appoint one or more hearing officers in any proceeding, as it may deem necessary or advisable, and may defer, remove to itself, or…
§ 6606 Any party to the proceeding may object to the reference of the proceeding to a particular hearing officer upon any one or more of the grounds specified in…
§ 6607 Before entering upon his duties, the hearing officer shall be sworn, before an officer authorized to administer oaths, faithfully and fairly to hear and…
§ 6608 The appeals board or a hearing officer shall, within 30 days after the case is submitted, make and file findings upon all facts involved in the appeal and file…
§ 6609 Within 30 days after the filing of the findings, decision, or order, the appeals board may confirm, adopt, modify or set aside the findings, order, or decision…
§ 6610 Any notice, order, or decision required by this part to be served upon any person either before, during, or after the institution of any proceeding before the…
§ 6611 (a) If the employer fails to appear, the appeals board may dismiss the appeal or may take action upon the employer’s express admissions or upon other evidence,…
§ 6612 No informality in any proceeding or in the manner of taking testimony shall invalidate any order, decision, or finding made and filed as specified in this…
§ 6613 The appeals board, a hearing officer, or any party to the action or proceeding, may, in any investigation or hearing before the appeals board, cause the…
§ 6614 (a) At any time within 30 days after the service of any final order or decision made and filed by the appeals board or a hearing officer, any party aggrieved…
§ 6615 No cause of action arising out of any final order or decision made and filed by the appeals board or a hearing officer shall accrue in any court to any person…
§ 6616 The petition for reconsideration shall set forth specifically and in full detail the grounds upon which the petitioner considers the final order or decision…
§ 6617 The petition for reconsideration may be based upon one or more of the following grounds and no other: (a) That by such order or decision made and filed by the…
§ 6618 The petitioner for reconsideration shall be deemed to have finally waived all objections, irregularities, and illegalities concerning the matter upon which the…
§ 6619 A copy of the petition for reconsideration shall be served forthwith upon all parties by the person petitioning for reconsideration. Any party may file an…
§ 6620 Upon the filing of a petition for reconsideration, or having granted reconsideration upon its own motion, the appeals board may, with or without further…
§ 6621 If at the time of granting reconsideration, it appears to the satisfaction of the appeals board that no sufficient reason exists for taking further testimony,…
§ 6622 After the taking of additional evidence and a consideration of all of the facts the appeals board may affirm, rescind, alter, or amend the original order or…
§ 6623 Any decision of the appeals board granting or denying a petition for reconsideration or affirming, rescinding, altering, or amending the original findings,…
§ 6624 A petition for reconsideration is deemed to have been denied by the appeals board unless it is acted upon within 45 days from the date of filing. The appeals…
§ 6625 (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the filing of a petition for reconsideration suspends for a period of 10 days the order or decision affected,…
§ 6626 Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the appeals board, on petition of an aggrieved party or on its own motion, from granting…
§ 6627 Any person affected by an order or decision of the appeals board may, within the time limit specified in this section, apply to the superior court of the…
§ 6628 The writ of mandate shall be made returnable at a time and place then or thereafter specified by court order and shall direct the appeals board to certify its…
§ 6629 The review by the court shall not be extended further than to determine, based upon the entire record which shall be certified by the appeals board, whether:…
§ 6630 The findings and conclusions of the appeals board on questions of fact are conclusive and final and are not subject to review. Such questions of fact shall…
§ 6631 The provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to writs of mandate shall, so far as applicable, apply to proceedings in the courts under the provisions…
§ 6632 No court of this state, except the Supreme Court, the courts of appeal, and the superior court to the extent herein specified, has jurisdiction to review,…
§ 6633 The filing of a petition for, or the pendency of, a writ of mandate shall not of itself stay or suspend the operation of any order, rule or decision of the…