California Administrative Code

(a) A course in blood withdrawal for licensed vocational nurses shall be taught by an instructor approved as provided in Section 2544.3; shall have a maximum of 15 students for each instructor for clinical experience; and shall be at least six hours in length, including 3 hours t…

This article shall apply to accepted trade standards for good and workmanlike automotive repair as performed by automotive repair dealers.

(a) In order for a certifying organization to be eligible for approval by the department to administer a phlebotomy certification examination for state certification purposes, the certifying organization shall meet the following conditions: (1) The certifying organization shall b…

(a) Approval of a certifying organization shall be valid for a period of four years unless revoked. At least 120 days prior to the end of the approval period, the certifying organization that wants to continue approval of its examination shall apply for reapproval. Failure to rea…

(a) Orders of abatement may be extended for good cause. If a cited person who has been issued an order of abatement is unable to complete the correction within the time set forth in the citation because of conditions beyond their control after the exercise of reasonable diligence…

(a) A licensed psychiatric technician shall safeguard patients'/clients' health and safety by actions that include but are not limited to the following: (1) Reporting to the Board acts specified in Section 4521 of the Business and Professions Code; (2) Documenting patient/client …

(a) The director or her or his designee is authorized to determine when and against whom a citation will be issued and to issue citations containing orders of abatement and/or fines for violations by registrants of the statutes and regulations governing telephone medical advice s…

(a) Chiropractic Patient Records. Each licensed chiropractor is required to maintain all active and inactive chiropractic patient records for five years from the date of the doctor's last treatment of the patient unless state or federal laws require a longer period of retention. …

(a) Every unlawful detainer assistant as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 6400 of the Business and Professions Code who enters into a contract or agreement with a client to provide services shall complete the standard form contract specified in subdivision (b). Upon executio…

(a) The decision shall be binding on the manufacturer if the consumer elects to accept the decision. (b) The manufacturer shall perform any decision of an arbitration program within the time prescribed by the decision, which shall be a reasonable time not to exceed 30 days after …

(a) Each licensee renewing a license under Section 2570.10 of the Code shall submit evidence of meeting continuing competency requirements by having completed 24 professional development units (PDUs) during the preceding renewal period, or in the case of a license delinquently re…

(a) Application for examination shall be made upon the form provided by the Board, accompanied by such evidence, statements, or documents as therein required. (b) The application shall be filed with the Board at its offices in Sacramento, California at least forty-five (45) days …

A legible original or a legible copy of the invoice shall be given to the customer for repairs performed and parts installed, regardless of whether a charge(s) is levied (i.e. warranty repairs). There shall be printed on the invoice in prominent type the following statement: “An …

(a) The Bureau shall offer to an automotive repair dealer that is eligible for remedial training to prevent the Bureau's public disclosure on the Internet of a citation as required by Section 27 of the Code, if the requirements in subdivision (b) are met. This offer of remedial t…

Chapter 6 of Division 38 of Title 16 shall be cited and referred to as the “Telephone Medical Advice Services Regulations.”

All methods used for methadone drug analysis shall be subject to the standards as set forth in these regulations. Each licensed methadone drug analysis laboratory shall have on file with the Department detailed, current written descriptions of each method it uses for drug screeni…

(a) The Board shall also apply, as required, the Department of Consumer Affairs' Substance Abuse Coordination Committee's Uniform Standards Regarding Substance-Abusing Healing Arts Licensees (April 2011) [hereafter “Uniform Standards”], which are hereby incorporated by reference.…

(a) Hand therapy services may be performed only when an occupational therapist has demonstrated to the Board in an application filed pursuant to section 4155 that they have met the post professional education and training requirements established by this section as follows: (1) E…

An oral or written consent shall be obtained from the customer prior to rejuvenation or restoration of a picture tube. If such consent is oral, the service dealer shall make a notation on the invoice of the date, time, and name of person authorizing the rejuvenation or restoratio…

(a) An applicant shall successfully pass the licensing examination prior to being licensed. The licensing examination shall consist of Part I and Part II of the Naturopathic Physicians Licensing Examination (NPLEX), as administered by the North American Board of Naturopathic Exam…

This Act shall not apply to businesses that are providing telephone medical advice services to patients temporarily visiting from out-of-state provided that the business does not otherwise provide telephone medical advice services to patients in California.

(a) All donors of sperm shall be screened and found nonreactive by laboratory tests for evidence of infection pursuant to section 1644.5(a) of the Health and Safety Code, prior to initiation of insemination or ART services. (b) For a serodiscordant donor and recipient in which th…

(a) If it appears to the Arbitration Certification Program that an arbitration program is not in substantial compliance with Civil Code Section 1793.22(d), Chapter 9 of Division 1 of the Business and Professions Code, or this subchapter, the Arbitration Certification Program may …

(a) A licensee of the Board may order and perform the following functions: (1) Those functions expressly specified in subdivisions (a) and (c) of Section 3640 of the Code. (2) The independent prescription and administration of epinephrine to treat anaphylaxis, as specified in Sec…

(a) Each person holding a license shall display a current active license in a conspicuous place in the licensee's principal office or primary place of practice. (b) Any licensed Doctor of Chiropractic with more than one place of practice shall obtain from the Board a Satellite Of…

“Reported net county costs for Fiscal Year 1977-78” means those net county costs for health services for Fiscal Year 1977-78 which were originally reported to the Department pursuant to Section 20 of Chapter 292 of the Statutes of 1978 or amended pursuant to County Health Service…

Funds available to local health departments under Chapter 8, Part 2, Division 1 of the Health and Safety Code may be expended for personnel, including but not limited to new or additional personnel and adjustments of salaries of existing personnel, maintenance and operation, equi…

(a) The occupational therapy practitioner shall record the following information for each activity on the renewal form: (1) the date each course or activity was completed; (2) the provider, course number, and course title, if applicable; (3) a description of the course; and (4) t…

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(a) The minimum, median and maximum process time for an application from the time of receipt of the completed application until the board makes a decision thereon concerning an applicant's eligibility to take an examination is set forth below. Minimum - 41 days Median - 113 days …

A person certified or licensed by the Board in a category or branch is not permitted to take any portion of the examination for the same category or branch unless his certificate or license has expired pursuant to Section 6796.3 or Section 8803 of the Code or unless re-examinatio…

(a) The Department shall compute each county's Medically Indigent Services Allocation in accordance with Subdivision (d) of Section 16703 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. (b) A county may apply for all or a portion of its total allocation pursuant to 1473(c). If the County c…

Nothing herein contained shall constitute any limitation or restriction upon the power of the Board to refuse to approve, or to disapprove, any school if in the opinion of the Board the quality of instruction is not sufficiently high to meet the objective of the State Chiropracti…

(a) Once an applicant is deemed eligible to take the licensing examination, the applicant has twelve (12) months in which to achieve a passing score. If an applicant initially fails to pass the examination the applicant may sit for re-examination a maximum of four times within th…

For the purpose of the rules and regulations contained in this chapter, the following terms are defined. No definition contained herein authorizes the practice of professional engineering as defined in the Professional Engineers Act. (a) “ABET” means ABET, Inc., formerly known as…

(a) A Board of Supervisors that increases its civil filing fees pursuant to the Act shall disperse the grant funds to eligible applicants within six months from the effective date of the increase or, if the balance in the account has not yet reached $15,000, within 90 days after …

Each citation: (a) Shall be in writing; (b) Shall describe with particularity the nature of the violation, including specific reference to the provision of the Act or a regulation contained in this division determined to have been violated; (c) May contain an assessment of an adm…

Constructive educational publicity is encouraged, but the use by any licensee of advertising which contains misstatements, falsehoods, misrepresentations, distorted, sensational or fabulous statements, or which is intended or has a tendency to deceive the public or impose upon cr…

The suspension, expiration, or forfeiture by operation of law of a license issued by the board, or its suspension, or forfeiture by order of the board or by order of a court of law, or its surrender without the written consent of the board shall not, during any period in which it…

§ 520. Substitution of Training for Experience. [Repealed] This database is current through 5/1/26 Register 2026, No. 18. Source: https://govt.westlaw.com/calregs/Document/ID2C0DDF34C8111EC89E5000D3A7C4BC3?viewType=FullText&originationContext=documenttoc&transitionType=CategoryPa…

A manufacturer shall not mix a lot of a food containing defects exceeding the actionable level with another lot of food containing fewer defects than the actionable level. Such mixing renders the food actionable regardless of the defect level of the final food.

“Qualifying experience” means responsible charge of soil engineering projects. Evidence shall be provided that the applicant has qualifying experience in the areas described in subdivisions (a), (c) and (e) and has demonstrated working knowledge in the areas described in subdivis…

(a) An applicant for authority to use the title “structural engineer” shall submit at least three completed reference forms, using the form entitled “Structural Engineer Engagement Record and Reference Form (SE09)(2017),” hereby incorporated by reference, from individuals who hol…

(a) A grape brandy shall be entitled to the appellation “California” only if: (1) 100% of its volume is derived at the time of distillation from grapes grown within the State of California or from California wine and (2) It has been fully distilled within the State of California.

(a) Eligible education courses, as defined in subdivision (b) or (c), offered or approved by an approved education provider listed in Section 4446, are approved education courses that meet the prelicensing and continuing education requirements of this Article. (b) Programs, semin…

For any informal hearings conducted by the Board pursuant to Sections 48.4 and 48.5 of this Article, the Board shall maintain a record of its proceedings, such as the minutes of the meeting or an audio recording of the meeting.

(a) “Distance learning” means asynchronous learning conducted online or outside of a classroom that does not offer participatory interaction between the licensee and the instructor during the instructional period. (b) In addition to the applicable requirements of Sections 362 and…

The following definitions apply to this Subchapter: “Accreditation” means a determination made by the Secretary of United States Department of Agriculture that authorizes a certifying agency to conduct certification activities as a certifying agent for the National Organic Progra…

It is unlawful for any person to represent the registration number, any logo or trademark of the department or status of the registration in advertising or labeling.

(a) The Bureau is authorized to issue citations containing orders of abatement and/or administrative fines pursuant to Sections 125.9 or 148 of the Business and Professions Code against a professional fiduciary or an unlicensed person who has committed any acts or omissions which…