California Administrative Code

(a) The agency shall supervise the adoptive placement of the child with the prospective adoptive parent unless the child was adopted abroad.

(a) A complainant shall have the right to make a request for complaint resolution subject to the requirements of this Article. The subject of a complaint may pertain to any local child support agency or Department child support action or inaction, except the following: (1) Compla…

“Disposable earnings” means income that is subject to withholding left after making mandatory deductions for taxes including State, federal, local, Social Security, Medicare taxes and union dues, along with deductions for disability insurance and payments to public employees' ret…

(a) The Department has the inspection authority specified in Health and Safety Code Sections 1596.852, 1596.853 and 1596.8535. (b) The Department has the authority to interview children or staff without prior consent. (1) The licensee shall ensure that provisions are made for pri…

(a) A reassessment shall be completed by the responsible public agency which authorized the initial payment unless one of the following is met: (1) The child has attained the age of 18 or 21; (2) The adoptive parents are no longer legally responsible for the support of the child.…

“Trauma team” means the multidisciplinary group of personnel who have been designated to collectively render care for trauma patients at a designated trauma center. The trauma team consists of physicians, nurses and allied health personnel. The composition of the trauma team may …

“Intercounty responding case” means a case in which the noncustodial parent and the custodial party live in different counties within California and the county in which the noncustodial parent resides receives and responds to a child support action for the purpose of enforcement.

This Chapter shall become operative and implemented upon the date in which the Director of the California Department of Child Support Services executes a declaration that states that the local child support agencies have begun to convert to the California Child Support Automation…

“Compromise of Assigned Arrearages -- Family Reunification” means an agreement to reduce arrearages, including interest, owed to the state in cases where separation or desertion of both parents from a child resulted in aid being granted for the child in the form of Aid to Familie…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms used in these regulations and in interpretations, forms and other official pronouncements issued by the Employment Development Department shall have the following meaning: (a) “Code” means the Unemployment Insurance Code. (b) All t…

“Quash” means to cancel by judicial order.

(a) The State/County Plan of Cooperation shall be one year in duration, commencing at the start of the federal fiscal year, and shall be subject to renewal or amendment as necessary to reflect new or revised state and federal laws, regulations and requirements. Failure of the par…

(a) Licensees serving preschool-age children may create a special program component for children who are between 18 months and 36 months of age. The provisions of Sections 101151 through 101239.2 shall apply for children over 24 months in addition to those specified in Health and…

Each site shall provide for a grievance procedure for recipients of health care. The advisory committee shall review each grievance and the action taken on each grievance. Any recipient who is dissatisfied with the action of the advisory committee may appeal the grievance to the …

“Day” means calendar day unless otherwise specified.

(a) A complainant who is dissatisfied with the resolution of a complaint made with a local child support agency, pursuant to Article 2, shall have the right to request a state hearing pursuant to the requirements of this Article. The subject of the request for a state hearing sha…

The state hearing shall: (a) Be set to commence within 45 days after the hearing request is received by the State Hearing Office. (b) Be held by telephone or in person within the complainant's county of residence, if the complainant resides in California, unless the complainant r…

(a) All EMS Aircraft shall be configured so that: (1) There is sufficient space in the patient compartment to accommodate one (1) patient on a stretcher and one (1) patient attendant. Air ambulances shall at a minimum have space to accommodate one (1) patient and two (2) patient …

(a) All of the information provided to CalOHII by Demonstration Project Applicant or Participant shall be treated as a public record unless such information is designated to be a trade secret or unless the public interest in maintaining the confidentiality of that information cle…

Disqualification means the act of ending the Program participation of a participant, authorized food vendor, or authorized local agency, whether as a punitive sanction or for administrative reasons.

Each local child support agency shall: (a) Open a case by establishing a case record within 20 days of receipt of either: (1) A referral of a CalWORKs, Foster Care or Medically Needy Only recipient from the county welfare department. (2) The application for services form, CSS 210…

(a) The agency shall release to each sibling the name and address of their sibling, provided that at least one sibling is an adoptee and both have filed with the Department or adoption agency one of the following written waiver forms, in accordance with Family Code section 9205. …

§ 117085. Responding Tribunal. [Renumbered] This database is current through 5/1/26 Register 2026, No. 18. Source: https://govt.westlaw.com/calregs/Document/I202E98945B6211EC9451000D3A7C4BC3?viewType=FullText&originationContext=documenttoc&transitionType=CategoryPageItem&contextD…

Within five business days after the complaint receipt date, a local child support agency shall mail a “Request for Complaint Resolution Acknowledgement,” LCR002, dated (10/01), incorporated by reference herein, and a “Request for State Hearing,” SH001, dated (06/09), incorporated…

(a) School-age child care centers providing group care to children, and each single license child care centers operating with only school-age children, shall be governed by the provisions specified in this subchapter. In addition, such centers, except where specified otherwise, s…

(a) A local child support agency shall: (1) Attempt to resolve a complaint to the satisfaction of the complainant during the local complaint resolution process and prior to the state hearing. (2) Provide the complainant with Department-approved informational materials regarding t…

(a) An employer or a majority of the employees employed in this state by an employer, or both, may apply to the department for approval of a voluntary plan for the payment of disability benefits to the employees so electing. Such applications shall be submitted in such manner and…

(a) The State Hearing Office or the Administrative Law Judge shall have the authority to postpone the hearing for good cause. Good cause for a postponement is any of the following: (1) Death in the family. (2) Personal illness of or injury to the complainant or authorized represe…

(a) The complainant shall have the right to appoint an authorized representative during all aspects of the hearing process by signing and dating a written statement to that effect, or by stating on the record at the hearing that the person is so authorized. (1) If the complainant…

(a) In addition to Section 101171, the following shall apply: (b) School-age child care centers located on a functioning schoolsite may submit verification of the school fire inspection from the city or county fire department, the district providing fire protection services, or t…

(a) The Displaced Homemaker Center shall be responsible for recovery of overpayments. (b) Any individual who is overpaid any amount of stipends is liable for the amount overpaid unless all of the following conditions exist: (1) The overpayment was not due to fraud, misrepresentat…

(a) The agency shall accept the parent's relinquishment document as follows: (1) For parents of children who come within the provisions of the ICWA, additional requirements shall be followed in accordance with Subchapter 8, Articles 4 and 5. (A) (Reserved) (B) In requests for out…

(a) The Director or Director's designee shall review the proposed decision submitted pursuant to Section 120216 and take one of the following actions (1) Adopt the proposed decision in its entirety. (2) Make technical or other minor changes in the proposed decision and adopt it a…

(a) Audits shall be conducted of selected food vendors. (b) Food vendors shall be identified for audits by using specific criteria which include but are not limited to: (1) Volume of WIC food instruments redeemed; (2) Prices charged for WIC foods; (3) Complaints received about th…

(a) The agency shall require a written application for adoption before it conducts an assessment of the applicant. (b) The agency shall provide information to the adoptive applicant as specified in Sections 35179 and 35179.1. (c) The agency shall assess each applicant as specifie…

(a) Immediately upon receipt of the adopted decision, the local child support agency shall: (1) Initiate action to comply with such decision. (2) Comply with the adopted decision even if a rehearing is requested and/or granted, unless a request to stay compliance pending rehearin…

(a) Refer to Subchapter 8 for additional procedures for the child subject to the provision of the ICWA. (b) The agency shall disclose to a birth parent upon their request the name and most current address of an adoptee over the age of 21 whose relinquishment for or consent to ado…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms used in this part relating to unemployment compensation disability benefits shall have the following meaning: (a) “Affidavit” means a written statement under oath made in compliance with Code of Civil Procedure sections 2012 throug…

The Political Reform Act (Government Code Section 81000, et seq.) requires state and local government agencies to adopt and promulgate conflict of interest codes. The Fair Political Practices Commission has adopted a regulation (2 Cal. Code of Regs. Sec. 18730) which contains the…

(a) For purposes of title 8 (commencing with section 7500) of part 3 of the Penal Code, section 1524.1 of the Penal Code and this chapter “bodily fluids” capable of transmitting HIV are: (1) Blood (2) Body fluids containing visible blood (3) Semen (4) Vaginal secretions (5) Cereb…

(a) Each local child support agency shall determine whether there is, or has been, family violence based upon the information on form 2142 provided by a custodial party or a noncustodial parent. When determining family violence, a local child support agency shall consider the fol…

(a) After the prospective adoptive parents have filed the petition to adopt the child, the agency shall immediately file the court report when any of the following conditions exist: (1) There is a serious question concerning the suitability of the prospective adoptive parents. (2…

(a) Within 15 days after service of a copy of the decision on the parties, the complainant or the local child support agency may apply to the Director or the Director's designee for the correction of a clerical error contained in the decision by submitting a writing to the State …

(a) The request to test an inmate or other person who is the subject of the report filed shall be made by use of the Form “Report of Request and Decision for HIV Testing” (DHS 8459, November, 1989). The provisions of DHS 8459 are hereby incorporated by reference. (b) The DHS 8459…

(a) The agency shall disclose the identity of a birth parent and his or her most current address upon the request of an adoptive parent of an adoptee under the age of 21 whose relinquishment for or consent to adoption was signed on or after January 1, 1984, upon finding by the de…

(a) If the wage records relating to a trainee claim have been destroyed under proper approval, the trainee shall execute the affidavit provided for in Section 2770 of the code. The affidavit shall be on a form prescribed by the department and shall specify the names and the addre…

“Controlling order” means the one support order issued in a judicial or administrative proceeding that governs the amount and duration of a child support obligation prospectively. If multiple orders have been issued, only a tribunal can determine which order is the controlling or…

(a) (Reserved) (b) In an independent adoption, the agency shall investigate the adoption after the petition has been filed and file a court report recommending whether to grant the petition to adopt in accordance with Family Code Sections 8539, 8801(b), 8806, 8807, and 8808. (1) …

The following general standards are the minimum requirements for ‘Longitudinal Encroachments'. These standards shall be met in addition to any requirements for an encroachment permit as set forth in these regulations. Each application shall be evaluated on an individual basis to …