California Administrative Code

“Comity” means the common law practice of a tribunal voluntarily recognizing the legislative or judicial laws or decisions of another tribunal as a matter of courtesy, where the legislative or judicial laws or decisions are found to be valid under the law of the issuing tribunal …

(a) The department upon the request of an employer or insurer under an approved voluntary plan shall, not later than 10 days after receipt of such request, furnish to such employer or insurer the weekly rate and maximum amount of disability benefits which would be payable for the…

“Family violence indicator” means the designation of a party in a case or order by a state that indicates that party is associated with an act of child abuse or domestic violence. This indicator resides in the Federal Case Registry and is used to prevent disclosure of the locatio…

(a) Before accepting a relinquishment or consent, the agency or the adoption service provider shall immediately submit to the department a completed AD 4311 for each child claiming Indian heritage. (1) A certified copy of the child's birth certificate shall be attached to the AD …

A provider facility of maternity home care under this program shall: (a) Be a nonprofit facility licensed as a group home pursuant to Chapter 5, Division 6 of Title 22, California Code of Regulations (CCR). (b) Have a fully executed contract with the Department for provision of p…

(a) Prior to signing the AD 924 or the AD 925, the adoption service provider shall: (1) Obtain, document, and share with the prospective adoptive parents information from the birth parent(s) regarding the child's background, the birth parents' reasons for choosing adoption for th…

(a) (Reserved) (b) The agency shall accept the mother's consent to the adoption of a newborn only after she has been medically discharged from the hospital. (1) In those cases in which the birth mother is hospitalized more than five days after the birth of the child, the agency s…

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…

“Classifying EMS agency” or “classifying agency” as used in this Chapter means the agency which categorizes the EMS aircraft into the groups identified in Section 100167(c)(3). This shall be the local EMS agency in the jurisdiction of origin except for aircraft operated by the Ca…

“Match” means the amount the applicant shall provide absent a waiver. The required match shall not be less than 20 nor more than 40 percent of the amount granted and may be met by in-kind service or cash or both.

(a) A community clinic or free clinic which: (1) Is providing primary health services on 1/1/80. (2) Has a clinic license issued by the Department. (3) If a free clinic, makes no charges directly to the patient for services rendered or for drugs, medicine applications; or (4) Cha…

Oral and written communications from a party or witness to the Department or the Administrative Law Judge concerning the merits of the case subsequent to the record being closed shall be excluded from the record and shall be disregarded prior to the adoption and release of the de…

(a) During the supervisory period the agency shall conduct at least one interview in the home of the prospective adoptive parent with the prospective adoptive parent and the child to be adopted.

“Medically needy only recipient” means an individual who is receiving only benefits under the Medi-Cal program.

(a) Licensees serving infants 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 and 101351 through 101439.1 shall apply to each infant care center, and each single license child c…

(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…

(a) In addition to Section 101239.1, the following shall apply: (b) A crib or portable -crib meeting United States Consumer Product Safety Commission safety standards shall be provided for each infant who is unable to climb out of a crib. (1) Mattresses shall be firm and covered …

Nutrition education means individual or group education sessions and the provision of information and educational materials designed to improve health status, achieve positive change in dietary habits, and emphasize relationships between nutrition and health, all in keeping with …

“State Directory of New Hires (SDNH)” means a database maintained by each state that contains information regarding employees who are newly hired in the respective state.

(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…

Supplemental foods means those foods containing nutrients determined to be beneficial for pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartumwomen, infants, and children, as prescribed by the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture. These foods are listed in the WIC Acceptab…

All closed Title IV-D case records shall be retained for four years and four months from the date of case closure, except case records that are the subject of any of the following, which shall be retained until the closure of: (a) An open federal or State audit. (b) A pending civ…

(a) Local agencies shall act on applications for Program benefits within the following timeframes: (1) When the local agency is serving its maximum caseload, the local agency shall maintain a waiting list of individuals who visit the local agency to express interest in receiving …

(a) As set forth in Section 3271 of the code, approval of the department shall be requested and such approval shall be given only if the department finds that a majority of the employees covered by the plan, or all of the employees covered by the plan who are adversely affected b…

(a) Local agencies shall report all cases of suspected dual participation to the Department. (b) Participants or their parents, guardians, caretakers, or representatives who are determined to be dual participating shall be: (1) Disqualified immediately from one of the two agencie…

(a) The Ombudsperson Program shall: (1) Respond to customer questions about the child support program, local complaint resolution process and state hearings. (2) Provide to any customer Department-approved informational materials related to the Ombudsperson Program, the local com…

(a) The agency shall inform applicants regarding the availability of: (1) AAP-eligible children in need of adoptive parents; (2) Supportive services to assist the adoptive parent in meeting the AAP-eligible child's needs; (3) AAP payments for AAP-eligible children; (A) The agency…

A displaced homemaker shall have to pay a fee for each workshop attended if his or her family size and monthly family income fall within the standards set forth in the sliding fee schedule set forth in Section 10045 of these regulations for Alameda County, or in Section 10046 of …

(a) (Reserved) (b) After a relinquishment has been signed but not filed with the department, the agency shall treat a relinquishing parent's oral or written declaration that he or she wishes to revoke the relinquishment or to have the child returned as an expression of intent to …

(a) Adoption agencies shall comply with the requirements of Title 22, California Code of Regulations, Division 6, Chapter 9, Article 2, Sections 89179 and 89182.

(a) If an order requiring an obligor to provide health insurance coverage for his/her minor child(ren) exists, and other group health insurance coverage is available, or the court ordered individual health insurance coverage, a local child support agency shall request in writing,…

(a) Upon written request from an applicant or a prospective adoptive parent, the agency shall provide for a grievance review hearing on any action taken by the agency before a petition for adoption is filed. (1) The agency shall advise applicants or prospective adoptive parents t…

(a) Each local child support agency shall report the following data to the Department and the Department will use the data to calculate performance measures for the following categories: (1) Percent of cases with a court order for current child support. The performance measure wi…

(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) 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) 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 …

(a) Unless otherwise specified by the agency, any document required to be served by a party shall be filed with proof of service showing the document and the person served, the person making service, and the date and manner of service. (b) Proof of service shall be in writing, bu…