California Administrative Code

(a) Prior to acting as an adoption service provider in California, the potentially qualified individual shall register with the Adoptions Branch of the department at Sacramento by providing the following evidence that he or she meets the qualifications specified in Family Code Se…

“Assets” include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) Cash on hand, money in checking or savings account, savings certificates, stocks or bonds. (b) All other property, real or personal, excluding the applicant's primary residence and one vehicle used for transportation.

(a) The agency shall accept a consent to adoption from a parent who is a patient in or on leave from a psychiatric facility only if the parent's ability to understand the nature, content, and effect of signing a consent to adoption has been established by a written evaluation sig…

“Title IV-D” means Title IV of the federal Social Security Act, Part D, Child Support and Establishment of Paternity, codified at 42 USC, Section 651 et seq.

(a) In order to be approved as an EMS continuing education provider, the provisions in this Section shall be met. (1) The applicant shall submit an application packet as specified in Section 100102.01(b) of this Chapter and any required fee to the approving authority at least six…

(a) Smoking is prohibited on the premises of a family child care home as specified in Health and Safety Code Section 1596.795(a).

To be eligible to receive federal public benefits under the Department's programs: (a) The applicant must declare himself or herself to be a citizen or national of the United States or a qualified alien under 8 U.S.C. § 1641(b) or (c). (b) The applicant shall declare that status …

(a) Notwithstanding Section 101220, the following shall apply: (b) The licensee is not required to document medical assessments on school-age children who are enrolled in a public or private school.

For the purposes of this Chapter, “Disciplinary Cause” means an act that is substantially related to the qualifications, functions, and duties of an EMT and/or Advanced EMT and is evidence of a threat to the public health and safety, per Health and Safety Code Section 1798.200.

(a) Each local child support agency shall: (1) Use all appropriate locate sources when the noncustodial parent's location is unknown. Appropriate locate sources include, but are not limited to: (A) California Parent Locator Service (CPLS) as the primary clearing house for accessi…

(a) The local child support agency shall suspend Title IV-D services if, the custodial party requests a good cause review by the county welfare department. Services shall remain suspended until the custodial party requests the resumption of services, or the county welfare departm…

The term “response,” for purposes of Article 6 in Subchapter 1 of Chapter 1, includes face-to-face conversations, telephone calls, letters, email or other forms of electronic communication with customers.

(a) Grantee's Responsibilities. Grantees shall constantly monitor their performance under grant supported activities to assure that time schedules are being met, projected work units by time periods are being accomplished, and other performance goals are being achieved. This revi…

(a) (Reserved) (b) A relinquishment which has been filed with the department shall be rescinded only as specified at Family Code section 8700. (1) Filing includes the department's receipt and acknowledgment of a certified copy of the relinquishment form. (c) If the agency decides…

(a) Any of the following changes in circumstances or combination of changes in circumstances shall be considered a basis for an automatic review for adjustment. Changes in circumstances shall be limited to: (1) The obligor or obligee is incarcerated in a county jail, state or fed…

Words shall have their usual meaning unless the context or a definition clearly indicates a different meaning. Shall means mandatory. May means permissive.

“Domestic violence” means abuse perpetrated against any of the following persons: (a) A spouse or former spouse. (b) A cohabitant or former cohabitant, as defined in Section 6209, Family Code. (c) A person with whom the individual who perpetrated the act of domestic violence is h…

The Department shall annually publish and distribute a directory of all current grantees providing services under the Community Services Block Grant and the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

(a) The agency shall make a determination that the applicant shall be approved for the adoptive placement of a child only after completing the entire assessment process.

Each Relevant Employer, Certifying Entity and LEMSA shall develop and adopt policies and procedures for local implementation of the provisions of this Chapter. All local policies and procedures so adopted must be in accordance with these provisions and must address all of the req…

(a) Except as set forth in subdivision (b), the duration of a support order is determined by the law of the state or foreign country that issued the order which defines the age of majority and/or emancipation. (b) For cases with a Convention support order, the duration of support…

(a) The agency shall inform the applicant of the following: (1) The policies of a foreign agency may preclude placement of a foreign-born child with certain individuals or families. (2) Availability of a grievance review process in accordance with Subchapter 5, Article 9, Section…

(a) Upon receipt of a completed National Medical Support Notice, Part A, from an obligor's employer indicating that court-ordered health insurance coverage for the minor child(ren) cannot be provided, a local child support agency shall: (1) Provide written notification to the obl…

(a) Each local child support agency shall issue a “Monthly Statement of Collections and Distribution”, CS 916, dated (03/02), and “Notice of Important Information”, CS 917, dated (03/02), each incorporated by reference herein, to each custodial party who is a recipient of child s…

(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 …

“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 local child support agency shall submit data to the Department pursuant to this Article as required to meet federal and state reporting requirements.

“Employer” means all of the following: (a) A person for whom an individual performs services as an employee, as defined in Section 706.011, Code of Civil Procedure. (b) The United States government and any public entity as defined in Section 811.2, Government Code. (c) Any person…

(a) The complainant shall have the right to examine non-confidential portions of the case record, portions for which disclosure is authorized under Section 111440, or non-confidential information the local child support agency used to make its decision, during regular business ho…

(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) Any of the following changes in circumstances or combination of changes in circumstances shall be considered a basis for a review for adjustment. Changes in circumstances may include: (1) A change in the obligee or obligor's employment status or income. (2) A change in parent…

(a) All contracts entered into with the Department shall be subject to audit. (b) Prior to the conclusion of an audit or examination of a contractor, by or on behalf of the Department, the contractor shall be provided with: (1) Information concerning the audit findings, the reaso…

(a) The agency shall provide a photocopy of the adoptee's medical report required by Family Code section 9202 and all documents related to the medical report upon the written request of an adoptee who has attained the age of 18, an adoptee under the age of 18 who presents a certi…

“Quick locate” means a request for locate services from one state's parent locator service to another state's parent locator service with the responding state providing those services without opening a Title IV-D case.

Infants are defined as persons under one year of age.

Participants means low income pregnant women, breastfeeding women, postpartum women, infants and children, and where applicable, the parents, guardians, caretakers, or representatives of these women, infants, and children, who have applied for, or are receiving, supplemental food…

(a) The agency shall accept a consent to adoption from a parent who is receiving inpatient or outpatient psychiatric treatment for mental illness only after the parent's ability to understand the nature, content, and effect of signing a consent to adoption has been established by…

(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) The State Hearing Office shall mail the decision to the complainant and the local child support agency within 10 business days after the decision is adopted by the Director or the Director's designee, as specified in Section 120217. The decision shall include a statement conc…

(a) Prior to the approval of any demonstration project, the Applicant must provide CalOHII with copies of: (1) The Applicant's Notice of Privacy Practices created pursuant to 45 C.F.R. § 164.520. (2) The Applicant's Participants Agreement and a list of the entities included in th…