California Administrative Code

(a) An applicant for operator certification who has acquired at least one year of full-time qualifying experience at a wastewater treatment plant may receive qualifying experience credits as follows: (1) An applicant may receive a one-time credit for one year of full-time qualify…

The board, after appropriate studies have been made, shall delineate on an aerial mosaic or map, the proposed designated floodway and the floodway encroachment lines. The board shall further determine allowable uses in the designated floodway pursuant to Section 107.

(a) For each application cycle, the Department shall establish a priority list pursuant to the requirements of Water Code section 7048(c), after considering the recommendations of an interdisciplinary team comprised of technical experts from the Department of Water Resources and …

(a) Any individual performing underground storage tank system installation or repairs, excluding release detection equipment, must: (1) Possess or be employed by a person who possesses all applicable licenses and certifications required by the Contractors State License Board. (2)…

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the terms used in this article shall have the following meanings: “Affiliates” (a) Affiliates means persons who have one or more of the following relationships with each other: (1) Familial relationship. (2) Fiduciary relationship. (…

An unsuccessful applicant may petition the Department or the Department of Health for a review of an application that has been denied. The petition shall be filed within 30 days after the date of notification that the application has been denied and may include any information no…

(a) General provisions are related statutes, regulations, and other considerations for landscape projects subject to the MWELO as described in Section 491. Sections 490.1(a)(3) and (4) should be reviewed to determine applicability. (1) Designation of Responsibility. A local agenc…

(a) Each hospital or hospital system/regional network must designate a primary contact person and must register with the Department for the purpose of receiving advanced notice of due dates and to submit the required plan. (b) A primary contact person must register on the Departm…

As used in this subchapter, the terms “dam,” “reservoir,” “owner,” “alteration,” “enlargement,” and “water storage elevation” shall have the meanings given in Sections 6002 and 6004.5 through 6008 of the Water Code.

(a) The Department shall administer a grant program to fund feasibility studies consistent with the Bond Law and these regulations. Feasibility studies funded under this Chapter shall determine the engineering, hydrogeologic, environmental, economic and financial feasibility of a…

(a) The Board may only reimburse from the Fund reasonable and necessary corrective action, regulatory technical assistance, and third party compensation costs that are incurred by or on behalf of a claimant. (b) In order to be reimbursable from the Fund, the corrective action wor…

Applicants for implementation funding shall file a complete application with the Department. A complete application shall contain the following technical information. Any item previously submitted to the Department in conjunction with the project design, and which is completely i…

(a) Each hospital shall submit their Community Benefits Plan with the Department in accordance with Health and Safety Code section 127350. Additionally, the Community Benefits Plan shall comply with the following requirements: (1) Each Community Benefits Plan shall be submitted b…

The Office of Operator Certification shall not issue, renew, or replace a contract operator registration or contract operator credential if the contract operator has not paid all fees and administrative civil liability owed to the State Water Board.

For purposes of Section 15169 of the State CEQA Guidelines, the following documents have been prepared and designated by the state board as a master environmental assessment for the particular hydrographic area under consideration: (a) All water quality control plans, and amendme…

(a) Any person discharging or proposing to discharge waste to land where water quality can be affected shall submit to the regional board a report of waste discharge, unless the report is waived by the regional board. This reporting requirement also applies to expansion of an exi…

(a) Whenever DSOD or the department is required to serve documents on a dam owner under the provisions of this article, the dam owner shall be served by using at least one of the following methods: (1) First-class mail, registered mail or certified mail through the United States …

(a) “Act” means Chapter 4 of the First Extraordinary Session of 2001 of the California Legislature (commonly known as “AB1X”), as amended by Chapter 9 of the First Extraordinary Session of 2001 of the California Legislature, and as codified in part as Division 27 of the Californi…

(a) Temporary access may be permitted by the Department's field division office having jurisdiction over the location of the proposed encroachment for the purpose of visual inspections, aerial and ground surveys, or potholing to locate certain utilities within the Department's ri…

This Article describes different categories of boundary modifications. The identified categories are scientific modifications, based on geologic or hydrologic criteria, and jurisdictional modifications, which promote sustainable groundwater management. An administrative adjustmen…

A lost, stolen, damaged, or destroyed certificate may be replaced by the Office of Operator Certification if the operator, provisional operator, or operator-in-training signs and submits a statement explaining the circumstances of the loss, theft, damage, or destruction and submi…

(a) The load bearing capacity of elements or assemblies shall be established by calculations in accordance with generally established principles of engineering design. However, when the composition or configuration of elements, assemblies or details of structural members are such…

If any unauthorized encroachment remains after the expiration of the response period specified in the notice of unauthorized encroachment, and the unauthorized encroachment falls under subdivision (f), Section 12899.1 of the Water Code, a copy of the notice of unauthorized encroa…

(a) The regulations in this article apply to owners or operators of facilities that treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste at Class I waste management units. The owner or operator of a surface impoundment, waste pile, landfill, or land treatment unit that receives or has rec…

This Article describes the procedure for the adoption of boundary modifications by the Department.

(a) The Department shall evaluate Reports submitted under Section 700.5. A Report shall be accepted if it contains the elements required under Section 700.5, subsection (b), and meets the following criteria: (1) The Report was properly validated by an individual with the qualific…

A dam will be considered inoperative for annual fee purposes on other than a temporary basis upon determination by the department. In making its determination that a dam is inoperative, the department must find that both of the following circumstances with respect to the dam and …

Definitions: (a) “Department” means the Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI). (b) “TAVR” means transcatheter aortic valve replacement. (c) “TAVR hospital” means a California licensed general acute care hospital that performs TAVR. (d) “Program” means the Depart…

Each Plan shall provide a description of current and historical groundwater conditions in the basin, including data from January 1, 2015, to current conditions, based on the best available information that includes the following: (a) Groundwater elevation data demonstrating flow …

This Subarticle describes the monitoring network that shall be developed for each basin, including monitoring objectives, monitoring protocols, and data reporting requirements. The monitoring network shall promote the collection of data of sufficient quality, frequency, and distr…

An applicant for a tank tester license shall have successfully completed training from the manufacturer of the tank and piping test equipment to be used and shall: (a) have completed a minimum of either one year of verifiable qualifying experience testing at least 50 underground …

A licensee who personally conducts a tank or piping integrity test shall complete and sign the resulting report in accordance with the provisions of section 2643(g) of Article 4 of Chapter 16 and shall include his or her license number on the report.

(a) Spill containment must be tested for tightness upon installation, and at least once every 12 months by a service technician meeting the requirements of section 2633. (b) Spill containment tests must be conducted using a testing procedure that demonstrates that the spill conta…

For discharges beginning January 1, 2009: (a) A civil penalty of one hundred dollars ($100) per day shall be assessed to a hospital that does not file an online report as required by this Article by the date it is due. No penalty shall be imposed during an extension period as pro…

(a) An application for a provisional operator certificate shall include: 1) all of the information required in section 3702 for an application for an operator certificate; 2) provisional operator certification fee prescribed in article 10; and 3) the name, contact information, an…

The words used in this subchapter have the meanings set forth below: (a) “Bioengineering” is the use of horticultural and landscape planting techniques with living materials, in conjunction with grading, earth moving and conventional soil stabilization structures, to produce a se…

At the time of admission, nursing staff shall develop a written patient recovery care plan for each patient. This plan shall be based on the attending surgeon's written orders for treatment, and shall reflect the special problems or needs of the patient, including dietary needs, …

(a) Upon receipt by the Board of the completed application, the Board shall approve a request for a loan when it finds the following requirements are met: (1) The applicant meets the conditions of eligibility provided in section 3422; (2) The Board has evaluated the applicant's c…

A Postsurgical Recovery Care Facility shall provide in the participation agreement with each participating surgery program that authorized representatives of the Office may, at any reasonable time, enter the premises of the participating surgery program for the purpose of examini…

The application and all other writings shall be signed by the applicant or an authorized agent. The board shall presume that any person, other than an applicant, who signs an application or other writing is an authorized agent. The presumption shall be overcome if the board may b…

As used in these regulations the terms listed below shall have the meanings noted: (a) (Reserved) (b) (Reserved) (c) (Reserved) (d) Design Flood. “Design Flood” shall mean the selected flood against which protection is provided, or eventually will be provided, by means of flood p…

The department is responsible for implementing California's Dam Safety Program pursuant to the Water Code, Division 3, Part 1. In the event of a violation of Water Code, Division 3, Part 1, implementing regulations, or any department approvals, orders, or requirements issued unde…

(a) Annual notices of groundwater extraction and diversion required pursuant to Part 5 of Division 2 of the Water Code shall be submitted to the board electronically before February 1 of the year after the twelve month reporting period, on the board's online reporting platform. A…

(a) The civil liability described in subdivision (b) or (c) may be imposed administratively in accordance with article 2.5 (commencing with section 13323) of chapter 5 of division 7 of the Water Code. (b) The State Water Board may impose administrative civil liability in an amoun…

(a) Each scholarship recipient shall agree to a service obligation of twenty-four months to practice nursing in direct patient care in a medically underserved area in California. The service obligation must be fulfilled on a full-time basis. “Full-time” basis means a work week of…

Section H: The amendment establishes conditions under which Regional Water Quality Control Boards (RWQCBs) may designate containment zones. A containment zone is a portion of a ground water unit where the RWQCB finds it is technically or economically infeasible to cleanup to wate…

Upon discovery of an unauthorized use, activity or encroachment, as described in these regulations, an officer, employee or authorized representative of the Department may require the owner to remove the encroachment or abate the activity pursuant to Water Code Section 12899.5 an…

Each Plan shall include the following general information: (a) An executive summary written in plain language that provides an overview of the Plan and description of groundwater conditions in the basin. (b) A list of references and technical studies relied upon by the Agency in …

(a) If following a notice pursuant to section 512 the department identifies significant material that it intends to rely upon in making its determination, but which was not identified in the proposed determination, the department shall provide notice of such additional material t…