California Administrative Code

The maximum penalties that may be assessed under Section 15568(a)(2) and Section 15568(b)(1) and (b)(2) shall not exceed ten thousand ($10,000) dollars.

(a) A party intending to call a witness who it believes will, pursuant to a claim of privilege against self-incrimination, refuse to testify or to produce evidence, and for whom the party intends to request, pursuant to section 1151.2(b) of the Act, immunity from prosecution, sha…

(a) Hoistways adjacent to and within 4 ft. (1.22 m) of areas permitting passage of people (e.g., passageways, stairwells, elevator landings) shall be enclosed to a height of not less than 8 ft. (2.44 m) above the floor or stair treads. The enclosure shall be of sufficient strengt…

The hearing and the prehearing conference shall be reported or recorded by any appropriate means designated by the Board. The transcript of the reporter or the recorded tapes shall constitute the official record of the hearing or prehearing conference. In case of material inaccur…

(a) A car door or gate shall be provided at each entrance to the car which, when closed, shall guard the opening to its full height. Car doors may be of solid or openwork construction which will reject a ball 1 in. (25 mm) in diameter. Collapsible car gates shall comply with subs…

(a) After the general counsel or the respondent has completed its presentation of evidence, the opposing party, without waiving its right to offer evidence in support of its defense or in rebuttal in the event the motion is not granted, may move for decision in its favor in whole…

All Board decisions published in the format bearing a volume and decision number (example: 1 ALRB No. 1) shall constitute precedent for future cases. Numbered administrative orders shall be precedential only if expressly so designated by the Board.

(a) Hearing case records shall be available for inspection and copying by the public, to the same extent and subject to the same policies and procedures governing other records maintained by the Department. Hearing case records normally will be available for review in the office …

Each receptacle of plugging boxes shall be rated at not less than 30 amperes. (Title 24, Part 3, Section 530-14.)

(a) Any party or the Board agent may challenge, for good cause shown, the eligibility of any person to cast a ballot. Good cause shown shall consist of a statement of the grounds for the challenge, which shall be supported by evidence submitted subsequent to the closing of the po…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (e) below, following the close of the hearing, any party may file a post-hearing brief. (b) Where no party orders transcripts prior to the close of the hearing, any brief shall be filed within 20 days of the close of the hearing or within such…

Fixture wires shall be permitted only for: (1) installation in lighting fixtures and in similar equipment where enclosed or protected and not subject to bending or twisting in use; or (2) connecting lighting fixtures to the branch-circuit conductors supplying the fixtures.

Electrically heated appliance or group of appliances intended to be applied to combustible material shall be provided with a signal. Exception: If an appliance is provided with an integral temperature-limiting device. (Title 24, Part 3, Section 422-12.)

The regional director will make available a copy of the employer's payroll list referred to in Section 20310(a)(2) to the petitioner upon the determination that it has submitted a majority showing of interest and to any intervenor upon the determination that it has submitted a 20…

Hoisting ropes shall be accurately marked, or equivalent means taken, to indicate when the load has reached specific positions, including top and bottom landings.

(a) The regional director may cause an investigation of any issues raised in connection with a Notice of Intention to Take Access or a Notice of Intention to Organize which might affect any subsequent election at the employer, including, but not limited to, questions of appropria…

The car safety shall be of the inertia or other approved type operated by the breakage of the suspension means or by the action of a speed governor. If it is a speed governor type, the governor shall operate the safety at a maximum speed of 75 fpm (0.38 m/s). On the breakage of t…

Motor-driven projectors shall be approved for the purpose as an assembly or shall comply with all of the following conditions: (a) A listed projector shall be used. (b) A listed projector lamp shall be used. (c) Motors shall be so designed or guarded as to prevent ignition of fil…

The executive secretary of the Board or, in the event of his or her absence or disability, whosoever may be designated by the Board in his or her place and stead shall certify as may be necessary or desirable from time to time copies of all papers and documents which are a part o…

(a) Upper and lower normal terminal stopping devices, operated by the car, shall be provided and shall be set to stop the car at, or near, the upper and lower terminal landings. The switches shall be opened as required by Section 3039(a). (b) Upper and lower final terminal stoppi…

(a) Whenever a petition is filed which encompasses a unit for which a valid petition is currently on file, and no election has yet been directed, the Board or the regional director will determine which of the petitions seeks the appropriate unit, in the event the petitions do not…

Except as specifically modified in this Article, all other requirements of this Order for permanent wiring shall also apply to temporary wiring installations. (a) Temporary electrical power and lighting installations of 600 volts, nominal, or less may be used only as follows: (1)…

An equipment bonding jumper shall be used to connect the grounding terminal of a grounding-type receptacle to a grounded box. Exception: No. 1: Where the box is surface-mounted, direct metal-to-metal contact between the device yoke and the box shall be permitted to ground the rec…

(a) Conductors smaller than No. 8 shall be rigidly supported on noncombustible, nonabsorbent insulating materials and may not contact any other objects. Supports shall be installed as follows: (1) Within 6 in. (152 mm) from a tap or splice; (2) Within 12 in. (305 mm) of a dead-en…

Outdoor metal structures supporting antennas, as well as self-supporting antennas such as vertical rods or dipole structures, shall be located as far away from overhead conductors of electric light and power circuits of over 150 volts to ground as necessary to prevent the antenna…

“Special remedies” means any of the following: (a) attorney's fees and costs sought by a prevailing employee organization pursuant to Government Code Section 3551.5, subdivision (b)(1); (b) attorney's fees and costs sought by a prevailing party pursuant to Government Code Section…

(a) Metal cable trays, metal raceways, and metal enclosures for conductors shall be grounded, except that: (1) Metal enclosures such as sleeves that are used to protect cable assemblies from physical damage need not be grounded; and (2) Metal enclosures for conductors added to ex…

Lamps for outdoor lighting shall be located below all energized conductors, transformers, or other electric equipment, unless such equipment is controlled by a disconnecting means that can be locked in the open position, or unless adequate clearances or other safeguards are provi…

Metallic cable trays may be used as equipment grounding conductors only where continuous maintenance and supervision ensure that qualified persons will service the installed cable tray system.

(a) This regulation applies to documents that are not electronically filed. Except as provided for in subsections (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f), the appropriate location for filing documents in representation matters shall be the regional office which serves the county in which the …

(a) A motor-running overload device that can restart a motor automatically after overload tripping shall not be installed unless approved for use with the motor it protects. (b) A motor that can restart automatically after shutdown shall not be installed if its automatic restarti…

(a) Upon request, the Board may place any matter in abeyance for a period that does not exceed six months. The Board may extend the abeyance for additional periods of six or less months if all parties agree. No case, however, shall remain in abeyance for more than two years witho…

(a) All electrical installations shall be made in a neat and workmanlike manner and shall be so designed, constructed, and installed that the hazard to personnel will be reduced, as far as it is reasonably possible. Installations of new equipment and conductors, and extensions, r…

Only the following wiring methods may be installed in cable tray systems: armored cable; electrical metallic tubing; electrical nonmetallic tubing; fire alarm cables; flexible metal conduit; flexible metallic tubing; instrumentation tray cable; intermediate metal conduit; liquidt…

(a) Luminance. Exit and directional signs shall have a luminance on the face of such signs of not less than 50 lux. The words used on such signs shall be in block letters at least 6 inches in height with a stroke of not less than ¾ inch. Exception: Existing signs may have the wor…

Switches, circuit breakers, and switchboards installed in wet locations shall be enclosed in weatherproof enclosures.

All conductors shall have ampacities to carry safely the normal load which they supply in accordance with the requirements of Section 2821.

Cable trays in hazardous (classified) locations may contain only the cable types permitted in such locations. (See Article 59.)

(a) Upon the application of any Party or upon his or her own motion, the appointed Hearing Officer may conduct a prehearing conference for any purpose that may expedite or assist the preparation of the matter for hearing or the disposition of the Request for Review. The prehearin…

The minimum size of a temporary wood pole shall be 6 inches by 6 inches (nominal) if square, or have a top diameter of at least 5 inches if round, and be of sufficient length to maintain all required overhead clearances specified in Section 2375.18, but not less than 20 feet long…

Chapter 1.5, section 20150, and following, governing service, shall be applicable to proceedings under this chapter except as otherwise provided herein.

Motion picture projection rooms shall meet the requirements as set forth in Title 24, Part 2-40.

A switch meeting the requirements of these regulations shall be installed on the source end of each feeder or branch circuit. (a) Paralleling Switches. (1) Two or more feeders which can be operated in a parallel shall be provided with a suitable switch(es) to isolate each feeder …

(a) The Hearing Officer may consolidate for hearing and decision any number of proceedings where the facts and circumstances are similar and consolidation will result in conservation of time and expense. Where the Hearing Officer proposes to consolidate proceedings on his or her …

(a) All pull boxes, junction boxes, and fittings shall be provided with covers identified for the purpose. If metal covers are used, they shall be grounded. In completed installations, each outlet box shall have a cover, faceplate, or fixture canopy. Covers of outlet boxes having…

Voltage to Ground. Lampholders, fixtures, or standard receptacles rated 15 amperes or less shall not be supplied by voltages exceeding 150 volts to ground. Exception: No. 1: Supply voltages between 150 and 300 volts to ground shall be permitted provided all of the following condi…

It shall be an unfair practice for a public agency to do any of the following: (a) Interfere with, intimidate, restrain, coerce or discriminate against public employees because of their exercise of rights guaranteed by Government Code section 3502 or by any local rule adopted pur…

The conductor shall not be bent to a radius less than eight times the overall diameter for non-shielded conductors or twelve times the diameter for shielded or lead-covered conductors during or after installation. (Title 24, Part 3, Sections 300-34.)

Emergency circuit wiring shall be kept entirely independent of all other wiring and equipment and may not enter the same raceway, cable, box, or cabinet or other wiring except either where common circuit elements suitable for the purpose are required, or for transferring power fr…

Provisions shall be made for sufficient diffusion and ventilation of gases from storage batteries to prevent the accumulation of explosive mixtures. See General Industry Safety Orders, Section 5185 for additional requirements.