California Administrative Code

(a) Where there is a change in the corporate officers or the designated managing licensed funeral director of a funeral establishment, such change, including the names and titles of the new corporate officers or the name of the new designated managing licensed funeral director, s…

Except as otherwise provided in Health and Safety Code section 7304, human remains shall not be embalmed without the express authorization of a person having the legal right to control disposition of the remains. Such authorization, to either accept or decline embalming, shall be…

(a) The California Supplemental Examination (CSE) shall consist of an examination covering the practice of architecture. (b) A candidate who has been deemed eligible for the CSE, pursuant to Section 116(b)(2), shall submit the applicable fee as prescribed in Section 144 and appli…

An individual whose architect license has been expired for more than five years shall apply for a new license pursuant to Section 5600.3 of the code. Except as provided for in subdivision (a) of Section 5600.3, all such individuals shall be examined by the Board. In the examinati…

(a) The bureau is authorized to issue citations containing orders of abatement and assessing administrative fines for violations by any licensee of the bureau. For the purposes of this Article, a citable offense is any violation of the statutes and regulations enforced by the Cem…

(a) In no event shall the administrative fine be less than $100 or exceed $5,000 for each violation. (b) In assessing an administrative fine, or in issuing an order of abatement, the following factors shall be given due consideration: (1) The gravity of the violation. (2) The goo…

If a cited person or entity who has been issued an order of abatement is unable to complete the correction within the time specified in the citation because of conditions beyond his, her or its control after exercise of reasonable diligence, the person or entity cited may request…

When a citation containing an assessment of an administrative fine is not contested or if the citation and fine is contested and the licensee cited does not prevail, failure of the licensee to pay the fine within thirty (30) days of the issuance or affirmation shall constitute a …

(a) This section applies to all licenses, as defined in Section 23.7 of the Business and Professions Code, that are covered by this division, including, but not limited to, licenses for funeral-related or embalming-related businesses or professions. (b) For the purposes of denial…

(a) For the purposes of Section 480(a)(1)(B)(v) of the Business and Professions Code, a financial crime that is classified as a felony, including felony conspiracy or felony attempt to commit that crime, shall be considered to be directly and adversely related to the fiduciary qu…

(a) Application of section. This section applies to all licenses, as defined in Section 23.7 of the Business and Professions Code, that are covered by this division, including, but not limited to, licenses for funeral-related or embalming-related businesses or professions. (b) Su…

In reaching a decision on a disciplinary action under the Administrative Procedure Act (Government Code Section 11400 et. seq.), the bureau shall consider the disciplinary guidelines entitled “A Manual of Disciplinary Guidelines for Funeral Establishments, Funeral Directors, Emba…

A placard upon which section 1221 of these rules shall be printed must be fastened to the outside of all doors leading directly into the preparation, embalming, storage rooms, and refrigeration facilities in every funeral establishment.

(a) The following statement shall be placed in uppercase 8-point boldface type or larger, at the beginning of the written statement or list which identifies a particular casket or caskets by price required by Business and Professions Code section 7685: “THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT …

(a) For the purposes of Business and Professions Code section 7685 and this section, the term “provide” shall mean to give for retention to persons who inquire in person about funeral arrangements or the prices of funeral goods or services. (b) For the purposes of Business and Pr…

A pre-need arrangement, contract or plan subject to the provisions of Business and Professions Code Division 3, Chapter 12, Article 9 (the Short Act) does not include an arrangement wherein: (a) The funeral establishment's client directly deposits his or her own money in a bank o…

(a) The trust funds shall be invested and reinvested, and kept invested in: (1) Bonds of or securities guaranteed by the United States or an Agency thereof or this State, or of any County, City, or City and County in this State. (2) Bonds which are legal investments for commercia…

All written requests for revocation, by the trustor, of a trust shall be honored within fifteen (15) days of receipt thereof.

Each funeral establishment charged with the reporting of preneed funds hereunder shall at all times maintain or cause the trustee of the preneed trust to maintain in California and available for inspection by the bureau during reasonable working hours, complete financial records …

(a) A funeral establishment intending to cease engaging in business operations and transfer its preneed funeral agreements to a licensed successor funeral establishment under Sections 7737 and 7737.1 of the Code shall do all of the following: (1) At least 60 days prior to the ces…

(a) Each licensed funeral establishment and licensed funeral director who enters into any pre-need arrangements, contracts or plans described in and subject to the provisions of Article 9, Chapter 12, Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code shall file with the bureau annu…

A preneed trust contract within the meaning of Article 9, Chapter 12, Division 3, of the Business and Professions Code shall include but not be limited to the following information: (a) The name and address of the trustor. (b) The name and address of the beneficiary. (c) The name…

Nothing in this article shall require liquidation or transmutation of any lawful pre-need funeral trust agreement existing prior to the effective date of these regulations, but any pre-need funeral trust agreement as described in said Article 9 entered into subsequent to July 1, …

“Preneed arrangement,” “preneed agreement” or “preneed” is written instruction regarding goods or services or both goods and services for final disposition of human remains when the goods or services are not provided until the time of death, and may be either unfunded or paid for…

This chapter shall be cited and referred to as the “Medical Practice Regulations.”

Unless the context otherwise requires, for the purpose of the regulations contained in this chapter: (a) “Academic year” means a period of education consisting of 45 quarter units, 30 semester units, or a duration deemed equivalent by the board. (b) “Board” means the Medical Boar…

For purposes of Section 2216.2 of the code, “adequate security” means that a physician has coverage of the type prescribed in Section 2216.2 of the code in the amount of not less than one million dollars per incident and not less than three million dollars per year. The division …

(a) The division may designate, as a precedent decision, any decision or part of any decision that contains a significant legal or policy determination of a general application that is likely to recur. The division may also designate as a precedent decision any precedent decision…

(a) A photographic copy of the diploma, in lieu of the original, may be furnished by the applicant for permanent filing with the division, if he or she is a graduate of an approved medical school. (b) In the case where the diploma has been lost or is unavailable or the medical sc…

(a) An accreditation agency shall meet the standards set forth in sections 1248.15, 1248.35 and 1248.4 of the Health and Safety Code. (1) With respect to section 1248.15(a)(2)(C)(i), a written transfer agreement shall include a mechanism for patient transport; a plan for transfer…

An application for renewal of approval shall be filed with the division at its principal office prior to expiration of the approval. It shall include all of the information required by section 1313.3(b) and shall be accompanied by the renewal fee prescribed by this article.

(a) The fee for temporary approval as an accreditation agency is $2,000. (b) The fee for approval as an accreditation agency is $5,000. (c) The fee for renewal of approval is $100 for each outpatient setting accredited or reaccredited during the three years immediately preceding …

(a) Those medical schools accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education of the Coordinating Council on Medical Education or the Council on Medical Education of the Canadian Medical Association shall be deemed to be approved by the division for the giving of resident pr…

(a) For purposes of Article 5 of Chapter 5 of Division 2 of the code (commencing with Section 2100), a medical school's resident course of instruction that leads to an M.D. degree shall be deemed equivalent to that required by Sections 2089 and 2089.5 of the code if the medical s…

(a) In order to be considered for appointment to the review committee required by Section 2168.1 of the code, a medical school representative shall: (1) Be a senior administrator designated by the dean of the medical school; (2) Possess a current valid physician's and surgeon's c…

(a) This section applies both to applicants for an initial license and licensees who seek a limited practice license pursuant to Section 2441 of the code. (b) An applicant for a limited practice license shall obtain and submit to the board with his or her application the report o…

The independent clinical evaluation shall be performed by a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and/or treatment of disabilities of the same nature as that of the applicant, who is familiar with the applicant's areas of medical practice, and who has no personal, profession…

(a) Within 10 working days of receipt of an application to conduct a clinical training program for foreign medical students pursuant to Section 2064 of the code and Section 1327 of these regulations, the division shall inform the medical director of the health facility in writing…

(a) Within 10 working days of receipt of an application for approval of a fellowship program for foreign trained physicians not located in hospitals affiliated with a medical school pursuant to Section 2112 of the code and Section 1325.5 of these regulations, the division shall i…

(a) Within 60 working days of receipt of an application pursuant to Section 2168 of the code for a special faculty permit, the division shall inform the applicant in writing whether it is complete and accepted for filing or that it is deficient and what specific information or do…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all approved postgraduate training for which the applicant received credit shall count toward the 39-month exemption period provided in Section 2065 of the code, including any training obtained within or outside of California, whe…

(a) Postgraduate training programs located in the United States and/or its territories or in Canada that are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, or the College of Family Physicians of Cana…

(a) Application. Pursuant to Section 2113 of the code, a foreign trained physician who seeks registration to engage in the practice of medicine incident to, and a necessary part of, the physician's duties in a full-time faculty position in an approved medical school shall submit …

(a) Each of the following written examinations is recognized by the Board as meeting the examination requirement for licensure in section 2170 of the code: (1) FLEX (Federation Licensing Examination) component 1 plus FLEX component 2; (2) NBME (National Board of Medical Examiners…

The ten year period described in section 2184(b) of the code is not tolled by the filing of an application for licensure, but continues to run during the application process until such time as all other requirements for licensure have been satisfied.

(a) The following programs are approved by the division for continuing education credit: (1) Programs which qualify for Category I credit from the California Medical Association or the American Medical Association; (2) Programs which qualify for prescribed credit from the America…

(a) Those courses and programs referred to in Section 1337(a)(3) above shall meet the following criteria in order to be acceptable to the division on an hour-for-hour basis: (1) Faculty--The course or program organizer(s) shall have a faculty appointment in a public university or…

(a) “Board” as used in Section 701 of the Code means the Division of Licensing. (b) Any physician and surgeon desiring (1) an inactive certificate or (2) to restore his or her inactive certificate to an active status shall submit an application to the division on a form provided …

(a) Where there are two or more shareholders in a professional corporation and one of the shareholders: (1) Dies; or (2) Becomes a disqualified person as defined in Section 13401(d) of the Corporations Code. His or her shares shall be sold and transferred to the corporation, its …

§ 450.16. Change of Business or Corporate Name. [Renumbered] This database is current through 5/1/26 Register 2026, No. 18. Source: https://govt.westlaw.com/calregs/Document/I67CA42735A1E11EC8227000D3A7C4BC3?viewType=FullText&originationContext=documenttoc&transitionType=Category…