California Administrative Code

(a) In addition to, or in lieu of, any denial or revocation of registration under Section 12303(b), any violation of this chapter other than as provided in subsection (c) of this section shall be subject to a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) upon first offense an…

(a) As required by California Code of Regulations Title 24, Part 9, Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 401), and Title 19, Section 3.09, a gambling enterprise must prepare and maintain a fire safety and evacuation plan, conduct emergency evacuation drills and conduct employee tra…

(a) “Minimum Internal Control Standards,” or “MICS,” are the minimum requirements to operate a gambling establishment as set forth in this chapter, and include, but are not limited to, administration controls, and controls requiring segregation of duties. A cardroom business lice…

(a)(1) The Bureau may require that any cardroom business licensee provide to the Bureau copies of the cardroom business licensee's policies and procedures constituting its Program for Responsible Gambling, which must address all of the requirements of this article. If the Bureau …

(a) A cardroom business licensee may apply to operate, on a limited and temporary basis, for a tournament or special event (hereinafter, event), more tables than the gambling establishment is authorized to regularly operate. To apply for additional tables, the applicant must subm…

(a) The cardroom business licensee may apply to reduce the number of tables operating on a permanent basis by submitting a completed and signed application form entitled Gambling Establishment: Gaming Tables, CGCC-CH7-07, referenced in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Section 1…

Factors in mitigation may reduce a minimum penalty of suspension listed in this chapter, either in number of days suspended and/or in the proposal to stay a suspension for a period of probation and the payment of any monetary penalty. Factors in aggravation may increase a penalty…

(a) All articles of bedding or bulk filling materials which have undergone an approved method of sanitization shall have a sanitization label firmly attached to the item in such an area so as to be easily and readily discernable. Sanitization labels shall be affixed to the item s…

(a) If the Commission finds that a TPPPS owner type licensee, is out of compliance with any mandatory duty specified in or imposed by the Act or any Commission or Bureau regulation, which is not otherwise listed in these disciplinary guidelines, the penalty will be one day of sus…

(a) No price, whether expressed in words, phrases, price figures, symbols, fractions, percentages, or otherwise, shall be advertised as the former price of an article unless such advertised former price applies to the article advertised. (b) Except as provided in subdivision (c) …

The term “Bait and Switch Advertising” means an alluring but insincere offer to sell a product or service which the advertiser in truth does not intend or want to sell. The purpose thereof is to switch consumers from buying the advertised merchandise, in order to sell something e…

On and after January 1, 2015, all flexible polyurethane foam in the form of slabs, blocks, or sheets, or which is shredded (loose or packaged), except polyurethane foam which cannot reasonably be expected to be used in or as an article of furniture or in or as a mattress, that is…

(a) Upholstered furniture conforming to the requirements of Section 1374(a) and 1374(b) of these regulations shall have a label permanently attached to the article, in plain view, stating the following: (b) Upholstered articles conforming to Section 1374(a) but which may not conf…

Violation of any provision of this Division, whether or not a penalty is fixed therein, is punishable in the discretion of the Board by revocation or suspension of any license, by fine, or by exclusion from all racing inclosures under the jurisdiction of the Board, or by any comb…

For good cause, with or without a hearing, the Board may temporarily suspend the application of any of its rules upon any conditions it may impose. Every application for such action and any such action by the Board shall, insofar as possible, be in writing. If not in writing, it …

If a licensee fails to perform an act, or obtain required action from the Board, within the time prescribed therefor by these rules, the Board, at some subsequent time, may allow the performance of such act or may take the necessary action with the same effect as if the same were…

(a) A law enforcement agency may only use a person under the age of 21 years to attempt to purchase alcoholic beverages to apprehend licensees, or employees or agents of licensees who sell alcoholic beverages to minors (persons under the age of 21) and to reduce sales of alcoholi…

The Board shall allocate racing weeks and dates for the conduct of horse racing in this State for such time periods and at such racing facilities as the Board determines will best subserve the purposes of the Horse Racing Law and which will be in the best interests of the people …

The Board may require any racing association, prospective racing association or other person intending to make application for license to conduct a horseracing meeting to furnish the Board with a detailed proposal and disclosure as to its proposed racing program, purse program, o…

The association shall erect and maintain a bulletin board close to the racing secretary's office or in places where access is granted to all licensees, upon which all official notices of the Board shall be posted.

All photographs or photographic or videotape recordings required by these rules shall be identified by indicating thereon the day, number of the race and the name of the association at which the race is held.

No person shall cut, mutilate, alter or change any photofinish photograph, film patrol photo, photographic or videotape recording for the purpose of deceit or fraud of any type.

All associations shall preserve all photographic or videotape recordings of all races for at least 90 days after the close of their meeting. Upon request of the Board the association shall furnish the Board with a clear positive print of the photographic recording of any race or …

The association shall maintain a viewing room for the purpose of projecting the photographic recording of races, or the videotape screening of the races, for viewing by jockeys, trainers, owners, and other interested persons authorized by the stewards.

(a) A protest made by a public agency or governing body shall be filed with the Department within the protest period, which begins at the time the application is filed and ends thirty (30) calendar days after any of the following occurs, whichever is later: (1) The posting of not…

(a) If a hearing has been set pursuant to Title 4 California Code of Regulations section 146.1(m), any accepted protests made by individuals or organizations who did not request a hearing or who made an untimely request for a hearing shall be deemed withdrawn. (b) If no request f…

No person required to be licensed shall participate or attempt to participate in a race meeting without holding a valid license authorizing that participation. (a) A person acting in any capacity within the restricted area of an inclosure, simulcast facility or auxiliary stabling…

No association, owner, trainer or any other licensee acting as an employer within the inclosure at an authorized meeting, shall employ within the inclosure or within any auxiliary stable area, any person required to be licensed by the Board, until such association, owner, trainer…

(a) Every license is subject to the conditions and agreements contained in the application and to the Board rules in this Division. (b) Every license issued by the Board remains the property of the Board. (c) Possession of a license does not confer any right upon the holder there…

No person under 16 years of age shall be granted a jockey's license nor a license as apprentice jockey. No person whose riding weight at the time of application exceeds 125 pounds shall be licensed as a jockey or apprentice jockey. No person who has never ridden in a race at a re…

(a) An apprentice jockey is a race rider who has ridden less than 40 winners or less than two years since first having been licensed in any racing jurisdiction, and who otherwise meets the license qualifications of a jockey. (b) The apprenticeship of an apprentice jockey shall au…

(a) If the commercial cannabis business is not the landowner of the real property upon which the premises is located, the commercial cannabis business shall provide to the Department a document from the landowner or the landowner's agent that states that the commercial cannabis b…

(a) Any applicant or licensee that may fall within the scope of sovereign immunity that may be asserted by a federally recognized tribe or other sovereign entity must waive any sovereign immunity defense that the applicant or licensee may have, may be asserted on its behalf, or m…

(a) Active cultivation licensees may place a cultivation license in Limited Operations Status as set forth in this section. (b) “Limited Operations Status” means an inactive license status that allows a cultivation licensee to do only the following: (1) Engage in the drying, curi…

(a) An active cultivation licensee may modify the renewal date of a cultivation license, as set forth in this section. (b) “Modified License Term” means the period of time that falls between submission of a cultivation licensee's request to modify a license date of renewal and th…

Business modifications shall be made in accordance with the following: (a) Changes to standard operating procedures may be made without providing notification to the Department, except as required by the Act or this division. Licensees shall maintain a copy of all current and pri…

(a) Licensees must keep and maintain records in connection with the licensed commercial cannabis business. Records must be kept for at least seven years from the date of creation, unless a shorter time is specified. Records include, but are not limited to: (1) Financial records i…

A financial institution, as defined in Business and Professions Code section 26260(c)(3), may request information related to a licensee for purposes of facilitating the provision of financial services for that licensee. The request shall be made in writing, through a form prescri…

(a) Upon issuance of a license, the licensee shall prominently display the license on the licensed premises where it can be viewed by state and local agencies. If the licensed premises is open to the public, the license shall be displayed in an area that is within plain sight of …

(a) Cannabis or cannabis products that have been designated as trade samples may be provided to any licensee except licensed cannabis event organizers, distributor transport only licensees, and testing laboratory licensees. (b) The following licensees may designate and provide tr…

(a) A licensee is limited to designating the following aggregate amounts of cannabis and cannabis products as trade samples in a calendar month period: (1) For cannabis in the form of dried flower, a total of two pounds. (2) For manufactured and nonmanufactured cannabis products,…

(a) A licensee shall only use plant and package tags provided and distributed by the Department or the Department's designee. (b) A licensee shall only use plant and package tags assigned in the track and trace system to that licensee and shall not transfer unused tags to any oth…

(a) For licensees conducting cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, or testing: (1) A licensee's account manager shall place the initial order of plant or package tags within ten (10) calendar days of initial credentialing into the track and trace system and shall reorder plan…

(a) Immature cannabis plants shall be tagged as follows: (1) Each established lot of immature plants shall be assigned a plant tag. Each lot of immature plants under a single plant tag shall be uniform in strain or cultivar and contain no more than 100 individual immature plants …

Every licensee, in order to maintain his qualifications for any license held by him, must have been regularly engaged in the occupation for which the license was issued for no less than 21 working or racing days during the term of the license. Should a licensee not be so engaged …

Every licensee, in order to maintain his qualifications for any license held by him, shall be familiar with and knowledgeable of the rules including all amendments thereto. Every licensee is presumed to know the rules.

The racing officials are strictly responsible to the Board for the performance of their respective duties, and they shall promptly report to the Board or its stewards, any violation of the rules and regulations of the Board coming to their attention or of which they have knowledg…

Every racing official is subject to prior approval by the Board before being eligible to act as a racing official at a race meeting. At the time of making application for a racing license the association shall nominate the racing officials other than the racing officials appointe…

(a) A distributor licensee shall at all times carry and maintain commercial general liability insurance in the aggregate in an amount no less than $2,000,000 and in an amount no less than $1,000,000 for each loss. (b) A distributor licensee shall maintain the insurance required i…

(a) A licensed distributor shall be able to account for all inventory and provide that information to the Department upon request. (b) To account for inventory, a licensed distributor shall ensure all batches of cannabis or cannabis products are stored in accordance with section …