Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

Any person desiring issuance of a license for a daycare center or a special permit for specialized services in a daycare center under this chapter shall file with the department pursuant to regulations, an application on forms furnished by the department, which shall include, but…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to create a childcare license that has individual program components that serve infant, toddler, preschool, and schoolage children. It is the intent of the Legislature that the department consider flexibility for childcare providers and max…

(a) A corporation that applies for licensure with the department shall list the facilities that any member of the board of directors, the executive director, or an officer that has been licensed to operate, been employed in or served as a member of the board of directors, the exe…

Every licensed child day care center shall have one or more carbon monoxide detectors in the facility that meet the standards established in Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 13260) of Part 2 of Division 12. The department shall account for the presence of these detectors during…

(a) The department and the licensing agencies with which it contracts for licensing shall review and make a final determination within 60 days of an applicant’s submission of a complete application on all applications for a license to operate a day care facility for children by a…

A license or special permit for a day care center for children may be issued providing the licensee has been found not to be in violation of any statutory requirements or rules or regulations pursuant to this chapter and Chapter 3.4 (commencing with Section 1596.70). (Amended by …

(a) The department shall notify the day care center in writing of all deficiencies in its compliance with this chapter and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter, and shall set a reasonable length of time for compliance by the center. Upon a finding of noncomp…

(a) In addition to the suspension, temporary suspension, or revocation of a license issued under this chapter or Chapter 3.4 (commencing with Section 1596.70), the department shall levy civil penalties as follows: (b) (1) The amount of the civil penalty shall be one hundred dolla…

As used in this chapter: (a) “Toxic air contaminant” means an air pollutant which may cause or contribute to an increase in mortality or in serious illness, or which may pose a present or potential hazard to human health. A substance that is listed as a hazardous air pollutant pu…

An issuer may establish a mortgage credit certificate program pursuant to this article. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1399, Sec. 7.5. Effective October 1, 1985.)

(a) An issuer shall notify the committee if the issuer elects to exchange all or part of the issuer’s authority to issue qualified mortgage bonds for authority to issue mortgage credit certificates. The notification shall include a statement which does both of the following: (1) …

A mortgage credit certificate may be issued under a mortgage credit certificate program by a local agency pursuant to this chapter and the federal act, as defined by subdivision (g) of Section 50172. (Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 67, Sec. 120. (AB 1170) Effective January 1, 2026.)…

Any local agency may, upon the approval of the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 8869.85 of the Government Code, by written agreement assign to any other issuer having the authority to issue qualified mortgage bonds under the laws o…

If an issuer elects to exchange all or part of a supplementary allocation of qualified mortgage bonds for authority to issue mortgage credit certificates, the issuance of those mortgage credit certificates shall be subject to the restriction imposed by subdivision (b) of Section …

The requirement that public notice be given that mortgage credit certificates will be issued, prescribed by Section 25(e)(5) of Title 25 of the United States Code, may be satisfied by the issuer or its lenders advertising their issuance at least 90 days prior to the issuance of a…

An issuer shall develop and maintain a list of lenders that have entered into an agreement with the issuer who will make loans to qualified holders of mortgage credit certificates, as provided by the federal act, as defined by paragraph (2) of subdivision (g) of Section 50176. (A…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, after a list of lenders has been completed by an issuer, after the qualified mortgage bond allocation has been approved by the committee, and after the issuer has made the election to exchange all or part of the issuer’s authority to is…

Any issuer that establishes a mortgage credit certificate program may charge a fee which is reasonably sufficient to cover the costs of administering that program. (Added by renumbering Section 50199.5 by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1164, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 1995.)

(a) Licensing reviews of a child day care center shall be limited to health and safety considerations and shall not include any reviews of the content of any educational or training program of the facility. (b) A licensee shall have 30 days after the employment of a staff person …

(a) Notwithstanding any other educational requirements, a person may be hired as a teacher in a day care center if he or she satisfies all of the following conditions: (1) Is 18 years of age or older. (2) Possesses a regional occupation program certificate of training in child ca…

Notwithstanding any other educational requirements, a person may be hired to provide extended day care for children of a given grade level in a day care center if the person is otherwise qualified to be hired by a school district to teach children of that grade level. (Added by S…

Any requirement established by the department, pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 1596.70) of Chapter 3.4, that coursework in early childhood education or child development, or both, be completed in order to fully qualify as a day care center teacher, may be satisfied…

(a) The State Department of Social Services shall adopt guidelines and procedures to permit an aide to assist a fully qualified child care teacher in the supervision of up to 18 preschool age children, with the requirement that the aide shall complete at least two accredited post…

The department shall require of every licensee a written policy statement which shall include names and qualifications of all current employees, admission policies, program philosophy, the location and telephone number of the nearest local office responsible for child day care li…

All site visits shall be unannounced. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1615, Sec. 10.)

(a) Each licensed child day care center shall be subject to unannounced inspections by the department. The department shall inspect these facilities as often as necessary to ensure the quality of care provided. (b) The department shall conduct an annual unannounced inspection of …

(a) In addition to the visits required by Section 1597.09, the department shall annually make unannounced spot visits to 20 percent of all child day care centers licensed under this chapter, except schoolage child day care centers. The unannounced visits may be made at any time d…

The department shall notify the State Department of Education when a child care or development facility licensed pursuant to this chapter is found to have licensing violations which the department has determined, by regulation, to endanger the health and safety of the children re…

The department and any local agency with which it contracts for the licensing of day care centers shall grant or deny an application for license within 30 days after receipt of all appropriate licensing application materials, as determined by the department, after a site visit ha…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 1596.858, in the event of a sale of a licensed child day care center where the sale will result in a new license being issued, the sale and transfer of property and business shall be subject to both of the following: (1) The licensee shall provide writ…

(a) The director shall authorize the University of California to conduct a pilot project pursuant to this section for a period not to extend 24 months beyond the date that funding is available for expenditure for the pilot project. The purpose of the pilot project is to test the …

(a) (1) A licensed child day care center, as defined in Section 1596.76, that is located in a building that was constructed before January 1, 2010, shall have its drinking water tested for lead contamination levels on or after January 1, 2020, but no later than January 1, 2023, a…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) There is a critical need to increase opportunities for children to engage in positive activities during after school hours. (b) There is a need for staff with the capacity to make after school programs interesting and r…

The following requirements shall apply to schoolage day care centers: (a) The State Department of Social Services shall permit the substitution of 20 training hours for each required unit of education. (b) In addition to an administration course consisting of three units or 60 tr…

(a) When colocated with multifamily housing, the use of a daycare center shall be considered a residential use of property and a use by right. (b) A local jurisdiction shall not impose a charge, tax, or fee for a business license, equivalent instrument, or permit for the privileg…

(a) Upon the request of the state board, the office, in consultation with and with the participation of the state board, shall evaluate the health effects of and prepare recommendations regarding substances, other than pesticides in their pesticidal use, which may be or are emitt…

(a) In evaluating the level of potential human exposure to toxic air contaminants, the state board shall assess that exposure in indoor environments as well as in ambient air conditions. (b) The state board shall consult with the State Department of Health Services, pursuant to t…

(a) (1) Upon receipt of the evaluation and recommendations prepared pursuant to Section 39660, the state board, in consultation with, and with the participation of, the office, shall prepare a report in a form that may serve as the basis for regulatory action regarding a particul…

(a) Within 10 working days following receipt of the findings of the scientific review panel pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 39661, the state board shall prepare a hearing notice and a proposed regulation which shall include the proposed determination as to whether a substa…

The State Department of Health Services shall conduct an epidemiological study, over a period of up to 10 years, of possible long-term health effects related to the aerial application of pesticides in urban areas, including, but not limited to, cancer, birth defects, and respirat…

(a) Following adoption of the determinations pursuant to Section 39662, the executive officer of the state board shall, with the participation of the districts, and in consultation with affected sources and the interested public, prepare a report on the need and appropriate degre…

(a) Following a noticed public hearing, the state board shall adopt airborne toxic control measures to reduce emissions of toxic air contaminants from nonvehicular sources. (b) For toxic air contaminants for which the state board has determined, pursuant to Section 39662, that th…

Based on its determinations pursuant to Section 39662, the state board shall consider the adoption of revisions in the emission standards for vehicular sources and regulations specifying the content of motor vehicle fuel, to achieve the maximum possible reduction in public exposu…

(a) The state board shall, on or before January 1, 1989, prepare a written report on the availability and effectiveness of toxic air contaminant monitoring options in consultation with the Scientific Review Panel on Toxic Air Contaminants, the districts, the Department of Food an…

Nothing in this chapter is a limitation on the authority of the state board or a district to implement and enforce an airborne toxic control measure adopted prior to January 1, 1993. (Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1161, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1993.)

(a) A nine-member Scientific Review Panel on Toxic Air Contaminants shall be appointed to advise the state board and the Department of Pesticide Regulation in their evaluation of the health effects toxicity of substances pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 39660) of th…