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Cal. BPC § 3098 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 3098
Section 3098
Status: in_force

When the holder uses the title of “Doctor” or “Dr.” as a prefix to his or her name, without using the word “optometrist” as a suffix to his or her name or in connection with it, or, without holding a diploma from an accredited school of optometry, the letters “Opt. D.” or “O.D.” as a suffix to his or her name, it constitutes a cause to revoke or suspend his or her optometrist license.
Cal. HSC § 114130.1 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 7 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 114130.1
Section 114130.1
Status: in_force

Materials that are used in the construction of utensils and food-contact surfaces of equipment shall not allow the migration of deleterious substances or impart colors, odors, or tastes to food and under normal use conditions shall be safe, durable, corrosion-resistant, and nonabsorbent, sufficient in weight and thickness to withstand repeated warewashing, finished to have a smooth, easily cleanable surface, and resistant to pitting, chipping, crazing, scratching, scoring, distortion, and decomposition.
Cal. PRC § 8702 — California Code / Code prc / Division 7.7 / Chapter 1 / Section 8702
Section 8702
Status: in_force

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this section govern the construction of this division.

(a) “Commission” means the State Lands Commission.

(b) “Fund” means the School Land Bank Fund.

(c) “School land” means land or interests in land granted to the state by an Act of Congress March 3, 1853 (Ch. 145, 10 Stat. 244), for the specific purpose of providing support for the public schools.

(d) “Trustee” means the State Lands Commission acting in its role as trustee for the School Land Bank Fund.
Cal. PUC § 103022 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 15 / Chapter 2 / Section 103022
Section 103022
Status: in_force

“Existing taxi service” means any public passenger transportation service which (1) is not subject to the jurisdiction, control, and regulation of the Public Utilities Commission, (2) is available for hire on an exclusive or shared-ride basis, (3) is on call or demand over the public streets within the county in a motor vehicle of distinctive color or insignia equipped with a taximeter which is demand activated and operated by a licensed driver at the direction of passengers, and (4) was operating on January 1, 1974.
Cal. HSC § 50072 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 50072
Section 50072
Status: in_force

“Handicapped” means a family in which the head of the household is suffering from an orthopedic disability impairing personal mobility or a physical disability affecting his or her ability to obtain employment or a single person with such a physical disability, where the family or person requires special care or facilities in the home. “Handicapped” also includes a family in which the head of household suffers from a developmental disability specified in subdivision (a) of Section 38010 or a mental disorder which would render him or her eligible to participate in programs of rehabilitation or social services conducted by or on behalf of a public agency, or a single person with such a developmental disability or mental disorder. “Handicapped” also includes an elderly or handicapped household, as defined in Section 19903 and subject to Part 4.5 (commencing with Section 19902) of Division 13.
Cal. FAC § 38652 — California Code / Code fac / Division 15 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 23 / Section 38652
Section 38652
Status: in_force

(a) Flavored milk is pasteurized, homogenized milk which meets all standards and requirements which are specified in this division for pasteurized, homogenized milk, and which are specified in Section 38651, except flavored milk shall contain not less than 3.25 percent milk fat.

(b) Flavored milk made from goat milk need not be homogenized, and shall contain not less than 2.8 percent fat.
Cal. HSC § 1440 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 1 / Section 1440
Section 1440
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter the term “board” means the board of supervisors of a county.
Cal. WAT § 75781 — California Code / Code wat / Division 21 / Part 10 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 75781
Section 75781
Status: in_force

The failure of any person interested in the district, other than the holders of bonds thereof outstanding at the time of the filing of the petition for exclusion of lands, to show cause, in writing, why the tract or tracts of land mentioned in the petition should not be excluded from the district shall be deemed and taken as an assent by him to the exclusion of such tract or tracts of land, or any part thereof, from the district; and the filing of such petition shall be deemed and taken as an assent by each petitioner to the exclusion from the district of the lands mentioned in the petition, or any part thereof.
Cal. WIC § 4487 — California Code / Code wic / Division 4.1 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 4487
Section 4487
Status: in_force

The hospital director is the chief executive officer of the hospital and is responsible for all hospital operations. If the hospital director is the clinical director, then the hospital administrator is responsible to him; if the hospital director is the hospital administrator, then the clinical director is responsible to him.
Cal. BPC § 1647.9 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 2.84 / Section 1647.9
Section 1647.9
Status: in_force

A violation of this article constitutes unprofessional conduct and is grounds for the revocation or suspension of the dentist’s permit or license, or both. The board shall issue probationary terms only for violations that do not result in bodily harm. The proceedings under this section shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and the board shall have all the powers granted therein.
Cal. WIC § 10850.3 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Section 10850.3
Section 10850.3
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 10850, an authorized employee of a county welfare department may disclose confidential information concerning a public social services applicant or recipient to any law enforcement agency where a warrant has been issued for the arrest of the applicant or recipient for the commission of a felony or a misdemeanor. Information that may be released pursuant to this section shall be limited to the name, address, telephone number, birth date, social security number, and physical description of the applicant for, or recipient of, public social services.

(b) A county welfare department may release the information specified by this section to any law enforcement agency only upon a written request from the agency specifying that a warrant of arrest for the commission of a felony or misdemeanor has been issued against the applicant or recipient. This request may be made only by the head of the law enforcement agency, or by an employee of the agency so authorized and identified by name and title by the head of the agency in writing to the county welfare department. A county welfare department shall notify all applicants of public social services that release of confidential information from their records will not be protected if a felony or misdemeanor arrest warrant is issued against the applicant. A recipient of public social services shall be notified, at the time of renewal of his or her application for public social services, that a release of confidential information can be made if a felony or misdemeanor arrest warrant is issued against the recipient.

(c) This section shall not be construed to authorize the release of a general list identifying individuals applying for or receiving public social services.

(d) The provisions of this section shall be operative only to the extent permitted by federal law. The section shall not apply to, but shall exclude, the Medi-Cal program, established pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) and following.
Cal. PRC § 10281 — California Code / Code prc / Division 10.3 / Section 10281
Section 10281
Status: in_force

The purpose of the grant program is to assist any local government entity, nonprofit organization, authority, or joint powers authority to apply for, and cost-effectively use, grant funds available for farmland, grazing lands, and grasslands protection and preservation from funds that are made available pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 5096.650 and from other funding sources.
Cal. BPC § 7026.1 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 9 / Article 2 / Section 7026.1
Section 7026.1
Status: in_force

(a) The term “contractor” includes all of the following:

(1) Any person not exempt under Section 7053 who maintains or services air-conditioning, heating, or refrigeration equipment that is a fixed part of the structure to which it is attached.

(2) (A) Any person, consultant to an owner-builder, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, or company, who or which undertakes, offers to undertake, purports to have the capacity to undertake, or submits a bid to construct any building or home improvement project, or part thereof.

(B) For purposes of this paragraph, a consultant is a person, other than a public agency or an owner of privately owned real property to be improved, who meets either of the following criteria as it relates to work performed pursuant to a home improvement contract as defined in Section 7151.2:

(i) Provides or oversees a bid for a construction project.

(ii) Arranges for and sets up work schedules for contractors and subcontractors and maintains oversight of a construction project.

(3) A temporary labor service agency that, as the employer, provides employees for the performance of work covered by this chapter. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply if there is a properly licensed contractor who exercises supervision in accordance with Section 7068.1 and who is directly responsible for the final results of the work. Nothing in this paragraph shall require a qualifying individual, as provided in Section 7068, to be present during the supervision of work covered by this chapter. A contractor requesting the services of a temporary labor service agency shall provide his or her license number to that temporary labor service agency.

(4) Any person not otherwise exempt by this chapter, who performs tree removal, tree pruning, stump removal, or engages in tree or limb cabling or guying. The term contractor does not include a person performing the activities of a nurseryperson who in the normal course of routine work performs incidental pruning of trees, or guying of planted trees and their limbs. The term contractor does not include a gardener who in the normal course of routine work performs incidental pruning of trees measuring less than 15 feet in height after planting.

(5) Any person engaged in the business of drilling, digging, boring, or otherwise constructing, deepening, repairing, reperforating, or abandoning any water well, cathodic protection well, or monitoring well.

(b) The term “contractor” or “consultant” does not include a common interest development manager, as defined in Section 11501, and a common interest development manager is not required to have a contractor’s license when performing management services, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 11500.
Cal. PUC § 70187 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 7 / Chapter 6 / Article 5 / Section 70187
Section 70187
Status: in_force

The district shall be subject to the provisions of Division 14.8 (commencing with Section 34500) of the Vehicle Code with respect to the operation of buses and to the rules and regulations prescribed by the Department of the California Highway Patrol pursuant to that chapter regulating the safe operation of buses.
Cal. HSC § 18949.26 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 13 / Part 2.5 / Chapter 7 / Section 18949.26
Section 18949.26
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, “plans examiner” means any person who is hired or contracted by a local agency in a temporary or permanent capacity for the purpose of performing construction plan review for structural, seismic safety, fire and life safety, or building system requirements of adopted uniform codes or standards, as applied to residential, commercial, or industrial buildings.
Cal. BPC § 4058 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 4058
Section 4058
Status: in_force

Every person holding a license issued under this chapter to operate a premises shall display the original license and current renewal license upon the licensed premises in a place where it may be clearly read by the public.
Cal. PRC § 2735 — California Code / Code prc / Division 2 / Chapter 9 / Article 2 / Section 2735
Section 2735
Status: in_force

“Surface mining operations” means all, or any part of, the process involved in the mining of minerals on mined lands by removing overburden and mining directly from the mineral deposits, open-pit mining of minerals naturally exposed, mining by the auger method, dredging and quarrying, or surface work incident to an underground mine. Surface mining operations shall include, but are not limited to:

(a) Inplace distillation or retorting or leaching.

(b) The production and disposal of mining waste.

(c) Prospecting and exploratory activities.
Cal. PUC § 98192 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 10 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 98192
Section 98192
Status: in_force

The board shall provide that both the district and the members shall contribute to the retirement system. The rate of contribution by an officer or employee of the district becoming a member of the retirement system shall be so fixed as to provide, with accumulated interest and based on tables and assumptions adopted by the board, substantially one-half the value of any retirement allowance granted for service, exclusive of any credits allowed for prior service.
Cal. HSC § 130156 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 108 / Section 130156
Section 130156
Status: in_force

The Children and Families Health and Human Services Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. The Children and Families Health and Human Services Fund shall be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to provide health and human services, including, but not limited to, direct health care services, to children from birth through five years of age.
Cal. VEH § 5050 — California Code / Code veh / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 8.3 / Section 5050
Section 5050
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares that constructive leisure pursuits by California citizens is most important. This article is intended to encourage responsible participation in the hobby of collecting, preserving, restoring, and maintaining motor vehicles of historic and special interest, which hobby contributes to the enjoyment of the citizen and the preservation of California’s automotive memorabilia.
Cal. PROB § 5615 — California Code / Code prob / Division 5 / Part 4 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 5615
Section 5615
Status: in_force

“Subscribing witness” means a person who signs a revocable transfer on death deed as a witness, as provided in Section 5624.
Cal. WIC § 10394 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 1.8 / Chapter 23 / Section 10394
Section 10394
Status: in_force

The Office of Administrative Hearings shall, by June 30, 1982, adopt regulations governing the hearings, which shall include all of the following:

(a) Deadlines for filing petitions, commencing hearings and rendering decisions.

(b) Notice to affected parties.

(c) The manner for maintaining appropriate provision for electronic recording and transcription, if necessary.

(d) Hearings shall be conducted at the offices of the Office of Administrative Hearings in Sacramento or Los Angeles. However, hearings in Los Angeles shall be available only to local contracting agencies with the department whose annual contracts total less than two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000).

(e) Any other issues deemed appropriate by the Office of Administrative Hearings.
Cal. HSC § 1567.81 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 9.7 / Section 1567.81
Section 1567.81
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Each community crisis home shall be licensed as an adult residential facility or a group home, pursuant to this article, and certified by the State Department of Developmental Services, pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 4698) of Chapter 6 of Division 4.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

(2) Notwithstanding whether a community crisis home is licensed for more than six consumers, subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 1524.5 shall apply.

(b) A certificate of program approval issued by the State Department of Developmental Services, pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 4698) of Chapter 6 of Division 4.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, shall be a condition of licensure for the community crisis home by the State Department of Social Services.

(c) A community crisis home shall not be licensed by the State Department of Social Services until the certificate of program approval, issued by the State Department of Developmental Services, has been received.

(d) Placements of dual agency clients into community crisis homes that are licensed as group homes shall be subject to the placement duration limitations described in Sections 319.2 and 319.3 of, and subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (9) of subdivision (e) of Section 361.2 of, the Welfare and Institutions Code.

(e) For the purpose of this article, dual agency clients are foster children in temporary custody of the child welfare agency under Section 319 of the Welfare and Institutions Code or under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court pursuant to Section 300, 450, 601, or 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code who are also either a consumer of regional center services, or who are receiving services under the California Early Intervention Services Act (Title 14 (commencing with Section 95000) of the Government Code), but who are under three years of age and have not yet been determined to have a developmental disability.

(f) The State Department of Social Services shall not be responsible for any of the following:

(1) Developing and approving a consumer’s individual behavior support plan in conjunction with the consumer’s individual behavior support team.

(2) Oversight of any services that may be provided by a licensed health or licensed mental health professional to a consumer. “Services provided by a licensed health or licensed mental health professional” means services that may only be provided under the authority of the licensed health or licensed mental health service provider’s professional license.

(g) Subdivision (f) does not limit the State Department of Social Services’ ability to enforce this chapter and applicable regulations.
Cal. ELEC § 18541 — California Code / Code elec / Division 18 / Chapter 6 / Article 3 / Section 18541
Section 18541
Status: in_force

(a) A person shall not, with the intent of dissuading another person from voting, within the 100 foot limit specified in subdivision (b), do any of the following:

(1) Solicit a vote or speak to a voter on the subject of marking the voter’s ballot.

(2) Place a sign relating to voters’ qualifications or speak to a voter on the subject of the voter’s qualifications except as provided in Section 14240.

(3) Photograph, video record, or otherwise record a voter entering or exiting a polling place.

(4) Obstruct ingress, egress, or parking.

(b) The activities described in subdivision (a) are prohibited within 100 feet of either of the following:

(1) The entrance to a building that contains a polling place as defined by Section 338.5, an elections official’s office, or a satellite location.

(2) An outdoor site, including a curbside voting area, at which a voter may cast or drop off a ballot.

(c) A person shall not, with the intent of dissuading another person from voting, do any of the following within the immediate vicinity of a voter in line to cast a ballot or drop off a ballot:

(1) Solicit a vote.

(2) Speak to a voter about marking the voter’s ballot.

(3) Disseminate visible or audible electioneering information.

(d) A violation of this section is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than 12 months, or in state prison. Any person who conspires to violate this section is guilty of a felony.
Cal. PUC § 5379.5 — California Code / Code puc / Division 2 / Chapter 8 / Article 2 / Section 5379.5
Section 5379.5
Status: in_force

The commission may, on a complaint alleging that any corporation or person is operating as a charter-party carrier of passengers without a valid certificate or permit in violation of this chapter, or on its own motion without a complaint, with or without notice of a hearing, order the corporation or person so operating to cease and desist from that operation until the commission makes and files its decision in the matter or until further order of the commission.
Cal. WAT § 13453 — California Code / Code wat / Division 7 / Chapter 6.1 / Section 13453
Section 13453
Status: in_force

There is hereby created the 1986 Water Conservation and Water Quality Bond Fund in the State Treasury. There shall be established in the fund a Water Conservation and Groundwater Recharge Account for the purpose of implementing Section 13458, and an Agricultural Drainage Water Account for the purpose of implementing Section 13459.
Cal. FAM § 2123 — California Code / Code fam / Division 6 / Part 1 / Chapter 10 / Section 2123
Section 2123
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, or any other law, a judgment may not be set aside simply because the court finds that it was inequitable when made, nor simply because subsequent circumstances caused the division of assets or liabilities to become inequitable, or the support to become inadequate.
Cal. BPC § 850.3 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 13 / Section 850.3
Section 850.3
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other state law, and consistent with Sections 1 and 1.1 of Article I of the California Constitution, an individual or state or local officer shall not commence a criminal, civil, professional discipline, or licensing action against an individual licensed or certified by a healing arts board concerning the manufacture, transport, distribution, delivery, receipt, acquisition, sale, possession, furnishment, dispensation, repackaging, or storage of brand name or generic mifepristone or any drug used for medication abortion that is lawful under the laws of the state.

(b) A healing arts board shall not suspend a license, revoke a license, or otherwise take disciplinary action against a licensee solely on the basis that the licensee manufactured, transported, distributed, delivered, received, acquired, sold, possessed, furnished, dispensed, repackaged, or stored brand name or generic mifepristone or any drug used for medication abortion that is lawful under the laws of the state.

(c) A healing arts board shall not deny an application for licensure, or suspend a license, revoke a license, or otherwise impose discipline upon a licensee or health care practitioner subject to this division solely because the licensee or practitioner was convicted or disciplined in another state solely for an activity related to brand name or generic mifepristone or any drug used for medication abortion that, if performed in this state, would not be grounds for denial, suspension, revocation, or other discipline.
Cal. HSC § 110330 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 5 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 110330
Section 110330
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any person to do any act that causes any food, drug, device, or cosmetic to be a counterfeit, or to sell, dispense, or hold for sale or dispensing, the counterfeit food, drug, device, or cosmetic.