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Cal. LAB § 4601 — California Code / Code lab / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 4601
Section 4601
Status: in_force

(a) If the employee so requests, the employer shall tender the employee one change of physician. The employee at any time may request that the employer tender this one-time change of physician. Upon request of the employee for a change of physician, the maximum amount of time permitted by law for the employer or insurance carrier to provide the employee an alternative physician or, if requested by the employee, a chiropractor, or an acupuncturist shall be five working days from the date of the request. Notwithstanding the 30-day time period specified in Section 4600, a request for a change of physician pursuant to this section may be made at any time. The employee is entitled, in any serious case, upon request, to the services of a consulting physician, chiropractor, or acupuncturist of his or her choice at the expense of the employer. The treatment shall be at the expense of the employer.

(b) If an employee requesting a change of physician pursuant to subdivision (a) has notified his or her employer in writing prior to the date of injury that he or she has a personal chiropractor, the alternative physician tendered by the employer to the employee, if the employee so requests, shall be the employee’s personal chiropractor. For the purpose of this article, “personal chiropractor” means the employee’s regular chiropractor licensed pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1000) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, who has previously directed treatment of the employee, and who retains the employee’s chiropractic treatment records, including his or her chiropractic history.

(c) If an employee requesting a change of physician pursuant to subdivision (a) has notified his or her employer in writing prior to the date of injury that he or she has a personal acupuncturist, the alternative physician tendered by the employer to the employee, if the employee so requests, shall be the employee’s personal acupuncturist. For the purpose of this article, “personal acupuncturist” means the employee’s regular acupuncturist licensed pursuant to Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 4935) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, who has previously directed treatment of the employee, and who retains the employee’s acupuncture treatment records, including his or her acupuncture history.
Cal. BPC § 7467 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 10.5 / Article 11 / Section 7467
Section 7467
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to subdivision (b), the provisions of this chapter are severable. If any portion, section, subdivision, paragraph, clause, sentence, phrase, word, or application of this chapter is for any reason held to be invalid by a decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, that decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this chapter. The people of the State of California hereby declare that they would have adopted this chapter and each and every portion, section, subdivision, paragraph, clause, sentence, phrase, word, and application not declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any other portion of this chapter or application thereof would be subsequently declared invalid.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), if any portion, section, subdivision, paragraph, clause, sentence, phrase, word, or application of Section 7451 of Article 2 (commencing with Section 7451), as added by the voters, is for any reason held to be invalid by a decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, that decision shall apply to the entirety of the remaining provisions of this chapter, and no provision of this chapter shall be deemed valid or given force of law.
Cal. BPC § 8698.3 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 14.5 / Section 8698.3
Section 8698.3
Status: in_force

(a) The Director of the Department of Pesticide Regulation or a county agricultural commissioner listed in Section 8698 may levy a civil penalty against a person or company violating this chapter, including any regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter for failing to comply with Section 8698.1.

(b) Before a civil penalty is levied, the person charged with the violation shall receive notice of the nature of the violation and shall be given an opportunity to be heard, including the right to review the director’s evidence and a right to present evidence on his or her own behalf.

(c) Review of the decision of the director may be sought by the person against whom the penalty was levied, within 30 days of receiving notice of the decision, pursuant to Section 1094.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

(d) After the exhaustion of the review procedure provided in this section, the director, or his or her representative, may file a certified copy of a final decision of the director that directs the payment of a civil penalty and, if applicable, any order that denies a petition for a writ of administrative mandamus, with the clerk of the superior court of any county. Judgment shall be entered immediately by the clerk in conformity with the decision or order. No fees shall be charged by the clerk of the superior court for the performance of any official service required in connection with the entry of judgment pursuant to this section.
Cal. PRC § 37012 — California Code / Code prc / Division 28 / Chapter 4 / Section 37012
Section 37012
Status: in_force

(a) Each donee shall evaluate applications submitted to it and prepare a plan for the board that sets forth the donee’s priorities for acquisition of property that qualifies under the program. Consistent with the criteria established for the program, each donee may use its own priority lists and procedures in determining which properties or types of properties shall be given priority.

(b) Each donee or the board may request that the applicant supply further information reasonably necessary to allow the donee or the board to evaluate the proposed donation.

(c) The department may accept contributions of money from any taxpayer to pay or reimburse the costs of appraisal, escrow, title, and other transaction costs associated with the contribution of any particular property or set of properties, including any environmental assessments required by the department, and the costs of preparing any necessary management plan for the property or set of properties.

(d) Prior to acquiring an easement or other interest in land pursuant to this division, a public hearing shall be held by the donee, if the donee is a public agency, or by the board if the donee is a designated nonprofit organization, in the local community. Notice shall be given by the donee or the board to the county board of supervisors of the affected county, adjacent landowners, affected water districts, local municipalities, and other interested parties, as determined by the donee or the board.

(e) When submitting a donation of qualified property to the board for final approval, the donee shall provide the board with the fair market value of the property proposed for acceptance, based on appraisals that have been reviewed and approved by the Department of General Services.
Cal. SHC § 18660 — California Code / Code shc / Division 14 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Section 18660
Section 18660
Status: in_force

Before adopting a resolution of intention, the city council shall order the city engineer to prepare and file with it a report containing substantially the following matters:

(a) A statement of the public ways or portions thereof to be lighted.

(b) A general description of the lighting systems to be maintained and operated.

(c) A statement of the general items of maintenance and operation proposed to be furnished the systems. Such items may include electric power, gas, repairs, replacements, and any other items necessary for the proper maintenance and operation of the systems.

(d) A statement of the estimated cost of maintenance and operation for the first year and an estimate of the amount of electric power necessary for the operation of the system each year.
Cal. HSC § 1275.2 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 1275.2
Section 1275.2
Status: in_force

(a)  Notwithstanding any rules or regulations governing other health facilities, the regulations adopted by the state department for chemical dependency recovery hospitals shall prevail. The regulations applying to chemical dependency recovery hospitals shall prescribe standards of adequacy, safety, and sanitation of the physical plant, of staffing with duly qualified personnel, and of services based on the needs of the persons served thereby.

(b)  The regulations shall include provisions for an “open planning” architectural concept.

(c)  Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 15000) of Division 12.5, the regulations shall exempt from seismic requirements all freestanding structures of a chemical dependency recovery hospital. Chemical dependency recovery services provided as a supplemental service in general acute care beds or general acute psychiatric beds shall not be exempt from seismic requirements.

(d)  Regulations shall be developed pursuant to this section and presented for adoption at a public hearing within 180 days of the effective date of this section.

(e)  In order to assist in the rapid development of regulations for chemical dependency recovery hospitals, the director of the state department, not later than 30 days after the effective date of this section, shall convene an advisory committee composed of two representatives of the State Department of Health Care Services, one representative of the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, two persons with experience operating facilities with alcohol or medicinal drug dependency programs, and any other persons having a professional or personal nonfinancial interest in development of such regulations. The members of such advisory committee who are not state officers or employees shall pay their own expenses related to participation on the committee. The committee shall meet at the call of the director until such time as the proposed regulations are presented for adoption at public hearing.
Cal. PRC § 3981 — California Code / Code prc / Division 3.5 / Chapter 4 / Section 3981
Section 3981
Status: in_force

The business of hydraulic mining may be carried on within the state wherever and whenever it can be carried on without material injury to navigable streams or the lands adjacent thereto.
Cal. PRC § 9851 — California Code / Code prc / Division 9 / Chapter 10 / Article 3 / Section 9851
Section 9851
Status: in_force

If at any time it is desired to include additional real property within an improvement district, a petition for inclusion signed by the owners of real property to be included may be filed with the directors.
Cal. HSC § 104890 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 103 / Part 3 / Chapter 4 / Section 104890
Section 104890
Status: in_force

The department shall present to the Legislature, on or before December 1, 1982, information on the diethylstilbestrol program.
Cal. LAB § 1513 — California Code / Code lab / Division 2 / Part 5.5 / Section 1513
Section 1513
Status: in_force

(a) An employee may bring a civil action in the superior court of the appropriate county to enforce this part.

(b) The court may enjoin any act or practice that violates this part and may order any equitable relief necessary and appropriate to redress the violation or to enforce this part.
Cal. FAC § 79923 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 30 / Article 2 / Section 79923
Section 79923
Status: in_force

“Books and records” means books, records, contracts, documents, memoranda, papers, correspondence, or other written data pertaining to matters relating to the activities subject to this chapter.
Cal. HSC § 39500 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 39500
Section 39500
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature that the State Air Resources Board shall have the responsibility, except as otherwise provided in this division, for control of emissions from motor vehicles and shall coordinate, encourage, and review the efforts of all levels of government as they affect air quality.
Cal. RTC § 7319 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Section 7319
Section 7319
Status: in_force

“Highway” includes a way or place, of whatever nature, publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
Cal. WAT § 13370.5 — California Code / Code wat / Division 7 / Chapter 5.5 / Section 13370.5
Section 13370.5
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that, since the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.), as amended, and applicable federal regulations (40 C.F.R. 403 et seq.) provide for a pretreatment program to regulate the discharge of pollutants into publicly owned treatment works and provide that states with approved national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit programs shall apply for approval of a state pretreatment program, it is in the interest of the people of the state to enact this section in order to avoid direct regulation by the federal government of publicly owned treatment works already subject to regulation under state law pursuant to this division.

(b) The state board shall develop a state pretreatment program and shall, not later than September 1, 1985, apply to the Environmental Protection Agency for approval of the pretreatment program in accordance with federal requirements.
Cal. WAT § 35950.7 — California Code / Code wat / Division 13 / Part 6 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 35950.7
Section 35950.7
Status: in_force

Any bonds authorized to accomplish the amended plan of the district or improvement district shall be issued and sold in the same manner and upon the same terms and conditions as general obligation bonds of the district.
Cal. VEH § 2805 — California Code / Code veh / Division 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 2805
Section 2805
Status: in_force

(a) For the purpose of locating stolen vehicles, (1) any member of the California Highway Patrol, or (2) a member of a city police department, a member of a county sheriff’s office, or a district attorney investigator, whose primary responsibility is to conduct vehicle theft investigations, may inspect any vehicle of a type required to be registered under this code, or any identifiable vehicle component thereof, on a highway or in any public garage, repair shop, terminal, parking lot, new or used car lot, automobile dismantler’s lot, vehicle shredding facility, vehicle leasing or rental lot, vehicle equipment rental yard, vehicle salvage pool, or other similar establishment, or any agricultural or construction work location where work is being actively performed, and may inspect the title or registration of vehicles, in order to establish the rightful ownership or possession of the vehicle or identifiable vehicle component.

As used in this subdivision, “identifiable vehicle component” means any component which can be distinguished from other similar components by a serial number or other unique distinguishing number, sign, or symbol.

(b) A member of the California Highway Patrol, a member of a city police department or county sheriff’s office, or a district attorney investigator whose primary responsibility is to conduct vehicle theft investigations, may also inspect, for the purposes specified in subdivision (a), implements of husbandry, special construction equipment, forklifts, and special mobile equipment in the places described in subdivision (a) or when that vehicle is incidentally operated or transported upon a highway.

(c) Whenever possible, inspections conducted pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) shall be conducted at a time and in a manner so as to minimize any interference with, or delay of, business operations.
Cal. FAC § 15308 — California Code / Code fac / Division 7 / Chapter 7.5 / Article 3 / Section 15308
Section 15308
Status: in_force

Each applicant for registration of a device, at a minimum, shall submit all of the following:

(a) A completed application form prescribed by the director.

(b) Proposed labeling for the device.

(c) Valid data supporting each claim on the proposed label and supporting the safety of the device for each proposed labeled use.

(d) A nonrefundable application fee in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200). The application fees shall be deposited in the Department of Pesticide Regulation Fund and shall be available, upon appropriation, for use by the department in administering this division.

(e) Any other information required by regulation of the director.
Cal. LAB § 1692 — California Code / Code lab / Division 2 / Part 6 / Chapter 3 / Section 1692
Section 1692
Status: in_force

Before revoking or suspending any license, the Labor Commissioner shall afford the holder of such license an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel. The proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and the commissioner shall have all the powers granted therein.
Cal. SHC § 8708 — California Code / Code shc / Division 10 / Part 9 / Section 8708
Section 8708
Status: in_force

Upon the surrender of the outstanding bonds, the new bonds shall be issued ratably to the holders of the original outstanding bonds. Each holder of such original bonds shall be entitled to such proportion of the new bonds as the total amount of the principal and interest due him on his original bonds, upon the date of the recordation of the reassessment, bears to the total amount of the principal of the new bonds. In making distribution the legislative body may assign the different bonds and allot maturities in such manner as to it shall seem equitable.
Cal. FAC § 54112 — California Code / Code fac / Division 20 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 54112
Section 54112
Status: in_force

The bylaws may prescribe the time, place, and manner of calling and conducting its meetings. Meetings of members or stockholders shall be held at the place as provided in the bylaws; and if no provision be made, then in the city where the principal place of business is located at a place designated by the board of directors. Meetings of the board of directors may be held at any place within or without the state which is fixed by a quorum of the board of directors unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or bylaws.
Cal. FAC § 61314 — California Code / Code fac / Division 21 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 61314
Section 61314
Status: in_force

“Producer” means any person that operates a dairy herd which produces milk or cream commercially and whose bulk milk or bulk cream is received or handled by any distributor, manufacturer, or any nonprofit cooperative association of producers. It includes the nonprofit cooperative associations described in Article 2 (commencing with Section 61331) of this chapter in the transactions in which such article provides the associations are producers.
Cal. RTC § 13301 — California Code / Code rtc / Division 2 / Part 8 / Chapter 1 / Section 13301
Section 13301
Status: in_force

Neither the state nor any political subdivision of the state shall impose any gift, inheritance, succession, legacy, income, or estate tax, or any other tax, on gifts or on the estate or inheritance of any person or on or by reason of any transfer occurring by reason of a death.
Cal. FIN § 50301 — California Code / Code fin / Division 20 / Chapter 5 / Section 50301
Section 50301
Status: in_force

Without limitation, the functions, powers, and duties of the commissioner include the following:

(a) To issue or refuse to issue a license as provided by this division.

(b) To revoke or suspend for cause any license as provided by this division.

(c) To keep records of licenses issued under this division.

(d) To receive, consider, investigate, and act upon complaints made in connection with a licensee.

(e) To prescribe the forms of and receive (1) applications for licenses and (2) reports and books and records required to be made by a licensee under this division, including annual audited financial statements.

(f) To subpoena documents and witnesses and compel their attendance and production, to administer oaths, and to require the production of books, papers, or other materials relevant to any inquiry authorized by this division.

(g) To require information with regard to a license applicant that the commissioner may deem necessary, with regard for the paramount public interest in ascertaining the experience, background, honesty, truthfulness, integrity, and competency of the license applicant for financial transactions involving primary or subordinate mortgage financing, and if the license applicant is an entity other than an individual, in ascertaining the honesty, truthfulness, integrity, and competency of an officer or director of the corporation, association, or other entity, or the members of a partnership.

(h) To enforce by order any provision of this division.

(i) To levy fees, fines, and charges in an amount sufficient to cover the cost of the services performed in administering this division, as set forth by rule.

(j) To appoint examiners, supervisors, experts, and special assistants as needed to effectively and efficiently administer this division.
Cal. FGC § 2123 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 2123
Section 2123
Status: in_force

The department in cooperation with the State Department of Food and Agriculture shall furnish descriptive and illustrative material concerning the wild animals enumerated in or designated pursuant to Section 2118, as well as explanatory material setting forth the reasons for designating such animals as undesirable and a menace to native wildlife or to the agricultural interests of this state for the information and guidance of the enforcing officers.
Cal. HSC § 40412 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 3 / Chapter 5.5 / Article 2 / Section 40412
Section 40412
Status: in_force

The south coast district shall be the sole and exclusive local agency within the South Coast Air Basin with the responsibility for comprehensive air pollution control, and it shall have the duty to represent the citizens of the basin in influencing the decisions of other public and private agencies whose actions might have an adverse impact on air quality in the basin.
Cal. SHC § 36611 — California Code / Code shc / Division 18 / Part 7 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 36611
Section 36611
Status: in_force

“Management district plan” or “plan” means a proposal as defined in Section 36622.
Cal. FAC § 12107 — California Code / Code fac / Division 6 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 12107
Section 12107
Status: in_force

The director shall issue to each applicant that satisfies the requirements of this article a license that entitles the applicant to conduct the business described in the application for the calendar years for which the license is issued, unless the license is sooner revoked or suspended.