Cal. HSC § 1564 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 3 / Article 6 / Section 1564
Section 1564
Status: in_force

(a) No individual who has ever been convicted of a sex offense against a minor shall reside in a community care facility that is within one mile of an elementary school.

(b) Any community care facility which is located within one mile of an elementary school shall obtain from each individual who is a resident of the facility on the effective date of this section a signed statement that the resident or applicant for residence has never been convicted of a sex offense against a minor.

(c) If on January 1, 1983, a person who has been convicted of a sex offense against a minor is residing in a community care facility that is within one mile of a school, the operator shall notify the appropriate placement agency. Continued residence in the facility shall extend no longer than six months.

(d) Prior to placement in a community care facility which is located within one mile of an elementary school, the placement agency shall obtain, from the client to be placed, a signed statement that he or she has never been convicted of a sex offense against a minor. Any placement agent who knowingly places a person who has been convicted of a sex offense against a minor in a facility which is located within one mile of an elementary school shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Where there is no placement agency involved, the community care facility shall obtain from any applicant a signed statement that he or she has never been convicted of a sex offense against a minor.

(e) Any resident or applicant for residence who makes a false statement as to a conviction for a prior sex offense against a minor is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(f) For purposes of this section, “sex offense” means any one or more of the following offenses:

(1) Any offense defined in Section 220, 261, 261.5, 266, 266e, 266f, 266i, 266j, 267, 273f as it pertains to houses of prostitution, 273g, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 311, 311.2, 311.4, 313.1, 318, subdivision (a) or (d) of Section 647, 647a, 650  1/2 as it relates to lewd or lascivious behavior, 653f, or 653m, or former Section 288a of, the Penal Code.

(2) Any offense defined in subdivision (5) of former Section 647 of the Penal Code repealed by Chapter 560 of the Statutes of 1961, or any offense defined in subdivision (2) of former Section 311 of the Penal Code repealed by Chapter 2147 of the Statutes of 1961, if the offense defined in such sections was committed prior to September 15, 1961.

(3) Any offense defined in Section 314 of the Penal Code committed on or after September 15, 1961.

(4) Any offense defined in subdivision (1) of former Section 311 of the Penal Code repealed by Chapter 2147 of the Statutes of 1961 committed on or after September 7, 1955, and prior to September 15, 1961.

(5) Any offense involving lewd and lascivious conduct under Section 272 of the Penal Code committed on or after September 15, 1961.

(6) Any offense involving lewd and lascivious conduct under former Section 702 of the Welfare and Institutions Code repealed by Chapter 1616 of the Statutes of 1961, if such offense was committed prior to September 15, 1961.

(7) Any offense defined in Section 286 or 288a of the Penal Code prior to the effective date of the amendment of either section enacted at the 1975–76 Regular Session of the Legislature committed prior to the effective date of the amendment.

(8) Any attempt or conspiracy to commit any of the above-mentioned offenses.

(9) Any federal sex offense or any sex offense committed or attempted in any other state which, if committed or attempted in this state, would have been punishable as one or more of the above-mentioned offenses.

(g) This section shall not apply to residential care facilities for the elderly or to any person receiving community supervision and treatment pursuant to Title 15 (commencing with Section 1600) of Part 2 of the Penal Code.