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Cal. FGC § 14101 — California Code / Code fgc / Division 11 / Chapter 2 / Section 14101
Section 14101
Status: in_force

The term of each commissioner shall be four years. A commissioner shall hold office until his successor shall be appointed and qualified but such successor’s term shall expire four years from the legal date of expiration of the term of his predecessor. Any commissioner may be removed from office by the Governor upon charges and after a hearing. The term of any commissioner who ceases to hold the qualifications required shall terminate when a successor may be duly appointed. Vacancies occurring in the office of a commissioner from any reason or cause shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as for a full term appointment.
Cal. FAC § 75113 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 13 / Article 5 / Section 75113
Section 75113
Status: in_force

The director shall establish a period in which to conduct the referendum which shall not be less than 10 days or more than 60 days in duration, and may prescribe additional procedures as may be necessary to conduct the referendum. If the initial period established is less than 60 days, the director may extend the period. However, the total referendum period may not exceed 60 days.
Cal. BPC § 17767 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 7 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Section 17767
Section 17767
Status: in_force

If a trading stamp company fails to redeem any of its trading stamps, any rightful holder of those stamps may bring a civil action for damages within three years of the failure to redeem.
Cal. PRC § 4651 — California Code / Code prc / Division 4 / Part 2 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 4651
Section 4651
Status: in_force

The management of state forests and the cutting and sale of timber and other forest products from state forests shall conform to regulations prepared by the director and approved by the board. These regulations shall be in conformity with forest management practices designed to achieve maximum sustained production of high-quality forest products while giving consideration to values relating to recreation, watershed, wildlife, range and forage, fisheries, and aesthetic enjoyment. The sale of timber and other forest products is limited to raw materials only.
Cal. BPC § 3502.3 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 7.7 / Article 1 / Section 3502.3
Section 3502.3
Status: in_force

(a) (1) A practice agreement shall include provisions that address the following:

(A) The types of medical services a physician assistant is authorized to perform.

(B) Policies and procedures to ensure adequate supervision of the physician assistant, including, but not limited to, appropriate communication, availability, consultations, and referrals between a physician and surgeon and the physician assistant in the provision of medical services.

(C) The methods for the continuing evaluation of the competency and qualifications of the physician assistant.

(D) The furnishing or ordering of drugs or devices by a physician assistant pursuant to Section 3502.1.

(E) Any additional provisions agreed to by the physician assistant and physician and surgeon.

(2) A practice agreement shall be signed by both of the following:

(A) The physician assistant.

(B) One or more physicians and surgeons or a physician and surgeon who is authorized to approve the practice agreement on behalf of the staff of the physicians and surgeons on the staff of an organized health care system.

(3) A delegation of services agreement in effect prior to January 1, 2020, shall be deemed to meet the requirements of this subdivision.

(4) A practice agreement may designate a PA as an agent of a supervising physician and surgeon.

(5) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require approval of a practice agreement by the board.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, in addition to any other practices that meet the general criteria set forth in this chapter or regulations adopted by the board or the Medical Board of California, a practice agreement may authorize a PA to do any of the following:

(1) Order durable medical equipment, subject to any limitations set forth in Section 3502 or the practice agreement. Notwithstanding that authority, nothing in this paragraph shall operate to limit the ability of a third-party payer to require prior approval.

(2) For individuals receiving home health services or personal care services, after consultation with a supervising physician and surgeon, approve, sign, modify, or add to a plan of treatment or plan of care.

(3) After performance of a physical examination by the PA under the supervision of a physician and surgeon consistent with this chapter, certify disability pursuant to Section 2708 of the Unemployment Insurance Code. The Employment Development Department shall implement this paragraph on or before January 1, 2017.

(c) This section shall not be construed to affect the validity of any practice agreement in effect prior to the effective date of this section or those adopted subsequent to the effective date of this section.
Cal. UIC § 2106 — California Code / Code uic / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 10 / Section 2106
Section 2106
Status: in_force

It is a violation of this chapter for any employing unit, or any officer or agent of an employing unit, to willfully and unlawfully fail or neglect to furnish to the director reports required by him when necessary for the enforcement of this division.
Cal. HSC § 127471 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 107 / Part 2 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 3 / Section 127471
Section 127471
Status: in_force

(a) A pharmacy benefit manager shall not impose any requirements, conditions, or exclusions that do either of the following:

(1) Discriminate against a covered entity or a specified pharmacy in connection with dispensing covered drugs.

(2) Prevent a covered entity from retaining the benefit of discounted pricing for the purchase of covered drugs.

(b) Discrimination prohibited pursuant to subdivision (a) includes, but is not limited to, all of the following:

(1) Payment terms, reimbursement methodologies, or other terms and conditions that distinguish between covered drugs and other drugs, account for the availability of discounts under the 340B discount drug purchasing program described in Section 256b of Title 42 of the United States Code in determining reimbursement, or are less favorable than the payment terms or reimbursement methodologies for similarly situated entities that are not furnishing or dispensing covered drugs.

(2) Terms or conditions applied to covered entities or specified pharmacies based on the furnishing or dispensing of covered drugs or their status as a covered entity or specified pharmacy, including restrictions or requirements for participation in specialty, standard, or preferred pharmacy networks, or requirements related to the frequency or scope of audits.

(3) Refusing to contract with or terminating a contract with a covered entity or specified pharmacy, or otherwise excluding a covered entity or specified pharmacy from a specialty, standard or preferred network, on the basis that the entity or pharmacy is a covered entity or a specified pharmacy or for reasons other than those that apply equally to entities or pharmacies that are not covered entities or specified pharmacies.

(4) Retaliation against a covered entity or specified pharmacy based on its exercise of any right or remedy under this article.

(5) Interfering with an individual’s choice to receive a covered drug from a covered entity or specified pharmacy, whether in person or via direct delivery, mail, or other form of shipment.

(6) Restricting or prohibiting a covered entity from raising a grievance or speaking publicly about any pharmacy benefit manager that violates this subdivision or from filing a legal action against a pharmacy benefit manager for violating this subdivision.

(c) This section does not apply to the Medi-Cal program or the federal Medicare Program but does apply to pharmacy benefit managers that contract with managed care organizations that serve Medi-Cal or Medicare members.

(d) The provisions of this section shall not be waived, voided, or nullified by contract.

(e) This article shall only be implemented to the extent that it is consistent with Section 256b of Title 42 of the United States Code or any rules or regulations adopted thereunder.
Cal. FAC § 7503 — California Code / Code fac / Division 4 / Part 4 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 7503
Section 7503
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter are in addition to the requirements which are specified in the following provisions of this code:

(a) Article 1 (commencing with Section 5701), Chapter 8, Part 1 of this division.

(b) Article 2 (commencing with Section 5721), Chapter 8, Part 1 of this division.

(c) Article 3 (commencing with Section 5741), Chapter 8, Part 1 of this division.

(d) Article 3 (commencing with Section 6341), Chapter 1, Part 2 of this division.

(e) Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 6501), Part 2 of this division.

(f) Articles 2 (commencing with Section 6921), 3 (commencing with Section 6941), and 4 (commencing with Section 6961), Chapter 2 of Part 3 of this division.

(g) Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 52251) of Division 18.
Cal. WAT § 8980 — California Code / Code wat / Division 5 / Part 4 / Chapter 7 / Article 6 / Section 8980
Section 8980
Status: in_force

The warrants shall be payable with interest in their proper order of registration, as provided in this part.
Cal. HSC § 110600 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 5 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 110600
Section 110600
Status: in_force

Any food is adulterated if it is fresh meat and it contains any preservative or other chemical substance not approved for use in fresh meat by the department, the United States Department of Agriculture, or the Department of Food and Agriculture of this state.
Cal. HSC § 25395.68 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 20 / Chapter 6.82 / Article 2 / Section 25395.68
Section 25395.68
Status: in_force

“Board” means the State Water Resources Control Board.
Cal. PUC § 132351 — California Code / Code puc / Division 12.7 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 132351
Section 132351
Status: in_force

The consolidation of SANDAG and the transit boards will consolidate responsibilities under the organization and governance structure and with the powers, duties, functions, and authority as set forth herein.
Cal. HNC § 505 — California Code / Code hnc / Division 3 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 505
Section 505
Status: in_force

(a) A registered or legal owner of a vessel may release any interest in the vessel after the lien has arisen. The release shall be dated when signed and a copy shall be given at the time the release is signed to the person releasing the interest.

(b) The release shall be in at least 12-point type and shall contain all of the following information in simple, nontechnical language:

(1) A description of the vessel, including the make, the identification number, and the state of registration, to the extent available.

(2) The names and addresses of the registered and legal owners of record with the department, to the extent available.

(3) A statement of the amount of the lien and the facts which give rise to the lien.

(4) A statement that the person releasing the interest understands that (i) he or she has a legal right to a hearing in court prior to any sale of the vessel to satisfy the lien and (ii) he or she is giving up the right to appear to contest the claim of the lienholder.

(5) A statement that (i) the person releasing the interest gives up any interest he or she may have in the vessel and (ii) he or she is giving the lienholder permission to sell the vessel.

(c) The release required by this section shall be filed with the department in connection with any transfer of interest in a vessel following a lien sale.
Cal. PRC § 47104 — California Code / Code prc / Division 30 / Part 7 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 47104
Section 47104
Status: in_force

The board shall prepare, in consultation with the Department of Toxic Substances Control, guidelines and a state policy to guide the efforts of local agencies to provide household hazardous waste collection, recycling, and disposal programs pursuant to this article. The guidelines required by this section shall allow adequate flexibility to local agencies in meeting their individual needs, to the extent that the local agency’s program does not conflict with the state policy prepared pursuant to this subdivision.
Cal. PRC § 13041 — California Code / Code prc / Division 11 / Chapter 3 / Section 13041
Section 13041
Status: in_force

(a) Any compensation provided pursuant to this section shall comply with Articles 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) and 2.4 (commencing with Section 53234) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.

(b) The district board may authorize each director to receive compensation not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25) for each meeting of the board attended by the director within the State of California, not exceeding two meetings in any calendar month, plus reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of these duties.

(c) The district board may authorize a director to receive for performing duties for the district other than attending board meetings:

(1) Not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25) for each day, but payment is limited to five days in any calendar month as to each director other than the president.

(2) Actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of these duties.

(d) The secretary shall receive compensation set by the board, which compensation shall be in lieu of any other compensation to which the secretary may be entitled for attendance at meetings pursuant to this section.
Cal. ELEC § 20512 — California Code / Code elec / Division 20 / Chapter 7 / Section 20512
Section 20512
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:

(a) “Advertisement” means any general or public communication that a large online platform knows is authorized or paid for with the purpose of supporting or opposing a candidate for elective office.

(b) “Broadcasting station” means a radio or television broadcasting station, including any of the following:

(1) Cable operator, programmer, or producer.

(2) Streaming service operator, programmer, or producer.

(3) Direct-to-home satellite television operator, programmer, or producer.

(c) “Candidate” means any person running for a voter-nominated office as defined in Section 359.5, any person running for the office of President or Vice President of the United States, and any person running for the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.

(d) “Deepfake” means audio or visual media that is digitally created or modified such that it would falsely appear to a reasonable person to be an authentic record of the actual speech or conduct of the individual depicted in the media.

(e) “Election communication” means a general or public communication that is not an “advertisement” and that concerns any of the following:

(1) A candidate for elective office.

(2) Voting or refraining from voting in an election in California.

(3) The canvass of the vote for an election in California, as defined in subdivision (f).

(4) Voting machines, ballots, voting sites, or other property or equipment related to an election in California.

(5) Proceedings or processes of the electoral college in California.

(f) “Election in California” means any election where a candidate, as defined in this section, is on the ballot, and any election where a statewide initiative or statewide referendum measure is on the ballot.

(g) “Elections official” means either of the following persons acting in their official capacity:

(1) An elections official as defined in Section 320.

(2) The Secretary of State.

(h) “Large online platform” means a public-facing internet website, web application, or digital application, including a social media platform as defined in Section 22675 of the Business and Professions Code, video sharing platform, advertising network, or search engine that had at least 1,000,000 California users during the preceding 12 months.

(i) (1) “Materially deceptive content” means audio or visual media that is digitally created or modified, and that includes, but is not limited to, deepfakes and the output of chatbots, such that it would falsely appear to a reasonable person to be an authentic record of the content depicted in the media.

(2) “Materially deceptive content” does not include any audio or visual media that contains only minor modifications that do not significantly change the perceived contents or meaning of the content. Minor changes include changes to the brightness or contrast of images, removal of background noise in audio, and other minor changes that do not impact the content of the image or audio or visual media.
Cal. WIC § 16941 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 4.7 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 16941
Section 16941
Status: in_force

(a) The amount appropriated and available for the purposes of this chapter shall be allocated to each MISP county in accordance with the ratios established in subdivision (b).

(b) Allocations shall be made to each county by multiplying the amount appropriated for the purposes of this chapter by each percentage listed below:

County CHIP Allocation
Alameda 4.7427%
Contra Costa 1.8032%
Fresno 2.6855%
Kern 1.7083%
Lake 0.1826%
Los Angeles 43.8057%
Mendocino 0.2664%
Merced 0.7244%
Monterey 1.2937%
Orange 5.1382%
Placer 0.3697%
Riverside 3.1828%
Sacramento 3.2922%
San Bernardino 3.7972%
San Diego 5.9971%
San Francisco 5.3898%
San Joaquin 1.7413%
San Luis Obispo 0.8096%
San Mateo 1.4582%
Santa Barbara 0.7918%
Santa Clara 5.2450%
Santa Cruz 0.7709%
Stanislaus 1.2793%
Tulare 1.3768%
Ventura 1.5472%
Yolo 0.6004%
Cal. HSC § 54016 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 16 / Chapter 3 / Section 54016
Section 54016
Status: in_force

Upon request of the board stating that funds are needed for purposes of this part, the committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds, and, if so, the amount of bonds to be issued and sold. Successive issues of bonds may be authorized and sold to carry out those actions progressively, and are not required to be sold at any one time. Bonds may bear interest subject to federal income tax.
Cal. HSC § 80730 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 45 / Part 2 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 80730
Section 80730
Status: in_force

“Secured creditor insurance” means insurance made available to an insured that covers all of the following:

(a) Response costs at a site incurred by the lender after a default by the borrower or foreclosure by the lender that occurs as a result of a pollution condition at the site, and the costs are reasonably necessary to remediate the site for its intended use so that it can be sold.

(b) Damages or other liability for a pollution condition at a site incurred by a lender as a result of that lender exercising a foreclosure option.

(c) Loss or damages incurred by a lender as a result of a borrower’s inability to satisfy a loan obligation or due to the existence of an unforeseen and unexpected pollution condition.

(d) A duty to defend and pay for defense costs in an amount at least up to the amount of coverage available under the policy, irrespective of whether an administrative or judicial order requires the insured to compensate any party or pay for the loss, damages, or liability, so long as there exists a reasonably quantifiable legal obligation to pay damages.
Cal. HSC § 112370 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 104 / Part 6 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 112370
Section 112370
Status: in_force

“Storer” means a person who offers articles of food for cold storage.
Cal. PRC § 5080.36.1 — California Code / Code prc / Division 5 / Chapter 1.2 / Article 2 / Section 5080.36.1
Section 5080.36.1
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the department and the City of Malibu are in the process of entering into an operating agreement for the purpose of negotiating a concession contract that would require the City of Malibu to repair and refurbish, and operate, the Malibu Pier, and that the standard 20-year term is insufficient to enable the City of Malibu to amortize the type and scale of repairs and improvements that the department will require the City of Malibu to make.

(b) The department and the City of Malibu may enter into an operating agreement for the repair, refurbishment, and operation of the Malibu Pier for a period not to exceed 30 years if the operating agreement also requires the rent to be reviewed and adjusted at least every five years to reflect economic conditions in the area in which the pier is located.
Cal. BPC § 2859.1 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 2 / Chapter 6.5 / Article 2 / Section 2859.1
Section 2859.1
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:

(1) “Naturopathic doctor” means a person who holds a current, active, and unrestricted license pursuant to the Naturopathic Doctors Act (Chapter 8.2 commencing with Section 3610).

(2) (A) “Supervision” or “supervising,” as used in connection with the supervision of a licensed vocational nurse by a naturopathic doctor, means the supervision of procedures authorized by this section and Section 2859 that are within the scope of practice of the naturopathic doctor, and means that a naturopathic doctor oversees the activities of, and accepts responsibility for, those services described in this section and Section 2859 that are performed by a supervised licensed vocational nurse. “Supervision” in this context does not require the physical presence of a naturopathic doctor, but does require both of the following:

(i) Adherence to adequate supervision as agreed to in the practice agreement described in Section 2859.

(ii) The naturopathic doctor being available by telephone at the time the licensed vocational nurse examines the patient.

(B) This definition does not prohibit the board from requiring the physical presence of a naturopathic doctor as a term or condition of the discipline, reinstatement, or probation of a licensed vocational nurse.

(b) This section does not authorize a naturopathic doctor to supervise or direct a licensed vocational nurse to start or superimpose intravenous fluids in a manner that would violate Section 2860.5, including by performing the procedure outside of an organized health care system.

(c) This section does not authorize a licensed vocational nurse to perform any of the following acts:

(1) Administering Botox, Juvederm, Kybella, or glutathione injections.

(2) Performing platelet-rich plasma therapy.

(3) Performing skin growth removal procedures.

(4) Performing other cosmetic procedures outside the scope of practice of a licensed vocational nurse, as determined by the board.

(5) Administering laser, light, steam, or ultraviolet treatment therapies, unless directed by a physician and surgeon or naturopathic doctor for a medically necessary purpose.

(6) Starting or superimposing intravenous fluids independently in unsupervised home care or other unauthorized setting.

(d) This section does not authorize an unlicensed naturopathic doctor to hire, direct, or supervise a licensed vocational nurse.

(e) This section does not authorize a licensed naturopathic doctor to hire, direct, or supervise a licensed vocational nurse who has a license that is not current and active.

(f) If a naturopathic doctor provides supervision of a licensed vocational nurse who has a restricted license due to a probationary order, then the supervising naturopathic doctor shall ensure that they comply and provide supervision within the terms of the probationary order.