California Code
PART 1 - STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
CHAPTER 4.5 - Administrative Adjudication: General Provisions

ARTICLE 1 - Preliminary Provisions

Section 11400. - 11400. (a) This chapter and Chapter 5 (commencing with Section...

Section 11400.10. - 11400.10. (a) This chapter is operative on July 1, 1997....

Section 11400.20. - 11400.20. (a) Before, on, or after July 1, 1997, an...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 11405.10. - 11405.10. Unless the provision or context requires otherwise, the definitions...

Section 11405.20. - 11405.20. “Adjudicative proceeding” means an evidentiary hearing for determination of...

Section 11405.30. - 11405.30. “Agency” means a board, bureau, commission, department, division, office,...

Section 11405.40. - 11405.40. “Agency head” means a person or body in which...

Section 11405.50. - 11405.50. (a) “Decision” means an agency action of specific application...

Section 11405.60. - 11405.60. “Party” includes the agency that is taking action, the...

Section 11405.70. - 11405.70. “Person” includes an individual, partnership, corporation, governmental subdivision or...

Section 11405.80. - 11405.80. “Presiding officer” means the agency head, member of the...

ARTICLE 3 - Application of Chapter

Section 11410.10. - 11410.10. This chapter applies to a decision by an agency...

Section 11410.20. - 11410.20. Except as otherwise expressly provided by statute: (a) This...

Section 11410.30. - 11410.30. (a) As used in this section, “local agency” means...

Section 11410.40. - 11410.40. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, by regulation,...

Section 11410.50. - 11410.50. This chapter applies to an adjudicative proceeding required to...

Section 11410.60. - 11410.60. (a) As used in this section, “quasi-public entity” means...

ARTICLE 4 - Governing Procedure

Section 11415.10. - 11415.10. (a) The governing procedure by which an agency conducts...

Section 11415.20. - 11415.20. A state statute or a federal statute or regulation...

Section 11415.30. - 11415.30. (a) To the extent necessary to avoid a loss...

Section 11415.40. - 11415.40. Except to the extent prohibited by another statute or...

Section 11415.50. - 11415.50. (a) An agency may provide any appropriate procedure for...

Section 11415.60. - 11415.60. (a) An agency may formulate and issue a decision...

ARTICLE 5 - Alternative Dispute Resolution

Section 11420.10. - 11420.10. (a) An agency, with the consent of all the...

Section 11420.20. - 11420.20. (a) The Office of Administrative Hearings shall adopt and...

Section 11420.30. - 11420.30. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a communication made...

ARTICLE 6 - Administrative Adjudication Bill of Rights

Section 11425.10. - 11425.10. (a) The governing procedure by which an agency conducts...

Section 11425.20. - 11425.20. (a) A hearing shall be open to public observation....

Section 11425.30. - 11425.30. (a) A person may not serve as presiding officer...

Section 11425.40. - 11425.40. (a) The presiding officer is subject to disqualification for...

Section 11425.50. - 11425.50. (a) The decision shall be in writing and shall...

Section 11425.60. - 11425.60. (a) A decision may not be expressly relied on...

ARTICLE 7 - Ex Parte Communications

Section 11430.10. - 11430.10. (a) While the proceeding is pending there shall be...

Section 11430.20. - 11430.20. A communication otherwise prohibited by Section 11430.10 is permissible...

Section 11430.30. - 11430.30. A communication otherwise prohibited by Section 11430.10 from an...

Section 11430.40. - 11430.40. If, while the proceeding is pending but before serving...

Section 11430.50. - 11430.50. (a) If a presiding officer receives a communication in...

Section 11430.60. - 11430.60. Receipt by the presiding officer of a communication in...

Section 11430.70. - 11430.70. (a) Subject to subdivisions (b) and (c), the provisions...

Section 11430.80. - 11430.80. (a) There shall be no communication, direct or indirect,...

ARTICLE 8 - Language Assistance

Section 11435.05. - 11435.05. As used in this article, “language assistance” means oral...

Section 11435.10. - 11435.10. Nothing in this article limits the application or effect...

Section 11435.15. - 11435.15. (a) The following state agencies shall provide language assistance...

Section 11435.20. - 11435.20. (a) The hearing, or any medical examination conducted for...

Section 11435.25. - 11435.25. (a) The cost of providing an interpreter under this...

Section 11435.30. - 11435.30. (a) The State Personnel Board shall establish, maintain, administer,...

Section 11435.35. - 11435.35. (a) The State Personnel Board shall establish, maintain, administer,...

Section 11435.40. - 11435.40. (a) The Department of Human Resources shall designate the...

Section 11435.45. - 11435.45. (a) The Department of Human Resources shall establish and...

Section 11435.50. - 11435.50. The Department of Human Resources may remove the name...

Section 11435.55. - 11435.55. (a) An interpreter used in a hearing shall be...

Section 11435.60. - 11435.60. Every agency subject to the language assistance requirement of...

Section 11435.65. - 11435.65. (a) The rules of confidentiality of the agency, if...

ARTICLE 9 - General Procedural Provisions

Section 11440.10. - 11440.10. (a) The agency head may do any of the...

Section 11440.20. - 11440.20. Service of a writing or electronic document on, or...

Section 11440.30. - 11440.30. (a) The presiding officer may conduct all or part...

Section 11440.40. - 11440.40. (a) In any proceeding under subdivision (h) or (i)...

Section 11440.45. - 11440.45. (a) In any proceedings pursuant to this chapter or...

Section 11440.50. - 11440.50. (a) This section applies in adjudicative proceedings of an...

Section 11440.60. - 11440.60. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms...

ARTICLE 10 - Informal Hearing

Section 11445.10. - 11445.10. (a) Subject to the limitations in this article, an...

Section 11445.20. - 11445.20. Subject to Section 11445.30, an agency may use an...

Section 11445.30. - 11445.30. (a) The notice of hearing shall state the agency’s...

Section 11445.40. - 11445.40. (a) Except as provided in this article, the hearing...

Section 11445.50. - 11445.50. (a) The presiding officer may deny use of the...

Section 11445.60. - 11445.60. (a) If the presiding officer has reason to believe...

ARTICLE 11 - Subpoenas

Section 11450.05. - 11450.05. (a) This article applies in an adjudicative proceeding required...

Section 11450.10. - 11450.10. (a) Subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum may be issued...

Section 11450.20. - 11450.20. (a) Subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum shall be issued...

Section 11450.30. - 11450.30. (a) A person served with a subpoena or a...

Section 11450.40. - 11450.40. A witness appearing pursuant to a subpoena or a...

Section 11450.50. - 11450.50. (a) In the case of the production of a...

ARTICLE 12 - Enforcement of Orders and Sanctions

Section 11455.10. - 11455.10. A person is subject to the contempt sanction for...

Section 11455.20. - 11455.20. (a) The presiding officer or agency head may certify...

Section 11455.30. - 11455.30. (a) The presiding officer may order a party, the...

ARTICLE 13 - Emergency Decision

Section 11460.10. - 11460.10. Subject to the limitations in this article, an agency...

Section 11460.20. - 11460.20. (a) An agency may issue an emergency decision for...

Section 11460.30. - 11460.30. (a) An agency may only issue an emergency decision...

Section 11460.40. - 11460.40. (a) Before issuing an emergency decision under this article,...

Section 11460.50. - 11460.50. (a) The agency shall issue an emergency decision, including...

Section 11460.60. - 11460.60. (a) After issuing an emergency decision under this article...

Section 11460.70. - 11460.70. The agency record consists of any documents concerning the...

Section 11460.80. - 11460.80. (a) On issuance of an emergency decision under this...

ARTICLE 14 - Declaratory Decision

Section 11465.10. - 11465.10. Subject to the limitations in this article, an agency...

Section 11465.20. - 11465.20. (a) A person may apply to an agency for...

Section 11465.30. - 11465.30. Within 30 days after receipt of an application for...

Section 11465.40. - 11465.40. The provisions of a formal, informal, or other applicable...

Section 11465.50. - 11465.50. (a) Within 60 days after receipt of an application...

Section 11465.60. - 11465.60. (a) A declaratory decision shall contain the names of...

Section 11465.70. - 11465.70. (a) The Office of Administrative Hearings shall adopt and...

ARTICLE 15 - Conversion of Proceeding

Section 11470.10. - 11470.10. (a) Subject to any applicable regulation adopted under Section...

Section 11470.20. - 11470.20. If the presiding officer or other agency official responsible...

Section 11470.30. - 11470.30. To the extent practicable and consistent with the rights...

Section 11470.40. - 11470.40. After a proceeding is converted from one type to...

Section 11470.50. - 11470.50. An agency may adopt regulations to govern the conversion...

ARTICLE 16 - Administrative Adjudication Code of Ethics

Section 11475. - 11475. The rules imposed by this article may be referred...

Section 11475.10. - 11475.10. (a) This article applies to the following persons: (1)...

Section 11475.20. - 11475.20. Except as otherwise provided in this article, the Code...

Section 11475.30. - 11475.30. For the purpose of this article, the following terms...

Section 11475.40. - 11475.40. The following provisions of the Code of Judicial Ethics...

Section 11475.50. - 11475.50. A violation of an applicable provision of the Code...

Section 11475.60. - 11475.60. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a person...

Section 11475.70. - 11475.70. Nothing in this article shall be construed or is...