California Code of Regulations
Title 2 - Administration
Division 1 - Administrative Personnel
Chapter 1 - State Personnel Board
Subchapter 1.2 - Hearings and Appeals
Article 10 - Whistleblower Retaliation Complaint Process
Section 67.1 - Whistleblower Retaliation Complaints

Any state employee or applicant for state employment, or any employee or applicant for employment with a California Community College, who believes that he or she has been retaliated against in employment for having reported improper governmental activity, as that phrase is defined in Government Code section 8547.2(b), or Education Code section 87162(c), or for having refused to obey an illegal order or directive, as defined in Government Code section 8547.2(e), or Education Code section 87162(b), may file a complaint and/or appeal with the State Personnel Board in accordance with the provisions set forth in sections 67.2 through 67.8. For purposes of complaints filed by community college employees or applicants for community college employment, the local community college district shall be deemed the "appointing power."

1. New subarticle 10 (sections 67.1-67.8) and renumbering of former section 56 to new section 67.1, including amendment of section heading, section and NOTE, filed 8-18-2010; operative 8-18-2010 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2010, No. 34).
2. Change without regulatory effect redesignating former subarticle 10 as new article 10 filed 9-7-2010 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2010, No. 37).

Note: Authority cited: Section 18701, Government Code. Reference: Sections 87162 and 87164, Education Code; and Sections 8547.2, 8547.8 and 19683, Government Code.