California Code of Regulations
Title 22 - Social Security
Division 6 - Licensing of Community Care Facilities
Chapter 9.5 - Foster Family Homes
Article 2 - Administrative
Section 89235 - Conditions for Forfeiture of a Foster Family Home License

Universal Citation: 22 CA Code of Regs 89235

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

(a) Conditions for forfeiture of a license are specified in Health and Safety Code section 1524.

(b) The caregiver abandons the home when:

(1) The caregiver informs the licensing agency that the caregiver no longer accepts responsibility for the home, or

(2) The licensing agency is unable to determine the caregiver's whereabouts after the licensing agency has:
(A) Requested information of the caregiver's whereabouts from an adult at the home if an adult can be contacted, and

(B) Made at least one phone call per day to the caregiver's last telephone number of record for five consecutive workdays with no response, and

(C) Sent a certified letter to the caregiver's last mailing address of record requesting that the caregiver contact the licensing agency with no response within seven calendar days.

(c) If the caregiver dies or abandons the home and a responsible adult with control of the property continues to operate the home, he or she shall file a new application and include evidence of the caregiver's death if applicable. The responsible adult shall be subject to Section 89206, Operation Without A License if a new license is not obtained.

1. Renumbering of former section 87035 to section 89235, including amendment of section and NOTE, filed 6-26-2002 as an emergency; operative 7-1-2002 (Register 2002, No. 26). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 10-29-2002 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. Renumbering of former section 87035 to section 89235, including amendment of section and NOTE, refiled 10-28-2002 as an emergency; operative 10-29-2002 (Register 2002, No. 44). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 2-26-2003 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3. Certificate of Compliance as to 10-28-2002 order transmitted to OAL 2-25-2003 and filed 4-9-2003 (Register 2003, No. 15).
4. Amendment of section and NOTE filed 3-4-2010; operative 4-3-2010 (Register 2010, No. 10).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 1524, 1530 and 1530.5, Health and Safety Code; and Section 21 of Assembly Bill (AB) 1695 (Chapter 653, Statutes of 2001). Reference: Sections 1501, 1501.1, 1503, 1503.5, 1508, 1520, 1521.5, 1524 and 1531, Health and Safety Code.

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