California Code of Regulations
Title 8 - Industrial Relations
Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations
Chapter 4.5 - Division of Workers' Compensation
Subchapter 2 - Workers' Compensation Appeals Board-Rules and Practice Procedure
Article 6 - Venue
Section 10490 - Petition for Change of Venue for Good Cause

A petition for change of venue pursuant to Labor Code section 5501.6 shall be filed at the district office or permanently staffed satellite office having venue. Any objection to a petition for a change of venue shall be filed within 10 days of the filing of the petition. The presiding workers' compensation judge of the district office having venue, or the workers' compensation judge of the permanently staffed satellite office having venue, shall grant or deny the petition for change of venue, or serve notice of a status conference concerning the petition, within 30 days of the filing of the petition.

1. Amendment of section heading and section filed 12-19-2002; operative 1-1-2003. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Government Code section 11351 (Register 2002, No. 51).
2. Renumbering of former section 10490 to section 10515 and renumbering of former section 10411 to section 10490, including amendment of section heading and section, filed 12-17-2019; operative 1-1-2020. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Government Code section 11351 (Register 2019, No. 51).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 133, 5307, 5309 and 5708, Labor Code. Reference: Section 5501.6, Labor Code.