California Health and Safety Code

§ 1550.5

HSC § 1550.5 Effective Jan 1, 1998Div. 2 · Ch. 3 · Art. 5

Statute text

The director may temporarily suspend any license prior to any hearing when, in the opinion of the director, the action is urgent to protect residents or clients of the facility from physical or mental abuse, abandonment, or any other substantial threat to health or safety. The director shall serve the licensee with the temporary suspension order, a copy of available discovery and other relevant evidence in the possession of the department, including, but not limited to, affidavits, declarations, and any other evidence upon which the director relied in issuing the temporary suspension order, the names of the department’s witnesses, and the effective date of the temporary suspension and at the same time shall serve the licensee with an accusation.

(a)(1) The department shall notify the licensee, upon service of an order of temporary license suspension, of the licensee’s right to an interim hearing on the order. The department shall also provide the licensee with a form and appropriate information for the licensee’s use in requesting an interim hearing. The department shall also notify the licensee, upon service, of the licensee’s independent right to seek review of the order by the superior court pursuant to Section 1085 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

(2)(A) The licensee may request an interim hearing by mailing or delivering a written request to the Office of Administrative Hearings. The licensee shall mail or deliver the request to the address or location specified on the request form served with the order. The licensee shall mail or deliver the request within five days after service of the order. Upon receipt of a timely request for an interim hearing, the Office of Administrative Hearings shall set a hearing date and time which shall be within 10 working days of the office’s receipt of the request. The Office of Administrative Hearings shall promptly notify the licensee of the date, time, and place of the hearing. The licensee’s request for an interim hearing shall not stay the operation of the order.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 728, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.