California Health and Safety Code

§ 1793.6

HSC § 1793.6 Effective Jan 1, 2001Div. 2 · Ch. 10 · Art. 7

Statute text

(a)The department may issue citations pursuant to this section containing orders of abatement and assessing civil penalties against any entity that violates Section 1771.2 or 1793.5.

(b)If upon inspection or investigation, the department has probable cause to believe that an entity is violating Section 1771.2 or 1793.5, the department may issue a citation to that entity. Each citation shall be in writing and shall describe with particularity the basis of the citation. Each citation shall contain an order of abatement. In addition to the administrative fines imposed pursuant to Section 1793.27, an entity that violates the abatement order shall be liable for a civil penalty in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200) per day for violation of the abatement order.

(c)The civil penalty authorized in subdivision (b) shall be imposed if a continuing care retirement community is operated without a provisional certificate of authority or certificate of authority and the operator refuses to seek a certificate of authority or the operator seeks a certificate of authority and the application is denied and the operator continues to operate the continuing care retirement community without a provisional certificate of authority or certificate of authority, unless other remedies available to the department, including prosecution, are deemed more appropriate by the department.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 820, Sec. 59. Effective January 1, 2001.