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Laws & Regulations

  1. Program Statutes
  2. Program Regulations
  3. Newly Adopted, Amended, or Repealed Regulations
  4. Proposed Regulations

Program Statutes

Statutory authorization for the Department of Health Care Access and Information and its programs is primarily found in Division 107 of the Health and Safety Code, §127000 et seq.

Division 107 is divided into parts that roughly correlate to the Divisions within the Office. Some HCAI Divisions administer more than one program. (Note that specific program statutes may be located in other areas of the Health and Safety Code, or in other Codes.)

  • Healthcare Workforce and Community Development Division programs and Health Professions Education Foundation programs – Part 3, commencing with §127750
  • Information Services Division programs – Part 5, commencing with §128675
  • Cal-Mortgage Loan Insurance Division – Part 6, commencing with §129000
  • Facilities Development Division – Part 7, commencing with §129675

California Codes, including the Health and Safety Code, can be accessed through the Official California Legislative Information website. Select “California Law” and then “Health and Safety Code”.

Program Regulations

Most HCAI program regulations are found in Division 7 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR), commencing with §90001.

Division 7 is divided into chapters – HCAI Divisions may have regulations in more than one chapter.

  • Healthcare Workforce and Community Development Division and Health Professions Education Foundation (Note that specific program regulations may be found in other parts of the CCR)
    • Chapter 6, commencing with §92001
    • Chapters 14 – 17, commencing with §97700.1
  • Information Services Division
    • Chapter 9, commencing with §96040,
    • Chapter 9.5, commencing with §96060,
    • Chapter 10, commencing with §97003
  • Cal-Mortgage Division
    • Chapter 5, commencing with §91401

Facilities Development Division adopts building standards that are found in Title 24.

The California Code of Regulations (except for Title 24) can be accessed through the Office of Administrative Law or directly through the California Code of Regulations.

Newly Adopted, Amended, or Repealed Regulations

Posted pursuant to Government Code Section 11343(c).

See the California Code of Regulations website to view a simple text version of the documents in this section.

Proposed Regulations

Chapter 8: Hospital Community Reports has been filed with OAL and the proposed regulations are available for review and comment.  The Official Public Comment Period begins Friday, January 21, 2022, and will end at 5:00 p.m. on March 8, 2022.