Section 11435.15.  


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  • (a) The following state agencies shall provide language assistance in adjudicative proceedings to the extent provided in this article:

    Agricultural Labor Relations Board

    Department of Alcohol and Drug Abuse

    State Athletic Commission

    California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board

    Board of Prison Terms

    State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology

    State Department of Developmental Services

    Public Employment Relations Board

    Franchise Tax Board

    State Department of Health Services

    Department of Housing and Community Development

    Department of Industrial Relations

    State Department of State Hospitals

    Department of Motor Vehicles

    Notary Public Section, Office of the Secretary of State

    Public Utilities Commission

    Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development

    State Department of Social Services

    Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

    Department of the Youth Authority

    Youthful Offender Parole Board

    Department of Insurance

    State Personnel Board

    California Board of Podiatric Medicine

    Board of Psychology

    (b) Nothing in this section prevents an agency other than an agency listed in subdivision (a) from electing to adopt any of the procedures in this article, provided that any selection of an interpreter is subject to Section 11435.30.

    (c) Nothing in this section prohibits an agency from providing an interpreter during a proceeding to which this chapter does not apply, including an informal factfinding or informal investigatory hearing.

    (d) This article applies to an agency listed in subdivision (a) notwithstanding a general provision that this chapter does not apply to some or all of an agency's adjudicative proceedings.

(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 440, Sec. 11. Effective September 22, 2012.)