Section 1522.08.

(a) In order to protect the health and safety of persons receiving care or services from individuals or facilities licensed or certified by the state, departments under the jurisdiction of the California Health and Human Services Agency may share information between departments within the agency with respect to applicants, licensees, certificants, or individuals who have been the subject of any disciplinary action resulting in the denial, suspension, probation, or revocation of a license, permit, or certificate, or in the exclusion of any person from a facility, as otherwise provided by law. The State Department of Social Services shall maintain a centralized system for the monitoring and tracking of administrative disciplinary actions, to be used by all departments under the jurisdiction of the California Health and Human Services Agency as a part of the background check process.

(b) The State Department of Social Services, in consultation with the other departments under the jurisdiction of the California Health and Human Services Agency, may adopt regulations to implement this section.

(c) The State Department of Social Services may charge a fee to departments under the jurisdiction of the California Health and Human Services Agency sufficient to cover the cost of providing those departments with the disciplinary record information specified in subdivision (a).

(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 75, Sec. 11. Effective July 12, 2006. See prevailing Section 1522.08 (added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 902), as amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 22.)