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Governor Schwarzenegger

Contact OAL:

Office of Administrative Law
300 Capitol Mall, Suite 1250
Sacramento, CA 95814-4339

Phone (916) 323-6225
CALNET 473-6225
Fax: (916) 323-6826
e-mail: staff@oal.ca.gov

Reference Attorney phone message line: (916) 323-6815

Reference Attorney e-mail: staff@oal.ca.gov

Recent Disapproval Decisions

2009
Decision Number Agency / Subject
2009-0417-02S Department of Water Resources (Financial Assistance for Flood Management Projects)
2009-0323-01S California Department of Transportation (Broadband Facility Installation - Encroachment Permits)
2009-0309-03S Physical Therapy Board (Disciplinary Guidelines)
2009-0227-01S Department of Rehabilitation (Business Enterprises Program for the Blind)
2009-0209-03S Department of Water Resources (Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance)
2009-0126-03S Emergency Medical Services Authority (Advanced Emergency Medical Technician; Emergency Medical Technician II)
2008
2008-1218-01S California Highway Patrol (Wheelchair School Buses)
2008-1120-01S Department of Justice, Bureau of Gambling Control (Nonprofit Organization Fundraisers)
2008-1117-02S Veterinary Medical Board (RVT Eligibility Categories/Internship/Residency Program)
2008-1024-02S Department of Rehabilitation (Business Enterprises Program for the Blind)
2008-0911-01S Structural Pest Control Board (False and Misleading Advertising)
2008-0912-01S Bureau of Barbering and Cosmetology of the Department of Consumer Affairs; and Board of Barbering and Cosmetology (Cosmetology Curriculum)
2008-0902-01S Bureau of Barbering and Cosmetology of the Department of Consumer Affairs; and Board of Barbering and Cosmetology (Esthetician Curriculum)
2008-0821-03S Department of Motor Vehicles (Business Partner Automation Program)
2008-0731-02E Department of Water Resources (Financial Assistance for Flood Management Projects)
2008-0710-05S Physical Therapy Board of California (Administrative Citations and Fines)
2008-0425-03S Air Resources Board (California Reformulated Gasoline Regulation 2007)
2008-0415-02S Department of Social Services (Training of Child Welfare Workers and Juvenile Probation Workers)
2008-0414-01S Department of Motor Vehicles (Mature Driver Improvement Course Approval Program)
2008-0319-02S State Mining and Geology Board (Vested Rights Determination)
2008-0305-01S Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (Inmate Mail)
2008-0226-04S Department of Health Care Services (Sign Language Interpreter Services)
2008-0204-04S Acupuncture Board (Continuing Education)
2008-0204-03S Department of Motor Vehicles (Occupational Licensing Disciplinary Guidelines)
2008-0125-02S Superintendent of Public Instruction (Child Care and Development Services - Need)
2008-0111-03S Department of Managed Health Care (Timely Access To Health Care Services)
2007
07-1219-01S Department of Pesticide Regulation (Field Fumigant Emissions Reduction)
07-1203-01S California Coastal Commission (Filing Fee Update)
07-1102-06 NR Department of Fish and Game (Vacuum or Suction Dredging)
07-1019-01SR California Horse Racing Board (Classification of Drug Substances)
07-1015-04 SR Board of Education (Educational Interpreters)
07-0810-01S Air Resources Board (On-Board Diagnostic II)
07-0727-02SR Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (Test Administration and Security Requirements)
07-0810-03E Board of Parole Hearings (Voluntary Waivers, Postponements, Continuances)
07-0625-02C Department of Social Services (Community Care Licensing (CCL) Crisis Nurseries)
07-0511-01S Dental Board of California (Oral Conscious Sedation)
07-0601-04S California Energy Commission (Greenhouse Gases Emission Performance Standard)
07-0510-02N Fish and Game Commission (Scott Bar Salamander)
07-0427-04SR Board of Equalization (Petroleum Refining Properties)
June 18, 2007 Request for Review
June 25, 2007 Response by OAL
July 11, 2007 Governor's Decision
07-0323-02S Board of Education (Nonpublic Schools)
07-0221-02S Physician Assistant Committee (Delegation of Services Agreement)
07-0104-01S Department of Justice (Electronic Recording Delivery Systems)
07-0105-06S Department of Insurance (Title Insurance Statistical Plan and Related Rules Governing Rates/Charges
07-0112-01S California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM Grants Administration Policy for Nonprofit and Academic Institutions)
07-0119-02E Board of Equalization (Quality Education Investment Act (QEIA))
07-0131-02S Department of Food and Agriculture (Standardization Penalty Guidelines and Matrix)
2006
06-1130-01S Department of Insurance (Life and Annuity Consumer Protection)
06-1130-03S Department of Insurance (Health Language Assistance Programs)
06-1221-06 S Board of Occupational Therapy (Use of Topical Medications)
06-1214-01S Fair Employment and Housing Commission (Harassment Training and Education)
06-1114-04S Department of Insurance (Procedures for conducting labor rate surveys of auto body repair shops)
06-0630-03S Department of Social Services (Licensing and Operation of Community Care Facilities)
06-0608-01S Acupuncture Board (Continuing Education; Active/Inactive Status of License Holders; Courses)
06-0605-02S Department of Social Services (Merging Adult Day Care and Adult Day Support Centers Licensing Categories into One Category called Adult Day Programs)
06-0519-07S Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (Accreditation and Approval of Institutions and Programs; Advertising)
06-0509-01S Department of Insurance (Mutual Fund Investments Involved in Variable Life Insurance Products; Codification of Insurance Dept. Bulletin 97-2)
06-0323-02S Board of Optometry (Citations and Fines)
06-0306-03S Medical Board of California (Approved Postgraduate Training)
06-0202-03S Department of Food and Agriculture (Transporters of Inedible Kitchen Grease)
2005
05-1027-05S Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (Establishing "No Observable Effects Level" for intravenous exposure to Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP)).
05-1025-02E California Horse Racing Board (Period of Heightened Surveillance on Horse, Trainer, and Stable)
05-0922-01E Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Workers' Compensation (Predesignation of Treating Physician)
05-0902-01C Superintendent of Public Instruction (Child Care & Development Programs -- Child Protective Services and At Risk Children)
05-0826-03S Board of Chiropractic Examiners (Manipulation Under Anesthesia, MUA)
05-0715-03S Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (Approved Curriculum for Professional Engineers)
05-0624-01S Department of Insurance (Workers' Compensation Claims Adjuster Training)
05-0620-01S California Energy Commission (Petroleum Industry Information Reporting Act)
05-0617-03S Physical Therapy Board of California (Fees for Applications, Examinations and Licensing of Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants)
05-0414-01S Dental Board of California (Continuing Education Requirements for Licensees of the Dental Board of California)
05-0329-02S California Energy Commission (California Climate Action Registry ("CCAR"))
05-0316-01S California Integrated Waste Management Board (Recycling Market Development Loan Program)
05-0308-01N Board of Education (Rules when pupils can leave classrooms)
05-0301-02S Dental Board of California (Composition of Onsite Inspection and Evaluation Teams)
05-0217-03ER Department of Parks and Recreation (Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Local Assistant Grant and Cooperative Agreement Program)
05-0207-01S Secretary of State (Vendors who Require Approval by the Secretary of State Before They Can Provide Notary Public Education)
05-0201-01EON Department of Corrections (Prison Inmate Labor Initiative of 1990, approved as Proposition 139)
05-0107-04S Air Resources Board (Portable Equipment Registration Program)
2004
04-0426-03S State Regional Water Resources Control Board (Expands Electronic Submission Requirements to all the SWRCB's Groundwater Cleanup Programs.)
04-0312-05S Public Employees Retirement System (Assignment of Participating Agencies to Risk Pools)
04-0310-01S Department of Food and Agriculture (Vapor Pressure of Fuel for Spark Ignition Engine)
04-0308-01S Board of Pharmacy (Standards for Compounding Injectible Sterile Drug Products)
04-0130-03S Department of General Services (Small Business Eligibility and Certification for Bid Preferences)
2003
03-1201-02S Department of Social Services (Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly)
03-1020-01S Cemetery and Funeral Board (Funeral Establishments Disclosing a "Preneed Agreement")
03-1006-03SR California Apprenticeship Council (Hearing procedures concerning penalties for knowingly violating statutory requirements governing employment of apprentices in public works)
03-0530-03S California Integrated Waste Management Board (Construction and Demolition Debris)
03-0328-02S California Apprenticeship Council (Hearing Procedures Concerning Penalties for Knowingly Violating Statutory Requirements Governing Employment of Apprentices in Public Works)
03-0325-02S State Water Resources Control Board (Revising Procedural Regulations for a Review by SWRCB of a Regional Board Action or Failure to Act)
03-0321-06S Board of Education (Classroom and Non-classroom-based Instruction in Charter Schools)
03-0317-01S Board of Equalization (What Constitutes "Medicine" Under Revenue and Taxation Code section 6369)
03-0313-02S Department of Insurance (Unfair Claims Settlement Practices)
2002
02-1202-06S Department of Social Services (Adult Day Care Centers)
02-1127-01S Veterinary Medical Board (Registration and Renewal Fees)
02-1025-11S Board of Prison Terms (Prisoner Presentation of Documents)
02-0927-01S Department of Managed Health Care (Grievance System and Independent Medical Review)
02-0731-03C Office of Emergency Services (Dam Inundation Mapping Procedures)
02--0805-01S Emergency Medical Services Authority (Lay Persons / Automated External Defibrillators)
02-0521-03C Department of Food and Agriculture (Direct Marketing)
02-0426-03S Emergency Medical Services Authority (Late Fee for Renewal of Paramedic License)
02-0425-08S California Energy Commission (Appliance Efficiency)
02-0228-09S Board of Licensed Vocational Nurses and Psychiatric Technicians (Permitted an LVN to Give IV Medications, Hemodialysis)
02-0215-04S Department of Corrections (Early Intervention Program (EIP))
02-0108-05SR Veterinary Medical Board (Business and Professions Code)
2001
01-1231-01S Department of Social Services (Criminal Record)
01-1207-02S Air Resources Board (California Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Program)
01-1016-02S Board of Forestry & Fire Protection (Interim Watershed Mitigation Addendum (IWMA))
01-0910-02S Physical Therapy Board (Foreign Educated Applicants)
01-0807-07S California Horse Racing Board (Advertising)
01-0807-03S Department of Social Services (Adult Protective Services Program Forms)
01-0730-05S Veterinary Medical Board (Continuing Education Requirements)
01-0719-02S Department of Youth Authority (Involuntary Administration of Psychotropic Drugs)
01-0613-06S California Apprenticeship Council (Apprenticeship Standards)
01-0427-04C Board of Education (Academics Award Program)
01-0228-01S Speech Language Pathology and Auditory Board (Speech-Language Pathology Assistant Requirements)
01-0202-05SR Air Resources Board (Gasoline Vapor Recovery Equipment Certification)
01-0126-01S Structural Pest Control Board (Continuing Education and Specified Reporting Requirements)
2000
00-1208-05S State Lands Commission (State Contracts for Project Management Services)
00-1208-03S Air Resources Board (Public Transit Bus Fleets and Emission Standards for New Urban Buses)
00-1127-03S Contractors State License Board (Industry Expert Program)
00-1121-03S Department of Developmental Services (Board Certified Behavior Analysts)
00-1121-01C Department of Insurance (Automobile Insurance Low Cost Program)
00-1103-01S State Athletic Commission (Mixed Martial Arts)
00-1024-O2 S California Energy Commission (Data Collections)