California Government Code CHAPTER 5 - Administrative Adjudication: Formal Hearing

• Section 11500.
  In this chapter unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires:(a) “Agency” includes the state boards, commissions, and officers to which this chapter is made applicable...
• Section 11501.
  (a) This chapter applies to any agency as determined by the statutes relating to that agency.(b) This chapter applies to an adjudicative proceeding of an agency created...
• Section 11502.
  (a) All hearings of state agencies required to be conducted under this chapter shall be conducted by administrative law judges on the staff of the Office...
• Section 11503.
  (a) A hearing to determine whether a right, authority, license, or privilege should be revoked, suspended, limited, or conditioned shall be initiated by filing an accusation...
• Section 11504.
  A hearing to determine whether a right, authority, license, or privilege should be granted, issued, or renewed shall be initiated by filing a statement of...
• Section 11504.5.
  In the following sections of this chapter, all references to accusations shall be deemed to be applicable to statements of issues except in those cases...
• Section 11505.
  (a) Upon the filing of the accusation or District Statement of Reduction in Force the agency shall serve a copy thereof on the respondent as provided...
• Section 11506.
  (a) Within 15 days after service of the accusation or District Statement of Reduction in Force the respondent may file with the agency a notice of...
• Section 11507.
  At any time before the matter is submitted for decision, the agency may file, or permit the filing of, an amended or supplemental accusation or...
• Section 11507.3.
  (a) When proceedings that involve a common question of law or fact are pending, the administrative law judge on the judge’s own motion or on motion...
• Section 11507.5.
  The provisions of Section 11507.6 provide the exclusive right to and method of discovery as to any proceeding governed by this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1968,...
• Section 11507.6.
  After initiation of a proceeding in which a respondent or other party is entitled to a hearing on the merits, a party, upon written request...
• Section 11507.7.
  (a) Any party claiming the party’s request for discovery pursuant to Section 11507.6 has not been complied with may serve and file with the administrative law...
• Section 11508.
  (a) The agency shall consult the office, and subject to the availability of its staff, shall determine the time and place of the hearing. The hearing...
• Section 11509.
  The agency shall deliver or mail a notice of hearing to all parties at least 10 days prior to the hearing. The hearing shall not...
• Section 11511.
  On verified petition of any party, an administrative law judge or, if an administrative law judge has not been appointed, an agency may order that...
• Section 11511.5.
  (a) On motion of a party or by order of an administrative law judge, the administrative law judge may conduct a prehearing conference. The administrative law...
• Section 11511.7.
  (a) The administrative law judge may order the parties to attend and participate in a settlement conference. The administrative law judge shall set the time and...
• Section 11512.
  (a) Every hearing in a contested case shall be presided over by an administrative law judge. The agency itself shall determine whether the administrative law judge...
• Section 11513.
  (a) Oral evidence shall be taken only on oath or affirmation.(b) Each party shall have these rights: to call and examine witnesses, to introduce exhibits; to cross-examine...
• Section 11514.
  (a) At any time 10 or more days prior to a hearing or a continued hearing, any party may mail or deliver to the opposing party...
• Section 11515.
  In reaching a decision official notice may be taken, either before or after submission of the case for decision, of any generally accepted technical or...
• Section 11516.
  The agency may order amendment of the accusation or District Statement of Reduction in Force after submission of the case for decision. Each party shall...
• Section 11517.
  (a) A contested case may be originally heard by the agency itself and subdivision (b) shall apply. Alternatively, at the discretion of the agency, an administrative...
• Section 11518.
  Copies of the decision shall be delivered to the parties personally or sent to them by registered mail.(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 938, Sec. 43....
• Section 11518.5.
  (a) Within 15 days after service of a copy of the decision on a party, but not later than the effective date of the decision, the...
• Section 11519.
  (a) The decision shall become effective 30 days after it is delivered or mailed to respondent unless: a reconsideration is ordered within that time, or the...
• Section 11519.1.
  (a) A decision rendered against a licensee under Article 1 (commencing with Section 11700) of Chapter 4 of Division 5 of the Vehicle Code may include...
• Section 11520.
  (a) If the respondent either fails to file a notice of defense, or, as applicable, notice of participation, or to appear at the hearing, the agency...
• Section 11521.
  (a) The agency itself may order a reconsideration of all or part of the case on its own motion or on petition of any party. The...
• Section 11522.
  A person whose license has been revoked or suspended may petition the agency for reinstatement or reduction of penalty after a period of not less...
• Section 11523.
  Judicial review may be had by filing a petition for a writ of mandate in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure,...
• Section 11524.
  (a) The agency may grant continuances. When an administrative law judge of the Office of Administrative Hearings has been assigned to the hearing, no continuance may...
• Section 11526.
  The members of an agency qualified to vote on any question may vote by mail or another appropriate method.(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 938, Sec....
• Section 11527.
  Any sums authorized to be expended under this chapter by any agency shall be a legal charge against the funds of the agency.(Added by Stats....
• Section 11528.
  In any proceedings under this chapter any agency, agency member, secretary of an agency, hearing reporter, or administrative law judge has power to administer oaths...
• Section 11529.
  (a) The administrative law judge of the Medical Quality Hearing Panel established pursuant to Section 11371 may issue an interim order suspending a license, imposing drug...

Last modified: October 22, 2018