California Health and Safety Code

§ 11839.7

HSC § 11839.7 Effective Jun 27, 2013Div. 10.5 · Part 2 · Ch. 10 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)(1) Each narcotic treatment program authorized to use narcotic replacement therapy in this state, except narcotic treatment research programs approved by the Research Advisory Panel, shall be licensed by the department.

(2)Each narcotic treatment program, other than a program owned and operated by the state, county, city, or city and county, shall, upon application for licensure and for renewal of a license, pay an annual license fee to the department. July 1 shall be the annual license renewal date.

(3)The department shall set the licensing fee at a level sufficient to cover all departmental costs associated with licensing incurred by the department, but the fee shall not, except as specified in this section, increase at a rate greater than the Consumer Price Index. The fees shall include the department’s share of pro rata charges for the expenses of state government. The fee may be paid quarterly in arrears as determined by the department. Fees paid quarterly in arrears shall be due and payable on the last day of each quarter except for the fourth quarter for which payment shall be due and payable no later than May 31. A failure of a program to pay renewal license fees by the due date shall give rise to a civil penalty of one hundred dollars ($100) a day for each day after the due date. Second and subsequent inspection visits to narcotic treatment programs that are operating in noncompliance with the applicable laws and regulations shall be charged a rate of one-half the program’s annual license fee or one thousand dollars ($1,000), whichever is less, for each visit.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 22, Sec. 51. (AB 75) Effective June 27, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 110 of Ch. 22.