California Health and Safety Code

§ 1361

HSC § 1361 Effective Jan 1, 2000Div. 2 · Ch. 2.2 · Art. 4

Statute text

(a)Except as provided in subdivision (b), no plan shall publish or distribute, or allow to be published or distributed on its behalf, any advertisement not subject to Section 1352.1 unless (1) a true copy thereof has first been filed with the director, at least 30 days prior to any such use, or any shorter period as the director by rule or order may allow, and (2) the director by notice has not found the advertisement, wholly or in part, to be untrue, misleading, deceptive, or otherwise not in compliance with this chapter or the rules thereunder, and specified the deficiencies, within the 30 days or any shorter time as the director by rule or order may allow.

(b)Except as provided in subdivision (c), a licensed plan which has been continuously licensed under this chapter for the preceding 18 months may publish or distribute or allow to be published or distributed on its behalf an advertisement not subject to Section 1352.1 without having filed the same for the director’s prior approval, if the plan and the material comply with each of the following conditions:

(1)The advertisement or a material provision thereof has not been previously disapproved by the director by written notice to the plan and the plan reasonably believes that the advertisement does not violate any requirement of this chapter or the rules thereunder.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 525, Sec. 87. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, or sooner, by Sec. 214 of Ch. 525.