{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-1508","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 1508","heading":"","body":"No person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation within the state and no state or local public agency shall operate, establish, manage, conduct, or maintain a community care facility in this state, without a current valid license therefor as provided in this chapter.\nNo person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation within the state and no state or local public agency shall provide specialized services within a community care facility in this state, without a current valid special permit therefor as provided in this chapter.\nExcept for a juvenile hall operated by a county, or a public recreation program, this section applies to community care facilities directly operated by a state or local public agency. Each community care facility operated by a state or local public agency shall comply with the standards established by the director for community care facilities.\nAs used in this chapter, “local public agency” means a city, county, special district, school district, community college district, chartered city, or chartered city and county.","path":["Health and Safety Code - HSC","DIVISION 2. LICENSING PROVISIONS [1200. - 1796.88.]","CHAPTER 3. California Community Care Facilities Act [1500. - 1567.94.]","ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [1500. - 1518.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"00508eeb82af8c4db23c7bac4f50465194705c49d463f0b5b6771599fc8d8fc9","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-1507.6","next":"us-ca/hsc-1509"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}