{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-1596.879","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 1596.879","heading":"","body":"Immediately upon the denial of any application for a license or for a special permit, the department shall notify the applicant in writing. Within 15 days after the department mails the notice, the applicant may present his or her written petition for a hearing to the department. Upon receipt by the department of the petition, the petition shall be set for hearing. The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and the department has all the powers granted in that chapter.","path":["Health and Safety Code - HSC","DIVISION 2. LICENSING PROVISIONS [1200. - 1796.88.]","CHAPTER 3.4. California Child Day Care Act [1596.70. - 1596.895.]","ARTICLE 2. Administration of Child Day Care Licensing [1596.80. - 1596.879.]"],"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":"61048cd53197d730ae89e631b150b677d008520f5d63bdf22db9095c55ae8523","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-1596.878","next":"us-ca/hsc-1596.880"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}