{"data":{"id":"us-ca/lab-138","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"LAB § 138","heading":"","body":"The administrative director may appoint a deputy to act when he or she is absent from the state due to official business, vacation, or illness.","path":["Labor Code - LAB","DIVISION 1. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS [50. - 182.]","CHAPTER 5. Division of Workers’ Compensation [110. - 139.6.]"],"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":"d80c23faf96f188741ce604f93f40c8540d1978207291f304ae35eace5bb0969","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/lab-135","next":"us-ca/lab-138.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}