{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-7461","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 7461","heading":"","body":"(a) The department shall provide forms to the institution for short-term gate clearances. The institution shall only use the forms provided by the department to process the short-term gate clearance. The forms should reflect the limited nature of this clearance and shall not be overly burdensome. An institution shall not require additional institution-specific “local” forms.\n(b) The department shall not require a fingerprint-based background check from an applicant applying for a short-term gate clearance.\n(c) The department shall not limit the number of short-term gate clearances an applicant can receive.\n(d) The department shall notify all short-term gate clearance applicants of the decision to approve or disapprove the application consistent with the timeframes identified in the department’s criminal history security screening form.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 3. OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY [2000. - 10008.]","TITLE 7. ADMINISTRATION OF THE STATE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM [5000. - 7468.]","CHAPTER 18. Clearances [7460. - 7468.]"],"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":"6b9c257fe55798ae4c21a8ac838a8a71ed35af77c4fb9c20022ec98baf62e576","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-7460","next":"us-ca/pen-7462"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}