{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-7464","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 7464","heading":"","body":"(a) (1) The department shall accept applications for statewide gate clearance from qualified program providers and legal professionals and, if a program provider is approved, the department shall provide a program provider identification card pursuant to Section 7463 if the program provider does not already have a valid identification card.\n(2) Approved applicants shall renew their clearance annually.\n(3) A program provider applying for this clearance shall be subject to a fingerprint-based background check with their initial clearance application. If the applicant has already provided fingerprints to the department, a clearance application shall be submitted to the additional institution, noting where the fingerprints were previously provided. The institution shall not require the applicant to provide additional fingerprints.\n(b) A program provider with statewide gate clearance shall be able to escort other authorized program providers within each institution for which the statewide gate clearance is valid.\n(c) A program provider with statewide gate clearance may provide programs without a sponsor.\n(d) If a program provider has been providing programming for a minimum of six months at more than three institutions, when approved to provide programs at any additional institutions, they may immediately request a program provider identification card.\n(e) The department shall notify all statewide gate clearance applicants of the decision to approve or disapprove the application within 30 days of receipt of the application.","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":"a1165b9e3a1681770f2a6d482c1286fefb64fd98962ba54043de243fa7566564","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-7463","next":"us-ca/pen-7465"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}