Section 1538.7 Of Article 3. Regulations From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 3.
1538.7
. (a) A group home, transitional housing placement provider,
community treatment facility, runaway and homeless youth shelter, or
short-term residential treatment center shall report to the
department's Community Care Licensing Division upon the occurrence of
any incident concerning a child in the facility involving contact
with law enforcement. At least every six months, the facility shall
provide a followup report for each incident, including the type of
incident, whether the incident involved an alleged violation of any
crime described in Section 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code
by a child residing in the facility; whether staff, children, or both
were involved; the gender, race, ethnicity, and age of children
involved; and the outcomes, including arrests, removals of children
from placement, or termination or suspension of staff.
(b) (1) If the department determines that, based on the licensed
capacity, a facility has reported, pursuant to subdivision (a), a
greater than average number of law enforcement contacts involving an
alleged violation of any crime described in Section 602 of the
Welfare and Institutions Code by a child residing in the facility,
the department shall inspect the facility at least once a year.
(2) An inspection conducted pursuant to paragraph (1) does not
constitute an unannounced inspection required pursuant to Section
1534.
(c) If an inspection is required pursuant to subdivision (b), the
Community Care Licensing Division shall provide the report to the
department's Children and Family Services Division and to any other
public agency that has certified the facility's program or any
component of the facility's program including, but not limited to,
the State Department of Health Care Services, which certifies group
homes or short-term residential treatment centers pursuant to Section
4096.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.