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19572
. Each of the following constitutes cause for discipline of an
employee, or of a person whose name appears on any employment list:
(a) Fraud in securing appointment.
(b) Incompetency.
(c) Inefficiency.
(d) Inexcusable neglect of duty.
(e) Insubordination.
(f) Dishonesty.
(g) Drunkenness on duty.
(h) Intemperance.
(i) Addiction to the use of controlled substances.
(j) Inexcusable absence without leave.
(k) Conviction of a felony or conviction of a misdemeanor
involving moral turpitude. A plea or verdict of guilty, or a
conviction following a plea of nolo contendere, to a charge of a
felony or any offense involving moral turpitude is deemed to be a
conviction within the meaning of this section.
(l) Immorality.
(m) Discourteous treatment of the public or other employees.
(n) Improper political activity.
(o) Willful disobedience.
(p) Misuse of state property.
(q) Violation of this part or of a board rule.
(r) Violation of the prohibitions set forth in accordance with
Section 19990.
(s) Refusal to take and subscribe any oath or affirmation that is
required by law in connection with the employment.
(t) Other failure of good behavior either during or outside of
duty hours, which is of such a nature that it causes discredit to the
appointing authority or the person's employment.
(u) Any negligence, recklessness, or intentional act that results
in the death of a patient of a state hospital serving the mentally
disabled or the developmentally disabled.
(v) The use during duty hours, for training or target practice, of
any material that is not authorized for that use by the appointing
power.
(w) Unlawful discrimination, including harassment, on any basis
listed in subdivision (a) of Section 12940, as those bases are
defined in Sections 12926 and 12926.1, except as otherwise provided
in Section 12940, against the public or other employees while acting
in the capacity of a state employee.
(x) Unlawful retaliation against any other state officer or
employee or member of the public who in good faith reports,
discloses, divulges, or otherwise brings to the attention of, the
Attorney General or any other appropriate authority, any facts or
information relative to actual or suspected violation of any law of
this state or the United States occurring on the job or directly
related to the job.