Section 1560 Of Article 6. Other Provisions From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 6.
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. (a) The director shall require as a condition precedent to
the issuance of any license or special permit for a community care
facility, if the licensee or holder of a special permit handles or
will handle any money of a person within the community care facility,
that the applicant for the license or special permit file or have on
file with the state department a bond issued by a surety company
admitted to do business in this state in a sum to be fixed by the
state department based upon the magnitude of the operations of the
applicant, but which sum shall not be less than one thousand dollars
($1,000), running to the State of California and conditioned upon his
or her faithful and honest handling of the money of persons within
the facility.
(b) The failure of any licensee under this chapter to maintain on
file with the state department a bond in the amount prescribed by the
director or who embezzles the trust funds of a person in the
facility shall constitute cause for the revocation of the license.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply if the licensee
meets both of the following requirements:
(1) The licensee operates a community care facility which is
licensed to care for children including, but not limited to, a foster
family home.
(2) The licensee handles moneys of persons within the community
care facility in amounts less than fifty dollars ($50) per person and
less than five hundred dollars ($500) for all persons in any month.