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Title 17. Public Health - Division 2
Health and Welfare Agency
Department of Developmental Services

Chapter 1 - General Provisions  

• SubChapter 1  
  (Reserved)
• SubChapter 2  (Sections 50201 to 50241)
  Monthly Parental Fee
• SubChapter 2.5  (Sections 50243 to 50267)
  Family Cost Participation
• SubChapter 3  
  Department of Developmental Services--Conflict of Interest Code
• SubChapter 4  (Sections 50401 to 50429)
  Rules for Conducting Research
• SubChapter 5  (Sections 50500 to 50550)
  Clients' Rights
• SubChapter 6  (Sections 50601 to 50612)
  Service Provider Accountability
• SubChapter 7  (Sections 50700 to 50767)
  Fiscal Audit Appeals
• SubChapter 8  (Sections 50800 to 50835)
  Peer Review of Behavior Modification Interventions That Cause Pain or Trauma, and Electroconvulsive Therapy
• SubChapter 9  (Sections 50900 to 50964)
  Fair Hearings

Chapter 2 - Early Intervention Services  

• SubChapter 1  (Sections 52000 to 52022)
  General Provisions
• SubChapter 2  (Sections 52040 to 52086)
  Program and Service Components
• SubChapter 3  (Sections 52100 to 52112)
  Individualized Family Service Plan
• SubChapter 4  (Sections 52120 to 52140)
  Service Coordination and Interagency Agreements
• SubChapter 5  (Sections 52160 to 52175)
  Procedural Safeguards

Chapter 3 - Community Services  

• SubChapter 1  (Sections 54000 to 54010)
  General
• SubChapter 2  (Sections 54300 to 54390)
  Vendorization
• SubChapter 3  (Sections 54500 to 54529)
  Regional Center Administration Practices and Procedures
• SubChapter 3.5  (Sections 54600 to 54676)
  Regional Center Budget Deficit Controls
• SubChapter 4  (Sections 56001 to 56067)
  Residential Services and Quality Assurance Regulations
• SubChapter 4.1  (Sections 56075 to 56099)
  Family Home Agency (FHA) Regulations
• SubChapter 4.2  (Sections 56100 to 56610)
  Intermediate Care Facility (ICF); ICF/Developmentally Disabled (ICF/DD); ICF/DD-Habilitative (ICF/DD-H); ICF/DD-Nursing (ICF/DD-N); Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Monitoring Requirements
• SubChapter 5  (Sections 56702 to 56802)
  Standards for Nonresidential Services
• SubChapter 6  (Sections 56900 to 56937)
  Ratesetting Procedures for Residential Services
• SubChapter 7  (Sections 57200 to 57336)
  Nonresidential Service Vendor Rate-Setting Provisions
• SubChapter 8  (Sections 57422 to 57444)
  Rate-Setting Procedures for Community-Based Day Programs
• SubChapter 9  (Sections 57500 to 57540)
  Rate-Setting Methodology for Community-Based Day Programs
• SubChapter 10  (Sections 57600 to 57666)
  Schedule of Payment Rates for Community-Based Day Programs
• SubChapter 11  (Sections 57810 to 57822)
  Reporting Requirements for Community-Based Day Programs
• SubChapter 12  (Sections 57910 to 57948)
  Rate Adjustments, Audit Adjustments and Rate Appeals for Community-Based Day Programs
• SubChapter 13  (Sections 58000 to 58042)
  Rate-Setting Procedures for In-Home Respite Services Agency Vendors
• SubChapter 14  (Sections 58100 to 58150)
  Rate-Setting Methodology for In-Home Respite Services Agency Vendors
• SubChapter 15  (Sections 58210 to 58266)
  Schedule of Payment Rates for In-Home Respite Services Agency Vendors
• SubChapter 16  (Sections 58310 to 58322)
  Reporting Requirements for In-Home Respite Services Agency Vendors
• SubChapter 17  (Sections 58410 to 58448)
  Rate Adjustments, Audit Adjustments and Rate Appeals for In-Home Respite Services Agency Vendors
• SubChapter 18  (Sections 58500 to 58570)
  Transportation Service
• SubChapter 19  (Sections 58600 to 58680)
  Supported Living Service
• SubChapter 21  (Sections 58800 to 58882)
  Habilitation Services Program

These regulations are promulgated under the divisions of the Welfare and Institutions Code cited as the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act and the California Government Code cited as the California Early Intervention Services Act. The information provided here should not be considered the official version of the regulations. To see the official version of these and other regulations, please view the California Code of Regulations (CCR) on the Office of Administrative Law website at ccr.oal.ca.gov. Certified copies of regulations are available at the State Archives in the Office of the Secretary of State (916-653-7715). The California Code of Regulations is also available at the offices of County Clerks or County Law Libraries and 100 state depository libraries.