CA Health & Safety Code Section 52550

(a)

A nonprofit corporation may be formed to carry out the purposes of this part. The corporation is not a state entity and the officers and employees of the corporation are not officers or employees of the state and shall not be subject to state civil service.

(b)

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to preclude any person from creating other corporations and organizing other partnerships, joint ventures, or associations for the purposes set forth in this part.