Health and Safety Code section 1569.406

Any person who, without lawful authorization from a duly authorized officer, employee, or agent of the department, informs an owner, operator, employee, agent, or resident of a residential care facility for the elderly of an impending and unannounced site visit to that facility by personnel of the department, except for a site visit prior to licensing the facility, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed 180 days, or by both a fine and imprisonment.

Source: Section 1569.406, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=1569.­406.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1991; accessed Dec. 29, 2025).

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