Formal Hearings under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA)

Both Statutes and Regulations determine the procedure for formal APA hearings.

The Office of Administrative Hearings will not be printing a supplement to the 1997 APA and Regulation booklet.  Please use this updated version of the APA and regulations on the links below.

• Administrative Procedure Act - (HTML) 

You may also click here to search for a particular portion of the APA statutes on the Official California Legislative Information page, Government Code 11500 et seq.  General adjudication provisions of the APA begin at Government Code section 11370.

• APA Regulations

Mediation and Arbitration Programs at OAH

• Public Works Contract Arbitration (PWCA) Program
  
  

• Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Model Program 
  Government Code 11420.10 -- 11420.30,
  1 CCR 1200-1258:

  • What is Mediation?
    
    
• Declaratory Decisions Government  Code 11465.10-11465.70, 1 CCR 1260 -- 1292
  
  

• Bid Protest Arbitration Pilot Program

  • Bid Protest Regulations 1 CCR 1400 et seq.

  • Bid Protest Statutes  Public Contract Code 12126 et seq.

Other Specialized Hearings at OAH

• Hearings for the Department of Developmental Services (DDS)

• Child Care and Development Contract Disputes Appeal Procedure Regulations. 1 CCR 1120 - 1126 et seq., and Education Code 8400 - 8409, Government Code 11370.4

• Direct Service Contract Disputes Between Private, Non-Profit Human Services Organizations and Health & Welfare Agency and its Component Departments Appeal Procedure Regulations 1 CCR 1140 - 1148 et seq.  based on Health and Safety Code 38036.

• Business Forms - State Agency Reports and Forms Appeal Procedure Regulations 1 CCR 1100 - 1114,   based on Government Code 11380.

• Keyhea Hearings (administering psychotropic medication to prison inmates)

  • The Keyhea Injunction (order granting plaintiffs' motion for clarification and modification of injunction and permanent injunction, filed Oct. 31, 1986, In the matter of Keyhea v. Rushen, Superior Court of Solano County, No. 67432, William E. Jensen, Judge)

• Education Audit Hearings -- See the Education Audits Appeal Panel home page at http://www.eaap.ca.gov/

To look up other California Regulations, see the Office of Administrative Law's CCR page.

For other California Statutes, see the Official California Legislative Information page.