7464
Effective Jan 1, 2026Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 226, Sec. 6. (SB 553) Effective January 1, 2026.
(a)
- (1) The department shall accept applications for statewide gate clearance from qualified program providers and legal professionals and, if a program provider is approved, the department shall provide a program provider identification card pursuant to Section 7463 if the program provider does not already have a valid identification card.
- (2) Approved applicants shall renew their clearance annually.
- (3) A program provider applying for this clearance shall be subject to a fingerprint-based background check with their initial clearance application. If the applicant has already provided fingerprints to the department, a clearance application shall be submitted to the additional institution, noting where the fingerprints were previously provided. The institution shall not require the applicant to provide additional fingerprints.
- (b) A program provider with statewide gate clearance shall be able to escort other authorized program providers within each institution for which the statewide gate clearance is valid.
- (c) A program provider with statewide gate clearance may provide programs without a sponsor.
- (d) If a program provider has been providing programming for a minimum of six months at more than three institutions, when approved to provide programs at any additional institutions, they may immediately request a program provider identification card.
- (e) The department shall notify all statewide gate clearance applicants of the decision to approve or disapprove the application within 30 days of receipt of the application.