(a) A contracting agency that evidences any of the following acts or omissions may have its contract or contracts immediately terminated if there is documented evidence of the acts or omissions, and upon review and recommendation of the general counsel of the department:

1. (1) Fraud, or conspiracy to defraud.
2. (2) Misuse or misappropriation of state or federal funds, including a violation of Section 10399.
3. (3) Embezzlement.
4. (4) Threats of bodily or other harm to a state official.
5. (5) Bribery or attempted bribery of a state official.
6. (6) Unsafe or unhealthy physical environment or facility.
7. (7) Substantiated abuse or molestation of children.
8. (8) Failure to report suspected child abuse or molestation.
9. (9) Theft of supplies, equipment, or food.
10. (10) Cessation of operations without the permission of the department, or acts or omissions evidencing abandonment of the contract or contracts.
11. (11) Failure of a program operating pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 10225) or Chapter 21 (commencing with Section 10370) to fully reimburse a significant number of approved child care providers, as determined by the department, within 15 calendar days after the date set in the plan for timely payments to child care providers adopted by the contracting agency pursuant to Section 18226 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations, unless the failure is attributable to a delay in receiving apportionments from the state.
12. (12) Failure of a program operating pursuant to this chapter to pay salaries owed to employees, pay federal payroll tax, or fully reimburse a significant number of child care providers, as determined by the department, affiliated with a contracting agency pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 10250) for more than 15 days after the employee salaries, federal payroll taxes, or reimbursement payments were due, unless the failure is attributable to a delay in receiving apportionments from the state.