California Penal Code 7460 – For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions …
For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Annual clearance” refers to a clearance allowing a program provider to enter one institution for a full calendar year.
Terms Used In California Penal Code 7460
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the district and territories. See California Penal Code 7
(b) “Institution” refers to a California state prison.
(c) “Program provider” refers to an individual affiliated with a nonprofit organization or a volunteer that originates outside the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and provides rehabilitative programming to incarcerated people.
(d) “Program provider identification card” refers to an identification card that allows a program provider to enter a specified institution without a sponsor.
(e) “Short-term clearance” refers to a clearance that allows a program provider to enter an institution for three or fewer days per specific event.
(f) “Sponsor” refers to correctional staff at an institution assigned to escort program providers within the institution.
(g) “Statewide program provider clearance” refers to a clearance status provided to a program provider entering more than three institutions on a routine basis consistent with their program provider status and entitles them to a program provider identification card.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 335, Sec. 2. (AB 581) Effective January 1, 2024.)