California Codes > Health and Safety Code > Division 2 > Chapter 3 > Article 8 – Community Care Facilities for Wards of the Juvenile Court
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Terms Used In California Codes > Health and Safety Code > Division 2 > Chapter 3 > Article 8 - Community Care Facilities for Wards of the Juvenile Court
- Community care facility: means any facility, place, or building that is maintained and operated to provide nonmedical residential care, day treatment, adult daycare, or foster family agency services for children, adults, or children and adults, including, but not limited to, the physically handicapped, mentally impaired, incompetent persons, and abused or neglected children, and includes the following:
California Health and Safety Code 1502
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- County: includes city and county. See California Health and Safety Code 14
- department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Plans and specifications: means the unit price catalog and the job order contract technical specifications. See California Public Contract Code 20919.21
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
- state department: means the State Department of Social Services. See California Health and Safety Code 1502
- wards of the juvenile court: shall include minors who have been found by the juvenile court to be described by Section 601 or 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, as well as minors who are described by Section 601 or 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code who have been diverted from formal juvenile court proceedings. See California Health and Safety Code 1567.2