§ 3-300. Permit Processing Times (Including Licenses, Permits, Registrations and Certificates).

(a) Within the number of calendar days of receipt of an application for a permit shown in column A of subsection (c), the Department shall inform the applicant in writing that the application is either complete and accepted for filing, or that it is deficient, and what specific information or documentation is required to complete the application. An application is considered complete if all necessary fees and information required by the application form have been submitted.

(b) Within the number of calendar days after receipt of a complete application, as shown in column B of subsection (c), the Department shall approve or disapprove the application.

(c) The Department's minimum, median, and maximum time periods, in calendar days, for processing an application from the receipt of the initial application to the final decision, based on the Department's actual performance during the two years immediately preceding the proposal of this section, are shown in columns C, D, and E of the chart which follows:

	A	B	C	D	E
	Maximum time	Maximum time
	for notifying	after receipt
	that applica-	of a complete
	tion is com-	application
	plete or	to approve or	ACTUAL DAYS TO PROCESS
	deficient	deny permit	BASED ON PRIOR TWO YEARS
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Permit Type			Minimum	Median	Maximum
	(Days)	(Days)		(Days)
(1) Animal Health and Food Safety Services:
Livestock Meat Inspector License [FN1]	14	60	1	29	325
Poultry Meat Inspector License [FN1]	14	60	5	76	162
Retail Meat Processing Establishment License [FN1]	14	60	1	34	237
Custom Livestock Slaughter Establishment License [FN1]	14	60	6	62	163
Poultry Plant License [FN1]	14	60	19	68	194
Pet Food Processor [FN1]	14	60	48	116	185
Horsemeat and Pet Food Importers [FN1]	14	60	15	32	49
Dead Hauler License	14	60	4	11	13
-Renewal	14	60	2	4	5
Renderer License	14	60	22	37	216
-Renewal	14	60	7	10	33
Collection Center License	14	60	7	24	74
-Renewal	14	60	2	34	59
Inedible Kitchen Grease Transporter Registration	14	60	3	5	13
-Renewal	14	60	3	16	93
License for the Production of Biologics	30	30	12	27	169
-Renewal	30	30	2	21	47
License to Feed Garbage to Swine [FN1]	10	10	11	11	11
License for Vessel and Aircraft Garbage Collection [FN2]	14	45	8	37	60
Limited Dairy Inspector Certificate [FN2]	30	60	16	17	37
Registered Dairy Inspector Certificate [FN2]	60	140	36	68	142
Certificate of Proficiency in the Analysis of Milk
and Milk Products [FN2]	30	90	1	28	76
Frozen Milk Products Plant License [FN1]	60	90	4	29	161
Milk Products Plant License	60	90	16	29	130
-Renewal	30	60	1	10	53
Semi-Frozen Milk Products Plant License [FN1]	30	90	1	11	268
Bulk Milk Tanker Permit	60	90	No historical record.
- Renewal	60	90	No historical record.
(2) Division of Inspection Services:
Commercial Feed License [FN1]	14	45	1	13	103
Fertilizing Materials License [FN1]	14	60	1	25	153
Fertilizing Materials Registration	14	90	1	61	240
-Renewal	14	90	4	54	239
Livestock Drug -Registration	14	60	1	28	162
-Renewal	14	45	1	16	243
Restricted Livestock Drug -License	14	60	1	12	83
-Renewal	14	45	1	22	58
(3) Division of Marketing Services
Produce Dealer Act Licenses [FN1,3]	45	90	1	36	195
Processor or Cash Buying Processor License [FN1]	45	90	9	48	147
Conjunctive License [FN1]	45	90	8	60	183
Agent's License [FN1]	45	90	1	9	70
Milk Handler License [FN4]	45	90	1	12	91
-Renewal	45	90	1	16	188
(4) Plant Health and Pest Prevention Services
Seed, Authorization to Sell	14	75	3	20	78
-Renewal	14	60	1	10	39
Nursery Stock, License to Sell	14	60	16	37	123
-Renewal	14	45	6	16	43
Permit to Move and Use Live Plant Pests or Insects
or Noxious Weeds [FN2]	30	90	1	14	102
Permit to Move and Use Plant Quarantine
Commodities [FN2]	30	90	1	17	150
Cotton Research Authorization	45	60	No historical record.

[FN1] Median processing time for renewals does not exceed 7 days.

[FN2] Not subject to Renewal.

[FN3] Includes Broker, Cash Buyer, Commission Merchant, Dealer, or any combination.

[FN4] Includes Handlers and Distributors.

HISTORY

1. New section filed 11-28-89; operative 1-1-90 (Register 89, No. 49).

2. Change without regulatory effect pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations filed 5-2-90; operative 5-2-90 (Register 90, No. 24).

3. Amendment of subsection (c) filed 6-4-90; operative 7-4-90 (Register 90, No. 29).

4. Editorial correction of printing error duplicating subsections (a)-(c) (Register 90, No. 46).

5. Amendment of subsection (c) filed 2-25-91; operative 3-27-91 (Register 91, No. 13).

6. Change without regulatory effect amending article heading and subsection (c) filed 9-2-93 pursuant to title 1, section 100, California Code of Regulations (Register 93, No. 36).

7. Amendment of subsection (c)(4) filed 3-4-99 as an emergency; operative 3-4-99 (Register 99, No. 10). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 7-2-99 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

8. Certificate of Compliance as to 3-4-99 order transmitted to OAL 6-16-99 and filed 7-27-99 (Register 99, No. 31).

9. Amendment of subsection (c)(1) filed 10-25-2001 as an emergency; operative 10-25-2001 (Register 2001, No. 43). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 2-22-2002 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

10. Certificate of Compliance as to 10-25-2001 order transmitted to OAL 2-15-2002 and filed 4-2-2002 (Register 2002, No. 14).

11. Amendment of subsection (c)(1) filed 7-1-2002; operative 7-31-2002 (Register 2002, No. 27).

12. Amendment of subsection (c)(1) filed 4-3-2003; operative 5-3-2003 (Register 2003, No. 14).

Note

Note: Authority cited: Section 15376, Government Code; and Section 407, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Section 15376, Government Code.