Health & Saf. Code, § 1568.25

(a) The department may suspend or revoke a license issued under this chapter, in the manner provided in subdivision (b), upon any of the following grounds:

(1) A licensee violates this chapter or the rules, regulations, and written directives adopted pursuant to this chapter.

(2) Aiding, abetting, or permitting the violation of this chapter or of the rules, regulations, and written directives adopted pursuant to this chapter.

(3) Conduct which is inimical to the health, welfare, or safety of a veteran resident receiving services from a medical foster home for veterans or the people of the State of California.

(4) The provision of services beyond the level the medical foster home for veterans is authorized to provide or accepting or retaining veteran residents who require services of a higher level than the medical foster home for veterans is authorized to provide.

(5) Engaging in acts of financial malfeasance concerning the operation of a medical foster home for veterans, including, but not limited to, the improper use or embezzlement of veteran resident moneys or property, the fraudulent appropriation for personal gain of medical foster home for veterans moneys or property, or willful or negligent failure to provide services.

(b) The department may temporarily suspend a license, prior to a hearing when, in the opinion of the department, the action is necessary to protect veteran residents of a medical foster home for veterans from physical or mental abuse, abandonment, or any other substantial threat to health or safety. The department shall notify the licensee of the temporary suspension, the effective date of the temporary suspension, and, at the same time, serve the licensee with an accusation. Upon receipt of a notice of defense to the accusation by the licensee, the department shall, within 15 days, set the matter for hearing. The hearing shall be held as soon as possible but not later than 30 days after receipt of the notice. The temporary suspension shall remain in effect until the hearing is completed and the department has made a final determination on the merits. However, a temporary suspension shall be deemed vacated if the department fails to make a final determination on the merits within 30 days after the original hearing has been completed.