Lab. Code, § 138 · Chapter 5. Division of Workers’ Compensation
Lab. Code, § 138
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
The administrative director may appoint a deputy to act when he or she is absent from the state due to official business, vacation, or illness.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 559, Sec. 8. (AB 1426) Effective October 7, 2011.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=LAB§ionNum=138.
- Text hash
- sha256 d80c23faf96f188741ce604f93f40c8540d1978207291f304ae35eace5bb0969
- Composed by
- compose_ca.py 2026-10-22: the Legislative Counsel's CAML content files read by a tokenizer (caml_readers.reader_a); an independent xml.etree reading (caml_readers.reader_b) agrees on every section
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.