Section 3172.2 - Minimum Visiting Days and Hours(a) Each institution/facility shall provide visiting for no less than 12 hours per week. Any reduction of an institution/facility visiting schedule below 12 hours shall require the prior approval of the Secretary or designee. Regular visiting days shall be consecutive and include Saturday and Sunday.(b) Each institution head shall develop an operational supplement that includes the respective visiting schedules as follows: (1) Regular Visiting Days: Four days (Thursday through Sunday); or Three days (Friday through Sunday); or Two days (Saturday and Sunday); and(2) Holiday Visiting Days: New Year's Day; Independence Day; Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day.(3) Visiting Appointments: The institution/facility shall specify procedures and criteria for scheduling visiting appointments for non-contact visits in accordance with the provisions of this article.(c) When a holiday listed in (b)(2) occurs on a day not regularly scheduled for visiting, each institution/facility shall provide the same number of hours of visiting on that holiday as for any single regularly scheduled visiting day.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 15, § 3172.2
1. New section filed 2-18-2003; operative 3-20-2003 (Register 2003, No. 8).
2. Amendment of subsection (b)(2) filed 4-9-2012; operative 5-9-2012 (Register 2012, No. 15).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (a) filed 3-11-2013 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2013, No. 11). Note: Authority cited: Section 5058, Penal Code. Reference: Sections 2600 and 5054, Penal Code; and In re French, 164 Cal. Rptr. 800 (1980).
1. New section filed 2-18-2003; operative 3-20-2003 (Register 2003, No. 8).
2. Amendment of subsection (b)(2) filed 4-9-2012; operative 5-9-2012 (Register 2012, No. 15).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (a) filed 3-11-2013 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2013, No. 11).