What are the California Code of Regulations, the California Code of Regulations Supplement, and the California Regulatory Notice Register?
The Office of Administrative Law (OAL) publishes three primary regulatory publications for California: (1) theCalifornia Code of Regulations (CCR) ; (2) the California Code of Regulations Supplement (CCR Supplement); and (3) theCalifornia Regulatory Notice Register (Notice Register) . The CCR contains regulations duly adopted pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) by California state agencies. Generally speaking, after OAL approves a proposed regulation adopted by a state agency, it then files the regulation with the Secretary of State. The hard copy publication of the CCR is updated weekly through the publication of the CCR Supplement (Register). The CCR Supplement (Register) is commonly and historically referred to as the “Register.” The online publication of the CCR is updated each week electronically. The Notice Register is the weekly publication of state agencies’ Notices of Adoption, Amendment, or Repeal of regulations to the CCR. The Notice Register also contains oth