California Code, Health and Safety Code - HSC § 1416.6

(b)(1) This chapter shall not apply to any person who serves as an acting administrator as provided in this subdivision when a licensed administrator is not available because of death, illness, or any other reason.

(2) A person who is acting as an administrator shall notify the program in writing within five days of acting in this capacity and provide factual information and specific circumstances necessitating the use of an acting administrator.

(3) No person shall act as an administrator for more than 10 days unless arrangements have been made for part-time supervision of his or her activities by a nursing home administrator who holds a license or provisional license under this chapter. Supervision shall include at least 8 hours per week of direct onsite supervision by the licensed administrator. The program shall be notified in writing of the nature of this arrangement. No person shall act as an administrator for more than two months without the written approval of the program. The program shall not approve a person to act as an administrator for more than six months.

(4) If the acting administrator is an administrator in training, then the supervision required by paragraph (3) may be counted towards the total hours of supervised training required by subdivision (f) of Section 1416.57.