California Code, Health and Safety Code - HSC § 1771.2

(a) An entity shall apply for and hold a currently valid permit to accept deposits before it may enter into a deposit agreement or accept a deposit.

(b) A provider shall hold a currently valid provisional certificate of authority or certificate of authority before it may enter into a continuing care contract.

(c) Before a provider subcontracts or assigns to another entity the responsibility to provide continuing care, that other entity shall have a current and valid certificate of authority. A provider holding a certificate of authority may contract for the provision of a particular aspect of continuing care, such as medical care, with another entity that does not possess a certificate of authority, if that other entity is appropriately licensed under laws of this state to provide that care, and the provider has not paid in advance for more than one year for that care.

(d) If an entity enters into an agreement to provide care for life or for more than one year to a person under 60 years of age in return for consideration, and the agreement includes the provision of services to that person after age 60, when the person turns 60 years of age, the promising entity shall comply with all the requirements imposed by this chapter.