Elective Coverage
Cal. UIC § 704
California Statutes
The director shall not approve an election under
Section 701, 702, 702.1, 702.5, 703, 708, or 708.5 if he or she finds that any of the following conditions exist: (
a) The self-employed individual is currently unable to perform his or her regular and customary work due to injury or illness. (
b) The employing unit or self-employed individual is not normally and continuously engaged in a regular trade, business, or occupation. (
c) The employing unit or self-employed individual intends to discontinue the regular trade, business or occupation within eight calendar quarters. (
d) The regular trade, business, or occupation of the employing unit or self-employed individual is seasonal in its operations. (
e) The major portion of the self-employed individual’s remuneration is not derived from his or her trade, business, or occupation. (
f) The self-employed individual is unable to provide a copy of his or her Internal Revenue Service
Schedule SE as reported on or before April of the preceding year showing a net profit of at least four thousand six hundred dollars ($4,600) or to certify to an average net profit of at least one thousand one hundred fifty dollars ($1,150) per quarter since becoming self-employed or for the preceding four quarters, whichever period is less. (
g) The employing unit or self-employed individual has failed to make a return or report, or to pay contributions within the time required by this division and there is an unpaid amount of contributions owing by the employing unit or self-employed individual. (h)
(1) A prior elective coverage agreement entered into pursuant to
Section or 708.5 has been terminated by the department under
Section 704.1 or by means of a written application for termination as required by this division, and the individual has not completed a waiting period of consecutive months from the date of termination.
(2) The waiting period for reinstatement to the elective coverage program may be waived for any individual who becomes eligible for coverage after being terminated under paragraph (1), (2), (4), or (5) of subdivision (
a) of
Section 704.1, upon receipt by the department of an application for coverage to be effective the first day of the quarter in which the application is received. (
i) The employing unit or any officer or agent of or person having charge of the affairs of the employing unit, or the self-employed individual has been convicted within the preceding eight consecutive calendar quarters of any violation under
Chapter 10 (commencing with
Section 2101). For the purposes of this subdivision, a plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere is deemed to be a conviction irrespective of whether an order granting probation or other order is made suspending the imposition of the sentence or whether sentence is imposed but execution thereof is suspended. (
j) For purposes of this section, Internal Revenue Service