An apparatus configured to code video information in a bitstream includes a memory and a processor in communication with the memory. The memory is configured to store video information associated with a plurality of video layers in the bitstream, the plurality of video layers in the bitstream divided into a plurality of bitstream partitions, herein each bitstream partition contains at least one of the plurality of video layers. The processor is configured to process a bitstream conformance parameter associated with a first bitstream partition of the plurality of bitstream partitions, wherein the bitstream conformance parameter is applicable to the first bitstream partition but not to another portion of the bitstream not encompassed by the first bitstream partition. The processor may encode or decode the video information in the bitstream.