California

Health and Safety Code - HSC

17,661 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 1 — This act shall be known as the Health and Safety Code.
• § 10 — “Section” means a section of this code unless some other statute is specifically mentioned.
• § 1000 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Established by the Governor and the Legislature, the Healthy California for All Commission endorsed a system of unified health care financi
• § 1001 — The Secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency shall research, develop, and pursue discussions of a waiver framework in consultation with the federal government with the objective of
• § 100100 — There is in the state government in the California Health and Human Services Agency, a State Department of Health Services which, effective July 1, 2007, is hereby renamed the State Department of Heal
• § 100105 — (a) The department is under the control of an executive officer known as the Director of Health Care Services, who shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, and hold o
• § 100110 — The director shall have the powers of a head of the department pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
• § 100115 — There is in the department a Division of Rural Health.
• § 100120 — All officers or employees of the department employed after July 1, 1978, shall be appointed by the director.
• § 100125 — Notwithstanding any other provision of state law, the department shall develop a proposal for consolidation of various programs affecting the health of mothers and children.
• § 100130 — Each state level consolidation proposal shall include plans for the development of the following: (a) Common eligibility standards for programs included within the consolidated proposal, or, if federa
• § 100135 — The director may seek and grant waivers that the department determines are reasonably necessary for the implementation of the department’s proposed consolidations.
• § 100140 — It is the intent of the Legislature that the duties and responsibilities provided for in Sections 100125 and 100130 be accomplished by utilizing existing staff resources, and that no additional fundin
• § 100145 — The Legislature finds and declares that for older persons and persons with disabilities all of the following apply: (a) Long-term care consumers experience great differences in service levels, eligibi
• § 100147 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Long-term care” means a coordinated continuum of preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, supportive, and maintena
• § 100150 — The State Department of Health Services succeeds to and is vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the State Department of Health as they relate to public h
• § 100155 — The department may use the unexpended balance of funds available for use in connection with the performance of the functions of the State Department of Health to which the department has succeeded pur
• § 100160 — All officers and employees of the State Department of Health heretofore performing any duty, power, purpose, responsibility, or jurisdiction to which the department has succeeded, who, on July 1, 1978
• § 100165 — The department shall have possession and control of all records, papers, officers, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations, land or other property, real or personal, held for the benefit or
• § 100170 — (a) The department may commence and maintain all proper and necessary actions and proceedings for any or all of the following purposes: (1) To enforce its regulations.
• § 100171 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever the department is authorized or required by statute, regulation, due process (Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution; subdivision (
• § 100185.5 — (a) When a letter or order of denial of continued enrollment or suspension of any type or duration, based upon fraud or abuse, or a suspension of payments pursuant to Section 14107.
• § 1002 — (a) In developing the waiver framework, the Secretary of the Health and Human Services Agency shall engage stakeholders to provide input on topics related to discussions with the federal government an
• § 100220 — With the approval of the Department of Finance, and for use in the furtherance of the work of the department, the director may accept (a) grants of interest in real property, and (b) gifts of money fr
• § 100235 — (a) The department shall annually reimburse the Robert F.
• § 100236 — (a) Within 60 days of enactment of the Budget Act, the department shall advance to a local health department 25 percent of the annual General Fund allocation, subvention, or reimbursement required by
• § 100237 — (a) This article shall be known, and may be cited as, the “Inclusion of Women and Minorities in Clinical Research Act.
• § 100238 — (a) In conducting or supporting a project of clinical research, a grantee shall, except as provided in subdivision (b) or (e), do all of the following: (1) Ensure that women, including, but not limite
• § 100239 — (a) Pursuant to Section 439.
• § 100250 — The department shall maintain a laboratory and branch laboratories as may be necessary to perform the microbiological, physical and chemical analyses required to meet the responsibilities of the depar
• § 100255 — The department may prepare or purchase biological products and distribute them at cost.
• § 100275 — (a) The department may adopt and enforce regulations for the execution of its duties.
• § 100280 — (a) The director shall adopt emergency regulations pursuant to Section 1267.
• § 100285 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 11346.
• § 100290 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall submit all of its regulations on matters related to statutory responsibilities delegated to or enforced by local health departments, ex
• § 100295 — The department, after consultation with and approval by the Conference of Local Health Officers, shall by regulation establish standards of education and experience for professional and technical pers
• § 100300 — When a dispute arises as to the interpretation or enforcement of regulations of the department that are being enforced by a city, city and county, county, or district, a request for clarification or i
• § 100305 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department by regulation may provide for the issuance and renewal on a two-year basis of licenses, certificates of registration, or other indicia of aut
• § 100310 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, but to the extent consistent with applicable federal law or regulation, the director may, after a request by a board of supervisors of an affected county an
• § 100315 — (a) The department and as applicable, the California Department of Aging, the State Department of Public Health, and the State Department of Social Services, may grant to a PACE program, as defined in
• § 100325 — The department shall cause special investigations of the sources of morbidity and mortality and the effects of localities, employments, conditions and circumstances on the public health and the depart
• § 100330 — All records of interviews, written reports, and statements procured by the department or by any other person, agency, or organization acting jointly with the department, in connection with special mor
• § 100333 — (a) The department shall annually compile and publish the laws relating to the use, handling, transportation, storage, and disposal of hazardous materials, including, but not limited to, hazardous was
• § 100335 — The department may do all of the following activities: (1) Make a continuing study of births, deaths, marriages, and divorces, in order to provide a continuing analysis of trends to state agencies and
• § 100350 — The Legislature finds that many programs of the department are hindered by the length of time required for the state to execute contracts and pay vendor claims.
• § 100375 — The Public Health Federal Fund in the State Treasury is hereby created.
• § 100380 — All money in the Public Health Federal Fund is hereby appropriated to the department, without regard to fiscal years, for expenditure for the purposes for which the money deposited therein is made ava
• § 100385 — The department and the Controller shall keep a record of the classes and sources of income deposited in, or transferred to, the Public Health Federal Fund, and of the disbursements and transfers there
• § 100390 — The Director of Finance and the Controller may approve any general plan that meets the following requirements: (a) Any expenditures that are a proper charge against the money made available by the Uni
• § 100400 — All grants or donations of money received by the state from sources other than the United States, the expenditure of which is administered through or under the direction of the department, shall, on o
• § 100425 — (a) The fees or charges for the issuance or renewal of any permit, license, registration, or document pursuant to Sections 1676, 1677, 2805, 11839.
• § 100430 — (a) (1) The fees or charges for a record search or for the issuance of any license, permit, registration, or any other document pursuant to Section 26840 of the Government Code, or Section 102525, 102
• § 100435 — For the fee specified in Section 26840 of the Government Code, the adjustment authorized by Section 100430 shall apply only to the portion of the fee designated for the State Registrar of Vital Statis
• § 100440 — For the fee specified in subdivision (c) of Section 103625, the adjustment authorized by Section 100430 shall apply to the additional fee charged to applicants other than public agency applicants for
• § 100450 — (a) The fees or charges required to accompany an application for the issuance or renewal of any license pursuant to Section 1300 of the Business and Professions Code or pursuant to Sections 1616 or 16
• § 100500 — (a) The Director of General Services may acquire real property in order to construct a laboratory and office facility or remodeling an existing facility in the City of Richmond, for the use of the Sta
• § 100505 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) It is in the state’s interest to utilize fully state real property assets.
• § 100510 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the property at 2151 Berkeley Way in the City of Berkeley be conveyed to the University of California pursuant to a process mutually agreed to by the State
• § 100525 — It is the Legislature’s intent in enacting this article to promote efficiency in the administration of multiple contracts between nonprofit organizations and the divisions of the department by requiri
• § 100530 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall review the following categorical programs and develop a procedure by which a contracting nonprofit organization is notified at the exec
• § 100535 — Nothing contained in this article shall conflict with any mandate imposed by laws or regulations of the state or federal government.
• § 100540 — The department shall take the steps necessary to achieve uniformity among contracts.
• § 100550 — Notwithstanding any other provisions of state law or any division in the allocation of funds in the Budget Act, the department may, within its authority to contract with a provider for the provision o
• § 100555 — To the extent that a reduction in administrative costs would thereby result, any agency or agencies authorized to conduct audits under any state health services program that is the subject of a contra
• § 100560 — Notwithstanding any other provision of state law, any contract under this article shall be subject to review and approval by the Department of General Services.
• § 100565 — No provision of this article shall be construed to prohibit the department from providing under any contract entered into under this article for reimbursement on the basis of negotiated rates, capitat
• § 100570 — In order to implement this article, the department may establish a single account wherein all funds for eligible programs may be deposited for purposes of contracting in a single form.
• § 100575 — (a) By the 10th of each month, a person engaged in the business of pest control under the authority of a license issued pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 11701), Chapter 4, Division 6 of
• § 100700 — (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), laboratories engaged in the performance of forensic alcohol analysis tests by or for law enforcement agencies on blood, urine, tissue, or breath for the pu
• § 100701 — All laboratories that are subject to the requirements of Section 100700 shall ensure that breath alcohol instruments and calibrating devices used in testing are listed in the conforming products list
• § 100702 — (a) All laboratories that are subject to the requirements of Section 100700 shall follow the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB) guidelines for pr
• § 100703 — (a) On or before July 1, 2005, the department shall establish a review committee.
• § 100725 — On or after January 1, 1971, the department shall enforce this chapter and regulations adopted by the department.
• § 100775 — Any ampoules and their contents employed in a breath alcohol analysis test may be destroyed by the law enforcement agency in possession of them one year after the date of collection of the breath samp
• § 100825 — (a) This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Act.
• § 100827 — (a) A laboratory accredited by the state board shall report, in a timely fashion and in accordance with the request for analysis, the full and complete results of all detected contaminants and polluta
• § 100829 — The State Water Resources Control Board may do all of the following related to accrediting environmental laboratories in the state: (a) Offer both state accreditation and TNI accreditation, which shal
• § 100830 — The department may do all of the following: (a) Adopt regulations establishing requirements for both types of accreditation.
• § 100832 — All regulations adopted by the department pursuant to this article, as they read immediately preceding January 1, 2006, shall remain in full force and effect until repealed or amended by the departmen
• § 100837 — The state board may contract with approved third-party laboratory assessor bodies in accordance with the criteria developed by the TNI or a federal agency.
• § 100840 — Any laboratory requesting ELAP certification or TNI accreditation under this article shall file with the state board an application on forms prescribed by the state board containing all of the followi
• § 100845 — (a) Each certificate issued pursuant to this article for ELAP certification shall be issued to the owner of the laboratory and shall expire 24 months from the date of issuance.
• § 100847 — (a) The period of accreditation for TNI accredited laboratories shall be 12 months.
• § 100850 — (a) Upon the filing of an application for ELAP certification or TNI accreditation and after a finding by the state board that there is full compliance with this article and regulations adopted under t
• § 100851 — (a) An application for TNI accreditation or renewal of TNI accreditation shall be denied by the accrediting body for any of the following reasons: (1) Failure to submit all information necessary to de
• § 100852 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the state board may issue a certificate to the owner of a laboratory in a field of testing or method adopted by the federal Environmental Protection Agency pursuant
• § 100855 — Upon the denial of an application for ELAP certification or TNI accreditation, the state board shall immediately notify the applicant or organization by certified mail, return receipt requested, of th
• § 100860.1 — (a) At the time of application for ELAP certification and annually thereafter, from the date of the issuance of the certificate, a laboratory shall pay an ELAP certification fee, according to the fee
• § 100862 — (a) At the time of application for TNI accreditation and annually thereafter, from the date of the issuance of the accreditation, a laboratory shall pay a TNI accreditation fee, according to the fee s
• § 100863 — The department shall appoint a multidisciplinary committee to assist, advise, and make recommendations regarding technical, scientific, and administrative matters concerning the accreditation or certi
• § 100865 — (a) In order to carry out the purpose of this article, any duly authorized representative of the state board may do the following: (1) Enter and inspect a laboratory that is ELAP certified or TNI accr
• § 100870 — (a) Any laboratory that is ELAP certified or holds TNI accreditation or has applied for ELAP certification or TNI accreditation or for renewal of ELAP certification or TNI accreditation under this art
• § 100872 — (a) An ELAP certified laboratory shall successfully analyze proficiency testing samples for those fields of testing for which they are certified, not less than once a year, where applicable.
• § 100875 — Whenever the state board determines that any laboratory has violated or is violating this article or any certificate, regulation, or standard issued or adopted pursuant to this article, any officer or
• § 100880 — If the state board determines that a laboratory is in violation of this article or any regulation or order issued or adopted pursuant to this article, the state board may, in addition to suspension, d
• § 100885 — (a) Any person who operates a laboratory that performs work that requires certification or TNI accreditation under Section 25198, 25298.
• § 100886 — Any person who operates a laboratory for the purposes specified in Section 25198, 25298.
• § 100890 — (a) Any person who knowingly makes any false statement or representation in any application, record, or other document submitted, maintained, or used for purposes of compliance with this article, may
• § 100895 — (a) Any person who knowingly does any of the following acts may, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each day of violation, by imprisonme
• § 100900 — The remedies provided by this article are cumulative and shall not be construed as restricting any remedy, provisional or otherwise, provided by law for the benefit of any party, and no judgment under
• § 100905 — The department may suspend or revoke any certificate issued under of this article for any of the following reasons: (a) Violation by the owner of the laboratory of any of the provisions of this articl
• § 100907 — (a) The state board shall revoke, in whole or in part, the accreditation of a TNI accredited laboratory for either of the following reasons: (1) Failure to submit an acceptable corrective action repor
• § 100910 — (a) The state board, after providing notice to the owner of the laboratory and opportunity for a hearing, may suspend or revoke an ELAP certification or TNI accreditation issued pursuant to this artic
• § 100915 — (a) (1) The state board may temporarily suspend, in whole or in part, ELAP certification or TNI accreditation prior to any hearing, when it has determined that this action is necessary to protect the
• § 100920 — Fees and civil penalties collected under this article shall be deposited in the Environmental Laboratory Improvement Fund, that is hereby created.
• § 100920.5 — (a) Within 30 days after service of a copy of a decision or order issued by the state board under this chapter, an aggrieved party may file with the superior court a petition for a writ of mandate for
• § 100921 — The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) A pilot program was established by the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development to test the feasibility of performing high quality, safe diagnos
• § 100922 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a freestanding cardiac catheterization laboratory that as of December 31, 1993, was in active status in the Health Care Pilot Project established pursua
• § 100925 — There is hereby established a California Conference of Local Health Officers.
• § 100930 — Nothing in this part, Section 100295, Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 101175) of Part 3, and Part 3 (commencing with Section 124300) of Division 106 or in any regulation prescribed by the departmen
• § 100950 — The department shall administer this part, Section 100295, and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 101175) of Part 3 and shall adopt necessary regulations.
• § 101000 — Each board of supervisors shall appoint a health officer who is a county officer.
• § 101005 — The county health officer shall be a graduate of a medical college of good standing and repute.
• § 101010 — Immediately after the appointment of the health officer, the board of supervisors shall notify the director of the appointment and the name and address of the appointee.
• § 101025 — The board of supervisors of each county shall take measures as may be necessary to preserve and protect the public health in the unincorporated territory of the county, including, if indicated, the ad
• § 101029 — The sheriff of each county, or city and county, may enforce within the county, or the city and county, all orders of the local health officer issued for the purpose of preventing the spread of any con
• § 101030 — The county health officer shall enforce and observe in the unincorporated territory of the county, all of the following: (a) Orders and ordinances of the board of supervisors, pertaining to the public
• § 101035 — The county health officer shall advise on medical matters any board or body vested with the management of any county pension or retirement system and shall attend the meetings of the board or body whe
• § 101040 — (a) The local health officer may take any preventive measure that may be necessary to protect and preserve the public health from any public health hazard during any “state of war emergency,” “state o
• § 101042 — (a) If the local health officer or their designee is notified of a leak in an active gas pipeline, that is within the jurisdiction of the Geologic Energy Management Division and within a sensitive are
• § 101045 — (a) The county health officer shall, at least annually, investigate health and sanitary conditions in a county jail, publicly operated detention facility in the county, and private work furlough facil
• § 101050 — (a) The county health officer shall prepare a list of family planning and birth control clinics located in the county for distribution by the county clerk pursuant to Section 26808 of the Government C
• § 101055 — (a) The county health officer shall furnish all hospitals within the county, and all physicians and surgeons upon request, copies of the list prepared pursuant to Section 101050 in sufficient numbers
• § 101060 — The county health officer may designate a nonprofit food distribution agency to coordinate and facilitate the donation of food and food products to nonprofit, charitable corporations, from available s
• § 101070 — (a) (1) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the dispensing or furnishing of drugs requiring a prescription pursuant to Section 11470, a controlled substance as defined in Section 4021 of th
• § 101075 — As used in this article: (a) “Hazardous waste” means a waste, or combination of wastes, that because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may do any of
• § 101080 — Whenever a release, spill, escape, or entry of waste occurs as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 101075 and the director or the local health officer reasonably determines that t
• § 101080.2 — (a) The local health officer may issue, and first responders may execute, an order authorizing first responders to immediately isolate exposed individuals that may have been exposed to biological, che
• § 101085 — (a) After the declaration of a health emergency or a local health emergency pursuant to Section 101080, the director or local health officer may do any or all of the following: (1) Only in the case of
• § 101087 — (a) For purposes of this section, the terms “handler,” “administering agency,” “hazardous material,” “release,” and “threatened release” shall have the meaning given in Section 25501.
• § 101090 — When requested by the person furnishing the information furnished pursuant to Section 101085, the portions of the information that might disclose trade secrets or secret processes shall not be made av
• § 101095 — Any person failing or refusing to furnish technical, toxicological, or other information required pursuant to Section 101085, or falsifying any information provided pursuant to Section 101085 is guilt
• § 101100 — The governing body of a city may employ one or more public health nurses, each of whom shall be a registered nurse possessing qualifications prescribed by the department on the date of his or her empl
• § 101105 — The public health nurse shall attend to matters pertaining to the health and sanitary conditions of the city as the governing body may assign.
• § 101110 — The board of supervisors in each county may employ one or more public health nurses, each of whom shall be a registered nurse possessing qualifications prescribed by the department on the date of empl
• § 101115 — The public health nurse shall attend to matters pertaining to the health and sanitary conditions of the county as the board of supervisors may assign.
• § 101125 — The governing body of a city may employ one or more dentists or dental hygienists, each of whom shall be a licensed dentist or dental hygienist.
• § 101130 — The dentist or dental hygienist shall attend to dental conditions of the city as the governing body may assign.
• § 101135 — The board of supervisors in each county may employ one or more dentists or dental hygienists, each of whom shall be a licensed dentist or dental hygienist.
• § 101140 — The dentist or dental hygienist shall attend to dental conditions of the county, as the board of supervisors may assign.
• § 101150 — For the purpose of protecting the community and the public health, the local health department of a city or county shall have available the services of a public health laboratory for the examination o
• § 101155 — The cost of establishment and maintenance of the public health laboratory is a legal expenditure from any city or county funds that are for disbursement under the direction of the city or county healt
• § 101160 — (a) Any city or county public health laboratory established for the purposes set forth in this chapter and its personnel shall be approved by the State Department of Health Services and shall comply w
• § 101161 — (a) A person may perform an analysis of samples to test for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in any city or county public health laboratory if they meet the requirements under the Clinical
• § 101165 — Nothing in this article, or any other provision of law, shall be construed to restrict, limit, or prevent individuals certified under authority of this part or Article 1 (commencing with Section 10660
• § 101175 — The rapid increase in the population of the state and the increasing industrialization in both the urban and rural areas necessitate the provision of effective public health services to all the people
• § 101180 — “Population,” for the purpose of this chapter, shall be determined by the most recent United States decennial census; provided, however, whenever it appears to the department that the population of an
• § 101185 — For the purposes of this chapter a “local health department” shall be interpreted to mean any one of the following public health administrative organizations: (a) A local health department serving one
• § 101200 — Local health departments qualifying for assistance as provided in this chapter, on or after September 19, 1947, shall receive financial aid as of the date of their becoming eligible.
• § 101225 — Provisional approval may be given by the department to a county health department that meets minimum standards as specified in this chapter, Section 100295, and Part 3 (commencing with Section 124300)
• § 101230 — From the appropriation made for the purposes of this article, allocation shall be made to the administrative bodies of qualifying local health jurisdictions described as public health administrative o
• § 101235 — The department succeeds to and is vested with the duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction heretofore exercised by the State Department of Benefit Payments with respect to the processing,
• § 101240 — The department shall have possession and control of all records, papers, equipment, and supplies held for the benefit or use of the Director of Benefit Payments in the performance of his or her duties
• § 101245 — All officers and employees of the Director of Benefit Payments who are serving in the state civil service, other than as temporary employees, on July 1, 1978, and who are engaged in the performance of
• § 101250 — After determining the total amounts available to each area, the department shall notify the governing body of each local health department of that amount, and of the conditions governing its availabil
• § 101255 — No funds appropriated for the purposes of this article shall be allocated to any local health department unless the governing body of the local health department has appropriated an amount equal to at
• § 101260 — No funds appropriated for the purposes of this article shall be allocated to any local health department whose professional and technical personnel and whose organization and program do not meet the m
• § 101265 — The basic and per capita allotments shall be paid quarterly to the administrative body of each qualifying local health department.
• § 101275 — Notwithstanding Section 101260, a county board of supervisors may, with the concurrence of the director, transfer the total function of providing environmental health and sanitation services and progr
• § 101280 — If a transfer authorized by Section 101275 is made: (a) Each agency shall employ as the immediate supervisor of the environmental health and sanitation services a director of environmental health who
• § 101285 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 101260, the county board of supervisors may, with the concurrence of the county officer providing the services, transfer all or any portion of the function of providing vec
• § 101300 — (a) (1) The board of supervisors of a county with a population of less than 50,000 may enter into a contract with the department and the department may enter into a contract with that county to organi
• § 101305 — Any counties that were eligible for organization and operation of local public health services by the department pursuant to former Section 1157, as amended by Section 130 of Chapter 429 of the Statut
• § 101307 — (a) Counties contracting with the department pursuant to Section 101300 may enter into a contract with the department whereby the department’s program that administers the Section 101300 contract agre
• § 101310 — In the event a health emergency is declared by the board of supervisors in a county, or in the event a county health emergency is declared by the county health officer pursuant to Section 101080, the
• § 101315 — (a) Federal funding received by the State Department of Public Health for public health emergency preparedness and response is subject to appropriation in the annual Budget Act or other statute, comme
• § 101315.2 — Of the funds appropriated in the annual Budget Act for local health jurisdictions for the purpose of preparing California for public health emergencies, including a potential pandemic influenza event,
• § 101317 — (a) For purposes of this article, allocations shall be made to the administrative bodies of qualifying local health jurisdictions described as public health administrative organizations in Section 101
• § 101317.2 — Notwithstanding any other law, moneys made available in the 2004–05 Budget Act for public health emergency preparedness and response shall be available for expenditure and encumbrance until August 30,
• § 101318 — (a) Federal funding received pursuant to the 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act (Public Law 111-32) for pandemic influenza for purposes of state and local public health and emergency response infras
• § 101319 — Due to the need to rapidly implement, and to provide local health jurisdictions, hospitals, long-term health care facilities, clinics, emergency medical systems, and poison control centers, or their t
• § 101320 — (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature for this purpose, the department shall develop and implement a program to fund and support vital public health activities and services provided by the 61 loca
• § 101320.3 — (a) On or before February 1 of every other year, beginning in calendar year 2024, the State Public Health Officer shall submit a written report to the Governor and the Legislature on the state of publ
• § 101320.5 — (a) As a condition of the funding authorized pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 101320, a local health jurisdiction administered by a city shall annually present updates on the public health statu
• § 101325 — Whenever the governing body of any city or county determines that the expenses of the local health officer or other officers or employees in the enforcement of any statute, order, quarantine, or regul
• § 101330 — On or before August of each year, the officer designated by the governing body to collect fees authorized by Section 101325, shall prepare a list of parcels of real property that are subject to these
• § 101335 — The tax collector shall include the amounts of the assessments entered on the assessment roll pursuant to Section 101330 on bills for taxes levied against lots and parcels of land, and the assessments
• § 101340 — All laws applicable to the levy, collection, and enforcement of county taxes are applicable to special assessments made pursuant to this article and Article 4.
• § 101345 — In those instances where direct assessment is not authorized by Section 101325, if the officer charged with the billing and collection of the fees is a county officer, the officer may, with the approv
• § 101350 — Any board of supervisors may levy a special tax on all the property in the county, outside of any city pursuant to Article 3.
• § 101375 — When the governing body of a city in the county consents by resolution or ordinance, the county health officer shall enforce and observe in the city all of the following: (a) Orders and quarantine reg
• § 101380 — The resolution or ordinance shall be adopted and a certified copy served on the clerk of the board of supervisors on or before the first day of March of any year, and the services of the county health
• § 101400 — The board of supervisors may contract with a city in the county, and the governing body of a city may contract with the county for the performance by health officers or other county employees of any o
• § 101405 — Whenever a contract has been duly entered into, the county health officer and his or her deputies shall exercise the same powers and duties in the city as are conferred upon city health officers by la
• § 101410 — In the contract the city may provide, as specified in Section 101400, for payment by the city to the county to the county treasurer at times specified in the contract and shall be in an amount to repa
• § 101415 — The board of supervisors may contract with the governing body of a city in the county to secure the performance by the city health officer or other city health employees of any or all functions relate
• § 101420 — Payment for the services specified in Section 101415 in the unincorporated territory shall be made by the county to the city treasurer.
• § 101425 — The board of supervisors or the governing body of any city may contract with the county superintendent of schools or with the governing board of any school district located wholly or partially in the
• § 101450 — The governing body of a city shall take measures necessary to preserve and protect the public health, including the regulation of sanitary matters in the city, and including if indicated, the adoption
• § 101455 — This article does not prevent the appointment by the governing body of a board of health that shall be advisory to the health officer.
• § 101460 — Every governing body of a city shall appoint a health officer, except when the city has made other arrangements, as specified in this code, for the county to exercise the same powers and duties within
• § 101465 — Immediately after the appointment of the city health officer the governing body shall notify the director of the appointment and the name and address of the appointee.
• § 101470 — Each city health officer shall enforce and observe all of the following: (a) Orders and ordinances of the governing body of the city pertaining to the public health.
• § 101475 — The city health officer may take any preventive measure that may be necessary to protect and preserve the public health from any public health hazard during any “state of war emergency,” “state of eme
• § 101480 — (a) For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (1) “Department” means the Department of Toxic Substances Control.
• § 101483 — This article shall not apply to any of the following: (a) A hazardous substance release site listed pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 78760) of Chapter 4 of Part 2 of Division 45, a site
• § 101485 — This article does not prohibit the department from assuming jurisdiction over a waste release site pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with Section 78000) of Division 45, or the regional water quality cont
• § 101487 — (a) A local officer shall provide written notification to the department and the regional water quality control board of the local officer’s intention to enter into a remedial action agreement with a
• § 101490 — A local officer may charge the responsible party a fee to recover the reasonable and necessary costs incurred in carrying out this article.
• § 101525 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is necessary that a special authority be established in Sonoma County in order to meet the problems of the delivery of publicly assisted and indigent den