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.

• § 115110 — The department shall require each person who possesses or uses a source of ionizing radiation to maintain appropriate records showing the radiation exposure of all individuals for whom personnel monit
• § 115111 — (a) Commencing July 1, 2012, subject to subdivision (e), a person that uses a computed tomography (CT) X-ray system for human use shall record the dose of radiation on every diagnostic CT study produc
• § 115112 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), commencing July 1, 2013, CT X-ray systems shall be accredited by an accrediting organization that is approved by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicai
• § 115113 — (a) Except for an event that results from patient movement or interference, a facility shall report to the department an event in which the administration of radiation results in any of the following:
• § 115115 — The person responsible for registering mammographic X-ray equipment or a certified supervisor, as defined in subdivision (i) of Section 114850, shall establish and maintain a Mammography Quality Assur
• § 115120 — The Governor, on behalf of this state, may enter into agreements with the federal government providing for discontinuance of certain of the federal government’s responsibilities with respect to source
• § 115125 — Any person who, on the effective date of an agreement under Section 115120, possesses a license issued by the federal government shall be deemed to possess the same pursuant to a license issued under
• § 115130 — The department, on behalf of this state, may enter into an agreement or agreements with the federal government, other states, or interstate agencies, whereby this state will perform on a co-operative
• § 115135 — The department and any other appropriate state agency may institute training programs for the purpose of qualifying personnel to carry out this chapter, and may make those personnel available for part
• § 115140 — Ordinances, resolutions or regulations, now or hereafter in effect, of the governing body of a city or county relating to radioactive materials or other sources of radiation shall not be superseded by
• § 115145 — (a) In any proceeding under this chapter for granting or amending any license, or for determining compliance with, or granting exceptions from, regulations adopted in accordance with this chapter, the
• § 115150 — Whenever the department finds that an emergency exists requiring immediate action to protect the public health and safety, the department may, without notice or hearing, issue a regulation or order re
• § 115155 — Any final order entered in any proceeding under Sections 115145 and 115150 shall be subject to judicial review in the manner prescribed in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Divisi
• § 115160 — Whenever, in the judgment of the department, any person has engaged in or is about to engage in any acts or practices that constitute or will constitute a violation of any provision of this chapter, o
• § 115165 — It shall be unlawful for any person to use, manufacture, produce, knowingly transport, transfer, receive, acquire, own, or possess, any source of ionizing radiation unless licensed by or registered wi
• § 115170 — It is unlawful for any person to manufacture, construct, produce, transfer, acquire, use, or possess any of the materials or facilities for which a permit or license is required under the provisions o
• § 115175 — The department shall have the authority in the event of an emergency to impound or order the impounding of sources of ionizing radiation in the possession of any person who is not equipped to observe
• § 115180 — The term “decontamination,” as used in this chapter, means the reduction of the level of contamination from radioactive material to the level that the department determines is reasonably necessary to
• § 115185 — If the department determines that any object, building, structure, or premises is contaminated by radioactive material and constitutes a hazard to the public health, it shall order the person who has
• § 115190 — If the department determines that the object, building, structure, or premises does not warrant decontamination because of its low value, it shall so notify in writing the person who had control of th
• § 115195 — If the department causes the object, building, structure or premises to be decontaminated, the department shall, upon the completion of the decontamination, return the impounded article or seized buil
• § 115200 — If the contamination of the object, building, structure, or premises resulted from the negligence of another person, then the department may require that person to pay all reasonable and necessary cos
• § 115205 — (a) A lien in favor of the people of California shall be imposed upon any object, building, structure, or premises for the reasonable amount of expenses and costs incurred by the department in carryin
• § 115210 — (a) The city attorney of the city or the district attorney of the county in which any violations of this chapter occur, occurred, or will occur, or the Attorney General, at the request of the departme
• § 115215 — (a) Any person who violates this chapter, or rules, regulations, or orders in effect adopted pursuant to this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not
• § 115220 — (a) Any person who intentionally or through gross negligence violates any provision of this chapter, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, or who fails or refuses to comply with a cease
• § 115225 — Subdivision (a) of Section 115060 and other provisions of this chapter relating to licensing and the enforcement thereof shall become effective only upon execution of an agreement pursuant to Section
• § 115230 — The Legislature of the State of California hereby ratifies and approves that certain agreement designated as the “Agreement between the United States Atomic Energy Commission and the State of Californ
• § 115235 — The provisions of said agreement are as follows: Article I Subject to the exceptions provided in Articles II, III, and IV, the Commission shall discontinue, as of the effective date of this Agreement,
• § 115250 — The Legislature of the State of California hereby enacts and ratifies the agreement set forth in Section 115255 and designated as the “Southwestern Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact,” enter
• § 115255 — The provisions of the Southwestern Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact are as follows: Article 1.
• § 115260 — Notwithstanding Section 115255, authority for on-highway routing and enforcement relating to low-level radioactive waste shall, pursuant to other provisions of law, remain with the Department of the C
• § 115261 — (a) The department may not issue a license to dispose of low-level radioactive waste pursuant to this chapter, or renew a license that has been issued by the department pursuant to this chapter, unles
• § 115265 — Notwithstanding Section 115255, authority for rail transportation routing and enforcement relating to low-level radioactive waste shall remain with the Public Utilities Commission pursuant to the Publ
• § 115270 — The department shall adopt regulations specifying the modes of transportation which are most protective of public health and the environment which shall be used by generators to transport low-level ra
• § 115271 — (a) For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meaning: (1) “Federal act” means the Clean Air Act (42 U.
• § 115271.2 — The department may establish a program to enable the state to receive federal approval to implement and enforce emission standards for radionuclides pursuant to Section 112 of the federal act (42 U.
• § 115271.3 — If the state receives federal approval to implement and enforce emission standards for radionuclides pursuant to Section 115271.
• § 115271.4 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the regulations found in Subpart H (commencing with Section 61.
• § 115273 — In implementing this chapter, the department, consistent with other requirements imposed by this chapter to protect public health and safety, shall promote the reduction of low-level radioactive waste
• § 115275 — It is the intent of the Legislature that in the event of a nuclear accident timely and effective communications between the operators of nuclear powerplants in California and those state and local off
• § 115280 — (a) Each privately owned and publicly owned public utility operating a nuclear powerplant with a generating capacity of 50 megawatts or more shall install an automated alert system that will activate
• § 115285 — Nothing in this chapter shall relieve nuclear powerplant operators of their responsibilities to notify local authorities as otherwise provided by law.
• § 115290 — Failure to comply with any provision of this chapter shall not constitute the basis for an action in a court of law or administrative proceeding to enjoin or prevent the operation or start-up of a nuc
• § 115295 — If the Humboldt Bay Nuclear Generating Station is not in operation on the effective date of this section, the local emergency plan for it shall not be required to meet the revised emergency response p
• § 11530 — As used in this subdivision, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Loiter” means to delay or linger without a lawful purpose for being on the property and for the purpose of committing
• § 11532 — (a) It is unlawful for any person to loiter in any public place in a manner and under circumstances manifesting the purpose and with the intent to commit an offense specified in Chapter 6 (commencing
• § 11534 — If any section, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this chapter is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, that portion shall be deeme
• § 115340 — (a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall work with the KI working group, which is coordinated by the Office of Emergency Services, to establish and implement a program to oversee the dis
• § 115342 — This chapter shall be implemented only to the extent that funds are appropriated for the purposes of this chapter in the annual Budget Act or another measure.
• § 11536 — A violation of any provision of this chapter is a misdemeanor.
• § 11538 — Nothing in this chapter shall prevent a local governing body from adopting and enforcing laws consistent with this chapter.
• § 11545 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that licensed physicians, experienced in the treatment of addiction, should be allowed and encouraged to treat addiction by all appropriate means.
• § 11550 — (a) A person shall not use, or be under the influence of any controlled substance that is (1) specified in subdivision (b), (c), or (e), or paragraph (1) of subdivision (f) of Section 11054, specified
• § 11551 — (a) Whenever any court in this state grants probation to a person who the court has reason to believe is or has been a user of controlled substances, the court may require as a condition to probation
• § 11552 — In any case in which a person has been arrested for a criminal offense and is suspected of being addicted to a controlled substance, a law enforcement officer having custody of such person may, with t
• § 11553 — The fact that a person is or has been, or is suspected of being, a user of cannabis is not alone sufficient grounds upon which to invoke Section 11551 or 11552.
• § 11554 — The rehabilitation of persons addicted to controlled substances and the prevention of continued addiction to controlled substances is a matter of statewide concern.
• § 11555 — The Attorney General is directed to promote and sponsor the use by agencies of local government of the provisions of this article.
• § 11560 — The Department of Corrections and the Department of the Youth Authority are authorized to establish substance abuse treatment control units in state correctional facilities or training schools or as s
• § 11561 — When the parole authority concludes that there are reasonable grounds for believing that a person on parole is addicted or habituated to, or is in imminent danger of addiction or habituation to, contr
• § 11562 — When the Youth Authority concludes that there are reasonable grounds for believing that a person committed to its custody, and on parole, is addicted or habituated to, or is in imminent danger of addi
• § 11563 — When the parole authority concludes that there are reasonable grounds for believing that a woman on parole is addicted or habituated to, or is in imminent danger of addiction or habituation to, contro
• § 11564 — The authority granted to the parole authority and to the Department of the Youth Authority in no way limits Sections 3060 and 3325 of the Penal Code.
• § 11565 — For purposes of this article, “parole authority” has the same meaning as described in Section 3000 of the Penal Code.
• § 11570 — Every building or place used for the purpose of unlawfully selling, serving, storing, keeping, manufacturing, or giving away any controlled substance, precursor, or analog specified in this division,
• § 115700 — (a) Every person owning land in fee simple or in possession thereof under lease or contract of sale who knowingly permits the existence on the premises of any abandoned mining shaft, pit, well, septic
• § 115705 — The board of supervisors may order securely covered, filled, or fenced abandoned mining excavations on unoccupied public lands in the county.
• § 11571 — If there is reason to believe that a nuisance, as described in Section 11570, is kept, maintained, or exists in any county, the district attorney or county counsel of the county, or the city attorney
• § 11571.1 — (a) Nothing in this article shall prevent a local governing body from adopting and enforcing laws, consistent with this article, relating to drug abatement.
• § 11571.5 — For purposes of this article, an action to abate a nuisance may be taken by the city attorney or city prosecutor of the city within which the nuisance exists, is kept, or is maintained.
• § 115710 — The board of supervisors shall order securely fenced, filled, or covered any abandoned mining shaft, pit, or other excavation on unoccupied land in the county whenever it appears to them, by proof sub
• § 115715 — Every person who maliciously removes or destroys any covering or fencing placed around, or removes any fill placed in, any shaft, pit, or other excavation, as provided in this part, is guilty of a mis
• § 11572 — Unless filed by the district attorney, or the city attorney of an incorporated city, the complaint in the action shall be verified.
• § 115720 — This part is not applicable to any abandoned mining shaft, pit, well, septic tank, cesspool, or other abandoned excavation that contains a surface area of more than one-half acre.
• § 115725 — (a) All new playgrounds open to the public built by a public agency or any other entity shall conform to the playground-related standards set forth by the American Society for Testing and Materials an
• § 11573 — (a) If the existence of the nuisance is shown in the action to the satisfaction of the court or judge, either by verified complaint or affidavit, the court or judge shall allow a temporary restraining
• § 11573.5 — (a) At the time of application for issuance of a temporary restraining order or injunction pursuant to Section 11573, if proof of the existence of the nuisance depends, in whole or part, upon the affi
• § 115730 — (a) The State Department of Social Services shall convene a working group to develop recommendations for minimum safety requirements for playgrounds at child care centers.
• § 115735 — This article shall become operative on January 1, 2008.
• § 11574 — On granting the temporary writ the court or judge shall require an undertaking on the part of the applicant to the effect that the applicant will pay to the defendant enjoined such damages, not exceed
• § 11575 — The action shall have precedence over all other actions, except criminal proceedings, election contests, hearings on injunctions, and actions to forfeit vehicles under this division.
• § 11575.5 — In any action for abatement instituted pursuant to this article, all evidence otherwise authorized by law, including evidence of reputation in a community, as provided in the Evidence Code, shall be a
• § 11576 — If the complaint is filed by a citizen it shall not be dismissed by him or for want of prosecution except upon a sworn statement made by him and his attorney, setting forth the reasons why the action
• § 11577 — In case of failure to prosecute the action with reasonable diligence, or at the request of the plaintiff, the court, in its discretion, may substitute any other citizen consenting thereto for the plai
• § 115775 — (a) No state funds shall be used by any state agency, onsite employee child care center for state employees, city, county, city and county, district, superintendent of schools, school district, or com
• § 11578 — If the action is brought by a citizen and the court finds there was no reasonable ground or cause for the action, the costs shall be taxed against him.
• § 11579 — If the existence of the nuisance is established in the action, an order of abatement shall be entered as part of the judgment in the case, and plaintiff’s costs in the action are a lien upon the build
• § 11580 — A violation or disobedience of the injunction or order for abatement is punishable as a contempt of court by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10
• § 115800 — (a) An operator of a skateboard park shall not permit a person to ride a skateboard or other wheeled recreational device in the park, unless that person is wearing a helmet, elbow pads, and knee pads.
• § 11581 — (a) If the existence of the nuisance is established in the action, an order of abatement shall be entered as a part of the judgment, which order shall direct the removal from the building or place of
• § 11582 — While the order of abatement remains in effect, the building or place is in the custody of the court.
• § 115825 — (a) It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state that multiple use should be made of all public water within the state, to the extent that multiple use is consistent with public health and pub
• § 11583 — For removing and selling the movable property, the officer is entitled to charge and receive the same fees as he would for levying upon and selling like property on execution; and for closing the prem
• § 115830 — All water supply reservoirs of a public agency, whether heretofore or hereafter constructed, shall be open for recreational use by the people of this state, subject to the regulations of the departmen
• § 115835 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall control the construction of this article: (a) “Multiple use” includes domestic, industrial, agricultural, and recreational uses.
• § 11584 — The proceeds of the sale of the movable property shall be applied as follows: First—To the fees and costs of the removal and sale.
• § 115840 — (a) In San Diego County, recreational uses shall not, with respect to a reservoir in which water is stored for domestic use, include recreation in which there is bodily contact with the water by any p
• § 115840.5 — (a) In the Modesto Reservoir, recreational uses shall not include recreation in which any participant has bodily contact with the water, unless both of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) The
• § 115841 — Recreational activity in which there is bodily contact with the water by any participant shall continue to be allowed in Nacimiento Reservoir in accordance with all of the following requirements : (a)
• § 115842 — (a) Recreational activity in which there is bodily contact with the water by any participant is allowed in the Sly Park Reservoir provided that all of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) The w
• § 115843.5 — (a) In the Canyon Lake Reservoir, recreational uses shall not include recreation in which any participant has bodily contact with the water, unless both of the following conditions are satisfied: (1)
• § 115843.6 — (a) In the Bear Lake Reservoir, recreational uses shall not include recreation in which any participant has bodily contact with the water, unless all of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) The
• § 115845 — The public agency operating any water supply reservoir that is open for recreational use pursuant to this article may charge a use fee to cover the cost of policing the area around the reservoir, incl
• § 11585 — If the proceeds of the sale of the movable property do not fully discharge all of the costs, fees, and allowances, the building and place shall then also be sold under execution issued upon the order
• § 115850 — This article does not apply to terminal reservoirs for the supply of domestic water.
• § 11586 — (a) If the owner of the building or place has not been guilty of any contempt of court in the proceedings, and appears and pays all costs, fees, and allowances that are a lien on the building or place
• § 11587 — Whenever the owner of a building or place upon which the act or acts constituting the contempt have been committed, or the owner of any interest therein, has been guilty of a contempt of court, and fi
• § 115875 — For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Public beach” means any beach area used by the public for recreational purposes that is owned, operated, or cont
• § 115880 — (a) The department shall, by regulation and in consultation with the board, local health officers, and the public, establish, maintain, and amend as necessary, minimum standards for the sanitation of
• § 115881 — (a) Commencing January 1, 2012, the board shall be responsible for all of the following: (1) Directing the monitoring required to be conducted by Section 115880.
• § 115885 — (a) (1) A health officer having jurisdiction over an area in which a public beach is created shall do all of the following: (A) Inspect the public beach to determine whether the public beach is in com
• § 115890 — Prior to restricting the use of or closing a public beach or portion thereof alleged to be in violation of standards, the health officer or the department as the case may be, shall give reasonable not
• § 115895 — Any private person who violates any regulation adopted by the department pursuant to Section 115880 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 11591 — Every sheriff, chief of police, or the Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol, upon the arrest for any of the controlled substance offenses described in Section 11350, 11351, 11351.
• § 11591.5 — (a) Every sheriff or chief of police, upon the arrest for any of the controlled substance offenses described in Section 11350, 11351, 11351.
• § 115910 — (a) On or before the 15th day of each month, each health officer shall submit to the board a survey documenting all beach postings and closures resulting from implementation of Section 115915 that occ
• § 115915 — (a) Whenever any public beach fails to meet the bacteriological standards established pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 115880, the health officer shall, at a minimum, post the public beach with
• § 115917 — (a) (1) On or before July 1, 2022, the council shall direct a new or existing working group to study water recreation hazards at priority water-contact recreation sites.
• § 115920 — This act shall be known and may be cited as the Swimming Pool Safety Act.
• § 115921 — As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Swimming pool” or “pool” means any structure intended for swimming or recreational bathing that contains water over 18 in
• § 115922 — (a) Except as provided in Section 115925, subject to subdivision (b), and consistent with Section 1596.
• § 115923 — An enclosure shall have all of the following characteristics: (a) Any access gates through the enclosure open away from the swimming pool, and are self-closing with a self-latching device placed no lo
• § 115924 — (a) Any person entering into an agreement to build a swimming pool or spa, or to engage in permitted work on a pool or spa covered by this article, shall give the consumer notice of the requirements o
• § 115925 — The requirements of this article do not apply to any of the following: (a) Public swimming pools.
• § 115926 — (a) The State Department of Social Services shall prescribe drowning prevention safety standards governing all swimming pools and other bodies of water located at facilities regulated by the departmen
• § 115927 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this article shall not be subject to further modification or interpretation by any regulatory agency of the state, this authority being reserved exclusively
• § 115928 — Whenever a building permit is issued for the construction of a new swimming pool or spa, the pool or spa shall meet all of the following requirements: (a) (1) The suction outlets of the pool or spa fo
• § 115928.5 — Whenever a building permit is issued for the remodel or modification of an existing swimming pool, toddler pool, or spa, the permit shall require that the suction outlet or suction outlets of the exis
• § 115929 — (a) The Legislature encourages a private entity, in consultation with the Epidemiology and Prevention for Injury Control Branch of the department, to produce an informative brochure or booklet, for co
• § 11594 — All registration requirements set forth in this article, as it read on January 1, 2019, are terminated.
• § 115950 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the Wave Pool Safety Act.
• § 115951 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Nonswimmer” means a person who is a weak or inexperienced swimmer or a person who cannot swim.
• § 115952 — On and after January 1, 2009, a wave pool in this state shall comply with all of the following: (a) (1) A wave pool operator shall provide a United States Coast Guard-approved Type II or Type III life
• § 115960.1 — The following definitions apply for purposes of this article: (a) “Department” means the State Department of Public Health.
• § 115960.2 — (a) A wave basin shall be subject to regulation as a permanent amusement ride under the Permanent Amusement Ride Safety Inspection Program (Part 8.
• § 115975 — “Resort,” as used in this article, means a resort, bathhouse, or other public place for the purpose of accommodating bathers, bordering upon or adjoining the seacoast or a lake where the public resort
• § 115980 — No person shall own or conduct a resort unless it is equipped with at least one lifeboat.
• § 115985 — The boat shall be fully equipped with oars, oarlocks, and not less than two life preservers, and two hundred feet of rope.
• § 115990 — The boat shall have the word “lifeboat” plainly printed or painted upon it.
• § 115995 — Every person who violates any provision of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than ten nor more than four hundred dollars ($400), or by imprisonment for not less
• § 11600 — The Attorney General, the Board of Pharmacy, and other agencies shall carry out educational programs designed to prevent and deter misuse and abuse of controlled substances.
• § 116000 — “Resort,” as used in this article, means any public bathing or swimming place or resort on a river or stream.
• § 116005 — No person shall maintain a resort unless he or she carefully sounds the depth of water and locates the eddies and pools and determines the presence and nature of dangerous currents, sunken logs, rocks
• § 11601 — The Attorney General shall encourage research on misuse and abuse of controlled substances.
• § 116010 — No person shall maintain a resort unless signs indicating in plain letters the depth of water, the location of pools or eddies, and the presence and direction of currents of water are placed and maint
• § 116015 — No person shall maintain a resort unless safety ropes are stretched wherever necessary to show the line of eddies, pools, sunken obstructions, and other hidden dangers to bathers in the water.
• § 11602 — The Attorney General may enter into contracts for educational and research activities without performance bonds.
• § 116020 — Every person who violates any provision of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 116023 — For purposes of this article, “wearable personal flotation device” means a lifejacket, puddle jumper, water wings, or other flotation device designed to be worn or attached to the body of an infant or
• § 116023.5 — On or after January 1, 2026, a person or entity shall not manufacture, sell, distribute, deliver, hold, or offer for sale in commerce in this state a wearable personal flotation device that is not app
• § 116025 — “Public swimming pool,” as used in this article, means any public swimming pool, bathhouse, public swimming and bathing place and all related appurtenances.
• § 116028 — Except as provided in Section 116033, “lifeguard service,” as used in this article, means the attendance at a public swimming pool, during periods of use, of one or more lifeguards who possess, as min
• § 11603 — The Attorney General, with the approval of the Research Advisory Panel, may authorize persons engaged in research on the use and effects of controlled substances to withhold the names and other identi
• § 116030 — (a) The construction standards as set forth in this article and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto, shall not apply to any artificially constructed swimming facility in excess of 20,000 square f
• § 116033 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), persons providing aquatic instruction, including, but not limited to, swimming instruction, water safety instruction, water contact activities, and competiti
• § 116035 — The department has supervision of sanitation, healthfulness, and safety of public swimming pools.
• § 116036 — The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (a) In California, drowning is the leading cause of death for children 4 years of age and younger, the second leading cause of death for child
• § 116038 — Every person proposing to construct a public swimming pool shall file a copy of the plans therefor, prior to construction, with the local health officer having jurisdiction for approval.
• § 11604 — The Attorney General, with the approval of the Research Advisory Panel, may authorize the possession and distribution of controlled substances by persons engaged in research.
• § 116040 — Every person operating or maintaining a public swimming pool must do so in a sanitary, healthful and safe manner.
• § 116043 — Every public swimming pool, including swimming pool structure, appurtenances, operation, source of water supply, amount and quality of water recirculated and in the pool, method of water purification,
• § 116045 — (a) Lifeguard service shall be provided for any public swimming pool that is of wholly artificial construction and for the use of which a direct fee is charged.
• § 116046 — (a) The State Department of Education, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health, shall issue best practices guidelines related to pool safety at K–12 schools.
• § 116048 — (a) On or after January 1, 1987, for public swimming pools in any common interest development, as defined in Section 4100 or 6534 of the Civil Code, that consists of fewer than 25 separate interests,
• § 116049 — (a) “Public swimming pool,” as used in this section, means any public swimming pool defined in Section 116025 that is owned or operated by the state or any local governmental entity, including, but no
• § 116049.1 — (a) “Public swimming pool,” as used in this section, means any swimming pool operated for the use of the general public with or without charge, or for the use of the members and guests of a private cl
• § 11605 — (a) Commencing with the 1991–92 fiscal year, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Governor’s Policy Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, shall conduct a biennial survey of drug and alcohol use
• § 116050 — Except as provided in Section 18930, the department shall make and enforce regulations pertaining to public swimming pools as it deems proper and shall enforce building standards published in the Stat
• § 116053 — Every health officer shall enforce the building standards published in the State Building Standards Code relating to swimming pools and the other regulations adopted by the department pursuant to this
• § 116055 — For the purposes of this article, any health officer, or any inspector of the department, may at all reasonable times enter all parts of the premises of a public swimming pool to make examination and
• § 116058 — The department may publish the reports of inspections.
• § 116060 — Any public swimming pool constructed, operated, or maintained contrary to the provisions of this article is a public nuisance, dangerous to health.
• § 116063 — Any nuisance maintained in violation of this article may be abated or enjoined in an action brought by a local health officer, or the department, or it may be summarily abated in the manner provided b
• § 116064 — (a) As used in this section the following words have the following meanings: (1) (A) “Public wading pool” means a pool that meets all of the following criteria: (i) It has a maximum water depth not ex
• § 116064.2 — (a) As used in this section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) “ANSI/APSP performance standard” means a standard that is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANS
• § 116065 — Every person who violates any provision of this article, building standards published in the State Building Standards Code relating to swimming pools, or the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to
• § 116068 — Each day that a violation of this article continues is a separate offense.
• § 116070 — As used in this article, water-contact sport means any sport in which the body of a person comes into physical contact with water, including but not limited to swimming, surfboarding, paddleboarding,
• § 116075 — The department has supervision of sanitation, healthfulness, and safety of the public beaches and public water-contact sport areas of the ocean waters and bays of the state and, except as provided in
• § 116080 — Regulations made pursuant to this article shall include suitable standards of safe bacteria count for water-contact sports areas specified by the State Water Pollution Control Board or regional water
• § 116085 — Every person who violates any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this article is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 116090 — Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to give the department the authority to fix the areas wherein water-contact sports may be engaged in or to affect the authority of the State Water
• § 116090.6 — For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Local health officer” means the legally appointed health officer or director of environmental health of the city, co
• § 116090.7 — (a) Upon issuance by the office of a site-specific fish or shellfish health advisory pursuant to Section 59011 of this code or Section 13177.
• § 116091 — The Pupil Athletic Access and Safety Program pilot project is hereby established in the State Department of Education for the purpose of providing grants to private statewide nonprofit organizations i
• § 116092 — (a) One of the pilot projects shall be in southern California.
• § 116093 — (a) A pilot project shall use grant funds for all of the following purposes: (1) To provide onsite nationally certified athletic trainers to participating schools.
• § 116094 — (a) The State Department of Education shall establish a competitive grant process for private, nonprofit organizations that are registered with the Secretary of State to submit a grant application for
• § 116095 — By January 1, 2005, the department, or its administering contracting entity, shall submit a report to the Legislature on the evaluation of the pilot projects pursuant to this chapter, including the nu
• § 116100 — As used in Article 5 (commencing with Section 116185) of Chapter 2, “department” means the State Department of Health Services.
• § 116102 — “Place,” as used in Article 3 (commencing with Section 116125) of Chapter 2 and Section 116250, includes land, place, building, structure, wharf, pier, dock, vessel, or water craft.
• § 116104 — “Rodents,” as used in Article 3 (commencing with Section 116125) of Chapter 2 and Section 116250, means rats, mice, gophers, and ground squirrels.
• § 116106 — “Possess,” as used in Article 3 (commencing with Section 116125) of Chapter 2 and Section 116250, includes control, own, lease, occupy, possess, or have charge of or dominion over.
• § 116108 — “Vector,” as used in Article 1 (commencing with Section 116110) of, and Article 2 (commencing with Section 116120) of Chapter 2, and Section 106925, means any animal capable of transmitting the causat
• § 116110 — The department shall maintain a program of vector biology and control including, but not limited to, the following: (a) Providing consultation and assistance to local vector control agencies in develo
• § 116111 — The department may provide any necessary and proper assistance and support to the vector control programs of counties, cities, cities and counties, mosquito abatement and vector control districts, and
• § 116112 — The Vectorborne Disease Account is hereby established within the State Treasury.
• § 116120 — (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to import into the state any exotic vector without written approval from the state department.
• § 116125 — Every person possessing a place that is infested with rodents, as soon as their presence comes to his or her knowledge, shall at once proceed and continue in good faith to endeavor to exterminate and