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.

• § 116805 — (a) Local health officers may maintain programs, in cooperation with water suppliers, to protect against backflow through service connections into the public water supply, and, with the consent of the
• § 116810 — To ensure that testing and maintenance of backflow prevention devices are performed by persons qualified to do testing and maintenance, local health officers may maintain programs for certification of
• § 116815 — (a) All pipes installed above or below the ground, on and after June 1, 1993, that are designed to carry recycled water, shall be colored purple or distinctively wrapped with purple tape.
• § 116820 — Any person who violates any provision of this article, violates any order of the local health officer pursuant to this article, or knowingly files a false statement or report required by the local hea
• § 116825 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall govern construction of this article: (a) “Water treatment device” means any point of use or point of entry instrument or contriva
• § 116831 — All regulations adopted pursuant to this article prior to January 1, 2014, are repealed.
• § 116832 — (a) Commencing January 1, 2014, each manufacturer that offers for sale in California a water treatment device for which it makes a health or safety claim shall, for each water treatment device for whi
• § 116835 — (a) A water treatment device for which a health or safety claim is made shall not be sold or otherwise distributed unless the device is included on the list of water treatment devices published on the
• § 116836 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a certificate issued by the department shall not be valid unless the application for certification was filed on or before November 1, 2013.
• § 116840 — (a) The department, or any local health officer with the concurrence of the department, shall enforce this article.
• § 116845 — The department shall publish semiannually on its Internet Web site the following: (a) (1) A list of water treatment devices for which a valid certification was issued by the department on or before De
• § 116850 — (a) The department shall charge and collect the applicable annual fee, as established pursuant to subdivision (b), from each manufacturer that submits information as required by Section 116832 and fro
• § 116855 — This article shall not apply to residential self-regenerating water softeners, as defined in Section 13148 of the Water Code.
• § 116860 — There is in the State Treasury the Water Device Certification Special Account.
• § 116865 — The Director of Finance may authorize the department to borrow up to two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for the purpose of implementing this article from any fund or account deemed appropriate by
• § 116875 — (a) No person shall use any pipe, pipe or plumbing fitting or fixture, solder, or flux that is not lead free in the installation or repair of any public water system or any plumbing in a facility prov
• § 116876 — (a) Commencing January 1, 2023, a person shall not manufacture, and offer for sale in the state, an endpoint device intended to convey or dispense water for human consumption that leaches more than on
• § 116880 — The department shall adopt building standards to implement Section 116875.
• § 116885 — (a) By July 1, 2018, a community water system shall compile an inventory of known lead user service lines in use in its distribution system and identify areas that may have lead user service lines in
• § 116890 — (a) For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (1) “Community water system” has the same meaning as in Section 116275.
• § 116900 — This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Water Shutoff Protection Act.
• § 116902 — For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Board” means the State Water Resources Control Board.
• § 116904 — (a) An urban water supplier not regulated by the Public Utilities Commission shall comply with this chapter on and after February 1, 2020.
• § 116906 — (a) A covered water system that serves 200 or more service connections shall have a written policy on discontinuation of residential service for nonpayment available in English, the languages listed i
• § 116908 — (a) (1) (A) A covered water system shall not discontinue residential service for nonpayment until a payment by a customer has been delinquent for at least 60 days.
• § 116910 — (a) A covered water system shall not discontinue residential service for nonpayment if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The customer, or a tenant of the customer, submits to the covered wa
• § 116912 — A covered water system that discontinues residential service for nonpayment shall provide the customer with information on how to restore residential service.
• § 116914 — (a) For a residential customer who demonstrates to a covered water system household income below 200 percent of the federal poverty line, the covered water system shall do both of the following: (1) S
• § 116916 — (a) This section applies if there is a landlord-tenant relationship between the residential occupants and the owner, manager, or operator of the dwelling.
• § 116918 — A covered water system shall report the number of annual discontinuations of residential service for inability to pay on the covered water system’s internet website, if an internet website exists, and
• § 116920 — (a) The Attorney General, at the request of the board or upon the Attorney General’s own motion, may bring an action in state court to do either of the following: (1) Restrain by temporary or permanen
• § 116922 — All written notices required under this chapter shall be provided in English, the languages listed in Section 1632 of the Civil Code, and any other language spoken by 10 percent or more of the custome
• § 116924 — Where provisions of existing law are duplicative of this chapter, compliance with one shall be deemed compliance with the other.
• § 116926 — This chapter does not apply to the termination of a service connection by a covered water system due to an unauthorized action of a customer.
• § 116975 — No person shall put the carcass of any dead animal, or the offal from any slaughter pen, corral, or butcher shop, into any river, creek, pond, reservoir, or stream.
• § 116980 — No person shall put any water closet, privy, cesspool or septic tank, or the carcass of any dead animal, or any offal of any kind, in, or upon the borders of, any stream, pond, lake, or reservoir from
• § 116985 — No person shall allow any water closet, privy, cesspool, or septic tank, or carcass of any dead animal, or any offal of any kind, to remain in or upon the borders of any stream, pond, lake, or reservo
• § 116990 — No person shall keep any horses, mules, cattle, swine, sheep, or live stock of any kind, penned, corralled, or housed on, over, or on the borders of any stream, pond, lake, or reservoir, in a manner t
• § 116995 — No person shall cause or permit any horses, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, or any kind of live stock or domestic animals, to pollute the waters, or tributaries of waters, used or intended for drinking
• § 11700 — This division shall be known and may be cited as the Drug Dealer Liability Act.
• § 117000 — No person shall bathe, except as permitted by law, in any stream, pond, lake, or reservoir from which water is drawn for the supply of any portion of the inhabitants of this state, or by any other mea
• § 117005 — Nothing in this article shall be held to prevent the grazing of livestock in areas embracing any stream or watershed where the grazing would not tend to render the waters unwholesome or injurious to t
• § 11701 — The purpose of this division is to provide a civil remedy for damages to persons in a community injured as a result of the use of an illegal controlled substance.
• § 117010 — Every person who washes clothes in any spring, stream, river, lake, reservoir, well, or other waters that are used or intended for drinking purposes by the inhabitants of the vicinage or of any city,
• § 117015 — Every person who violates, or refuses or neglects to conform to, any sanitary rule, order, or regulation prescribed by the department for the prevention of the pollution of springs, streams, rivers, l
• § 11702 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Although the criminal justice system is an important weapon against the marketing of illegal controlled substances, the civil justice syste
• § 117020 — No person shall construct, maintain, or use any waste well extending to or into a subterranean water-bearing stratum that is used or intended to be used as, or is suitable for, a source of water suppl
• § 117025 — It is unlawful for the owner, tenant, lessee, or occupant of any houseboat or boat intended for or capable of being used as a residence, house, dwelling, or habitation, or agent of the owner, tenant,
• § 11703 — As used in this division: (a) “Marketing of illegal controlled substances” means the possession for sale, sale, or distribution of a specified illegal controlled substance, and shall include all aspec
• § 117030 — Violation of this article may be enjoined by any court of competent jurisdiction at the suit of any person whose supply of water for human or animal consumption or for domestic purposes is or may be a
• § 117035 — Anything done, maintained, or suffered, in violation of any of the provisions of this article is a public nuisance, dangerous to health, and may be summarily abated as such.
• § 11704 — (a) A person who knowingly participates in the marketing of illegal controlled substances within this state is liable for civil damages as provided in this division.
• § 117040 — A city, city and county, district or other public agency, owning or operating a reservoir used for domestic or drinking water purposes, may open to public fishing all or any part of the reservoir and
• § 117045 — Before the reservoir and its surrounding land are opened to public fishing the public agency owning or operating the reservoir shall determine that the public fishing will not affect the purity and sa
• § 11705 — (a) Any one or more of the following persons may bring an action for damages caused by an individual’s use of an illegal controlled substance: (1) A parent, legal guardian, child, spouse, or sibling o
• § 117050 — Public fishing shall not be conducted in a reservoir or on its surrounding land if the reservoir is used as a regulating reservoir to meet daily or peak consumption demands and as a terminal reservoir
• § 117055 — The department may allow public fishing on any terminal reservoir if it finds that adequate means are being used to protect drinking water quality and that public fishing will have no significant effe
• § 11706 — (a) An individual user of an illegal controlled substance may not bring an action for damages caused by the use of an illegal controlled substance, except as otherwise provided in this section.
• § 117060 — The public agency owning or operating the reservoir may establish and collect fees, including charges for motor vehicle parking, for the construction and operation of structures, facilities and equipm
• § 117065 — The public agency shall cause a copy of the rules and regulations to be posted upon the area opened to public fishing and other recreational uses, and it shall cause the rules and regulations to be pu
• § 11707 — (a) A third party shall not pay damages awarded under this division, or provide a defense or money for a defense, on behalf of an insured under a contract of insurance or indemnification.
• § 117070 — Any violation of any rule or regulation lawfully made by the public agency is a misdemeanor.
• § 117075 — Sections 117040 to 117070, inclusive, shall not apply to reservoirs used for domestic or drinking water purposes that are open to fishing or recreational uses on September 11, 1957, or that have been
• § 11708 — A person, whose participation in the marketing of illegal controlled substances constitutes the following level offense, shall be rebuttably presumed to be responsible in the following amounts: (a) Fo
• § 117080 — “Governmental agency,” as used in this article, includes a city, city and county, and district, but does not include a chartered city or city and county.
• § 117085 — The board of supervisors of any county wherein is located a body of water owned by a governmental agency, that is used to supply water for human consumption may by resolution request the governmental
• § 11709 — (a) Two or more persons may join in one action under this division as plaintiffs if their respective actions have at least one market for illegal controlled substances in common and if any portion of
• § 117090 — Upon receipt of the amended permit, if the agency does not allow such use, it shall call for a vote of its constituents at the next statewide primary election or general election, or if the agency is
• § 117095 — Nothing herein contained shall permit or require fishing or other recreational uses in a secondary reservoir from which water is supplied for domestic use without purification treatment after withdraw
• § 11710 — (a) An action by an individual user of an illegal controlled substance is governed by the principles of comparative responsibility.
• § 117100 — The ballot for the election authorized by Section 117090 shall contain the instructions required by law to be printed thereon and in addition thereto
• § 117105 — The governmental agency owning the body of water may fix and collect fees, including charges for motor vehicle parking, for the construction of facilities, operation, and use of the area opened for pu
• § 11711 — A person subject to liability under this division has a right of action for contribution against another person subject to liability under this division.
• § 117110 — The governmental agency shall cause a copy of the rules and regulations to be posted upon the area opened to public fishing and other recreational uses, and it shall cause the rules and regulations to
• § 117115 — As far as possible the development and operation of the recreational uses authorized by this article shall be financed out of the revenues authorized by this article; provided, however, that the gover
• § 11712 — (a) Proof of liability in an action brought under this division shall be shown by clear and convincing evidence.
• § 117120 — Any violation of any rule or regulation lawfully made by the governmental agency is a misdemeanor.
• § 117125 — Notwithstanding any other law, the Department of Fish and Wildlife may stock with fish any body of water opened to public fishing pursuant to this article.
• § 11713 — (a) A plaintiff under this division, subject to subdivision (c), may request an ex parte prejudgment attachment order from the court against all assets of a defendant sufficient to satisfy a potential
• § 117130 — Violation of any provision of this chapter is a misdemeanor.
• § 11714 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a claim under this division shall not be brought more than one year after the defendant furnishes the specified illegal controlled substance.
• § 11715 — On motion by a governmental agency involved in an investigation or prosecution involving an illegal controlled substance, an action brought under this division shall be stayed until the completion of
• § 11716 — No cause of action shall arise based on any act by a defendant which occurred prior to the effective date of this division.
• § 11717 — If any provision of this division or the application of any provision to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this division and the application of such provision to any other p
• § 117400 — This article shall not apply to any city, town, county, sanitary district, sanitation district, sewer maintenance district or to any agency or institution of the state or the federal government by rea
• § 117405 — It is unlawful for any person or firm to carry on or engage in the business of the cleaning of septic tanks, chemical toilets, cesspools or sewage seepage pits or to dispose of the cleanings therefrom
• § 117410 — Except as provided in Section 25163, it is unlawful for any person to clean septic tanks, chemical toilets, cesspools or sewage seepage pits or to dispose or aid in the disposal of the cleanings there
• § 117415 — All applications for registration under this article shall be filed with the local health officer in the city, town, county, or city and county in which it is desired to carry on the business.
• § 117420 — Registration shall be issued only after a satisfactory examination by the health officer or his or her duly authorized representative covering the equipment to be used, the applicant’s knowledge of sa
• § 117425 — The health officer is required to act upon each application within thirty (30) days of the date of filing same.
• § 117430 — Registration shall be only for the unexpired portion of the calendar year in which application is made, and at the end of the calendar year all registrations shall become void and of no effect.
• § 117435 — (a) Applicants may be registered under any terms, conditions, orders, and directions as the health officer or his or her duly authorized representative may deem necessary for the protection of human h
• § 117440 — A change of address of any registrant including a member of a partnership that is registered and of the place of business thereof shall be reported in writing by registered mail by the registrant with
• § 117445 — Any registration issued under this article may be revoked by the issuing health officer for cause on 10 days’ notice to the applicant.
• § 117450 — Violation of any of the provisions of this article or of any order or orders of a health officer made pursuant to this article for the protection of human health and comfort shall constitute a misdeme
• § 117475 — For the purpose of this article the term “garbage” includes any or all of the following: (a) Garbage.
• § 117480 — Every person who places, deposits, or dumps any garbage in or upon the navigable waters of this state, or who places, deposits, or loads it upon any vessel, with intent that it shall be dumped or depo
• § 117485 — Every person in charge of any vessel who permits it to be loaded with any garbage with intent that it shall be dumped or deposited from the vessel in or upon any of the navigable waters of this state,
• § 117490 — A vessel upon which any garbage has been loaded with the intent that it shall be dumped or deposited upon any of the waters of the ocean where permitted by this article, shall not leave any point with
• § 117495 — Every person in charge of a vessel that is to dump or deposit radioactive waste materials upon any of the waters of the ocean where permitted by this article shall notify the department in writing at
• § 11750 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the administrative and programmatic functions of the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs be transferred to the State Department of Health Care Se
• § 117500 — This article shall not be construed to affect the discharge of any sewer system.
• § 117505 — No person shall maintain or operate in or upon the navigable waters of any lake, reservoir, or fresh water impoundment of this state any vessel that is equipped with a toilet unless the toilet is seal
• § 11751 — (a) Except as provided in Section 131055.
• § 11751.4 — It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure the integrity of state alcohol and drug programs.
• § 117510 — As used in this article: (a) “Vessel” means every description of craft or other contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation in or on water.
• § 117515 — No person shall place, deposit, or dump any human excreta in or upon the navigable waters of this state, that are within any marina, yacht harbor, fresh water lake, or fresh water impoundment, from an
• § 11752 — As used in this division, “department” means the State Department of Health Care Services and “director” means the Director of Health Care Services.
• § 11752.1 — (a) “County board of supervisors” includes county boards of supervisors in the case of counties acting jointly.
• § 117520 — It is not the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to preempt the field of pollution by vessels, and the provisions of this article do not prohibit the enactment or enforcement of any or
• § 117525 — Any violation of this article is a misdemeanor.
• § 117530 — Violation of any provision of Article 2 (commencing with Section 117475), Article 3 (commencing with Section 117505), Article 4 (commencing with Section 117510), and Article 6 (commencing with Section
• § 11754 — (a) The department shall be the single state agency authorized to receive any federal funds payable directly to the state by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to implement
• § 11755 — The department shall do all of the following: (a) Adopt regulations pursuant to Section 11152 of the Government Code.
• § 11755.2 — (a) The department may implement a program for the establishment of group homes for alcohol and other drug abusers as provided for in Section 300x-4a of Title 42 of the United States Code.
• § 117550 — For purposes of this article, “solid waste” has the same meaning as that term is defined in Section 40191 of the Public Resources Code.
• § 117555 — A person who places, deposits, or dumps, or who causes to be placed, deposited, or dumped, or who causes or allows to overflow, sewage, sludge, cesspool or septic tank effluent, accumulation of human
• § 11756 — The department relative to the statewide alcohol and other drug program, in addition to the duties provided for in Section 11755, shall do all of the following: (a) Cooperate with other governmental a
• § 11756.5 — (a) An alcoholism or substance use disorder recovery or treatment facility licensed under this division or an alcohol or other drug program certified by the department in accordance with the alcohol o
• § 117560 — A state fish and game warden, police officer of a city, sheriff, deputy of a sheriff, person described in subdivision (i) of Section 830.
• § 11757.50 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Alcohol and Drug Affected Mothers and Infants Act of 1990.
• § 11757.51 — The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Many infants affected by alcohol or other drugs require neonatal intensive care because of low birth weight, prematurity, withdrawal symptoms, ser
• § 11757.53 — (a) The Office of Perinatal Substance Abuse is hereby established within the State Department of Health Care Services.
• § 11757.57 — (a) The office may provide or contract for training regarding alcohol and other drug dependency to providers of health, social, educational, and support services to women of childbearing age and their
• § 11757.59 — (a) Funds distributed under this chapter shall be used by counties to fund residential and nonresidential alcohol and other drug treatment programs for pregnant women, postpartum women, and their chil
• § 11757.61 — (a) A county that receives funds distributed under this chapter may establish a perinatal coordinating council that consists of persons who are experts in the areas of alcohol and other drug treatment
• § 11757.65 — (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares both of the following: (1) The state has an interest in the women and children’s residential treatment services (WCRTS) program.
• § 117575 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in Article 2 (commencing with Section 66710) of Chapter 1 of Title 7.
• § 11758 — The definitions contained in this chapter shall govern the construction of this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise.
• § 11758.02 — It is the intent of the Legislature that the overdose information gathered pursuant to this chapter shall be used for the purpose of making decisions regarding the allocation of public health and educ
• § 11758.03 — For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Coroner” means a person whose responsibilities include those described in Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 27460)
• § 11758.04 — (a) A coroner or medical examiner who evaluates an individual who died, in the coroner or medical examiner’s expert opinion, as the result of an overdose as a contributing factor, shall report the inc
• § 11758.05 — (a) The department shall use best efforts to utilize all of its relevant data regarding overdoses in the state to monitor and identify current trends of fentanyl-related deaths of children zero to fiv
• § 11758.10 — (a) Within 60 days after notification of the final allocation of each fiscal year pursuant to Section 11814, the board of supervisors of each county requesting to contract for federal funding from the
• § 11758.20 — (a) The department shall negotiate contracts with each county that requests to enter into a contract to provide alcohol and other drug services.
• § 117580 — The department insofar as presently or hereafter provided by law, shall continue to be responsible for all aspects of solid waste management and resource recovery as they directly affect human health,
• § 117585 — The department shall continue to administer and enforce the laws, other than matters covered by Title 7.
• § 11759 — This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Adolescent Alcohol and Drug Treatment and Recovery Program Act of 1998.
• § 11759.1 — The department, in collaboration with counties and providers of alcohol and other drug services, shall establish community-based nonresidential and residential recovery programs to intervene and treat
• § 11759.2 — The department, in collaboration with counties and providers of alcohol and other drug services, shall establish criteria for participation, programmatic requirements, and terms and conditions for fun
• § 11759.3 — Nothing in this chapter shall preclude regional approaches to service delivery by counties, including the utilization of community-based nonresidential and residential programs.
• § 11759.4 — Not later than January 1 of each year, the department, in collaboration with the counties and providers of alcohol and other drug services, shall report to the Legislature during budget hearings regar
• § 11759.5 — This chapter shall become inoperative on July 1, 2013.
• § 117590 — The department, not later than January 1, 1975, shall prepare and shall submit minimum standards for solid waste handling and disposal for the protection of the public health to the board for inclusio
• § 11760 — The Legislature finds and declares that problems related to the inappropriate use of alcoholic beverages and other drug use adversely affect the general welfare of the people of California.
• § 11760.1 — The Legislature recognizes that any efforts to address the problems related to inappropriate alcohol use and other drug use are greatly hindered by: (a) The stigmatization of persons who have alcohol
• § 11760.2 — The Legislature finds that state government has an affirmative role in alleviating problems related to the inappropriate use of alcoholic beverages and other drug use and that its major objective is p
• § 11760.5 — (a) The Legislature recognizes that substance use disorder should be viewed and treated as a health problem, as well as a public safety problem.
• § 11760.6 — It is the intent of the Legislature that the department encourage the development of high quality, cost-effective services.
• § 117600 — This part shall be known and may be cited as the Medical Waste Management Act.
• § 117605 — (a) This part governs medical waste management at the facility where waste is generated, at transfer stations, and at treatment facilities.
• § 117610 — The department shall adopt regulations that will establish and ensure statewide standards for uniformity in the implementation and administration of this part and that will promote waste minimization
• § 117615 — Notwithstanding Section 117605, with the approval of the director, and in the interest of public health, a local ordinance providing more stringent requirements than specified in this part may be impl
• § 117625 — Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this part.
• § 117630 — (a) “Biohazard bag” means a disposable film bag used to contain medical waste.
• § 117636 — “Chemotherapeutic agent” means an agent that kills or prevents the reproduction of malignant cells.
• § 117637 — “Common carrier” means either of the following: (a) A person or company that has a United States Department of Transportation number issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and is re
• § 117640 — “Common storage facility” means any designated accumulation area that is onsite and is used by small quantity generators otherwise operating independently for the storage of medical waste for collecti
• § 117645 — “Container” means the rigid container in which the medical waste is placed prior to transporting for purposes of storage or treatment.
• § 117647 — “Empty” means a condition achieved when tubing, a container, or inner liner removed from a container that previously contained liquid or solid material, including, but not limited to, a chemotherapeut
• § 117650 — “Enforcement agency” means the department or the local agency administering this part.
• § 117655 — “Enforcement officer” means the director, or agents or registered environmental health specialists appointed by the director, and all local health officers, directors of environmental health, and thei
• § 117657 — “Fund” means the Medical Waste Management Fund created pursuant to Section 117885.
• § 117660 — “Hazardous waste hauler” means a person registered as a hazardous waste hauler pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 25160) and Article 6.
• § 117662 — “Health care professional” means any person licensed or certified pursuant to Division 2 (commencing with Section 500) of the Business and Professions Code; any person licensed pursuant to the Osteopa
• § 117665 — “Highly communicable diseases” means diseases, such as those caused by organisms classified by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as risk group 3 organisms or higher.
• § 117670 — “Household waste” means any material, including garbage, trash, and sanitary wastes in septic tanks and medical waste, that is derived from households, farms, or ranches.
• § 117671 — “Home-generated sharps waste” means hypodermic needles, pen needles, intravenous needles, lancets, and other devices that are used to penetrate the skin for the delivery of medications derived from a
• § 117672 — “Industrial hygienist” means a person who has met the educational requirements of an industrial hygiene certification organization, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 20700 of the Business and P
• § 117675 — “Infectious agent” means a type of microorganism, bacteria, mold, parasite, or virus, including, but not limited to, organisms managed as Biosafety Level II, III, or IV by the federal Centers for Dise
• § 117680 — “Large quantity generator” means a medical waste generator, other than a trauma scene waste management practitioner, that generates 200 or more pounds of medical waste in any month of a 12-month perio
• § 117685 — “Local agency” means the local health department, as defined in Section 101185, or the local comprehensive environmental agency established in accordance with Section 101275, of a county that has elec
• § 117690 — (a) “Medical waste” means any biohazardous, pathology, pharmaceutical, or trace chemotherapy waste not regulated by the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-580), as a
• § 117695 — Medical waste that has been treated in accordance with the provisions of the Medical Waste Management Act, Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 118215), and that is not otherwise hazardous, shall therea
• § 117700 — Medical waste does not include any of the following: (a) Waste generated in food processing or biotechnology that does not contain an infectious agent, as defined in Section 117675, or an agent capabl
• § 117705 — “Medical waste generator” means any person whose act or process produces medical waste and includes, but is not limited to, a provider of health care, as defined in Section 56.
• § 117710 — “Medical waste management plan” means a document that is completed by generators of medical waste that describes how the medical waste generated at their facility shall be segregated, handled, stored,
• § 117715 — “Medical waste permit” means a permit issued by the enforcement agency to a medical waste treatment facility.
• § 11772 — (a) (1) The department may enter into agreements and contracts with any person or public or private agency, corporation, or other legal entity, including contracts to pay these entities in advance or
• § 117720 — “Medical waste registration” means a registration issued by the enforcement agency to a medical waste generator.
• § 117725 — (a) “Medical waste treatment facility” means all land and structures, and other appurtenances or improvements on the land under the control of the treatment facility, used for treating medical waste o
• § 11773 — (a) Subject to Section 11773.
• § 11773.1 — (a) The department may accept voluntary contributions, in cash or in-kind, to pay for the costs of implementing the program under this article.
• § 11773.2 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 11773.
• § 11773.3 — (a) Any funds that are not expended or encumbered for purposes of this article 730 days after being deposited into the California Methamphetamine Abuse Prevention Account shall be returned to the priv
• § 117730 — “Mixed waste” means mixtures of medical and nonmedical waste.
• § 117735 — “Offsite” means any location that is not onsite.
• § 117740 — (a) “Onsite” means a medical waste treatment facility, or common storage facility on the same or adjacent property as the generator of the medical waste being treated.
• § 117742 — “Parent organization” means an organization that employs or contracts with health care professionals who provide health care services at a location other than at a health care facility specified in su
• § 117745 — “Person” means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, business concern, partnership, association, limited liability company, and corporation, including, but not limited to, a government corp
• § 117747 — (a) “Pharmaceutical” means a prescription or over-the-counter human or veterinary drug, including, but not limited to, a drug as defined in Section 109925 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act,
• § 11775 — (a) Each year the department shall apply for federal block grant funds from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and may expend those funds only upon appropriation of,
• § 117750 — (a) “Sharps container” means a rigid puncture-resistant container used in patient care or research activities meeting the standards of, and receiving approval from, the United States Food and Drug Adm
• § 11776 — The department shall confer and cooperate with other state agencies whose responsibilities include alleviating the problems related to inappropriate alcohol use and other drug use in order to maximize
• § 117760 — “Small quantity generator” means a medical waste generator, other than a trauma scene waste management practitioner, that generates less than 200 pounds per month of medical waste.
• § 117765 — “Storage” means the holding of medical wastes, in compliance with the Medical Waste Management Act, including Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 118275), at a designated accumulation area, offsite poi
• § 11777 — The Legislature, subject to the Governor’s approval, has the sole authority under Section 12 of Article IV of the California Constitution to appropriate any funds, including federal funds, to the depa
• § 117770 — “Tracking document” means the medical waste tracking document specified in Section 118040.
• § 117771 — “Shipping document” means the medical waste shipping document required by the United States Department of Transportation pursuant to Section 172.
• § 117775 — (a) “Transfer station” means an offsite location permitted by the department where medical waste is loaded, unloaded, stored, or consolidated by a registered hazardous waste hauler during the normal c