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Health and Safety Code - HSC

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

• § 118410 — The person having the material cleaned and disinfected shall pay the costs of the inspection.
• § 118415 — Every person who knowingly packs any goods intended for delivery to other parties or for transportation by common carriers with unsanitary packing material is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 11842 — As used in this chapter, “substance use disorder program” means any program that provides any service of care, treatment, rehabilitation, counseling, vocational training, self-improvement classes or c
• § 11842.5 — As used in this chapter, a substance use disorder program includes, but is not limited to: (a) Residential programs that provide a residential setting and services such as detoxification, counseling,
• § 118425 — No person conducting, operating, or having charge or control of, any hotel, restaurant, factory, store, barber shop, office building, school, public hall, railroad train, railway station, boat, or any
• § 11843 — The county shall establish and maintain a registry of all narcotic and drug programs and alcohol and other drug programs within the county in order to promote a coordination of effort in the county.
• § 11843.5 — Each narcotic and drug program and alcohol and other drug program in a county shall register annually with the county alcohol and drug program administrator by July 1 or within 30 days after being est
• § 118430 — For the purpose of this article the term “common use” when applied to a towel means its use by, or for, more than one person without its being laundered between consecutive uses of the towel by method
• § 118435 — The department and all health officers of counties, cities, and health districts shall enforce this article.
• § 118440 — Violation of any provision of this article is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars ($50) for each offense.
• § 11845.5 — (a) The identity and records of the identity, diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment of any patient, which identity and records are maintained in connection with the performance of any alcohol and other d
• § 118450 — “Wiping rags,” as used in this article means cloths and rags, other than reusable rental cloths or towels, used for any or all of the following purposes: (a) Wiping and cleaning the surfaces of machin
• § 118455 — No person shall supply or furnish to his or her employees for wiping rags, or sell or offer for sale for wiping rags, any soiled wearing apparel, underclothing, bedding, or parts of soiled or used und
• § 118460 — Every local health officer or registered sanitarian, upon proper demand and notice of his or her authority, may, during business hours, enter any place where wiping rags are used, are kept for sale, o
• § 118465 — On and after July 1, 1975, it shall be unlawful for any person to operate any business of laundering, sanitizing, or selling wiping rags unless, in addition to any other permit that may be required, h
• § 11847 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is essential to the health and welfare of the people of this state that action be taken by state government to effectively and economically utilize fe
• § 11847.1 — The department shall consult with state and local health planning bodies and encourage and promote effective use of facilities, resources, and funds in the development of integrated, comprehensive loc
• § 11847.2 — Any community alcohol and other drug service may by contract furnish community alcohol and other drug services to any other county.
• § 11847.3 — The department shall, within available resources, consult with federal, state, and local agencies involved in the provision and delivery of services of prevention, care, treatment, and rehabilitation
• § 11847.4 — The department shall provide technical assistance, guidance, and information to local governments and state agencies with respect to the creation and implementation of programs and procedures for deal
• § 11847.5 — The department shall establish goals and priorities for all state agencies providing narcotic and alcohol and other drug services.
• § 11847.6 — The department shall, in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as other state agencies, develop and submit annually to the Department of Finance a program budget.
• § 118470 — A permit to operate any business of laundering, sanitizing, or selling wiping rags shall be issued by the local health officer if the applicant complies with the provisions of this article and any reg
• § 118475 — The local health officer authorized to issue permits to launder, sanitize, or sell wiping rags shall keep a record of suspension or revocation of permits and a register of: (a) The names and places of
• § 11848.5 — (a) Once the negotiated rate with service providers has been approved by the county, all participating governmental funding sources, except the Medi-Cal program (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 140
• § 118480 — Before being sold or offered for sale, each package or parcel of wiping rags shall be plainly marked “sanitized wiping rags,” and in addition it shall be plainly marked with the name and location of t
• § 118485 — No machinery or appliances used for laundering clothing and articles for personal wear or household use shall be used for laundering soiled rags or soiled cloth material for wiping rags.
• § 11849 — Expenditures incurred pursuant to this part shall be in accordance with the regulations of the director and shall be subject to payment whether incurred by direct or joint operation of the facilities
• § 11849.5 — (a) In determining the amounts that may be paid, fees paid by persons receiving services or fees paid on behalf of those persons by the federal government, by the California Medical Assistance Program
• § 118490 — Every person who violates any provision of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 11850 — The department shall coordinate all narcotic and alcohol and other drug services and related programs conducted by state agencies with the federal government, and shall ensure that there is no duplica
• § 11850.5 — The department may require state agencies to contract with it for services to carry out the provisions of this division.
• § 118500 — Every public agency that conducts an establishment serving the public or open to the public and that maintains therein restroom facilities for the public, shall make every water closet for each sex ma
• § 118505 — (a) Publicly and privately owned facilities where the public congregates shall be equipped with sufficient temporary or permanent restrooms to meet the needs of the public at peak hours.
• § 118506 — (a) (1) A theater or movie house, grocery store, health facility, convention center, sports arena, auditorium, cultural complex, exhibition hall, library, passenger terminal, permanent amusement park
• § 118507 — (a) Notwithstanding Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 401.
• § 11851 — The department may accept and expend grants, gifts, and legacies of money, and, with the consent of the Department of Finance, accept, manage, and expend grants, gifts, and legacies of other propertie
• § 11851.5 — In addition to those expenditures authorized under Section 11851, expenditures shall include expenses incurred by members of the local advisory board on alcohol and other drug programs in providing al
• § 11852.5 — (a) Charges shall be made for services rendered to each person under a county contract in accordance with this section.
• § 11853 — Counties are encouraged to contract with providers for the provision of alcohol and drug services.
• § 11853.5 — (a) Any government entity that contracts with a privately owned recovery residence to provide recovery services, or an alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facility to provide treatment service
• § 11854 — The department shall devise and implement, in consultation with the counties, a program reporting method to evidence county compliance with this part.
• § 11854.5 — Each county may establish standards that meet or exceed state standards for the treatment and operation of all county-operated and county-contracted alcohol and other drug treatment facilities and ser
• § 11855 — Payments or advances of funds to cities, counties, cities and counties, or other state agencies, which funds are properly chargeable to appropriations to the department, may be made by a Controller’s
• § 11855.5 — (a) The department may charge a reasonable fee for the certification or renewal certification of a program that voluntarily requests the certification.
• § 11856 — The department shall encourage the development of educational courses that provide core knowledge concerning alcohol and other drug problems and programs to personnel working within alcohol and other
• § 11856.5 — The department shall conduct onsite monitoring and reviews of individual county-operated alcohol and other drug programs and alcohol and other drug program administration with emphasis on the review o
• § 11857 — (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Ethical Treatment for Persons with Substance Use Disorder Act.
• § 11857.1 — The following definitions apply for purposes of this chapter: (a) “Certified treatment program” means a program certified pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 11830) of Part 2.
• § 11857.2 — (a) Every treatment provider operating in the state shall adopt, and make available to all clients and prospective clients, a client bill of rights that ensures that persons receiving treatment for a
• § 11857.3 — (a) Any marketing or advertising materials published or disseminated by a treatment provider shall provide accurate and complete information, in plain language that is easy to understand, and shall in
• § 11857.4 — (a) Every treatment provider shall maintain records of referrals made to or from recovery residences, including, if available, information about where the client referred by a treatment provider ultim
• § 11857.5 — (a) (1) A treatment provider shall not request, receive, or retain payment for substance use disorder treatments provided to a client as a result of conduct declared unlawful under this chapter.
• § 118600 — (a) All single-user toilet facilities in any business establishment, place of public accommodation, or state or local government agency shall be identified as all-gender toilet facilities by signage t
• § 11870 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Amusement park” means a gated facility that requires a ticket for entry, has attendance greater than 1,000,000 visitors annually, an
• § 118700 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Department” means the State Department of Public Health, unless otherwise specified.
• § 118701 — (a) The State Department of Public Health shall implement this article, in consultation with the Department of Consumer Affairs.
• § 118702 — (a) A place of business that is open to the general public for the sale of goods and that has a toilet facility for its employees shall allow any individual who is lawfully on the premises of that pla
• § 118703 — (a) The department shall develop a standard electronic form that may be signed by a health care provider, as specified in subdivision (b) of Section 118702, to serve as reasonable evidence of the exis
• § 11871 — (a) Each stadium, concert venue, and amusement park shall, at all times, maintain unexpired doses of naloxone hydrochloride or any other opioid antagonist on its premises and ensure that at least two
• § 11872 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law except for Division 5 (commencing with Section 6300) of the Labor Code and Chapters 3.
• § 11876 — The department shall inspect programs dispensing controlled substances described in subdivision (c) of Section 11839.
• § 118825 — The Legislature, recognizing the growing problem of noise pollution throughout the state and that we are daily assaulted with increased noise from advancing technology, machines, vehicles, and human c
• § 118830 — (a) Except in an emergency situation, no private or commercial aircraft entering commercial service after the effective date of this section may land or take off within the state if it produces noise
• § 118875 — This article and Article 2 (commencing with Section 118920) shall be known and may be cited as the California Indoor Clean Air Act of 1976.
• § 118880 — The Legislature finds and declares that tobacco smoke is a hazard to the health of the general public.
• § 118885 — Within indoor rooms, indoor chambers, or indoor places of public assembly in publicly owned buildings in which public business is conducted requiring or providing direct participation or observation b
• § 118890 — Every health facility, as defined in Section 1250, and clinic, as defined in Section 1200, shall comply with the following: (a) Shall make every reasonable effort to assign patients to rooms according
• § 118895 — Within every publicly owned building open to the general public for the primary purpose of exhibiting any motion picture, stage drama, music recital, or any other performance, with the exception of an
• § 118900 — Within every restaurant in a publicly owned building serving food or alcoholic beverages in rooms whose occupied capacity is 50 or more persons there shall be designated and posted by signs of suffici
• § 118905 — Any person may apply for a writ of mandate to compel compliance by any public entity that has not complied with the requirements of this article and Article 3 (commencing with Section 118920) for the
• § 118910 — (a) The Legislature declares its intent not to preempt the field of regulation of the smoking of tobacco products.
• § 118915 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no person shall smoke any tobacco product in any retail food production and marketing establishment, as defined in Section 28802, during the hours the establ
• § 118916 — (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that the use of smokeless tobacco products by professional baseball players is a matter of statewide interest and concern.
• § 118920 — (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the United States Surgeon General’s 1986 Report on the Health Consequences of Involuntary Smoking conclude all of the following: (1) Involuntary smok
• § 118925 — (a) (1) It is unlawful for any person to smoke a tobacco product in any vehicle of a passenger stage corporation, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) except to the extent permitted by
• § 118930 — A notice prohibiting smoking, displayed as a symbol and in English, shall be posted in each vehicle or aircraft subject to this article.
• § 118935 — (a) Every person and public agency providing transportation services for compensation, including, but not limited to, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) to the extent permitted by fe
• § 118940 — This article does not preempt any local ordinance on the same subject where a local ordinance is more restrictive to the benefit of the nonsmoker.
• § 118945 — Any violation of this article is an infraction punishable by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for a first violation, by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200) for a second viol
• § 118947 — This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Marco Firebaugh Memorial Children’s Health and Safety Act of 2007.
• § 118948 — (a) It is unlawful for a person to smoke a tobacco product in a motor vehicle, whether in motion or at rest, in which there is a minor.
• § 118949 — A law enforcement officer shall not stop a vehicle for the sole purpose of determining whether the driver is in violation of this article.
• § 118950 — (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares the following: (1) Smoking is the single most important source of preventable disease and premature death in California.
• § 1190 — For purposes of this division, the following definitions shall apply: (a) (1) “Hedge fund” means a pool of funds managed by investors for the purpose of earning a return on those funds, regardless of
• § 119075 — (a) The Legislature intends to prevent electricity generated by permanent or portable electric generators from backfeeding into a utility electrical distribution system by the enactment of this chapte
• § 119080 — (a) Every manufacturer of a portable or permanent electrical generator that is capable of being connected either permanently or temporarily to a commercial, industrial, or residential structure’s elec
• § 119085 — (a) Every public utility or utility district shall notify all electrical service customers of the electrical backfeed hazards of portable and permanent electric generators.
• § 119090 — (a) Any person who violates Sections 119075 to 119085, inclusive, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and subject to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or not more than six months’ imprisonme
• § 1191 — (a) A private equity group or hedge fund involved in any manner with a physician or dental practice doing business in this state, including as an investor in that physician or dental practice or as an
• § 119150 — (a) On and after October 15, 1978, no person shall manufacture in this state a saturated chlorofluorocarbon not containing hydrogen for use as an aerosol propellant in a can, canister, or other contai
• § 119155 — Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this chapter, nothing in this chapter shall preclude the manufacture or sale of saturated chlorofluorocarbons not containing hydrogen for any of the uses ex
• § 119160 — Subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 119150 shall be superseded by the enactment or adoption of any federal law or regulation prohibiting the manufacture of any aerosol product utilizing saturated chlo
• § 1192 — The provisions of this division are severable.
• § 119300 — (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Safe Body Art Act.
• § 119301 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Antiseptic solution” means a liquid or semiliquid substance that is approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration to re
• § 119302 — (a) Pursuant to Section 653 of the Penal Code, a client shall be at least 18 years of age to be offered or to receive a tattoo or permanent cosmetics application, regardless of parental consent.
• § 119303 — (a) Prior to the performance of body art, the client shall read, complete, and sign an informed consent form that shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following information: (1) A descript
• § 119304 — This chapter does not restrict the activities of a physician and surgeon licensed under Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code or a physician assis
• § 119306 — (a) A person shall not perform body art at any location other than a permitted permanent or temporary body art facility.
• § 119307 — (a) Prior to registering with the local enforcement agency, a practitioner shall complete a Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control Training program that is specific to his or her practice.
• § 119308 — (a) Before performing body art, the practitioner shall do all of the following: (1) Wash and dry his or her hands consistent with sound hygienic practices.
• § 119309 — (a) The practitioner shall maintain a clean and sanitary environment.
• § 119310 — (a) Jewelry placed in newly pierced skin shall be sterilized prior to piercing as specified in Section 119315 or shall be purchased presterilized.
• § 119311 — (a) A product applied to the skin prior to tattooing or application of permanent cosmetics, including, but not limited to, stencils and marking and transfer agents, including pens, shall be single use
• § 119312 — (a) A body art facility shall not conduct business without a valid health permit.
• § 119313 — (a) A body art facility shall maintain and follow a written Infection Prevention and Control Plan, provided by the owner or established by the practitioners, specifying the procedures to achieve compl
• § 119314 — (a) With the exception of a temporary demonstration booth, as specified in Sections 119317 and 119318, a body art facility shall comply with all of the following: (1) Have floors, walls, and ceilings.
• § 119315 — A body art facility shall conform to the following sterilization procedures: (a) Clean instruments to be sterilized shall first be sealed in sterilization packaging that contain either a sterilizer in
• § 119316 — (a) A mobile body art facility shall meet all the applicable requirements in Article 1 (commencing with Section 119300) to Article 4 (commencing with Section 119312), inclusive, and Article 6 (commenc
• § 119316.1 — A mobile body art facility shall have all of the following: (a) A fixed hand wash sink in the procedure area for the exclusive use of the practitioner that meets all of the following requirements: (1)
• § 119316.2 — (a) All body art procedures shall be completed inside the mobile body art facility.
• § 119316.3 — A mobile body art facility shall use only purchased disposable, single-use, presterilized instruments.
• § 119316.4 — A mobile body art facility shall only be operated within 200 feet of an accessible restroom.
• § 119316.5 — A mobile body art facility shall be used exclusively for performing body art and shall not be used as a living space or residence.
• § 119317 — A practitioner may, in the local jurisdiction of registration, practice in a temporary demonstration booth for no more than seven days in a 90-day period.
• § 119317.5 — A local enforcement agency may establish a fee not to exceed the amount necessary, but that is sufficient to cover, the actual costs of the administration of Section 119317.
• § 119318 — (a) The sponsor of a temporary body art event shall obtain all necessary permits to conduct business in the jurisdiction where the event will be held.
• § 119319 — (a) An enforcement officer may enter a body art facility during the facility’s hours of operation and other reasonable times to do any of the following: (1) Conduct inspections, issue citations, and s
• § 119320 — (a) A certificate of registration or a health permit may be suspended by a local enforcement agency for a violation of this chapter.
• § 119321 — If an imminent health hazard is found, the enforcement officer may suspend a registration temporarily and order the practitioner to cease operation if the hazard is not corrected.
• § 119322 — The local enforcement agency may, after providing opportunity for a hearing, modify, suspend, or revoke a certificate of registration or a health permit for serious or repeated violations of any requi
• § 119323 — Performing body art without being registered, performing body art at an unpermitted location, operating a body art facility without a health permit, or operating a temporary body art event without a p
• § 119324 — A city, county, or city and county may adopt regulations or ordinances that do not conflict with, or are more stringent than, the provisions of this chapter as they relate to body art.
• § 119324.5 — The local fees imposed pursuant to this chapter shall not exceed the reasonable costs to a local government for issuing licenses and permits, performing investigations, inspections, and audits, enforc
• § 119325 — (a) The piercing of the ear with a mechanical stud and clasp device does not constitute body art or body piercing as defined in this chapter.
• § 119326 — (a) The local enforcement agency may require a facility that provides mechanical stud and clasp ear piercing services to submit a notification form, which shall be provided by the local enforcement ag
• § 119327 — (a) A person piercing an ear with a mechanical stud and clasp piercing device shall meet the following requirements before providing mechanical stud and clasp ear piercing services: (1) Is at least 18
• § 119328 — (a) A local enforcement agency may charge a one-time facility notification fee in an amount between twenty-five dollars ($25) and forty-five dollars ($45) for each facility operating pursuant to this
• § 119400 — The following definitions shall apply for purposes of this chapter: (a) “Dangerous drug” means any drug that is unsafe for self-use and includes either of the following: (1) Any drug that bears the le
• § 119402 — (a) Every pharmaceutical company shall adopt a Comprehensive Compliance Program that is in accordance with the April 2003 publication “Compliance Program Guidance for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers,” wh
• § 119406 — (a) Commencing October 1, 2016, all cartridges for electronic cigarettes and solutions for filling or refilling an electronic cigarette shall be in child-resistant packaging.
• § 11970 — (a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the Comprehensive Drug Court Implementation Act of 1999.
• § 11970.5 — (a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the Drug Court Programs Act.
• § 11971 — (a) (1) At its option, a county may provide a program authorized by this article.
• § 11972 — (a) Counties and courts that opt to have treatment court programs shall ensure the programs are designed and operated in accordance with state and national guidelines incorporating the “Adult Treatmen
• § 11973 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that dependency drug courts be funded unless an evaluation of cost avoidance as provided in this section with respect to child welfare services and foster care
• § 11974 — (a) Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of Chapter 3.
• § 11975 — (a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the Drug Court Partnership Act of 2002.
• § 11998 — This chapter sets forth the long-range goals of a five-year master plan to eliminate drug and alcohol abuse in California.
• § 11998.1 — It is the intent of the Legislature that the following long-term five-year goals be achieved: (a) With regard to education and prevention of drug and alcohol abuse programs, the following goals: (1) D
• § 11998.2 — (a) “Department,” as used in this division, means the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs.
• § 11998.3 — (a) Priority in allocating state funds for substance abuse to law enforcement agencies shall be given to those counties whose law enforcement agencies are participating in both of the following: (1) A
• § 11998.4 — This division shall become inoperative on July 1, 2013.
• § 11999 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Legislature has established various drug- and alcohol-related programs which provide for education, prevention, intervention, treatment
• § 11999.1 — For the purpose of this division, the following definitions apply: (a) “Drug” means all of the following: (1) Any controlled substance as defined in Division 10 (commencing with Section 11000).
• § 11999.10 — The department shall allocate up to 0.
• § 11999.11 — County Reports Counties shall submit a report annually to the department detailing the numbers and characteristics of clients-participants served as a result of funding provided by this act.
• § 11999.12 — The department shall conduct periodic audits of the expenditures made by any county that is funded, in whole or in part, with funds provided by this act.
• § 11999.13 — Excess Funds At the end of each fiscal year, a county may retain unspent funds received from the Substance Abuse Treatment Trust Fund and may spend those funds, if approved by the department, on drug
• § 11999.20 — (a) The State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs shall administer and award grants to counties to supplement funding provided under the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000 for the pu
• § 11999.25 — (a) To be eligible for a grant pursuant to this division, a county shall have on file with the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs an approved plan for implementing the Substance Abuse and C
• § 11999.3 — (a) A state agency that distributes state funds to an entity, whether public or private, for a drug- or alcohol-related program shall establish and provide guidelines and procedures for the entity to
• § 11999.4 — Establishment of the Substance Abuse Treatment Trust Fund A special fund to be known as the “Substance Abuse Treatment Trust Fund” is created within the State Treasury and is continuously appropriated
• § 11999.5 — Funding Appropriation Upon passage of this act, $60,000,000 shall be continuously appropriated from the General Fund to the Substance Abuse Treatment Trust Fund for the 2000–01 fiscal year.
• § 11999.6 — Moneys deposited in the Substance Abuse Treatment Trust Fund shall be distributed annually by the Secretary of California Health and Human Services through the State Department of Health Care Services
• § 11999.6.1 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when the department allocates funds appropriated to the Substance Abuse Treatment Trust Fund, it shall withhold from any allocation to a county the amou
• § 11999.7 — Local Government Authority to Control Location of Drug Treatment Programs Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no community drug treatment program may receive any funds from the Substance Abuse
• § 11999.8 — Surplus Funds Any funds remaining in the Substance Abuse Treatment Trust Fund at the end of a fiscal year may be utilized to pay for drug treatment programs to be carried out in the subsequent fiscal
• § 11999.9 — (a) The department shall conduct three two-year followup studies to evaluate the effectiveness and financial impact of the programs that are funded pursuant to the requirements of this act, and submit
• § 12 — The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.
• § 12.2 — “Spouse” includes “registered domestic partner,” as required by Section 297.
• § 1200 — (a) As used in this chapter, “clinic” means an organized outpatient health facility that provides direct medical, surgical, dental, optometric, or podiatric advice, services, or treatment to patients
• § 1200.1 — (a) As used in this chapter, “clinic” also means an organized outpatient health facility which, pursuant to Section 1204.
• § 12000 — For the purposes of this part, “explosives” means any substance, or combination of substances, the primary or common purpose of which is detonation or rapid combustion, and which is capable of a relat
• § 12001 — This part does not apply to any of the following: (a) Any person engaged in the transportation of explosives regulated by, and when subject to, the provisions of Division 14 (commencing with Section 3
• § 12002 — Except when transporting explosives on highways and at safe stopping places established under the provisions of Division 14 (commencing with Section 31600) of the Vehicle Code, this part does not affe
• § 12003 — “Chief” means the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection and his or her authorized representatives, the chief of a fire department or fire protection agency maintained by a city, county, or city and
• § 12004 — For the purposes of this part, the term “person” shall mean any person, organization, firm, corporation, association, city, county, city and county, and state, and shall include any of their employees
• § 12005 — This part does not apply to the transportation and use of explosives by representatives of the California Highway Patrol, the State Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, local police de
• § 12005.5 — (a) This part shall not apply to the possession, handling, storage, transportation, or use of not more than 10 pounds of blasting agents (division 1.
• § 12006 — The provisions of this part and the regulations adopted by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to this part do not apply when the use, handling, possession, storage and transportation is subject to the re
• § 12007 — (a) For the purposes of this part, the term “issuing authority” shall mean either the sheriff of a county, or the chief or other head of a municipal police department of any city or city and county, o
• § 1201 — “License” means a basic permit to operate a clinic.
• § 1201.5 — “Nonprofit speech and hearing center” means a nonprofit agency which provides an integrated program of speech pathology and audiology services in an outpatient setting designed to improve the function
• § 120100 — “Health officer,” as used in the Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Act (Section 27) includes county, city, and district health officers, and city and district health boards, but does not inc
• § 120105 — Whenever in the Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Act (Section 27), service or notice of any order or demand is provided for, it shall be sufficient to do so by registered or certified mail
• § 120110 — As used in the Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Act (Section 27) a person has “active tuberculosis disease” when either one of the following occur: (a) A smear or culture taken from any sou
• § 120115 — As used in the Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Act (Section 27) the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context indicates otherwise: (a) “Infectious tuberculosis diseas
• § 120120 — As used in this chapter, “COVID-19” means the 2019 novel coronavirus disease.
• § 120121 — Notwithstanding any other law, including Sections 120130, 120140, and 120145, when the department issues a statewide order or mandatory guidance related to preventing the spread of COVID-19 or protect
• § 120122 — Notwithstanding any other law, including Section 120175, when a local health officer issues a jurisdictionwide local order, not in conflict with state law or with orders or mandatory guidance issued p
• § 120123 — This chapter shall remain operative while an order or mandatory guidance issued by the department or a local health officer as described in this chapter is in effect, and this chapter shall be repeale
• § 120125 — The department shall examine into the causes of communicable disease in man and domestic animals occurring or likely to occur in this state.
• § 120130 — (a) The department shall establish a list of reportable diseases and conditions.
• § 120135 — The department may establish and maintain places of quarantine or isolation.
• § 120140 — Upon being informed by a health officer of any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease the department may take measures as are necessary to ascertain the nature of the disease and prevent its
• § 120142 — (a) The state director may order examinations for tuberculosis infection in the following persons for the purpose of directing preventive measures: (1) Persons in close contact with persons with infec
• § 120145 — The department may quarantine, isolate, inspect, and disinfect persons, animals, houses, rooms, other property, places, cities, or localities, whenever in its judgment the action is necessary to prote
• § 120150 — The department may destroy such objects as bedding, carpets, household goods, furnishings, materials, clothing, or animals, when ordinary means of disinfection are considered unsafe, and when the prop
• § 120155 — Pursuant to Section 11158 of the Government Code, the sheriff of each county, or city and county, may enforce within the county, or the city and county, all orders of the State Department of Public He
• § 120160 — (a) Any manufacturer or distributor of the influenza vaccine, or nonprofit health care service plan that exclusively contracts with a single medical group in a specified geographic area to provide, or
• § 120161 — If the department receives a report of a case of coccidioidomycosis after the department’s reporting deadline for a specified year, the department shall include the case in its data collection for the
• § 120162 — By April 15 of each year, the department shall collect data on coccidioidomycosis cases from both of the following: (a) The California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE).
• § 120163 — (a) If the department collects data on coccidioidomycosis cases from a local health officer and removes discrepant data from its internal dataset for any reason, including, but not limited to, to dele
• § 120164 — (a) Consistent with subdivision (b), the list of immunizations, items, and services that were recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), the Advisory Committee on Immuni
• § 120175 — Each health officer knowing or having reason to believe that any case of the diseases made reportable by regulation of the department, or any other contagious, infectious or communicable disease exist
• § 120175.5 — (a) During an outbreak of a communicable disease, or upon the imminent and proximate threat of a communicable disease outbreak or epidemic that threatens the public’s health, a local health officer sh
• § 120176 — During an outbreak of communicable disease, or upon the imminent and proximate threat of communicable disease outbreak or epidemic that threatens the public’s health, all health care providers, clinic
• § 120180 — If the health officer of any county having a population of 5,000,000 or more employs personnel as inspectors or investigators in the enforcement of the Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Act