California

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

• § 124990 — For the purposes of the Hereditary Disorders Act (Section 27), hereditary disorders programs shall include, but not be limited to, all antenatal, neonatal, childhood, and adult screening programs, and
• § 124991 — (a) (1) The Birth Defects Monitoring Program, within the State Department of Public Health, shall collect and store any umbilical cord blood samples it receives from hospitals for storage and research
• § 124995 — The following programs shall comply with the regulations established pursuant to the Hereditary Disorders Act, as defined in Section 27: (a) The California Children’s Services Program under Article 5
• § 124996 — (a) The Genetic Disease Testing Fund is continued in existence as a special fund in the State Treasury.
• § 1250 — As used in this chapter, “health facility” means a facility, place, or building that is organized, maintained, and operated for the diagnosis, care, prevention, and treatment of human illness, physica
• § 1250.02 — Article 9 (commencing with Section 70901) of Chapter 1 of Division 5 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations, as adopted to implement the requirements of Section 2 of Chapter 67 of the Statu
• § 1250.03 — A rural general acute care hospital that does not provide surgical and anesthesia services shall maintain written transfer agreements with one or more general acute care hospitals that provide surgica
• § 1250.05 — (a) All general acute care hospitals licensed under this chapter shall maintain a medical records system, based upon current standards for medical record retrieval and storage, that organizes all medi
• § 1250.06 — A licensed general acute care hospital, as defined pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1250, or an acute psychiatric hospital, as defined pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1250, shall adopt po
• § 1250.1 — (a) The department shall adopt regulations that define all of the following bed classifications for health facilities: (1) General acute care.
• § 1250.10 — (a) (1) “Psychiatric residential treatment facility” means a health facility licensed by the State Department of Health Care Services, that is operated by a public agency or private nonprofit organiza
• § 1250.11 — The State Department of Public Health shall develop written guidelines and regulations as necessary to minimize the risk of transmission of blood-borne infectious diseases from health care worker to p
• § 1250.2 — (a) (1) As defined in Section 1250, “health facility” includes a “psychiatric health facility,” defined to mean a health facility, licensed by the State Department of Health Care Services, that provid
• § 1250.3 — (a) (1) “Chemical dependency recovery hospital” means a health facility that provides 24-hour inpatient chemical dependency recovery services for persons who have a dependency on alcohol or other drug
• § 1250.4 — (a) As used in this section: (1) “Department” means the Department of Corrections or the Department of the Youth Authority.
• § 1250.5 — “Council” means the Advisory Health Council.
• § 1250.6 — Any requirement placed upon, or reference to, a corporation in this chapter, shall also apply to a limited liability company.
• § 1250.7 — (a) (1) With respect to each hospital designated by the department as a critical access hospital, and certified as such by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services un
• § 1250.8 — (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 127170, the department, upon application of a general acute care hospital that meets all the criteria of subdivision (b), and other applicable requiremen
• § 12500 — This part shall be known and may be cited as the State Fireworks Law.
• § 125000 — (a) It is the policy of the State of California to make every effort to detect, as early as possible, phenylketonuria and other preventable heritable or congenital disorders leading to intellectual di
• § 125001 — (a) The department shall establish a program for the development, provision, and evaluation of genetic disease testing, and may provide laboratory testing facilities or make grants to, contract with,
• § 125002 — (a) In order to align closely related programs and in order to facilitate research into the causes of, and treatment for, birth defects, the Birth Defects Monitoring Program provided for pursuant to C
• § 12501 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this part.
• § 125010 — Commencing July 1, 2026, and each July 1 thereafter, the State Department of Public Health shall generate a report that includes each of the following: (a) The total number of any residual screening s
• § 125011 — Commencing July 1, 2026, and each July 1 thereafter, a report generated pursuant to this article shall be provided to the Legislature until the department has provided five annual reports and that rep
• § 125012 — A report submitted to the Legislature pursuant to this article shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
• § 12502 — “Advertise” means an announcement publicly with any sign, card, or notice, or by any other means, on which appears a person’s name or business name style offering to sell or transfer fireworks or pyro
• § 125025 — It is the policy of the State of California to make every effort to detect, as early as possible, sickle cell anemia, a heritable disorder that leads to physical defects.
• § 12503 — “Agricultural and wildlife fireworks” means fireworks designed and intended by the manufacturer to be used to prevent damage to crops or unwanted occupancy of areas by animals or birds through the emp
• § 125030 — The department may require that a test be given for sickle cell anemia pursuant to Section 125025 to any identifiable segment of the population that the department determines is susceptible to sickle
• § 125035 — The department is authorized to make grants or contracts for demonstration projects to determine the feasibility of alternate methods of testing for sickle cell anemia, to provide counseling services,
• § 12504 — “Flammable liquid” means any liquid whose flashpoint is 100 degrees Fahrenheit, or less, when tested pursuant to Standard D56-70 of the American Society for Testing and Materials.
• § 12505 — “Dangerous fireworks” includes all of the following: (a) Any fireworks which contain any of the following: (1) Arsenic sulfide, arsenates, or arsenites.
• § 125050 — The department shall administer a statewide program for the prenatal testing for genetic disorders and birth defects, including, but not limited to, ultrasound, amniocentesis, chorionic villus samplin
• § 125055 — The department shall: (a) Establish criteria for eligibility for the prenatal testing program.
• § 12506 — “Emergency signaling device” means a pyrotechnic device designed and intended by the manufacturer to be used as such and which provides a reasonable degree of safety to the user and does not create a
• § 125060 — The participation by any individual in the prenatal testing program shall be wholly voluntary and shall not be a prerequisite to eligibility for, or receipt of, any other service or assistance from, o
• § 125065 — All prenatal diagnosis centers shall meet standards developed by the department and shall agree to accept patients from state funded or administered programs, including, but not limited to, Medi-Cal,
• § 12507 — “End fuse” means a fuse inserted into any fireworks or pyrotechnic device at the end as distinguished from the side of such item.
• § 125070 — Laboratories licensed by the department shall not offer the maternal serum-alpha fetoprotein screening test for prenatal detection of neural tube defects of the fetus until the department has develope
• § 12508 — “Exempt fireworks” means any special item containing pyrotechnic compositions which the State Fire Marshal, with the advice of the State Fire Advisory Board, has investigated and determined to be limi
• § 125080 — A licensed physician and surgeon or other person engaged in the prenatal care of a pregnant woman or attending the woman at the time of delivery shall obtain or cause to be obtained a blood specimen o
• § 125085 — (a) As early as possible during prenatal care, a blood specimen obtained pursuant to Section 125080 shall be submitted to a clinical laboratory licensed by the department or to an approved public heal
• § 12509 — “Exporter” means any person who sells, consigns, or delivers fireworks located within this state for delivery, use, or sale out of this state.
• § 125090 — (a) Subdivision (a) of Section 125085 shall not be applicable if the licensed physician and surgeon or other person engaged in the prenatal care of a pregnant woman or attending the woman at the time
• § 125092 — The department, in consultation with the Office of AIDS and with other stakeholders, including, but not limited to, representatives of professional medical and public health advocacy groups, providers
• § 125095 — The department may adopt regulations as it determines are reasonably necessary for the implementation of the Maternal and Child Health Program Act (Section 27).
• § 1251 — “License” means a basic permit to operate a health facility with an authorized number and classification of beds.
• § 1251.3 — A health facility licensed as a general acute care hospital, providing alcohol recovery services, may convert its licensure category to an acute psychiatric hospital and it may reclassify all of its g
• § 1251.4 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, upon application of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the department shall change the license category of a general acute care hospital licensed to t
• § 1251.5 — A “special permit” is a permit issued in addition to a license, authorizing a health facility to offer one or more of the special services specified in Section 1255 when the state department has deter
• § 1251.6 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The Camp Fire in 2018 resulted in the destruction of most of the towns of the eastern part of the County of Butte, including the towns
• § 12510 — “Fire nuisance” means anything or any act which increases, or may cause an increase of, the hazard or menace of fire, or which may obstruct, delay, or hinder, or may become the cause of any obstructio
• § 125100 — (a) Clinical laboratories licensed by the department, approved public health laboratories, local health departments, physicians and surgeons, or other persons engaged in the prenatal care of a pregnan
• § 125105 — (a) The blood specimen and test results pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 125085 shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed, except as otherwise provided by law.
• § 125107 — (a) For purposes of this section, “prenatal care provider” means a licensed health care professional providing prenatal care within his or her lawful scope of practice.
• § 12511 — “Fireworks” means any device containing chemical elements and chemical compounds capable of burning independently of the oxygen of the atmosphere and producing audible, visual, mechanical, or thermal
• § 125110 — The Maternal and Child Health Program Act (Section 27) shall not apply if the pregnant woman objects to the test required by that act on the ground that the test conflicts with her religious beliefs o
• § 125118 — (a) The State Department of Public Health shall develop guidelines for research involving the derivation or use of human embryonic stem cells in California.
• § 125119 — (a) (1) All research projects involving the derivation or use of human embryonic stem cells shall be reviewed and approved by a stem cell research oversight committee prior to being undertaken.
• § 125119.3 — (a) Each stem cell research oversight committee that has reviewed human embryonic stem cell research pursuant to Section 125119 shall report to the department, annually, on the number of human embryon
• § 125119.5 — (a) The department shall at least annually review reports from stem cell research oversight committees, and may revise the guidelines developed pursuant to Section 125118, as it deems necessary.
• § 12512 — “Fireworks kit” means any assembly of materials or explosive substances, which is designed and intended by the seller to be assembled by the person receiving such material or explosive substance and w
• § 125125 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the Holden-Moscone-Garamendi Genetically Handicapped Persons Program.
• § 12513 — “Importer” means any person who for any purpose does any of the following: (a) Brings fireworks into this state or causes fireworks to be brought into this state.
• § 125130 — (a) The Director of Health Care Services shall establish and administer a program for the medical care of persons with genetically handicapping conditions, including cystic fibrosis, hemophilia, sickl
• § 125135 — As used in this article, “genetically handicapping condition” shall mean a disease that is accepted as being genetic in origin by the American Society of Human Genetics.
• § 12514 — “Issuing authority” means any person who has the responsibility of evaluating the application for, and issuing, the permits required by Section 12640.
• § 125140 — The program established under this article shall include any or all of the following medical and social support services: (a) Initial intake and diagnostic evaluation.
• § 12515 — “Label of registration” means the label of registration of the State Fire Marshal.
• § 125150 — The director shall establish the rate structure for reimbursement of physicians and supportive services.
• § 125155 — Reimbursement under this article shall not be made for any services that are available to the recipient under any other private, state, or federal programs or under other contractual or legal entitlem
• § 125155.1 — (a) Any person found eligible for services under this article whose employer-sponsored health coverage is later terminated or any person who applied for services provided under this article whose empl
• § 125157 — (a) The department may require a client under this article to apply to enroll or otherwise participate in any other state or federal program or other contractual or legal entitlement that would provid
• § 12516 — “License” means any nontransferable authorization granted by the State Fire Marshal to engage in any activity regulated by this part.
• § 125160 — The department shall receive and expend all funds made available to it by the federal government, the state, its political subdivisions or from other sources for the purposes of this article.
• § 125166 — (a) Commencing July 1, 2009, except as provided in subdivision (d), each client determined or redetermined by the department to be eligible for services provided pursuant to this article shall pay an
• § 12517 — “Licensee” means any person 21 years of age or older holding a fireworks license issued pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 12570).
• § 125170 — The department shall maintain sufficient, appropriate staff to carry out this article.
• § 125175 — The health care benefits and services specified in this article, to the extent that the benefits and services are neither provided under any other federal or state law nor provided nor available under
• § 12518 — “Manufacturer” means any person who manufactures, makes, constructs, fabricates, or produces any fireworks or pyrotechnic devices, but does not include any person who assembles or fabricates any sets
• § 125180 — The department shall require all applicants to the program who may be eligible for cash grant public assistance or for Medi-Cal to apply for Medi-Cal eligibility prior to becoming eligible for funded
• § 125185 — (a) (1) By July 1, 2016, or a subsequent date determined by the department, Genetically Handicapped Persons Program (GHPP) requests for authorization of services, excluding requests for authorization
• § 12519 — “Model rocket” means a toy or educational device that weighs not more than 1500 grams, including the engine and any payload, that is propelled by a model rocket motor, and that conforms to the definit
• § 125190 — Notwithstanding any other law, the department is considered to be the purchaser, but not the dispenser or distributor, of blood factor products under the Genetically Handicapped Persons Program.
• § 125191 — (a) The department may enter into contracts with one or more manufacturers on a negotiated or bid basis as the purchaser, but not the dispenser or distributor, of factor replacement therapies under th
• § 1252 — (a) “Special service” means a functional division, department, or unit of a health facility that is organized, staffed, and equipped to provide a specific type or types of patient care and that has be
• § 12520 — “Model rocket motor” means a rocket propulsion device using commercially manufactured solid propellant, that does not require mixing by the user, and that conforms to the definition of “model rocket m
• § 125200 — The Legislature finds and declares that there are many persons in California who are victims of chronic and degenerative genetic conditions, who experience a wide range of degenerating conditions incl
• § 125205 — The department and the State Department of Social Services shall, after consultation with the Genetically Handicapped Persons Program of the department and consumer organizations representing persons
• § 12521 — “Package” includes any case, container, or receptacle, used for holding fireworks, which is closed or sealed by tape, cordage, or by any other means.
• § 125210 — For the purposes of this article, chronic and degenerative diseases shall include those conditions that are neurological and neuromuscular in origin, including such disorders as Huntington’s disease,
• § 125215 — The department and the State Department of Social Services shall review regulations that currently provide disincentives to providers of in-home and out-of-home long-term care resources, as defined in
• § 12522 — “Permit” means the nontransferable permission granted by the public agency having local jurisdiction to a licensee for the purposes of establishing and maintaining a place where fireworks are manufact
• § 125220 — The actions undertaken pursuant to this article shall not impose additional state obligations or expenditures for the care of persons with chronic and degenerative conditions, as defined by this artic
• § 125225 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (a) Huntington’s disease is a chronic progressive inherited disorder of the central nervous system.
• § 12523 — “Person” means any person, copartnership, organization, firm, corporation, association, or any combination thereof, or any city, county, city and county, and state, and shall include any of their empl
• § 125230 — The director may establish any rules or criteria for grants under this article as the director deems necessary.
• § 125235 — There is hereby created a Scientific Advisory Review Committee.
• § 12524 — “Public display of fireworks” means an entertainment feature where the public or a private group is admitted or permitted to view the display or discharge of dangerous fireworks.
• § 125240 — Pursuant to the rules or criteria as the director may deem necessary, the Scientific Advisory Review Committee shall review and recommend approval of grant applications and monitor programs receiving
• § 125245 — The director may make grants as follows: (a) Individual research grants to scientists and facilities residing in this state that have research experience with basic and clinical investigations on Hunt
• § 12525 — “Pyrotechnic compositions” means any combination of chemical elements or chemical compounds capable of burning independently of the oxygen of the atmosphere.
• § 125250 — Not more than 10 percent of any money appropriated for purposes of this article shall be utilized for the administration of this article.
• § 12526 — “Pyrotechnic device” means any combination of materials, including pyrotechnic compositions, which, by the agency of fire, produce an audible, visual, mechanical or thermal effect designed and intende
• § 12527 — “Pyrotechnic operator” means any licensed pyrotechnic operator, who by examination, experience, and training, has demonstrated the required skill and ability in the use and discharge of fireworks as a
• § 125275 — (a) The Legislature finds that Alzheimer’s disease, a devastating disease which destroys certain vital cells of the brain, affects more than 1,500,000 Americans.
• § 12528 — “Retailer” means any person who, at a fixed place of business, sells, transfers, or gives fireworks to a consumer or user.
• § 125280 — (a) Any postsecondary higher educational institution with a medical center may establish diagnostic and treatment centers for Alzheimer’s disease subject to the department’s grants review process.
• § 125281 — From funds appropriated to the department in the Budget Act of 2016 for these purposes, the department shall allocate funds to the diagnostic and treatment centers for Alzheimer’s disease established
• § 125285 — The department shall provide public and professional education on Alzheimer’s disease to educate consumers, caregivers, and health care providers, and to increase public awareness.
• § 125286.10 — This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Standards of Service for Providers of Blood Clotting Products for Home Use Act.
• § 125286.15 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) Hemophilia is a rare, hereditary, bleeding disorder affecting at least 4,000 persons in California and is a chronic, lifelong, and i
• § 125286.20 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall apply for purposes of this article: (a) “Assay” means the amount of a particular constituent of a mixture or of the biological or
• § 125286.25 — Each provider of blood clotting products for home use shall meet all of the following requirements: (a) Have sufficient knowledge and understanding of bleeding disorders to accurately follow the instr
• § 125286.30 — The California State Board of Pharmacy shall administer and enforce this article.
• § 125286.35 — Nothing in this article shall apply to either hospital pharmacies or health system pharmacies that dispense blood clotting products due only to emergency, urgent care, or inpatient encounters, or if a
• § 12529 — “Safe and sane fireworks” means any fireworks that have been approved by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission and that have been carefully examined and tested by the State Fire Marshal
• § 125290.10 — General—Independent Citizen’s Oversight Committee (ICOC) This chapter implements Article XXXV of the California Constitution, which established the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (inst
• § 125290.15 — Creation of the ICOC There is hereby created the Independent Citizen’s Oversight Committee, hereinafter, the ICOC, which shall govern the institute and is hereby vested with full power, authority, and
• § 125290.20 — ICOC Membership; Appointments; Terms of Office (a) ICOC Membership The ICOC shall have 35 members, appointed as follows: (1) The Chancellors of the University of California at San Francisco, Davis, Sa
• § 125290.25 — Majority Vote of Quorum Actions of the ICOC may be taken only by a majority vote of a quorum of the ICOC.
• § 125290.30 — Public and Financial Accountability Standards (a) Annual Public Report The institute shall issue an annual report to the public which sets forth its activities, grants awarded, grants in progress, res
• § 125290.35 — Medical and Scientific Accountability Standards (a) Medical Standards In order to avoid duplication or conflicts in technical standards for scientific and medical research, with alternative state prog
• § 125290.40 — ICOC Functions The ICOC shall perform the following functions: (a) Oversee the operations of the institute.
• § 125290.45 — ICOC Operations (a) Legal Actions and Liability (1) The institute may sue and be sued.
• § 125290.50 — Scientific and Medical Working Groups—General (a) The institute shall have, and there is hereby established, four separate scientific and medical working groups as follows: (1) Scientific and Medical
• § 125290.55 — Scientific and Medical Accountability Standards Working Group (a) Membership The Scientific and Medical Accountability Standards Working Group shall have 19 members as follows: (1) Five ICOC members f
• § 125290.60 — Scientific and Medical Research Funding Working Group (a) Membership The Scientific and Medical Research Funding Working Group shall have at least 23 members as follows: (1) Seven ICOC members from th
• § 125290.65 — Scientific and Medical Facilities Working Group (a) Membership The Scientific and Medical Research Facilities Working Group shall have 11 members as follows: (1) Six members of the Scientific and Medi
• § 125290.70 — Appropriation and Allocation of Funding (a) Moneys in the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Fund shall be allocated as follows: (1) (A) No less than 97 percent of the proceeds of the bonds autho
• § 125290.70.5 — Appropriation and Allocation of Funding (a) Moneys in the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Fund shall be allocated as follows: (1) (A) No less than 95.
• § 125290.71 — Under the guidance of the ICOC, the institute shall, by January 31, 2012, create a transition plan addressing the expiration of current bond funding.
• § 125290.72 — Expand Alpha Stem Cell Clinic Program and Establish Community Care Centers of Excellence Program (a) The institute shall expand the Alpha Stem Cell Clinic Program and establish the Community Care Cent
• § 125290.73 — Scientific and Medical Training and Fellowship Programs (a) The institute shall establish training and fellowship programs.
• § 125290.74 — Shared Research Laboratory Program (a) The institute shall reestablish a Shared Research Laboratory Program to provide funding to academic and nonprofit research institutions in California for special
• § 125290.75 — Treatments and Cures Accessibility and Affordability Working Group (a) Membership The Treatments and Cures Accessibility and Affordability Working Group shall have 17 members, nominated by the chairpe
• § 125290.76 — Advisory Task Forces (a) Membership The chairperson and the president may appoint one or more advisory task forces to provide expert guidance to address specific objectives in areas under the institut
• § 125290.80 — The intellectual property standards that the ICOC develops shall include: (a) A requirement that each grantee or the exclusive licensee of the grantee submit a plan to CIRM to afford access to any dru
• § 125291.10 — This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Bond Act of 2004.
• § 125291.100 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code or any other provision of law, moneys in the fund are appropriated without regard to fiscal years to the institute for the following purposes:
• § 125291.105 — The proceeds of interim debt and bonds issued and sold pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Fund of 2020, whic
• § 125291.110 — Bonds in the total amount of five billion five hundred million dollars ($5,500,000,000), not including the amount of any refunding bonds issued in accordance with Section 125291.
• § 125291.115 — The bonds authorized by this article shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Pa
• § 125291.120 — (a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the
• § 125291.125 — (a) The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this article in order to carry out the actions specified in this article and, if so,
• § 125291.130 — There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, a sum in an amount required to pa
• § 125291.135 — Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this article, an amount that will equal the total of
• § 125291.140 — For purposes of carrying out this article, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts, not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds that have be
• § 125291.145 — The institute may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account in accordance with Section 16312 of the Government Code for the purposes of carrying
• § 125291.15 — As used in this article, the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Bond Act of 2004, the following terms have the following meaning: (a) “Act” means the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Bond
• § 125291.150 — All money deposited in the fund that is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved in the fund and shall be available for transfer to the General Fund as a credit to exp
• § 125291.155 — The bonds issued and sold pursuant to this article may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code,
• § 125291.160 — Notwithstanding any provision of this article or the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), if the Tre
• § 125291.165 — The proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this article are not “proceeds of taxes” as that term is used in Article XIIIB of the California Constitution, and the disbursement of these proceeds
• § 125291.20 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code or any other provision of law, moneys in the fund are appropriated without regard to fiscal years to the institute for the purpose of (1) makin
• § 125291.25 — The proceeds of interim debt and bonds issued and sold pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Fund, which is her
• § 125291.30 — Bonds in the total amount of three billion dollars ($3,000,000,000), not including the amount of any refunding bonds issued in accordance with Section 125291.
• § 125291.35 — The bonds authorized by this article shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Pa
• § 125291.40 — (a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds and interim debt authorized by this article, the California Stem Cell R
• § 125291.45 — (a) The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this article in order to carry out the actions specified in this article and, if so,
• § 125291.50 — There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, a sum in an amount required to pa
• § 125291.55 — Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this article, an amount that will equal the total of
• § 125291.60 — For the purpose of carrying out this article, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts, not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds that have
• § 125291.65 — The institute may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account in accordance with Section 16312 of the Government Code for the purposes of carrying
• § 125291.70 — All money deposited in the fund that is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved in the fund and shall be available for transfer to the General Fund as a credit to exp
• § 125291.75 — The bonds issued and sold pursuant to this article may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code,
• § 125291.80 — Notwithstanding any provision of this article or the State General Obligation Bond Law, if the Treasurer sells bonds pursuant to this article that include a bond counsel opinion to the effect that the
• § 125291.85 — Inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this article are not “proceeds of taxes” as that term is used in Article XIII B of the California Constitution, the disbursement of these
• § 125291.90 — This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Stem Cell Research, Treatments, and Cures Bond Act of 2020.
• § 125291.95 — As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Act” means the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Act constituting this chapter, as amended by the California Stem C
• § 125292.10 — Definitions As used in this chapter and in Article XXXV of the California Constitution, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Act” means the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Bon
• § 1253 — (a) No person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or political subdivision of the state, or other governmental agency within the state shall operate, establish, manage, conduct, or maintain
• § 1253.1 — (a) Any skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility that on the effective date of this section is providing care for the developmentally disabled may utilize beds designated for that purpos
• § 1253.2 — As used in Section 1253.
• § 1253.3 — (a) No person, as defined in Section 19, nor an applicant for licensure, change of ownership, or change of management shall acquire, either directly or indirectly, an ownership interest in a skilled n
• § 1253.5 — (a) The State Department of Public Health, upon issuance and renewal of a license for a general acute care hospital as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250, an acute psychiatric hospital as defi
• § 1253.6 — (a) This section shall govern applications by general acute care hospitals for supplemental services approval for outpatient clinic services.
• § 1253.7 — (a) For purposes of this chapter, “observation services” means outpatient services provided by a general acute care hospital and that have been ordered by a provider, to those patients who have unstab
• § 12530 — “Salesman” means any person who, as an employee of a manufacturer or wholesaler, solicits, accepts, or receives an order for fireworks for a licensee or permittee.
• § 125300 — The policy of the State of California shall be that research involving the derivation and use of human embryonic stem cells, human embryonic germ cells, and human adult stem cells, including somatic c
• § 125305 — (a) The department shall establish and maintain an anonymous registry of embryos that are available for research.
• § 12531 — “Sell” means any arrangement between two or more persons as a result of which there is a transfer of property for a consideration.
• § 125315 — (a) A physician and surgeon or other health care provider delivering fertility treatment shall provide his or her patient with timely, relevant, and appropriate information to allow the individual to
• § 12532 — “Special effects” means articles containing any pyrotechnic composition manufactured and assembled, designed, or discharged in connection with television, theater, or motion picture productions, which
• § 125320 — (a) A person may not knowingly, for valuable consideration, purchase or sell embryonic or cadaveric fetal tissue for research purposes pursuant to this chapter.
• § 125325 — (a) The person or entity posting an advertisement seeking oocyte donation associated with the delivery of fertility treatment that includes assisted oocyte production and a financial payment or compen
• § 125325.15 — The following definitions shall apply to this chapter: (a) “Assisted oocyte production” or “AOP” means surgical extraction of oocytes following pharmaceutically induced manipulation of oocyte producti
• § 12533 — “Wholesaler” means any person, other than an importer, exporter, or manufacturer selling only to wholesalers, who sells fireworks to a retailer or any other person for resale.
• § 125330 — The following definitions apply to this chapter: (a) “Alternate method of oocyte retrieval” means a method of oocyte retrieval that does not involve the pharmaceutically induced manipulation of oocyte
• § 125331 — (a) As used in this chapter, “Research Participants Undergoing Oocyte Retrieval for Medical Research Purposes Bill of Rights” means a list of the rights of a research participant providing human oocyt
• § 125335 — (a) Prior to obtaining informed consent from a subject for AOP or any alternative method of ovarian retrieval on a subject for the purpose of procuring oocytes for research or the development of medic
• § 12534 — “Within this state” means within all territory within the boundaries of this state.
• § 125340 — (a) Prior to providing AOP or any alternative method of ovarian retrieval to a research participant for the purposes of medical research or development of medical therapies, a physician and surgeon sh
• § 125341 — An institutional review board (IRB) that reviews and approves medical and scientific research shall require all of the following of any research program or project that comes under its review that inv
• § 125342 — (a) A research program or project that involves AOP or any alternative method of oocyte retrieval shall ensure that a written record is established and maintained to include, but not be limited to, al
• § 125343 — Any employee who works in the unit conducting stem cell research using human oocytes, persons who report to, or are supervised by, the principal investigator or key personnel of the project, or both,