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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.

• § 1600.8 — “Possible carrier donor” means any donor of human whole blood whose blood donation was administered where multiple transfusions from multiple donors were administered to a recipient and such transfusi
• § 1600.9 — “Carrier of viral hepatitis” means a person under treatment by a physician who has contracted viral hepatitis which has been confirmed by voluntary laboratory tests or who exhibits symptoms which lead
• § 16000 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Essential Services Buildings Seismic Safety Act of 1986.
• § 16001 — It is the intent of the Legislature that essential services buildings, which shall be capable of providing essential services to the public after a disaster, shall be designed and constructed to minim
• § 16002 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 16003 — “Architect” means a person who is certified under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 5500) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.
• § 16004 — “Civil engineer” means a person who is registered as a civil engineer under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.
• § 16005 — “Construction or alteration” includes any construction of, addition to, reconstruction of, or alteration to any essential services building.
• § 16006 — “Enforcement agency” means the agency of a city, city and county, or county responsible for building safety within its jurisdiction.
• § 16007 — “Essential services building” means any building, including buildings designed and constructed, for public agencies used, or designed to be used, or any building a portion of which is used or designed
• § 16008 — “Structural engineer” means a person who is authorized to use the title structural engineer under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.
• § 16009 — The appropriate enforcement agency which meets the requirements of Sections 16017 and 16018 shall review the design and inspect the construction of essential services buildings or the reconstruction,
• § 16010 — Essential services buildings of one-story Type V and Type II N construction that are 2,000 square feet or less in floor area are exempt from the provisions of this chapter.
• § 16010.5 — Notwithstanding any other law, the inclusion of office space for or an emergency dispatch center of the Department of the California Highway Patrol in any building constructed, restored, rehabilitated
• § 16011 — Unless a contract for the construction or alteration of an essential services building is entered into prior to July 1, 1986, before adopting any drawings or specifications for the essential services
• § 16012 — In each case, the application for approval of the drawings and specifications for essential services buildings shall be accompanied by comprehensive and complete drawings, design calculations, and spe
• § 16013 — The enforcement agency shall approve or reject all drawings and specifications for the construction or the alteration of all essential services buildings, and in doing so, shall review the design calc
• § 16014 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), drawings and specifications submitted pursuant to this chapter for construction, reconstruction, remodeling, additions, or alterations which affect
• § 16015 — All drawings and specifications shall be prepared under the responsible charge of an architect, civil engineer, or structural engineer, who shall sign all drawings and specifications for approval of t
• § 16016 — Except as provided in Section 16011, on and after July 1, 1986, construction of an essential services building shall not begin unless the drawings and specifications comply with this chapter and the r
• § 16017 — During construction or alteration of an essential services building, the building owner shall provide for, and the local enforcement agency shall require, competent, adequate, and detailed inspection
• § 16017.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, including, but not limited to, Part 6 (commencing with Section 8000) of Division 4 of the Civil Code, the Department of General Services may i
• § 16018 — An enforcement agency is qualified to undertake the review of plans, drawings, and specifications for essential services buildings if the enforcement agency has an architect, civil engineer, or struct
• § 16019 — A jurisdiction whose enforcement agency does not meet the qualifications specified in Sections 16017 and 16018 shall obtain necessary qualified personnel to meet the requirements of this chapter by co
• § 1602.5 — (a) No person shall engage in the production of human whole blood or human whole blood derivatives unless the person is licensed under this chapter and the human whole blood or human whole blood deriv
• § 1602.6 — (a) No person shall import any human whole blood or human whole blood derivative produced outside the state unless that blood or blood product meets the standards set forth in the latest edition of th
• § 16020 — Periodically, as the work of construction or alteration progresses and whenever the enforcement agency requires, except as exempt under Section 16010, the architect, civil engineer, or structural engi
• § 16021 — Periodically, as the work of construction or alteration progresses and whenever the enforcement agency requires, except as exempt under Section 16010, the inspector on the work and the contractor shal
• § 16022 — The State Architect shall do all of the following: (a) Observe the implementation and administration of this chapter.
• § 16022.5 — Following completion of construction of a state-owned or state-occupied essential services building, the State Fire Marshal may conduct regular inspections of those buildings for compliance with build
• § 16023 — Any person who willfully violates this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 1603.1 — (a) Except as provided in this subdivision, no blood or blood components shall be used in vivo for humans in this state, unless the blood or blood components have been tested and found nonreactive for
• § 1603.2 — (a) Each blood bank or plasma center shall require as identification either a photographic driver’s license or other photographic identification that is issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, pur
• § 1603.3 — (a) Before donation of blood or blood components, a donor shall be notified in writing of, and shall have signed a written statement confirming the notification of, all of the following: (1) That the
• § 1603.4 — (a) Notwithstanding Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 120975) of Part 4 of Division 105, or any other provision of law, no public entity or any private blood bank or plasma center shall be liable for
• § 1603.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, every person engaged in the production of blood shall, if the product is intended for transfusion, label each container of blood which the person produc
• § 1604 — The distribution or release for distribution by blood banks of human whole blood, or those human whole blood derivatives specified by regulation, shall be made only to blood bank depositories or to ot
• § 1604.6 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to provide umbilical cord blood banking storage services, a blood bank shall be licensed pursuant to this chapter.
• § 1605 — Establishments which receive human whole blood and human whole blood derivatives specified by regulation and are not subject to license in accordance with this chapter shall be considered as blood ban
• § 1606 — The procurement, processing, distribution, or use of whole blood, plasma, blood products, and blood derivatives for the purpose of injecting or transfusing the same, or any of them, into the human bod
• § 1607 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, licensed clinical laboratory bioanalysts, licensed clinical laboratory technologists, registered clinical laboratory technologist trainees, licensed vocational nurse
• § 1607.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person who has attained the age of 17 may consent to the donation of his or her blood and to the penetration of tissue which is necessary to accomplis
• § 1608 — This chapter does not repeal or in any manner affect any provision of the Business and Professions Code relating to the practice of medicine.
• § 1609 — No person shall engage in the production of biologics other than human whole blood and human whole blood derivatives unless: (a) In a laboratory licensed by the Public Health Service, United States De
• § 1610 — The department shall make rules and regulations governing the production of all biologics produced in establishments under subdivision (c) of Section 1609.
• § 16100 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Earthquake hazard mitigation technologies” includes, but is not limited to, seismic isolation, energy dissipation, ductility, damping systems, and other technologies whic
• § 16101 — (a) The Seismic Safety Commission, in cooperation with the State Architect, shall develop a state policy on acceptable levels of earthquake risk for new and existing state-owned buildings and submit t
• § 16102 — (a) The State Architect shall develop and adopt by January 1, 1992, regulations for the application of earthquake hazard mitigation technologies to buildings which do all of the following: (1) Prescri
• § 16103 — (a) The State Architect shall seek the advice and cooperation of appropriate state agencies, structural and earthquake engineering professional organizations, the California Building Officials, the In
• § 16104 — (a) The State Architect shall select suitable buildings and provide direction and supervision for the use of earthquake hazard mitigation technologies on three buildings owned by the Department of Gen
• § 16106 — (a) The State Architect shall develop and publish informational material describing the anticipated earthquake performance of new and existing buildings afforded by current and earlier building codes,
• § 16107 — (a) The University of California, the California State University, the Department of Corrections, and public agencies are encouraged to develop and implement policies and performance standards accordi
• § 16107.5 — No provision of this chapter or the regulations adopted pursuant thereto, shall reduce, alter, or diminish the authority of the design professional who signs the plans and specifications for a project
• § 16108 — (a) Private and public agency building owners and developers may, and are encouraged to, use the provisions of this chapter for new and existing buildings.
• § 16109 — In the event that a project involving buildings utilizing earthquake mitigation technologies and other new seismic resistant design technologies requires design review and plan approval by more than o
• § 1611 — The department may make rules and regulations governing the transportation or distribution of cultures of micro-organisms which may produce disease in man or animals.
• § 16110 — The State Architect shall periodically inform the Seismic Safety Commission with respect to the implementation and administration of this chapter.
• § 1613 — Applications for licenses issued under this chapter shall be made upon forms issued by the department.
• § 1614 — If the department does not within 60 days after the filing of the application issue a license, it shall state the grounds and reasons for its refusal in writing, serving a copy upon the applicant.
• § 1615 — (a) A license shall be automatically revoked when there is a change of address, ownership, or person in charge of biologics production.
• § 1616 — (a) Each application for a license or license renewal under this chapter shall be accompanied by a fee determined by the director by regulations and in an amount sufficient to cover the cost of admini
• § 1616.5 — (a) The fee required pursuant to Section 1616 for the calendar year commencing January 1, 1992, and for each fiscal year thereafter unless adjusted pursuant to subdivision (b), shall not exceed the fo
• § 1617 — (a) The department shall administer this chapter.
• § 1618 — (a) Licenses shall be suspended or revoked by the department for the violation of any provision of this chapter, or of any rule or regulation made by the department under authority conferred by this c
• § 1619 — Nothing in this chapter shall be considered to be in conflict with Part 5 (commencing with Section 109875) of Division 104 of this code and all provisions of that division shall apply to biologics wit
• § 1620 — The violation of any provision of this chapter is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment for not
• § 1625 — As used in this article: (a) “Blood” means human whole blood or components of human blood, including plasma, which are prepared from human whole blood by physical, rather than chemical processes, but
• § 1625.1 — In addition to the requirements of Section 1602.
• § 1626 — (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), it shall be unlawful, in any transfusion of blood, to use any blood that was obtained from a paid donor.
• § 1627 — (a) (1) The University of California is requested to develop a plan to establish and administer the Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Program for the purpose of collecting units of umbilical cord blood
• § 1628 — (a) The University of California may accept public and private funds for the purpose of implementing this article.
• § 1629 — In implementing the program, the department shall make every effort to avoid duplication or conflicts with existing and ongoing programs and to leverage existing resources.
• § 1629.5 — (a) On or before January 1, 2026, if it elects to administer the Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Program, the University of California shall provide a report to the Assembly and Senate Committees on H
• § 1630 — This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.
• § 1635 — (a) “Department” means the State Department of Public Health.
• § 1635.1 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), every tissue bank operating in California on or after July 1, 1992, shall have a current and valid tissue bank license issued or renewed by the department pu
• § 1635.2 — The Legislature hereby declares its intent that the collection, processing, storage, or distribution of tissue for the purpose of transplantation, as regulated by this chapter, shall be deemed a servi
• § 1639 — (a) The department may adopt rules and regulations governing the administration and enforcement of this chapter.
• § 1639.01 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 1639, the state department shall adopt, on or before July 1, 2004, rules and regulations governing licensed tissue banks engaged in the collection of human musculoskeletal
• § 1639.1 — Any person desiring a license issued pursuant to Section 1639.
• § 1639.2 — (a) Each license issued pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1639.
• § 1639.3 — (a) Upon the filing of the verified application for licensure required by Section 1639.
• § 1639.35 — Any person, when submitting an application for a license, including the renewal thereof, pursuant to this chapter, shall also submit, with the application, a copy of the applicant’s standard informed
• § 1639.4 — Immediately upon the denial of any application for a license, the state department shall notify the applicant in writing.
• § 1639.5 — (a) The application and annual renewal fee for a tissue bank license shall be nine hundred fifty dollars ($950).
• § 1639.55 — (a) There is hereby established in the State Treasury the Tissue Bank License Fund.
• § 1639.56 — The department shall submit a report to the Legislature no later than January 1, 2003, including, but not limited to, examining and evaluating all of the following: (a) Administrative expenditures of
• § 1639.6 — (a) In order to carry out the purpose of this chapter, any duly authorized representative of the department may do any of the following: (1) Enter or inspect on an announced or unannounced basis any b
• § 1641 — Any person who violates this chapter or who willfully and repeatedly violates any rule or regulation adopted under this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishe
• § 1641.1 — The state department may bring an action to enjoin the violation or threatened violation of Section 1635.
• § 1643 — The state department may suspend or revoke any license issued under this chapter for any of the following reasons: (a) Violation by the licensee of this chapter or any rule or regulation adopted under
• § 1643.1 — Proceedings for the suspension or revocation of licenses under this chapter shall be conducted in accordance with Section 100171.
• § 1643.2 — The state department may temporarily suspend any license issued under this chapter prior to any hearing, when it has determined that the action is necessary to protect the public welfare.
• § 1644 — (a) For purposes of this chapter, “donor,” “person,” “tissue,” “transplantation,” and “department” shall have the meaning as defined for those terms in Section 1635.
• § 1644.1 — (a) A gamete bank licensed in this state shall collect and retain from a gamete donor the donor’s identifying information and medical information at the time of the donation.
• § 1644.2 — (a) A gamete bank licensed in this state that collects gametes from a donor shall do all of the following: (1) Provide the donor with information in a record about the donor’s choice regarding identit
• § 1644.3 — (a) On request of a child conceived by assisted reproduction using donor gametes who attains 18 years of age, a gamete bank licensed in this state that collected the gametes used in the assisted repro
• § 1644.5 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c) or (d), tissues shall not be transferred into the body of another person by means of transplantation, unless the donor of the tissues has been screened and fo
• § 1644.6 — (a) No physician and surgeon shall be subject to liability for damages for any cause of action based solely on the use of sperm donated by a sexually intimate partner of the recipient if both of the f
• § 1644.7 — Any entity that receives genetic material of a human being that may be used for conception shall provide to the person depositing his or her genetic material a form for use by the depositor that, if s
• § 1644.8 — Any entity that receives genetic material of a human being that may be used for conception shall make available to the person depositing his or her genetic material a form that, if signed by the depos
• § 1644.9 — This chapter does not apply to the application of somatic nuclear transfer technology to the creation of a human being that shares all of its nuclear genes with the person donating the implanted nucle
• § 1645 — (a) Whenever there is a reasonable possibility, as determined by a physician and surgeon or doctor of podiatric medicine, that a blood transfusion may be necessary as a result of a medical or surgical
• § 1647 — The procurement, processing, distribution, or use of human milk for the purpose of human consumption shall be construed to be, and is declared to be for all purposes, the rendition of a service by eac
• § 1648 — (a) A hospital collecting, processing, storing, or distributing human milk collected from a mother exclusively for the mother’s own child, or a hospital storing or distributing human milk obtained fro
• § 1649 — (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the “Compassionate Access to Medical Cannabis Act” or “Ryan’s Law.
• § 1649.1 — Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions shall apply for purposes of this chapter: (a) “Compassionate Use Act of 1996” means the initiative measure enacted by the approval of P
• § 1649.2 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a health care facility shall permit patient use of medicinal cannabis, as indicated by the attending physician, as defined by Section 11362.
• § 1649.3 — (a) Upon discharge, all remaining medicinal cannabis shall be removed by the patient or patient’s primary caregiver.
• § 1649.4 — This chapter does not require a health care facility to provide or furnish a patient with a recommendation to use medicinal cannabis in compliance with the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 and Article 2.
• § 1649.5 — (a) This chapter shall be enforced by the State Department of Public Health.
• § 1649.6 — (a) If a federal regulatory agency, the United States Department of Justice (US DOJ), or the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) takes one of the following actions, or makes an in
• § 1650 — The public health and welfare depend on the humane use of animals for scientific advancement in the diagnosis and treatment of human and animal diseases, for education, for research in the advancement
• § 16500 — The State Architect shall adopt guidelines applicable to substandard conditions of school buildings, as defined in Section 17283 of the Education Code, which guidelines shall take into consideration t
• § 1651 — The State Department of Health Services shall administer the provisions of this chapter.
• § 1660 — The department shall make and promulgate, and may thereafter modify, amend or rescind, reasonable rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this chapter, including the control of the humane u
• § 16600 — (a) The State Architect and the State Building Standards Commission, in consultation with, and with the concurrence of, the University of California, the California State University, the Structural En
• § 16601 — (a) The State Building Standards Commission shall review and approve the guidelines adopted by the State Architect and the State Building Standards Commission pursuant to Section 16600 by January 1, 1
• § 16603 — No provision of this chapter shall apply to the University of California except to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by resolution, make that provision applicable.
• § 16604 — It is the intent of the Legislature that funds to carry out the provisions of this chapter in the amount of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) be provided as follows: (a) The sum of fifteen thousand do
• § 1661 — The provisions of Chapter 3.
• § 1662 — The department is hereby authorized to inspect any premises or property on or in which animals are kept for experimental or diagnostic purposes, for the purpose of investigation of compliance with the
• § 1666 — No person shall keep or use animals for diagnostic purposes, education or research unless approved by the board.
• § 1667 — The board shall prescribe the rules under which approval shall be granted including the standards regarding the care and treatment of such animals employed.
• § 1668 — The board may, upon its own motion, and shall upon the verified complaint in writing of any person, investigate the actions of any person keeping or using animals for research or diagnostic purposes w
• § 1669 — This chapter does not apply to any veterinary licensed to practice veterinary medicine in this State or to any place of business operated by such veterinary, nor to animal training, animal cosmetics a
• § 1670 — Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to limit or restrict the right of counties, cities, cities and counties, towns or townships, to adopt or enforce ordinances or other regulations re
• § 1672 — It is unlawful for any person to use animals for the purposes provided for in this chapter without the approval of the board.
• § 1673 — Any person who violates this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 1676 — An annual fee, to be employed for the enforcement of this act, shall accompany each application for approval.
• § 1677 — Annual fees payable under this chapter shall become due and payable by each person approved by the board 12 months from the date of its issuance.
• § 1685 — The governing body of a city, county, city and county or school district may employ one or more school audiometrists, each of whom shall be registered with the State Department of Health Services and
• § 1686 — The State Department of Health Services shall, subject to the provisions of Section 1685, issue certificates of registration to school audiometrists and to qualified supervisors of health, pursuant to
• § 1690 — (a) Prior to the performance of a hysterectomy, physicians and surgeons shall obtain verbal and written informed consent.
• § 1691 — The failure of a physician and surgeon to inform a patient by means of written consent, in layman’s language and in a language understood by the patient of alternative efficacious methods of treatment
• § 1695 — To the extent that funds are available in the State Department of Health Services’ budget for the 1994–95 fiscal year for this purpose, the department shall convene a consensus conference to address t
• § 17 — “Oath” includes affirmation.
• § 17000 — This part shall be known as the Employee Housing Act.
• § 17001 — Buildings used for human habitation, and buildings accessory thereto, within employee housing shall comply with the building standards published in the State Building Standards Code relating to employ
• § 17002 — The provisions of this part are not intended to prevent the use of any material, appliance, installation, device, arrangement, or method of construction not specifically prescribed by this part if suc
• § 17003 — “Commission,” as used in this part, means the Commission of Housing and Community Development.
• § 17003.5 — Any reference in this division to the Commission of Housing and Community Development shall be deemed to be to the Department of Housing and Community Development and the department may exercise all t
• § 17004 — “Department,” as used in this part, means the Department of Housing and Community Development.
• § 17005 — “Employee,” as used in this part, does not include any of the following: (a) A person engaged in household domestic service.
• § 17005.5 — (a) “Employee community housing” means a community of single family detached dwellings which meet all of the following requirements: (1) Each dwelling has a minimum of four rooms, including a separate
• § 17006 — “Resident-employment housing,” as used in this part, means apartment houses, hotels, motels, or dwellings, where living quarters are provided for five or more employees employed in the management, mai
• § 17007 — “Enforcement agency,” as used in this part, means the Department of Housing and Community Development, or any city, county, or city and county which has assumed responsibility for the enforcement of t
• § 17008 — (a) “Employee housing,” as used in this part, means any portion of any housing accommodation, or property upon which a housing accommodation is located, if all of the following factors exist: (1) The
• § 17008.5 — A tenant who is an agricultural employee residing in employee housing has all rights applicable to a person residing in employee housing, including the following: (a) The right to file a verified comp
• § 17008.7 — “Fund,” as used in this part, means the Employee Housing Regulation Fund established by Section 17036.
• § 17009 — “Labor supply employee housing,” as used in this part, means any place, area, or piece of land where housing is provided for five or more employees or prospective employees of another by any individua
• § 17009.5 — (a) “Person,” as used in this part, includes any natural person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, company, joint stock company, corporation, limited liability company, joi
• § 17010 — (a) “Temporary employee housing,” as used in this part, means a labor camp which is not operated on the same site annually and which is established for one operation and is then removed.
• § 17011 — “Sleeping place,” as used in this part, means a dwelling, bunkhouse, tent, mobilehome, or other structure or shelter in which employees are housed in any employee housing.
• § 17020 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in this part, the provisions of this part, building standards published in the State Building Standards Code relating to employee housing, and the other rules and regu
• § 17021 — (a) Except as provided in Sections 17021.
• § 17021.5 — (a) Any employee housing which has qualified, or is intended to qualify, for a permit to operate pursuant to this part may invoke the provisions of this section.
• § 17021.6 — (a) The owner of any employee housing who has qualified or intends to qualify for a permit to operate pursuant to this part may invoke this section.
• § 17021.7 — Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 18214, subdivision (b) of Section 18862.
• § 17021.8 — (a) A development proponent may submit an application for a development that is subject to a streamlined, ministerial approval process, provided in subdivision (b), and is not subject to a conditional
• § 17022 — Enforcement of occupational safety and health standards established pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 140) of Division 1 of the Labor Code is hereby specifically and entirely reserved to
• § 17022.5 — The department shall adopt, and make available to the public, model or prototype plans for several types of employee housing, including, but not limited to, barracks, seasonal housing, family housing,
• § 17023 — (a) Rules and regulations adopted or continued in effect pursuant to the provisions of this part relating to the erection or construction of buildings or structures within employee housing shall not a
• § 17024 — This part does not apply to resident-employment housing provided for faculty or employees of any public or privately operated school, college, or university.
• § 17030 — (a) Every person operating employee housing shall obtain a permit to operate that employee housing from the enforcement agency, unless otherwise exempted by this part.
• § 17030.10 — (a) The department shall establish an application and review process for certifying that a person is an affordable housing organization qualified to operate agricultural employee housing that is appro
• § 17030.5 — (a) A permit to operate employee housing consisting only of permanent single-family housing may, when approved by the enforcement agency, be issued for a longer period of time not to exceed five years
• § 17031 — (a) (1) The operator of employee housing on a dairy farm that meets the requirements of Section 32505 of the Food and Agricultural Code, consisting only of permanent single-family employee housing, ma
• § 17031.3 — (a) Every person operating or owning employee community housing shall obtain a permit to operate such housing as a labor camp pursuant to this part unless an exemption is granted by the enforcement ag
• § 17031.4 — When the enforcement agency is a local agency, upon granting an exemption pursuant to Section 17031.
• § 17031.5 — (a) No person operating employee housing shall terminate or modify a tenancy by increasing rent, decreasing services, threatening to bring or bringing an action to evict, refusing to renew a tenancy,
• § 17031.6 — (a) In any action brought pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1159) of Title 3 of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure, in order to evict a tenant from employee housing, this section shall
• § 17031.7 — (a) No person operating employee community housing that has been granted an exemption pursuant to Section 17031.
• § 17031.8 — (a) An agency that exercises the responsibility for the enforcement of this part pursuant to Section 17050 shall submit to the Department of Housing and Community Development, on forms provided by the
• § 17032 — Application for a permit to operate shall be made to the enforcement agency at least 45 days prior to the date of initial occupancy and shall be on the forms supplied by the enforcement agency and sha
• § 17033 — Section 17032 shall not apply to employee housing owned or operated by railroad corporations.
• § 17034 — If any person who holds an annual permit to operate employee housing violates any of the provisions of this part, building standards published in the State Building Standards Code relating to employee
• § 17035 — (a) The department shall establish and maintain a roster of all employee housing having a valid permit to operate.
• § 17036 — (a) Except as provided in Section 18930, the department shall adopt regulations that it determines are necessary for the administration and enforcement of this part.
• § 17037 — A person, or the agent or officer thereof, constructing, operating, or maintaining employee housing shall comply with the requirements of this part, with building standards published in the State Buil
• § 17037.5 — (a) A person who ceases to operate or maintain employee housing that is subject to the permit requirement pursuant to this part shall complete and submit annually a Certificate of Non-Operation to the
• § 17038 — At all employee housing, a responsible person shall be appointed by the operator to maintain the employee housing in compliance with the use, maintenance, and occupancy requirements of this part and t
• § 17039 — (a) Every occupant of employee housing shall properly use the facilities furnished and shall comply with the relevant maintenance and sanitation provisions of this part.
• § 17040 — (a) Except as provided in Section 18930, the department shall adopt, amend, or repeal rules and regulations for the protection of the public health, safety, and general welfare of employees and the pu
• § 17041 — (a) Except as provided in Section 17011, the rules and regulations adopted, amended, or repealed from time to time pursuant to this part shall be consistent with accepted standards and practices reaso
• § 17042 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of law, and except as provided in the State Building Standards Law, Part 2.
• § 17043 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the condition rendering any of the accommodations in a labor camp substandard is the overcrowding of the accommodations, the enforcement agency shall pro
• § 17044 — (a) The department may review, adopt, amend, or repeal standards, forms, or definitions in order to implement Sections 17030.
• § 17050 — (a) Except as provided in Section 18930, the Department of Housing and Community Development may promulgate rules and regulations to interpret and make specific this part.
• § 17051 — For the purpose of securing compliance with this part, the officers and agents of the enforcement agency may serve any process or notice throughout its jurisdiction.
• § 17052 — The enforcement agency shall annually enter and inspect, and reinspect as necessary, all employee housing accommodations for compliance with the provisions of this part and regulations adopted pursuan
• § 17053 — The department shall maintain a file of all reports of complaint or other significant information regarding employee housing maintenance and operation.
• § 17054 — The Attorney General, upon the request of the Director of Housing and Community Development, shall conduct such investigations as may be necessary to determine whether any violation of any provision o
• § 17055 — (a) Any person residing in employee housing subject to this part may file an administrative complaint orally or in writing with the enforcement agency.
• § 17056 — (a) In every part of the state, notwithstanding assumption of responsibilities by local enforcement agencies pursuant to Section 17050, the department shall establish procedures and devote resources t
• § 17060 — (a) Any employee housing which does not conform to this part, building standards published in the State Building Standards Code relating to employee housing, the other regulations adopted pursuant to
• § 17060.2 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the operator of employee housing shall provide a resident of every unit in the employee housing with a written copy in English and Spanish of every orde
• § 17060.5 — (a) The sale or other transfer of property to a third party shall not render moot an action or proceeding brought pursuant to this chapter and instituted by an enforcement agency against the owner of
• § 17061 — (a) Any person who violates, or causes another person to violate, any provision of this part is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000), or impriso