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• § 17920 — For purposes of this part, the following definitions apply: (a) “Approved” means acceptable to the department.
• § 17920.10 — (a) Any building or portion thereof including any dwelling unit, guestroom, or suite of rooms, or portion thereof, or the premises on which it is located, is deemed to be in violation of this part as
• § 17920.3 — Any building or portion thereof, regardless of zoning designation or approved uses of the building, including any dwelling unit, guestroom or suite of rooms, or the premises on which the same is locat
• § 17920.5 — As used in this part “local appeals board” means the board or agency of a city or county which is authorized by the governing body of the city or county to hear appeals regarding the building requirem
• § 17920.6 — As used in this part, “housing appeals board” means the board or agency of a city or county which is authorized by the governing body of the city or county to hear appeals regarding the requirements o
• § 17920.8 — In addition to any other requirements for location of exit signs or devices in hotels, motels, or apartment houses, the State Fire Marshal shall adopt building standards establishing minimum requireme
• § 17920.9 — (a) The department shall propose adoption, amendment, or repeal by the California Building Standards Commission pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18935) of Part 2.
• § 17921 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the department shall propose the adoption, amendment, or repeal of building standards to the California Building Standards Commission pursuant to the provisi
• § 17921.1 — Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 17921, and except as provided for herein, the department shall not adopt or enforce any rule or regulation relating to the installation, maintenance, or use o
• § 17921.10 — (a) The standards proposed by the department pursuant to Section 17921 may include voluntary best practice and mandatory requirements related to environmentally preferable water using devices and meas
• § 17921.11 — (a) For purposes of this section, “water reuse system” includes both of the following: (1) A system approved for installation under the California Building Standards Code that uses recycled water, gra
• § 17921.4 — (a) A nonwater-supplied urinal approved for installation or sold in this state shall satisfy all of the following requirements: (1) Meet performance, testing, and labeling requirements established by
• § 17921.5 — (a) For purposes of this section, “recycled water” has the same meaning as that term is defined in subdivision (n) of Section 13050 of the Water Code, and is consistent with the recycled water use cri
• § 17921.6 — Except as provided in Sections 18930 and 18949.
• § 17921.7 — (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (A) Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (“ABS”) drain, waste, and vent plumbing pipe is used to drain or vent wastewater from kitchens, bat
• § 17921.8 — (a) (1) The department shall review current building standards, conduct research, and develop recommendations regarding building standards for the installation of rainwater catchment systems for nonpo
• § 17921.9 — (a) No later than December 31, 2024, the Department of Housing and Community Development shall convene a working group, including, but not limited to, the California Building Standards Commission, Ene
• § 17922 — (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, the building standards adopted and submitted by the department for approval pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18935) of Part 2.
• § 17922.1 — Notwithstanding Section 17922, local agencies may modify or change the requirements published in the State Building Standards Code or contained in other regulations adopted by the department pursuant
• § 17922.12 — (a) For the purposes of this section, “graywater” means untreated wastewater that has not been contaminated by any toilet discharge, has not been affected by infectious, contaminated, or unhealthy bod
• § 17922.14 — (a) (1) During the next regularly scheduled triennial code cycle that commences on or after January 1, 2018, or during a subsequent code adoption cycle, the department shall develop and propose for ad
• § 17922.15 — (a) At the next triennial building standards rulemaking cycle that commences on or after January 1, 2020, the Department of Housing and Community Development shall investigate possible changes to the
• § 17922.2 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, ordinances and programs adopted on or before January 1, 1993, that contain standards to strengthen potentially hazardous buildings pursuant to su
• § 17922.3 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a residential structure that is moved into, or within, the jurisdiction of a local agency or the department, shall not be treated as a new building or struc
• § 17922.4 — (a) For purposes of this section, “temporary sleeping cabin” means a nonpermanent structure that is intended to provide temporary housing to people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness
• § 17922.5 — Any state or local agency which issues building permits shall require, as a condition of issuing any building permit where the working conditions of the construction would require an employer to obtai
• § 17922.6 — (a) The Office of Noise Control in coordination with the department shall adopt and submit building standards for approval pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18934) of Part 2.
• § 17922.7 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), the governing body of every city, county, city and county, and public entity shall adopt ordinances or regulations imposing the same requi
• § 17922.8 — The Office of Noise Control may appoint an advisory committee to assist the office in reviewing and revising the noise insulation standards previously adopted.
• § 17922.9 — (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the provision of an adequate level of affordable housing, in and of itself, is a fundamental responsibility of the state and that a generally inadequ
• § 17923 — (a) The provisions of Section 17922 are not intended to prevent the use of any material, appliance, installation, device, arrangement, or method of construction not specifically prescribed by this par
• § 17924 — Rules and regulations shall be promulgated pursuant to Chapter 3.
• § 17925 — Except as provided in Section 17922.
• § 17926 — (a) An owner of a dwelling unit intended for human occupancy shall install a carbon monoxide device, approved and listed by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to Section 13263, in each existing dwelling
• § 17926.1 — (a) An owner or owner’s agent of a dwelling unit intended for human occupancy who rents or leases the dwelling unit to a tenant shall maintain carbon monoxide devices in that dwelling unit consistent
• § 17926.2 — (a) If the department, in consultation with the State Fire Marshal, determines that a sufficient amount of tested and approved carbon monoxide devices are not available to property owners to meet the
• § 17927 — The department shall propose the adoption, amendment, or repeal of building standards pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18935) of Part 2.
• § 17928 — (a) (1) The Department of Housing and Community Development shall, for building standards submitted to the California Building Standards Commission for adoption in the 2010 California Building Code or
• § 17929 — (a) (1) For a mixed-income multifamily structure, both of the following shall apply: (A) The occupants of the affordable housing units within the mixed-income multifamily structure shall have the same
• § 1793 — (a) Any provider offering a refundable contract, or other entity assuming responsibility for refundable contracts, shall maintain a refund reserve fund in trust for the residents.
• § 1793.11 — (a) Any transfer of money or property, pursuant to a continuing care contract found by the department to be executed in violation of this chapter, is voidable at the option of the resident or transfer
• § 1793.13 — (a) The department may require a provider to submit a financial plan and periodic financial reports if any of the following apply: (1) A provider fails to submit to the department an audited annual re
• § 1793.15 — (a) When necessary to secure an applicant’s or a provider’s performance of its obligations to depositors or residents, the department may record a notice or notices of lien on behalf of the depositors
• § 1793.17 — (a) When necessary to secure the interests of depositors or residents, the department may require that the applicant or provider reestablish an escrow account, return previously released moneys to esc
• § 1793.19 — The civil, criminal, and administrative remedies available to the department pursuant to this article are not exclusive and may be sought and employed by the department, in any combination to enforce
• § 1793.21 — The department, in its discretion, may condition, suspend, or revoke any permit to accept deposits, provisional certificate of authority, or certificate of authority issued under this chapter if it fi
• § 1793.23 — (a) If the department conditions, suspends, or revokes any permit to accept deposits, provisional certificate of authority, or certificate of authority issued pursuant to this chapter, the provider sh
• § 1793.25 — (a) During the period that the revocation or suspension action is pending against the permit to accept deposits, provisional certificate of authority, or certificate of authority, the provider shall n
• § 1793.27 — (a) If the department finds that any entity has violated Section 1793.
• § 1793.29 — In the case of any violation or threatened violation of this chapter, the department may institute a proceeding or may request the Attorney General to institute a proceeding to obtain injunctive or ot
• § 1793.31 — (a) The district attorney of every county may, upon application by the department or its authorized representative, institute and conduct the prosecution of any action for violation of this chapter wi
• § 1793.5 — (a) An entity that accepts deposits and proposes to promise to provide care without having a current and valid permit to accept deposits is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 1793.50 — (a) The department may petition the superior court for an order appointing a qualified administrator to operate a continuing care retirement community, and thereby mitigate imminent crisis situations
• § 1793.52 — The court-appointed administrator shall immediately notify the residents of that appointment and of the status of the continuing care retirement community management.
• § 1793.54 — If an administrator is appointed to rehabilitate a provider, the administrator may do any of the following: (a) Take possession of and preserve, protect and recover any assets, books, records, or prop
• § 1793.56 — (a) The appointed administrator is entitled to reasonable compensation.
• § 1793.58 — (a) The department, administrator, or any interested person, upon due notice to the administrator, at any time, may apply to the court for an order terminating the rehabilitation proceedings and permi
• § 1793.6 — (a) The department may issue citations pursuant to this section containing orders of abatement and assessing civil penalties against any entity that violates Section 1771.
• § 1793.60 — (a) If at any time the department determines that further efforts to rehabilitate the provider would not be in the best interest of the residents or prospective residents, or would not be economically
• § 1793.62 — (a) The department, administrator, or any interested person, upon due notice to the parties, may petition the court for an order terminating the rehabilitation proceedings when the rehabilitation effo
• § 1793.7 — A permit to accept deposits, a provisional certificate of authority, or a certificate of authority shall be forfeited by operation of law when any one of the following occurs: (a) The applicant termin
• § 1793.8 — A Certificate of Authority shall be automatically inactivated when a provider voluntarily ceases to enter into continuing care contracts with new residents.
• § 1793.80 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, a provider regulated under this chapter shall, no less than 120 days prior to the intended date of the permanent closure of a continuing care retiremen
• § 1793.81 — No less than 90 days prior to the permanent closure of the continuing care retirement community facility, as defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (p) of Section 1771, the provider shall provide to
• § 1793.82 — (a) In the case of a permanent closure, the provider shall offer the resident the choice of the following four options, the terms of which shall not be less than the terms of the continuing care contr
• § 1793.83 — (a) When there is a permanent closure, as defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (p) of Section 1771, within 30 days of submitting the relocation plan to the department, the provider shall fund a res
• § 1793.84 — (a) The provider shall submit monthly progress reports to the department detailing the progress and problems associated with the permanent closure, as defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (p) of Se
• § 1793.9 — (a) In the event of receivership or liquidation, all claims made against a provider based on the provider’s continuing care contracts shall be preferred claims against all assets owned by the provider
• § 1793.90 — (a) All providers shall include in resident contracts the procedures to be followed to ensure that residential temporary relocations provide comparable levels of care, services, and living accommodati
• § 1793.91 — The provider shall set forth specific procedures for the resident to follow regarding relocation to the unit originally vacated, the selection of a new unit, and timeframes for making choices.
• § 17930 — Except as provided in Section 18945, the director or the director’s designee shall hear appeals brought by any person as to the application of any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to this part,
• § 17931 — The department may promulgate rules pertaining to hearing appeals.
• § 17932 — A decision of the director or the director’s designee made pursuant to Section 17930 is final, except for such action as may be taken by a court as permitted or required by law.
• § 1795 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a skilled nursing facility as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250, any intermediate care facility, as defined in subdivision (d), (e), (g), and (
• § 17950 — The provisions of this part, the building standards published in the State Building Standards Code, or the other rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the provisions of this part which relate
• § 17951 — (a) (1) The governing body of any county or city, including a charter city, may prescribe fees for permits, certificates, or other forms or documents required or authorized by this part or rules and r
• § 17951.5 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 17951, each city, county, or city and county may waive or reduce all building permit fees for improvements to the home of a veteran with a qualifying disability that are ma
• § 17951.7 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 17951, each city, county, or city and county may waive or reduce all building permit fees for improvements to the home of a person at least 60 years of age with a qualifyin
• § 17952 — (a) In the event of nonenforcement of this part, or the building standards published in the California Building Standards Code, or the other rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the provision
• § 17953 — Each city, county, and city and county shall enact an ordinance which requires a preliminary soil report, prepared by a civil engineer who is registered by the state, based upon adequate test borings
• § 17954 — If the preliminary soil report indicates the presence of critically expansive soils or other soil problems which, if not corrected, would lead to structural defects, such ordinance shall require a soi
• § 17955 — The building department of each city, county, or city and county, or other enforcement agency charged with the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this part, shall approve the soil inv
• § 17956 — A city, county, or city and county or other enforcement agency charged with the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this part, is not liable for any injury which arises out of any act
• § 17957 — The governing body of any city, county, or city and county may enact an ordinance prescribing an alternate procedure which is equal to or more restrictive than the procedure specified in Sections 1795
• § 17958 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), and in Sections 17958.
• § 17958.1 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 17922, 17958, and 17958.
• § 17958.11 — (a) Any city or county may adopt alternative building regulations for the conversion of commercial or industrial buildings, or portions thereof, to joint living and work quarters.
• § 17958.12 — (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares the following: (1) Building officials, pursuant to this code and the California Building Standards Code, have broad authority as part of their enforcement
• § 17958.2 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 17958, regulations of the department adopted for limited-density owner-built rural dwellings, which are codified in Article 8 (commencing with Section 74) of Subchapter 1 o
• § 17958.3 — (a) All residential hotels, as defined by paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 50519, shall provide a locking mail receptacle for each residential unit, consistent with the applicable standards
• § 17958.4 — (a) Any city, county, or city and county, may, by ordinance, establish a date by which all residential real property with security window bars on bedroom windows shall meet current state and local req
• § 17958.5 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c) and in Section 17922.
• § 17958.7 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c) and in Section 17922.
• § 17958.8 — Local ordinances or regulations governing alterations and repair of existing buildings shall permit the replacement, retention, and extension of original materials and the use of original methods of c
• § 17958.9 — Local ordinances or regulations governing the moving of apartment houses and dwellings shall, after July 1, 1978, permit the retention of existing materials and methods of construction so long as the
• § 17959 — (a) No later than December 31, 2003, the department shall consider proposed universal design guidelines for home construction or home modifications which may be submitted by the California Department
• § 17959.1 — (a) A city or county shall administratively approve applications to install solar energy systems through the issuance of a building permit or similar nondiscretionary permit.
• § 17959.3 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage the use of passive solar energy design.
• § 17959.4 — The housing appeals board may, in cases of extreme hardship to owner-occupants or tenants of dwellings, provide for deferral of the effective date of orders of abatement.
• § 17959.5 — The housing appeals board may, upon appeal or upon application by the owner, grant variances from local use zone requirements in order to permit an owner-occupant of a dwelling to construct an additio
• § 17959.6 — (a) Ninety days after the Department of Housing and Community Development certifies and makes available a standard form pursuant to subdivision (h), but in no event sooner than July 1, 2004, for housi
• § 1796.10 — This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Home Care Services Consumer Protection Act.
• § 1796.11 — The State Department of Social Services shall administer and enforce this chapter.
• § 1796.12 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Affiliated home care aide” means an individual, 18 years of age or older, who is employed by a home care organization to provi
• § 1796.14 — (a) Individuals who are not employed by a home care organization but who provide home care services to a client may be listed on the home care aide registry.
• § 1796.15 — This chapter shall not prohibit an individual from employing an individual not listed on the home care aide registry to provide home care services.
• § 1796.16 — (a) A registered home care aide may provide home care services to more than one child for a family, but may not provide home care services for a child or children from more than one family at the same
• § 1796.17 — (a) Each home care organization shall be separately licensed.
• § 1796.18 — (a) The department may prohibit an individual from becoming a registered home care aide, or remaining registered on the home care aide registry, if the individual has done any of the following: (1) Vi
• § 1796.19 — (a) The department shall consider, but is not limited to, the following when determining whether to approve a registration application: (1) Evidence satisfactory to the department of the ability of th
• § 1796.21 — A registered home care aide shall be 18 years of age or older.
• § 1796.22 — Any individual who has submitted a home care aide application and who possesses any one of the following identification cards may initiate a background examination to be a registered home care aide: (
• § 1796.23 — (a) Each person initiating a background examination to be a registered home care aide shall submit their fingerprints to the Department of Justice by electronic transmission in a manner approved by th
• § 1796.24 — (a) (1) The department shall establish a home care aide registry pursuant to this chapter and shall continuously update the registry information.
• § 1796.25 — (a) (1) If the department finds that the home care aide applicant or the registered home care aide has been convicted of a crime, other than an infraction, the department shall deny the home care aide
• § 1796.26 — (a) (1) The department may revoke or deny a registered home care aide’s registration or request for registration renewal if any of the following apply to the registered home care aide: (A) The individ
• § 1796.28 — (a) The Department of Justice shall maintain and continually update pertinent criminal offender record information of registered home care aides and shall inform the department of subsequent reports r
• § 1796.29 — The department shall do all of the following in the administration of the home care aide registry: (a) Establish and maintain on the department’s Internet Web site the registry of registered home care
• § 1796.31 — (a) To remain on the home care aide registry, a registered home care aide shall renew his or her registration every two years.
• § 1796.32 — Any individual who has submitted an application and who possesses any one of the following identification cards may initiate a background examination to be a licensed home care organization: (a) A val
• § 1796.33 — In order to obtain a home care organization license, the following individual or individuals shall consent to the background examination described in Section 1796.
• § 1796.34 — (a) A person or a private or public organization, with the exception of any person who performs in-home supportive services through the In-Home Supportive Services program pursuant to Article 7 (comme
• § 1796.35 — (a) Subject to the exceptions set forth in Section 1796.
• § 1796.36 — (a) A home care organization that has its principal place of business in another state, in addition to the other requirements of this chapter, before arranging for home care services provided by an af
• § 1796.37 — (a) The department may issue a home care organization license to a home care organization applicant that satisfies the requirements set forth in this chapter, including all of the following: (1) Files
• § 1796.38 — The department may deny an application for licensure or suspend or revoke any license issued pursuant to this chapter, pursuant to Sections 1550.
• § 1796.40 — (a) (1) If an application for a home care organization license indicates, or the department determines during the application review process, that the home care organization applicant was previously i
• § 1796.41 — (a) (1) If the department determines that a person was issued a license pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1200), Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1250), Chapter 3 (comme
• § 1796.42 — A home care organization licensee shall do all of the following: (a) Post its license, business hours, and any other information required by the department in its place of business in a conspicuous lo
• § 1796.43 — (a) Home care organizations that employ affiliated home care aides shall ensure the affiliated home care aides are cleared on the home care aide registry before placing the individual in direct contac
• § 1796.44 — (a) A licensee shall ensure that prior to providing home care services, an affiliated home care aide shall complete the training requirements specified in this section.
• § 1796.45 — (a) Affiliated home care aides hired on or after January 1, 2016, shall submit to an examination 90 days prior to employment, or within seven days after employment, to determine that the individual is
• § 1796.47 — (a) (1) Administration of this program shall be fully supported by fees and not civil penalties.
• § 1796.48 — (a) The department may charge a nonrefundable application and nonrefundable renewal fee to become a registered home care aide and to renew a registered home care aide’s registration.
• § 1796.49 — (a) A home care organization applicant or home care organization licensee shall pay the following fees: (1) A nonrefundable 24-month initial license fee, as prescribed by the department, for a home ca
• § 1796.51 — In order to carry out the provisions of this chapter, the department may establish procedures for the receipt, investigation, and resolution of complaints against home care organizations.
• § 1796.52 — (a) The department may review and, if it determines necessary, investigate complaints filed against home care organizations regarding violations of this chapter or any rules or regulations promulgated
• § 1796.53 — A duly authorized officer, employee, or agent of the department may, upon presentation of proper identification, enter a home care organization during posted business hours, with or without advance no
• § 1796.54 — (a) (1) The department may prohibit an individual from serving as a member of the board of directors or governing body, an executive director, an officer, or being a licensee of a home care organizati
• § 1796.55 — (a) A home care organization that operates in violation of any requirement or obligation imposed by this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to this chapter may be subject to the fi
• § 1796.57 — It is a misdemeanor for a person to falsely represent or present himself or herself as a home care aide applicant or registered home care aide.
• § 1796.58 — Any person who violates this chapter, or who willfully or repeatedly violates a rule or regulation promulgated under this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be pun
• § 1796.59 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the district attorney of every county, and city attorneys in cities that have city attorneys who have jurisdiction to prosecute misdemeanors pu
• § 1796.61 — (a) This chapter shall be implemented on January 1, 2016.
• § 1796.62 — This chapter and any rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter shall only be implemented to the extent that funds are made available through an appropriation in the annual Budget Act.
• § 1796.63 — (a) The department shall adopt, amend, or repeal, in accordance with Chapter 3.
• § 1796.64 — (a) A licensee of a home care organization may request inactive license status if the home care organization is nonoperational due to its destruction, significant damage, or prolonged closure due to a
• § 1796.70 — For purposes of this chapter, “rehabilitation innovation center” means a not-for-profit or government-owned rehabilitation facility that meets all of the following: (a) Is classified as a not-for-prof
• § 1796.80 — This chapter shall apply to the entities licensed by the State Department of Social Services pursuant to the following: (a) Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 1500) of Division 2 of the Health and Saf
• § 1796.81 — This chapter shall apply to all of the following proclamations or declarations: (a) A state of emergency, as proclaimed by the Governor pursuant to Section 8625 of the Government Code.
• § 1796.82 — (a) In the case of an entity listed in Section 1796.
• § 1796.83 — Notwithstanding any other law, in the case of an entity listed in Section 1796.
• § 1796.84 — If an entity subject to this chapter is licensed or certified by more than one state department within the California Health and Human Services Agency, and is made nonoperational and requests inactive
• § 1796.85 — (a) For the duration of the first 30 calendar days following a proclamation or declaration as described in Section 1796.
• § 1796.86 — The State Department of Social Services shall collaborate with local building, planning, and permitting officials, the local fire marshal, and local childcare agencies and regional centers, to ensure
• § 1796.87 — Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.
• § 1796.88 — In the event of a proclamation or declaration listed in Section 1796.
• § 1796.90 — (a) (1) Subject to an appropriation by the Legislature for this purpose, the State Department of Social Services shall prepare a report, informed by consultation with a wide variety of stakeholders, r
• § 1796.91 — (a) No later than 24 months after the date funds have been appropriated to the department for this purpose, the State Department of Social Services shall submit the report created under Section 1796.
• § 17960 — The building department of every city or county shall enforce within its jurisdiction all the provisions published in the State Building Standards Code, the provisions of this part, and the other rule
• § 17960.1 — (a) The governing body of a local agency may authorize its enforcement agency to contract with or employ a private entity or persons on a temporary basis to perform the plan-checking function.
• § 17960.10 — The building department, housing department, or health department enforcing any of the provisions of this part may develop a list of public or publicly funded private agencies that finance or assist r
• § 17960.3 — (a) (1) Upon an application for a residential building permit being deemed complete pursuant to Section 65913.
• § 17960.5 — The building standards for residential buildings in Chapter 2-53 of Part 2, and Chapter 4-10 of Part 4, of Title 24 of the California Administrative Code effective July 13, 1982, shall not apply to th
• § 17961 — (a) The housing or building department or, if there is no building department acting pursuant to this section, the health department of every city, county, or city and county, or any environmental age
• § 17962 — The chief of any city or any county fire department or district providing fire protection services, and their authorized representatives, shall enforce in their respective areas all those provisions o
• § 17964 — By charter, ordinance, or resolution, a city, county, or city and county may designate and charge a department organized to carry out the purposes of this part, or an officer charged with the responsi
• § 17965 — Where there is no local enforcement agency charged with the enforcement of this part pursuant to Section 17964, and to the extent that enforcement responsibility is not assigned to a local enforcement
• § 17966 — Cities or counties or fire protection districts may contract with the department for assistance by the department in the enforcement of the applicable provisions of this part, the building standards p
• § 17967 — The department may examine the records of the various city, city and county, or county departments charged with the enforcement of building standards published in the State Building Standards Code and
• § 1797 — This division shall be known and may be cited as the Emergency Medical Services System and the Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act.
• § 1797.1 — The Legislature finds and declares that it is the intent of this act to provide the state with a statewide system for emergency medical services by establishing within the Health and Welfare Agency th
• § 1797.10 — (a) For the purposes of this section, “police canine” means a canine that is owned, or the service of which is employed, by a state or local law enforcement agency, a correctional agency, a fire depar
• § 1797.100 — There is in the state government, in the California Health and Human Services Agency, the Emergency Medical Services Authority.
• § 1797.101 — (a) The Emergency Medical Services Authority shall be headed by the Director of the Emergency Medical Services Authority, who shall be appointed by the Governor upon nomination by the Secretary of Cal
• § 1797.102 — The authority, utilizing regional and local information, shall assess each EMS area or the system’s service area for the purpose of determining the need for additional emergency medical services, coor
• § 1797.103 — The authority shall develop planning and implementation guidelines for emergency medical services systems which address the following components: (a) Manpower and training.
• § 1797.104 — The authority shall provide technical assistance to existing agencies, counties, and cities for the purpose of developing the components of emergency medical services systems.
• § 1797.105 — (a) The authority shall receive plans for the implementation of emergency medical services and trauma care systems from local EMS agencies.
• § 1797.106 — (a) Regulations, standards, and guidelines adopted by the authority and by local EMS agencies pursuant to the provisions of this division shall not prohibit hospitals which contract with group practic
• § 1797.107 — The authority shall adopt, amend, or repeal, after approval by the commission and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3.
• § 1797.108 — Subject to the availability of funds appropriated therefor, the authority may contract with local EMS agencies to provide funding assistance to those agencies for planning, organizing, implementing, a
• § 1797.109 — (a) The director may develop, or prescribe standards for and approve, an emergency medical technician training and testing program for the Department of the California Highway Patrol, Department of Fo
• § 1797.11 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the licensure, certification, or accreditation requirements of this division shall not apply to any Emergency Medical Technician (EMT-I), Advanced Emergency Medi
• § 1797.110 — The Legislature finds that programs funded through the authority are hindered by the length of time required for the state process to execute approved contracts and payment of vendor claims.
• § 1797.111 — With the approval of the Department of Finance, and for use in the furtherance of the work of the authority, the director may accept all of the following: (a) Grants of interest in real property.
• § 1797.112 — (a) The Emergency Medical Services Personnel Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury, the funds in which are to be held in trust for the benefit of the authority’s testing and personnel licensure
• § 1797.113 — The Emergency Medical Services Training Program Approval Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury and, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, is continuously appropriated to the
• § 1797.114 — The rules and regulations of the authority established pursuant to Section 1797.
• § 1797.115 — (a) To the extent permitted by federal law and upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act or another statute, the Director of Finance may transfer any moneys in the Federal Trust Fund established pur
• § 1797.116 — (a) The authority shall establish additional training standards that include the criteria for the curriculum content recommended by the Curriculum Development Advisory Committee established pursuant t
• § 1797.117 — (a) The authority shall establish and maintain a centralized registry system for the monitoring and tracking of each EMT-I and EMT-II certificate status and each EMT-P license status.
• § 1797.118 — (a) On and after July 1, 2010, and except as provided in subdivision (b), every EMT-I and EMT-II certificate candidate or holder shall have their fingerprint images and related information submitted t
• § 1797.119 — (a) The authority shall distribute to each local EMS agency the curriculum content criteria for peer-to-peer suicide prevention programming developed pursuant to Section 13159.
• § 1797.120 — (a) The authority shall develop, using input from stakeholders, including, but not limited to, hospitals, local EMS agencies, and public and private EMS providers, and, after approval by the commissio
• § 1797.120.5 — (a) (1) By no later than December 31, 2024, the authority shall develop and implement a California Emergency Medical Services Information System requirement for an electronic signature for use between
• § 1797.120.6 — (a) A licensed general acute care hospital with an emergency department shall, by September 1, 2024, develop, in consultation with its emergency department staff, and its exclusive employee representa
• § 1797.120.7 — (a) On or before December 31, 2024, the authority shall monitor monthly ambulance patient offload time data for each hospital required to report under Section 1797.
• § 1797.121 — The authority shall report to the Legislature on the effectiveness of the systems provided for in this division on or before January 1, 1984, and annually thereafter, including within this report, sys