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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.

• § 7107 — Notice of the time and place of the hearing on the petition shall be given as the court may direct.
• § 7108 — If the coroner is directed to make such interment he shall make it in the manner provided by law for the interment of the indigent dead.
• § 7109 — The court shall allow costs and reasonable attorney’s fees to a prevailing plaintiff against all defendants, other than the coroner.
• § 7110 — Any person signing any authorization for the interment or cremation of any remains warrants the truthfulness of any fact set forth in the authorization, the identity of the person whose remains are so
• § 7111 — A cemetery authority or crematory may make an interment or cremation of any remains upon the receipt of a written authorization of a person representing himself or herself to be a person having the ri
• § 7112 — No action shall lie against any cemetery authority relating to the cremated remains of any person which have been left in its possession for a period of one year, unless a written contract has been en
• § 7113 — A cemetery authority or licensed funeral director or a licensed hospital or its authorized personnel may permit or assist, and a physician may perform, an autopsy of any remains in its or his custody
• § 7114 — Any person who performs, permits or assists at, an autopsy on a dead body without having first obtained (a) the authorization of the deceased in writing, including, but not limited to, the last will o
• § 7116 — (a) Cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains may be scattered in an area where no local prohibition exists, provided that the cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains are not distinguishable t
• § 7117 — (a) Cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains may be taken by boat from any harbor in this state, or by air, and scattered at sea.
• § 7117.1 — (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 7117, cremated remains may be transferred from a durable container into a scattering urn no more than seven days before scattering the cremated remains a
• § 7150 — This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.
• § 7150.10 — (a) As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Adult” means an individual who is at least 18 years of age.
• § 7150.15 — Subject to Section 7150.
• § 7150.20 — (a) A donor may make an anatomical gift through any of the following: (1) By authorizing a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift to be imprinted on the donor’s driv
• § 7150.25 — (a) Subject to Section 7150.
• § 7150.30 — (a) An individual may refuse to make an anatomical gift of the individual’s body or part by any of the following: (1) A record signed by either of the following: (A) The individual.
• § 7150.35 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (g) and subject to subdivision (f), in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor, a person other than the donor is barred from making,
• § 7150.40 — (a) Subject to subdivisions (b) and (c), and unless barred by Section 7150.
• § 7150.45 — (a) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under Section 7150.
• § 7150.50 — (a) An anatomical gift may be made to any of the following persons named in the document of gift: (1) A hospital, accredited medical school, dental school, college, university, or organ procurement or
• § 7150.55 — (a) All of the following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or near death for a document of gift or other information identifying the in
• § 7150.60 — (a) A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor’s lifetime to be effective.
• § 7150.65 — (a) When a hospital refers an individual at or near death to a procurement organization, the organization shall make a reasonable search of the records of the Donate Life California Organ and Tissue D
• § 7150.70 — Each hospital in this state shall enter into agreements or affiliations with procurement organizations for coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts.
• § 7150.75 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), a person that, for valuable consideration, knowingly purchases or sells a part for transplantation or therapy, if removal of a part from an individ
• § 7150.80 — (a) A person that acts in accordance with this chapter or with the applicable anatomical gift law of another state, or attempts in good faith to do so, is not liable for the act in a civil action or c
• § 7150.85 — (a) A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with any of the following: (1) This chapter.
• § 7150.90 — (a) The California organ procurement organizations designated pursuant to Section 273 and following of Title 42 of the United States Code, are hereby authorized to establish a not-for-profit entity th
• § 7151.10 — (a) As used in this section the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Advance health care directive” means a power of attorney for health care or a record signed by a prospective donor con
• § 7151.15 — (a) A county coroner shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education.
• § 7151.20 — (a) On request from a qualified procurement organization, the county coroner may permit the removal of organs that constitute an anatomical gift from a decedent who died under circumstances requiring
• § 7151.25 — In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
• § 7151.30 — This act modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.
• § 7151.35 — (a) No hospital, physician and surgeon, procurement organization, or other person shall determine the ultimate recipient of an anatomical gift based upon a potential recipient’s physical or mental dis
• § 7151.36 — (a) A hospital, physician and surgeon, procurement organization, or other person shall not determine the ultimate recipient of an anatomical gift based solely upon a potential recipient’s status as a
• § 7151.40 — (a) If there has been an anatomical gift, a technician may remove any donated parts and an enucleator may remove any donated eyes or parts of eyes, after determination of death by a physician and surg
• § 7152 — This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Altruistic Living Donor Registry Act of 2010.
• § 7152.1 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) More than 20,000 Californians are currently waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant, and over 17,000 of those individuals are waiting
• § 7152.2 — (a) The California organ procurement organizations designated pursuant to Section 273 and following of Title 42 of the United States Code, are hereby authorized to establish a not-for-profit entity th
• § 7158 — (a) The Controller shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, an organ donor information brochure for insertion in all payroll warrants issued by the Controller for the March 1999 pay period, and for eve
• § 7158.1 — (a) As a part of its ongoing audit and review process, the Licensing and Certification Division of the State Department of Health Services shall audit for the existence of organ and tissue procurement
• § 7158.2 — Every health care service plan contract that is issued, amended, delivered, or renewed on or after July 1, 1999, shall provide, upon enrollment and annually thereafter, a notice to subscribers in the
• § 7158.3 — (a) The following definitions shall apply for purposes of this section: (1) “Cosmetic surgery” means surgery that is performed to alter or reshape normal structures of the body in order to improve app
• § 7160 — (a) The State Department of Health Services shall consult with the Legislature on or before December 31, 1991, to evaluate and make recommendations to improve the effectiveness of organ transplantatio
• § 7180 — (a) An individual who has sustained either (1) irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions, or (2) irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain
• § 7181 — When an individual is pronounced dead by determining that the individual has sustained an irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem, there shall be independ
• § 7182 — When a part of the donor is used for direct transplantation pursuant to the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (Chapter 3.
• § 7183 — Complete patient medical records required of a health facility pursuant to regulations adopted by the department in accordance with Section 1275 shall be kept, maintained, and preserved with respect t
• § 7184 — (a) Each general acute care hospital shall develop a protocol for identifying potential organ and tissue donors.
• § 7184.5 — (a) In conjunction with entering into any agreement with any coroner or medical examiner for release and removal of organs from bodies within that official’s custody and to further the purposes of Sec
• § 7200 — Every head of a public institution, city or county undertaker, or state, county, or city officer having charge or control of remains to be interred at public expense shall use due diligence to notify
• § 7201 — The person in charge of a public institution in which the decedent was an inmate shall transmit upon request, to the state department or to any person designated by it, a brief medical history of the
• § 7202 — The unclaimed dead retained by the State department for scientific or educational purposes shall be embalmed and disposed of in accordance with the instructions of the State department.
• § 7203 — The bodies of the unclaimed dead retained by the State department shall be used solely for the purpose of instruction and study in the promotion of medical, chiropractic, and embalming education and s
• § 7204 — All persons receiving unclaimed dead for educational purposes shall bear all reasonable expense incurred in the preservation and transportation of the dead and shall keep a permanent record of bodies
• § 7205 — It is unlawful for any person, unless specifically authorized by law, to hold a post mortem examination of any unclaimed dead without the express permission of the State department.
• § 7206 — Any person authorized by law to perform post mortem examinations shall permit, with the consent of relatives, or in the absence of such relatives, with the consent of the State department, any represe
• § 7207 — Whenever, through the failure of any person to notify the State department, or promptly to deliver the body of a deceased indigent as required by the State department, such body becomes unfit for scie
• § 7208 — Every person who unlawfully disposes, uses, or sells the body of an unclaimed dead person, or who violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 7300 — No person shall embalm the body of any person who has died from an unknown cause, except with the permission of the coroner.
• § 7301 — No embalmer shall embalm a dead human body when he has information reasonably indicating crime in connection with the death until permission of the coroner has been obtained.
• § 7302 — Every funeral director and embalmer shall immediately report to the local health officer every contagious case on which the funeral director or embalmer may be called.
• § 7303 — No embalmer shall embalm a dead human body when he has information reasonably indicating the death has occurred while the deceased was driving or riding in a motor vehicle, or as a result of the decea
• § 7304 — No embalmer shall embalm a dead body without obtaining written or oral permission of a person who has the right to control the disposition of the remains pursuant to Section 7100, except that prior au
• § 7355 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the bodies of persons who have died from any cause shall not be received for transportation by a common carrier unless the body has been embalmed and prepare
• § 7500 — No remains of any deceased person shall be removed from any cemetery, except upon written order of the health department having jurisdiction, or of the superior court of the county in which such cemet
• § 7501 — A cemetery authority shall not remove or permit the removal of any interred remains, unless a permit for the removal has been issued by the local registrar of the district in which the premises are lo
• § 7502 — In the disinterment, transportation and removal of human remains under Chapter 4 of this part a cemetery authority need not obtain a separate permit for the disinterment, transportation or removal of
• § 7525 — The remains of a deceased person may be removed from a plot in a cemetery with the consent of the cemetery authority and the written consent of one of the following in the order named: (a) The survivi
• § 7526 — If the required consent can not be obtained, permission by the superior court of the county where the cemetery is situated is sufficient.
• § 7527 — Notice of application to the court for such permission shall be given, at least ten days prior thereto, personally, or at least fifteen days prior thereto if by mail, to the cemetery authority and to
• § 7528 — This article does not apply to or prohibit the removal of any remains from one plot to another in the same cemetery or the removal of remains by a cemetery authority from a plot for which the purchase
• § 7600 — The governing body of any city having a population of more than fifteen hundred and not exceeding one hundred thousand, may, by ordinance, and under such rules and regulations as it may adopt, provide
• § 7700 — The governing body of any city or city and county, having a population of more than one hundred thousand persons, may order the disinterment and removal of all human remains interred in all or any par
• § 7701 — The governing body of such city or city and county may in any ordinance ordering or directing the disinterment and removal of such remains prescribe reasonable rules and regulations governing the mann
• § 7725 — The cemetery authority of any cemetery from which human remains are ordered removed by an ordinance adopted in accordance with this chapter, may declare its intention and purpose to disinter and remov
• § 7726 — Any resolution or declaration of intention to disinter and remove human remains pursuant to this chapter adopted or declared by any cemetery authority shall specify and declare that at any time after
• § 7735 — Notice of a declaration of intention to remove the human remains from all or any part of any cemetery shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city, or city
• § 7736 — The notice shall be entitled “Notice of Declaration of Intention to Remove Human Remains from ____ (insert name of cemetery) in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance No.
• § 7737 — Copies of the notice shall within ten days after the first publication be posted in at least three conspicuous places in the cemetery or the portion from which removals are to be made.
• § 7738 — A copy of the notice shall be mailed to every person who owns, holds, or has the right of interment in, any plot in the cemetery or part affected, whose name appears upon the records of the cemetery.
• § 7739 — The notice shall also be mailed to each known living heir at law of any person whose remains are interred in the cemetery, if his address is known.
• § 7750 — At any time before the date fixed for the removal of remains by the cemetery authority, any relative or friend of any person whose remains are interred in the cemetery from which removals are to be ma
• § 7751 — The notice to the cemetery authority shall specify: (a) The name of the person whose remains are to be disinterred.
• § 7752 — The notice may be delivered, or forwarded by registered mail, to the office or principal place of business of the cemetery authority proposing to make removals.
• § 7753 — After receipt of such notice before the date fixed for the removal of the remains by the cemetery authority, it shall give written notice to the person requesting it of the time when the remains shall
• § 7754 — Whenever a request of notice is given by a relative or friend, the cemetery authority shall not disinter the remains referred to until the notice of the time of disinterment is given the relative or f
• § 7800 — At any time prior to the removal by a cemetery authority of the remains of any person, any relative or friend of the decedent may voluntarily remove and dispose of the remains.
• § 78000 — (a) This part shall be known and may be cited as the Carpenter-Presley-Tanner Hazardous Substance Account Act.
• § 78005 — It is the intent of the Legislature to do all of the following: (a) Establish a program to provide for response authority for releases of hazardous substances, including spills and hazardous waste dis
• § 7801 — The person desiring to cause the removal shall, prior to removal, deliver to the cemetery authority an affidavit stating the name of the decedent whose remains it is desired to remove and, so far as i
• § 78010 — Nothing in the Hazardous Substance Account Recodification Act is intended to substantively change the law contained in former Chapter 6.
• § 78015 — (a) A provision of this part, insofar as it is substantially the same as a previously existing provision relating to the same subject matter, shall be considered as a restatement and continuation of t
• § 7802 — Removal of all remains in a plot without the filing of an affidavit of consent may be caused by any of the following: (a) The purchaser or owner of the plot.
• § 78020 — (a) A judicial decision interpreting a previously existing provision is relevant in interpreting any provision of this part that restates and continues that previously existing provision.
• § 78025 — (a) A judicial decision on the constitutionality of a previously existing provision is relevant in determining the constitutionality of any provision of this part that restates and continues that prev
• § 7803 — If the right, title or interest of any grantee of any plot or of the right of interment therein has passed by succession to the heir or heirs at law of the grantee without distribution by order of cou
• § 78030 — (a) The department or another state agency may make a conforming rule change without complying with the rulemaking procedure specified in Article 5 (commencing with Section 11346) of Chapter 3.
• § 78035 — The definitions set forth in this article govern the interpretation of this part.
• § 7804 — Whenever remains are removed by a relative or friend of a decedent, under the provisions of this chapter, the person causing the removal is entitled to remove any vault, monument, headstone, coping or
• § 78040 — “Agency” means the California Environmental Protection Agency.
• § 78045 — “Contract competitor” means any person competing for a state contract pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 78655.
• § 7805 — If such appurtenances remain on the plot for more than ninety days after the removal of the last human remains, they may be removed and disposed of by the cemetery authority, and thereafter no person
• § 78050 — “Department” means the Department of Toxic Substances Control.
• § 78055 — “Director” means the Director of Toxic Substances Control.
• § 78060 — “Feasibility study” means the identification and evaluation of technically feasible and effective remedial action alternatives to protect public health and the environment, at a hazardous substance re
• § 78065 — “Federal act” means the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (42 U.
• § 78070 — “Federally permitted release” has the same meaning as defined in Section 101(10) of the federal act (42 U.
• § 78075 — (a) “Hazardous substance” means: (1) Any substance designated pursuant to Section 1321(b)(2)(A) of Title 33 of the United States Code.
• § 78080 — “Operation and maintenance” means those activities initiated or continued at a hazardous substance release site following completion of a response action that are deemed necessary by the department or
• § 78085 — “Person” means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, business concern, corporation, including, but not limited to, a government corporation, partnership, limited liability company, and asso
• § 78090 — “Phase I environmental assessment” means a preliminary assessment of a property to determine whether there has been, or may have been, a release of a hazardous substance based on reasonably available
• § 78095 — “Preliminary endangerment assessment” means an activity that is performed to determine whether current or past hazardous substance management practices have resulted in a release or threatened release
• § 78100 — “Regional board” means a California regional water quality control board.
• § 78105 — (a) “Release” means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing into the environment.
• § 78110 — A “release authorized or permitted pursuant to state law” means any release into the environment that is authorized by statute, ordinance, regulation, or rule of any state, regional, or local agency o
• § 78115 — “Remedial design” means the detailed engineering plan to implement the remedial action alternative or initial remedial measure approved by the department.
• § 78120 — “Remedial investigation” means those actions deemed necessary by the department to determine the full extent of a hazardous substance release at a site, identify the public health and environment thre
• § 78125 — “Remedy” or “remedial action” includes all of the following: (a) Those actions that are consistent with a permanent remedy, that are taken instead of, or in addition to, removal actions in the event o
• § 78130 — “Removal action work plan” means a work plan prepared or approved by the department or a regional board that is developed to carry out a removal action, in an effective manner, that is protective of t
• § 78135 — “Remove” or “removal” includes the cleanup or removal of released hazardous substances from the environment or the taking of other actions as may be necessary to prevent, minimize, or mitigate damage
• § 78140 — “Response,” “respond,” or “response action” have the same meanings as defined in Section 101(25) of the federal act (42 U.
• § 78145 — (a) (1) “Responsible party” or “liable person,” for the purposes of this part, means those persons described in Section 107(a) of the federal act (42 U.
• § 78150 — “Secretary” means the Secretary for Environmental Protection.
• § 78155 — “Site” has the same meaning as the term “facility” is defined by Section 101(9) of the federal act (42 U.
• § 78160 — “Site cleanup evaluation” means an evaluation by the department of the effectiveness of a removal or remedial action conducted by a responsible party, to reduce or eliminate actual or potential public
• § 78165 — “State account” means the Toxic Substances Control Account established pursuant to Section 25173.
• § 78168 — “State board” means the State Water Resources Control Board.
• § 78170 — “Tier” means a grouping of hazardous substance release sites that require removal and remedial actions, that are listed alphabetically, and that are of a roughly equivalent priority for removal and re
• § 78185 — (a) This part shall not be construed as imposing any new liability associated with acts that occurred on or before January 1, 1982, if the acts were not in violation of existing state or federal laws
• § 78200 — The Director of Finance shall schedule in the annual proposed budget the projects proposed in any fiscal year, that will incur direct costs for removal and remedial actions at hazardous substance rele
• § 78210 — (a) For the purposes of this section, an “externally-funded position” means either of the following: (1) A direct or indirect position that provides oversight and related support of remediation and ha
• § 78220 — The state account may sue and be sued in its own name.
• § 78225 — Expenditures from the state account shall not be made in excess of the total amount of money in the state account at any one time.
• § 78230 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Controller shall establish a separate subaccount in the state account, for any funds received from a settlement agreement or the General Fund for a
• § 78235 — (a) The Controller shall establish a separate subaccount for site operation and maintenance in the state account.
• § 78240 — (a) There is hereby continuously appropriated from the state account to the department the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) for each fiscal year as a reserve account for emergencies, notwithsta
• § 78260 — (a) There is in the General Fund the Site Remediation Account, which shall be administered by the director.
• § 78265 — Funds in the Site Remediation Account appropriated for removal or remedial action pursuant to this part are available for encumbrance for three fiscal years subsequent to the fiscal year in which the
• § 78280 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the Johnston-Filante Hazardous Substance Cleanup Bond Act of 1984.
• § 78285 — For purposes of this article, and for purposes of Section 16722 of the Government Code as applied to this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Board” means the department.
• § 78290 — 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) is adopted for the purpose of the issuance, sale, and repaym
• § 78295 — The Hazardous Substance Cleanup Committee, which is hereby created, shall consist of the Governor, the Director of Finance, the Treasurer, the Controller, and the secretary.
• § 78300 — The committee may create debts or liabilities of the State of California, in the aggregate of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000), in the manner provided in this article.
• § 78305 — (a) The moneys in the state account that are the proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this article may be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the purposes specified in this secti
• § 78310 — (a) All bonds authorized by this article, which are sold and delivered as provided in this article, constitute valid and legally binding general obligations of the State of California, and the full fa
• § 78315 — Notwithstanding Section 78345, the money deposited in the fund is available for transfer to the General Fund if money was deposited in the fund pursuant to any provision of law requiring repayments to
• § 78320 — There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purpose of this article, an amount equal to the sum of all of the following: (a) The sum, annually, that will be neces
• § 78325 — (a) For the purpose of carrying out this article, the Director of Finance may, by executive order, authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of amounts not to exceed the amount of the unsold bond
• § 78330 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of 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),
• § 78335 — Upon the request of the board, and supported by a statement of the proposed actions to be taken pursuant to Section 78305, the committee shall determine whether it is necessary or desirable to issue a
• § 78340 — The committee may authorize the Treasurer to sell all, or any part of, the bonds authorized under this article at the time or times as may be fixed by the Treasurer.
• § 78345 — Except as provided in Section 78315, all proceeds from the sale of bonds, except those derived from premiums and accrued interest, are available for the purposes specified in Section 78305, but are no
• § 78360 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “Brownfield site” has the same meaning as defined in Section 101 of the federal act (42 U.
• § 78365 — (a) The Revolving Loans Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury.
• § 78370 — The Illegal Drug Lab Cleanup Account is hereby created in the General Fund and the department may expend any money in the account, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to carry out the removal actio
• § 78400 — The department shall adopt any regulations necessary to carry out its responsibilities pursuant to this part, including, but not limited to, regulations governing the expenditure of, and accounting pr
• § 78410 — The state shall actively seek to obtain all federal funds to which it is entitled under the federal act and shall take all actions necessary to enter into contractual or cooperative agreements under S
• § 78420 — (a) The department and the state board shall establish two community service offices, one to serve northern California and the other to serve southern California.
• § 78435 — The department, a representative of the department, or any person designated by the director may take the actions specified in this article only if there is a reasonable basis to believe that there ha
• § 78440 — (a) Any officer or employee of the department, a representative of the director, or a person designated by the director may require any person who has or may have information relevant to any of the fo
• § 78445 — (a) The department may disclose information submitted pursuant to this article to authorized representatives, contractors, or other governmental agencies only in connection with the department’s respo
• § 78450 — (a) Any officer or employee of the department, representative of the director, or person designated by the director may, in accordance with Section 78455, enter, at reasonable times, any of the follow
• § 78455 — If the owner or the owner’s authorized representative does not voluntarily grant access to a place, establishment, or property pursuant to this article, the officer, employee, representative, or desig
• § 78460 — The department, and any person authorized by the department to enter upon any lands for the purpose of taking a response action pursuant to this part, shall not be held liable, in either a civil or cr
• § 78465 — If a person intentionally or negligently fails to furnish and transmit to any officer or employee of the department, a representative of the director, or a person designated by the director any inform
• § 78470 — Any person who commits any of the following acts shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each separate violation, or for continuing violations, for
• § 78480 — “Trade secrets,” as used in this article, may include, but are not limited to, any formula, plan, pattern, process, tool, mechanism, compound, procedure, production data, or compilation of information
• § 78485 — Any person providing information pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 78440 shall, at the time of its submission, identify all information that the person believes is a trade secret.
• § 78490 — The department shall establish procedures to ensure that trade secret information is utilized by the department only in connection with the responsibilities of the department pursuant to this part and
• § 78495 — Any person who knowingly and willfully disseminates information protected by this article or procedures established by the department pursuant to Section 78490 shall, upon conviction, be punished by a
• § 7850 — After the completion of notice, and after the expiration of the period of ten months specified in the notice, any cemetery authority may cause the removal of all human remains interred in the cemetery
• § 78505 — (a) The director shall notify, within 20 working days, each of the appropriate county health officers as to all the potential abandoned sites of which the department has knowledge or that the departme
• § 7851 — Whenever any remains are removed from any cemetery or portion of a cemetery pursuant to this chapter by a cemetery authority, they shall be transported to and reinterred in a cemetery in an adjoining
• § 78510 — The analysis of any material that is required to demonstrate compliance with this part shall be performed by a laboratory accredited by the state board pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 1
• § 7852 — The remains of each person reinterred shall be placed in a separate and suitable receptacle and decently and respectfully interred under rules and regulations adopted by the cemetery authority making
• § 78525 — Notwithstanding Section 79055, the department shall carry out a program of full-scale demonstrations to evaluate treatment technologies that can be safely utilized for removal and remedial actions to
• § 78530 — For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Treatment technologies” means methods, techniques, or processes, including proprietary or patented methods, that permanently alt
• § 78535 — The department shall select technology demonstration projects to be evaluated pursuant to this article using criteria that include, at a minimum, all of the following requirements: (a) The project pro
• § 78540 — The department shall identify hazardous substance release sites, listed pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 78760) of Chapter 4, that are particularly well-suited for technology demonstrati
• § 78545 — (a) The department shall annually, on or before July 1, publish a solicitation for proposals to conduct treatment demonstration projects that utilize technologies that are at a stage of development su
• § 78550 — (a) On or before January 1, after reviewing all proposals submitted pursuant to Section 78545, the department shall annually select at least two treatment demonstration projects, to be commenced durin
• § 78555 — Notwithstanding Section 79650, if the department determines that using an alternative treatment technology to conduct a removal or remedial action at a hazardous substance release site listed pursuant
• § 78560 — (a) The department shall conduct a technology transfer program that shall include the development, collection, evaluation, coordination, and dissemination of information relating to the utilization of
• § 78565 — Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 79205, when preparing or approving a remedial action plan for a site listed pursuant to Section 78760, that has been selected for a treatment demonstration p
• § 78575 — (a) The department shall report to the Governor and the Legislature on the progress of the cleanup of the San Gabriel Valley groundwater sites in the County of Los Angeles, and on the progress of enfo
• § 78580 — The department shall include in the biennial report specified in Section 25178 an accounting of the moneys expended pursuant to Section 78875.
• § 78590 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Firm” means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity permitted by law to practice th
• § 78595 — Notwithstanding Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 4525) of Division 5 of Title 1 of the Government Code, the department may advertise and award a contract, in accordance with this article, for a pro
• § 78600 — The department may establish prequalified lists of professional service firms in accordance with the following process: (a) For each type of professional service work for which the department elects t
• § 78605 — (a) During the term of the prequalified list, as specific projects are identified by the department as being eligible for contracting under the procedures adopted pursuant to Section 78610, the depart
• § 78610 — The department may adopt guidelines or regulations as necessary and consistent with this article, to define the manner of advertising, generic project categories, type, quantity and cost of services,
• § 78615 — Any removal or remedial action taken or contracted by the department pursuant to Section 78870 or 78875 is exempt from this article.
• § 78620 — This article does not exempt any contract from compliance with Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
• § 78650 — When the director determines that a release of a hazardous substance has occurred or is about to occur, the director may do any or all of the following: (a) Undertake those investigations, monitoring,
• § 78655 — (a) Whenever there is a release or threatened release of a hazardous substance into the environment, the director may take or contract for any necessary removal or remedial action and may take or cont
• § 78660 — (a) Whenever there is a release or threatened release of a hazardous substance, the director may request the Attorney General to secure relief as may be necessary from the responsible party to abate t
• § 78665 — Any person who refuses or prevents, without sufficient cause, any activity authorized pursuant to this article or Section 78870 shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed twenty-five thousand d
• § 78675 — (a) A person shall not release, or allow or cause a release of, a reportable quantity of a hazardous substance into the environment that is not authorized or permitted pursuant to state law.