California Administrative Code

(a) The owner or operator shall inspect: (1) the freeboard level at least once each operating day to ensure compliance with section 66265.222, and (2) the surface impoundment, including dikes and vegetation surrounding the dike, at least once a week to detect any leaks, deteriora…

An outpatient service means an organizational unit of the hospital which provides nonemergency health care services to patients.

(a) Signatures. All documents required to be submitted to the Department under this chapter must be signed by the responsible individual in charge of preparing or overseeing the preparation of the information, and by the owner, or an officer of the company, or an authorized repre…

(a) An owner or operator of a hazardous waste disposal unit shall prepare and submit to the Department a detailed written estimate, in current dollars, of the annual cost of postclosure monitoring and maintenance of the facility in accordance with the applicable postclosure regul…

(a) A physician shall have overall responsibility for the surgical service. This physician shall be certified or eligible for certification in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. If such a surgeon is not available, a physician, with additional training and experience in sur…

(a) Within six months of an action level exceedance, a system shall: (1) Collect one lead and copper source water sample from each entry point to the distribution system that is representative of the source or combined sources and is collected after any treatment, if treatment is…

Pharmaceutical service means the procuring, manufacturing, compounding, dispensing, distributing, storing and administering of drugs, biologicals and chemicals by appropriate staff which has adequate space, equipment and supplies. Pharmaceutical services also include the provisio…

(a) Ignitable or reactive waste shall not be placed in a tank system, unless: (1) the waste is treated, rendered, or mixed before or immediately after placement in the tank system so that: (A) the resulting waste, mixture, or dissolved material no longer meets the definition of i…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, all variances previously issued to owners or operators of hazardous waste management units or facilities for treatment activities which are eligible for permit by rule are revoked effective May 1, 1992. This revocation date…

Any licensee desiring to obtain a special permit shall file with the Department an application on forms furnished by the Department. Such other information or documents as may be required for the proper administration and enforcement of the licensing law and requirements shall be…

(a) The Proficiency Testing requirements in this section shall not negate or supersede the Proficiency Testing requirements of other state or federal regulatory programs. (b) When participating in a Proficiency Testing study, a laboratory shall: (1) Comply with 2016 TNI Standard …

All persons, including applicants, who believe any condition of a draft permit is inappropriate or that the Department's tentative decision to deny an application or prepare a draft permit is inappropriate, must raise all reasonably ascertainable issues and submit all reasonably …

(a) Upon verification of compliance with the supplemental service requirements for any service which is a special service, the Department shall issue a special permit except that no special permit shall be issued for new special services for which there is no valid, subsisting, a…

If any provision(s) of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to that en…

The owner or operator shall manage all hazardous waste placed in a surface impoundment in accordance with the applicable requirements of articles 28 and 28.5 of this chapter.

(a) A laboratory located in California shall pay the following fees to the State Water Board at the time of initial application for accreditation and annually thereafter: (1) A non-refundable base fee of $4,030; (2) A non-refundable Field of Accreditation fee in accordance with T…

(a) Hazardous waste shall not be placed in or on a land treatment facility unless the waste can be made less hazardous or nonhazardous by degradation, transformation, or immobilization processes occurring in or on the soil. (b) The owner or operator shall design, construct, opera…

Accredited Record Technician means a person who is accredited or eligible for accreditation as such by the American Medical Records Association.

Dentist means a person licensed as a dentist by the Dental Board of California.

(a) This article applies to the assessment of administrative penalties for a violation of Health and Safety Code section 1280.15 by a clinic, health facility, home health agency, or hospice licensed pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 1204, 1250, 1725 or 1745. (b) This art…

All facility communications or alarm systems, fire protection equipment, spill control equipment, and decontamination equipment, where required, shall be tested and maintained as necessary to assure its proper operation in time of emergency.

(a) There shall be adequate space maintained for the dental service. (b) There shall be facilities for dental radiography.

Distinct part means an identifiable unit accommodating beds and related facilities including, but not limited to, contiguous rooms, a wing, floor or building that is approved by the Department for a specific purpose.

(a) An elective coverage agreement under Sections 701, 702, 702.1, 702.5, 703, 708, 708.5, 709, 710, 710.4 and 710.5 of the code shall be effective for not less than two complete calendar years unless terminated by the director pursuant to Section 704.1 of the code, except that r…

(a) Any person who is required to have a medical waste facility permit (including new applicants and permittees with expiring permits) shall complete, sign, and submit an original application with two copies to the enforcement agency. In order to continue operations after January…

The space required will be dependent upon services offered. Where radiotherapy is provided from a radionuclide source, construction requirements shall meet the standards of Subchapter 4, Chapter 5, Title 17, California Administrative Code and Part 6, Division T17, Part 6, Subchap…

The owner or operator shall use a container made of or lined with materials which will not react with, and are otherwise compatible with, the hazardous waste to be transferred or stored, so that the ability of the container to contain the waste is not impaired.

Ignitable or reactive waste shall not be placed in a treatment process or equipment unless: (a) the waste is treated, rendered, or mixed before or immediately after placement in the treatment process or equipment so that (1) the resulting waste, mixture, or dissolution of materia…

“Intermediate care bed classification” means beds designated for patients requiring skilled nursing and supportive care on less than a continuous basis.

(a) Space and components for nurses' stations and utility rooms shall comply with the requirements set forth in California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 2, Section 420A.14, California Building Code, 1995. (b) Office space shall be provided for the administrator of nursing s…

The owner or operator shall manage all hazardous waste placed in a surface impoundment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Articles 28 and 28.5 this Chapter. Note: Sections 25150, 25159, 25159.5, 25245 and 58012, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 25150, 25…

The contingency plan shall be reviewed, and immediately amended, if necessary, whenever: (a) applicable regulations are revised; (b) the plan fails in an emergency; (c) the facility changes in its design, construction, operation, maintenance, or other circumstances in a way that …

(a) Upon receipt of a written request made pursuant to Health and Safety Code sections 25223 or 25224 the Department shall review all available documents and other written information with regard to the property concerned and notify the requester whether sufficient evidence exist…

(a) Upon request by the Department, the Accreditation Agency shall review selected approved coursework offerings. Within 15 days of receipt of written notification from the Accreditation Agency, the recognized provider shall submit all material requested by the Accreditation Agen…

(a) Waiver of DRE standard. The DRE standard of section 66266.104(a) does not apply if the boiler or industrial furnace is operated in conformance with (a)(1) of this section and the owner or operator demonstrates by procedures prescribed in (a)(2) of this section that the burnin…

(a) A physician shall have overall responsibility for the clinical laboratory service. This physician shall be certified or eligible for certification in clinical pathology and/or pathologic anatomy by the American Board of Pathology. If such a pathologist is not available on a f…

(a) There shall be adequate equipment and supplies for the provision of pharmaceutical services within the hospital. (b) Reference materials containing monographs on all drugs in use in the hospital shall be available in each nursing unit. Such monographs must include information…

A miscellaneous unit that is a disposal unit shall be maintained in a manner that complies with section 66264.601 during the post-closure care period. In addition, if a transfer, treatment, or storage unit has contaminated soils or ground water that cannot be completely removed o…

(a) The Department shall recover the actual costs to the Department for evaluating hazardous waste environmental technologies, and making certification decisions. An estimate of these costs and a scope of work, including a summary delineating the activities that will be conducted…

(a) The dietetic service shall provide food of the quality and quantity to meet the patient's needs in accordance with physicians' orders and, to the extent medically possible, to meet the Recommended Daily Dietary Allowances, 1974 Edition, adopted by the Food and Nutrition Board…

(a) General. The owner or operator shall comply with the metals standards provided by subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), or (f) of this section for each metal listed in subsection (b) of this section that is present in the hazardous waste at detectable levels using analytical proced…

All equipment and supplies necessary for life support shall be available. Equipment shall include, but need not be limited to, airway control and ventilation equipment, suction devices, cardiac monitor defibrillator, intravenous fluids and administering devices and including bloo…

(a) A waste exhibits the characteristic of reactivity if representative samples of the waste have any of the following properties: (1) it is normally unstable and readily undergoes violent change without detonating; (2) it reacts violently with water; (3) it forms potentially exp…

(a) Each application for a license shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee as authorized by Health and Safety Code, section 1266. (1) No fee shall be refunded to the applicant if the application is withdrawn or if the application is denied by the Department. (2) An additional …

(a) Any person who generates, treats, stores, or disposes of a hazardous waste may submit an application to the Department, for non-RCRA hazardous wastes, or the U.S. EPA Administrator, for RCRA hazardous wastes, for an extension to the effective date of any applicable restrictio…

All equipment and supplies necessary for life support shall be available, including but not limited to: airway control and ventilation equipment, suction devices, cardiac monitor, defibrillators, pacemaker capability, apparatus to establish central nervous system monitoring and a…

(a) These regulations establish standards which apply to persons transporting hazardous waste within, into, out of or through the State if the transportation requires a manifest under section 25160 of the Health and Safety Code. (1) The regulations set forth in 40 Code of Federal…

A generator shall determine its generator category. A generator's category is based on the amount of hazardous waste generated each calendar month and may change from month to month. This section sets forth procedures to determine whether a generator is a small quantity generator…

(a) For the purposes of the hospital in complying with these regulations, signature of the patient, physician, physician's designee (if any) and auditor-witness (if applicable) on the Sterilization Consent Document shall be sufficient evidence that the informed consent procedure …

The Department or the Department of Finance may audit the expenditures of the proceeds of any loan disbursed under this Article. Specific audit requirements shall be part of the loan agreement. The State reserves the right to call for a program audit or a financial audit at any t…