Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

If any construction, maintenance, or remodeling is conducted in an area of the building area where there is the potential for employees to come into contact with, or release or disturb, asbestos or asbestos-containing construction materials, the owner responsible for the performa…

(a) When there is more than one owner of a building or part of a building subject to this chapter, the owners may agree in writing to designate one particular owner to prepare any notice required pursuant to this chapter. (b) Any owner, other than the owner preparing the notice, …

An owner shall make available, for review and photocopying, to other owners and all of his or her employees or those employees’ representatives at an accessible place and time, all existing asbestos survey and monitoring data and any asbestos management plan which has been prepar…

If an asbestos information system or statewide asbestos register, or both, is established subsequent to the designing of the system and register pursuant to paragraphs (5) and (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 25927, the system or register, or both, as the case may be, shall inte…

“Asbestos,” as used in this chapter, has the same meaning as defined in Section 6501.7 of the Labor Code. (Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1502, Sec. 1.)

“Asbestos-containing construction material,” as used in this chapter, means any manufactured construction material, including structural, mechanical and building material, which contains more than one-tenth of 1 percent asbestos by weight. (Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1502, Sec. 1.…

“Building,” as used in this chapter, means all or part of any “public and commercial building,” as defined in Section 2642 of Title 15 of the United States Code, as that section reads on January 1, 1989, except that “building” shall not mean residential dwellings. (Added by renum…

“Employee,” as used in this chapter, means every person who is required or directed by any employer, to engage in any employment, and who performs that employment other than on a casual or incidental basis in any building subject to this chapter, or any person contracting with an…

“Employee’s representative,” as used in this chapter, means an employee’s union representative, a member of the employee’s immediate family, a nonrelated member of the employee’s household, and an employee’s attorney or a person with power of attorney. (Added by renumbering Secti…

“Owner,” as used in this chapter, means an owner, lessee, sublessee, or agent of the owner of a building or part of a building, including, but not limited to, the state or another public entity. (Added by renumbering Section 25923 (as added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1502) by Stats. 199…

“Agent,” as used in this chapter, means a person acting in accordance with Title 9 (commencing with Section 2295) of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code for purposes of managing, operating, leasing, or performing a similar function with respect to a building subject to this ch…

Any owner who knowingly or intentionally fails to comply with this chapter, or who knowingly or intentionally presents any false or misleading information to employees or any other owner, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) or up…