Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

If the amendment relates to a certificate that has been transmitted to the State Registrar, the amendment shall be transmitted to the State Registrar who shall review it for acceptance for filing. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)

If the amendment is accepted, the State Registrar shall transmit copies of the amendment to the county recorder in whose offices copies of the original record and information are on file. The State Registrar shall also transmit copies of the amendment to that county’s local regis…

The State Registrar shall send a certified copy of the newly amended record of birth, death or marriage to the applicant without additional charge, except for those amendments that are filed within one year of the date of occurrence of the event. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, S…

The amendment shall be filed with and become a part of the record to which it pertains. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)

(a) A person born in this state whose birth is registered in this state, or the person’s conservator, or if a minor, the person’s parent or guardian, may submit a written request to the state registrar for a new birth certificate on the ground that his or her existing birth certi…

An amended certificate of death of an individual who is a peace officer pursuant to Section 830 of the Penal Code, who was killed in the line of duty, shall be processed immediately upon acceptance for filing and shall be issued by the State Registrar or local registrar no later …

(a) When there occurs, in the household of any dairy worker, milkman, milk dealer, milk distributor, creamery worker, or pasteurizing plant operator, a case or a suspected case of a milk transmitted disease listed pursuant to Section 120130, the sale or distribution of milk from …

The department shall cooperate with the Department of Food and Agriculture in the inspection of any milk products plants associated with diseases reported pursuant to Section 120130. The Department of Food and Agriculture shall consult with the department prior to condemning milk…

The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) The Sacramento metropolitan region is a geographical and meteorological entity not reflected by political boundaries. (b) The region has serious air pollution problems caused by the operation of more than 1,000,000 vehicles in th…

As used in this chapter, “best available control technology” has the meaning provided in Section 40405. (Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1541, Sec. 3.)

As used in this chapter, “best available retrofit control technology” has the meaning given in Section 40406. (Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1541, Sec. 3.)

As used in this chapter, “strategy” means the Sacramento district air quality improvement strategy. (Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1541, Sec. 3.)

For purposes of this chapter, the definitions contained in this article shall apply. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. (AB 2293) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2024, pursuant to Sec. 4 of Stats. 2022, Ch. 257.)

“CLEAN Program” means the Cleanup Loans and Environmental Assistance to Neighborhoods Program established pursuant to Section 80450. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. (AB 2293) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2024, pursuant to Sec. 4 of Stats. 2022, Ch. 257.…

(a) “Cost overrun insurance” means insurance that covers some, or all, of the response costs caused by a known pollution condition at a site, that exceed the estimated response action costs that have been accepted and approved by the insurer, based on information from the departm…

“Eligible property” has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 80230. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. (AB 2293) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2024, pursuant to Sec. 4 of Stats. 2022, Ch. 257.)

“Environmental insurance” means insurance intended to limit the liability associated with the discovery and cleanup of a hazardous material release, including secured creditor insurance, pollution liability insurance, and cost overrun insurance, and any other insurance product th…

“Estimated response action costs” means the projected costs of taking a response action in implementing an approved removal action work plan or remedial action plan prepared to address a pollution condition at a site. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. (AB 2293) Effective Ja…

“Hazardous material” means a substance or waste that, because of its physical, chemical, or other characteristics, may pose a risk of endangering human health or safety or of degrading the environment. “Hazardous material” includes, but is not limited to, all of the following: (a…

“Insurance company” means an insurance company authorized in California to offer environmental insurance and that has an A.M. Best Financial Strength Rating of A+ or better and an A.M. Best Financial Size Category of FSC X or larger. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. (AB 22…

“Pollution condition” means a release or threatened release of a hazardous material and any resulting impact upon the environment. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. (AB 2293) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2024, pursuant to Sec. 4 of Stats. 2022, Ch. 257.)

(a) “Pollution liability insurance” means insurance that covers damages caused by a pollution condition from, or at, a site that is preexisting and unknown, or was otherwise unknown at the time the insurance is first obtained, and, at a minimum, provides for all of the following:…

“Secured creditor insurance” means insurance made available to an insured that covers all of the following: (a) Response costs at a site incurred by the lender after a default by the borrower or foreclosure by the lender that occurs as a result of a pollution condition at the sit…

“Self-insured retention amount” means response action costs in excess of the estimated response action costs that have been accepted and approved by the insurer that the insured is obligated to pay before being eligible to make a claim of an insurer under a cost overrun insurance…

The coroner having jurisdiction shall register with the local registrar of births and deaths a certificate of death giving the name of the person and all statistical particulars that have been discovered concerning him or her, in the case of the identification of a person previou…

This amendment to the record shall be handled in the manner prescribed in Article 1 (commencing with Section 103225). (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)

As used in this article, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) “Beverage” means beer or other malt beverages and mineral waters, soda water and similar carbonated soft drinks in liquid form and intended for human consumption. (b) “Beverage container” means the individual, se…

On and after January 1, 1979, no person shall sell or offer for sale in this state any metal beverage container so designed and constructed that a part of the container is severable in opening the container. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the sale in California of the con…

The Secretary of the Resources Agency may extend permission to a manufacturer to sell flip-top containers for one or more periods of time for a total period not to exceed one year after January 1, 1979. The subsequent resale of these flip-top containers by other persons at wholes…

The Secretary of the Resources Agency shall conduct hearings upon the requests for extension prior to making decisions, so that members of the public and manufacturers may be heard, and shall receive evidence and make findings of fact. The secretary shall cause public notificatio…

There shall be no administrative appeal of the secretary’s decision regarding a request for an extension. Judicial review of the decision of the Secretary of the Resources Agency on any request for an extension may be made by the manufacturer. In addition, any member of the publi…

There is hereby created the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District. The boundaries of the Sacramento district shall include all of the County of Sacramento and, pursuant to Section 40963, if the board of supervisors of the County of Placer requests to become part…

The Sacramento district is the local agency within the boundaries of the Sacramento district with the primary responsibility for the development, implementation, monitoring, and enforcement of air pollution control strategies, clean fuels programs, and motor vehicle use reduction…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, as of July 1, 1996, Article 2 (commencing with Section 40120) of Chapter 2 shall not be applicable to the Sacramento district. (Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 729, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2001.)

(a) The Sacramento district board may, by resolution, include all or a portion of the County of Placer within the Sacramento district, upon receipt of a resolution from the board of supervisors of the county requesting inclusion and specifying the portion of the county to be incl…

(a) The secretary shall solicit proposals for a package of environmental insurance products from insurance companies through a competitive bidding process. (b) (1) The request for proposal prepared by the secretary shall identify the objectives of this chapter and the specific ty…

The secretary shall evaluate the extent to which each proposal submitted pursuant to Section 80750 meets the objectives of the request for proposal and shall also evaluate each proposal and interested party using all of the following factors: (a) Product pricing. (b) Claims histo…

(a) The secretary shall select one or more insurance companies that have submitted a proposal pursuant to Section 80750 to be the exclusive state-designated provider of environmental insurance under this chapter for a period of three years from the date of selection. (b) The secr…

Every three years, the secretary shall repeat the competitive bidding process specified in this article. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. (AB 2293) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2024, pursuant to Sec. 4 of Stats. 2022, Ch. 257.)

(a) An insurance company selected to provide prenegotiated environmental insurance products pursuant to Section 80760 shall offer this prenegotiated package of insurance products to any interested recipient of a loan under the CLEAN Program. (b) The insurance company shall also o…

The secretary shall implement this article in consultation with representatives of other appropriate state agencies, including the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, the Office of Planning and Research, the Pollution Control Financing Authority, the Department of Insura…

The secretary shall implement this article in a manner that is consistent with the requirements for state procurement of services set forth in Article 4 (commencing with Section 10335) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 25…

(a) Notwithstanding other provisions in this part relative to amendment of a record, if the information originally furnished in the medical and health data section of a record of death, fetal death, or live birth is modified by supplemental information relative thereto, the certi…

This amendment shall be handled in the manner prescribed in Article 1 (commencing with Section 103225). (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)

“Low acid frozen food” means a food that, by virtue of its low acid content, does not preclude the growth of Clostridium botulinum. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Low acid frozen food shall be packaged in a container of distinctive appearance so as to indicate to the purchaser that the package is not ordinary canned goods of a nonperishable nature. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)