Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

(a) A permit application for a compact mobile food operation shall comply with all of the following requirements: (1) An enforcement agency shall accept a California driver’s license or identification number, an individual taxpayer identification number, or a municipal identifica…

Any person who operates a food facility shall obtain all necessary permits to conduct business, including, but not limited to, a permit issued by the enforcement agency. In addition to the penalties under Article 2 (commencing with Section 114390), violators who operate without t…

This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Home Care Services Consumer Protection Act. (Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 790, Sec. 1. (AB 1217) Effective January 1, 2014. Provisions implemented as of January 1, 2016, pursuant to Section 1796.61.)

The State Department of Social Services shall administer and enforce this chapter. (Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 790, Sec. 1. (AB 1217) Effective January 1, 2014. Provisions implemented as of January 1, 2016, pursuant to Section 1796.61.)

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 provide home care services to a client and is listed on the home care aide registry. …

This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination Act of 2020. (Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 138, Sec. 4. (AB 1544) Effective January 1, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2031, pursuant to Section 1857.)

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish state standards that govern the implementation of community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination programs by local EMS agencies in California. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that community paramedicine or tr…

The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) The Mojave Desert region has serious air pollution problems caused by the transport of air pollution from upwind districts and by the operation of growing numbers of motor vehicles and numerous stationary sources, and atmospheric…

(a) Enforcement officers shall enforce this part and all regulations adopted pursuant to this part. (b) (1) For purposes of enforcement, any authorized enforcement officer may, during the facility’s hours of operation and other reasonable times, enter, inspect, issue citations to…

(a) Based upon inspection findings or other evidence, an enforcement officer may impound food, equipment, or utensils that are found to be, or suspected of being, unsanitary or in such disrepair that food, equipment, or utensils may become contaminated or adulterated, and inspect…

Except as otherwise provided in this part, any person who violates any provision of this part or regulation adopted pursuant to this part is guilty of a misdemeanor. Each offense shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) or more than one thousand doll…

The owner, manager, or operator of any food facility is responsible for any violation by an employee of any provision of this part or any regulation adopted pursuant to this part. Each day the violation occurs shall be a separate and distinct offense. (Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 2…

A violation of any provision of this part or regulation adopted pursuant to this part relating to facilities held in common or shared by more than one food facility shall be deemed a violation for which the owner, manager, or operator of each food facility is responsible. (Added …

(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. (b) An affiliated home care aide shall be listed on the home care aide registry prior to providing home care services to a…

This chapter shall not prohibit an individual from employing an individual not listed on the home care aide registry to provide home care services. The department shall have responsibility only for the maintenance of the home care aide registry regarding registered home care aide…

(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 time. This chapter shall not preclude a registered home care aide from providin…

(a) Each home care organization shall be separately licensed. This chapter does not prevent a licensee from obtaining more than one home care organization license or obtaining a home care organization license in addition to other licenses issued by the department, or both. (b) A …

(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) Violated, or aided or permitted the violation by any other person of, any provisio…

Unless otherwise indicated in this chapter, the definitions contained in this article govern the provisions of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 138, Sec. 4. (AB 1544) Effective January 1, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2031, pursuant to Section 1857.)

“Alternate destination facility” means a treatment location that is an authorized mental health facility, as defined in Section 1812 or an authorized sobering center as defined in Section 1813. (Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 138, Sec. 4. (AB 1544) Effective January 1, 2021. Repealed …

“Authorized mental health facility” means a facility that is licensed or certified as a mental health treatment facility or a hospital, as defined in subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 1250, by the State Department of Public Health, and may include, but is not limited to, a licens…

(a) “Authorized sobering center” means a noncorrectional facility that is staffed at all times with at least one registered nurse, that provides a safe, supportive environment for intoxicated individuals to become sober, that is identified as an alternate destination in a plan de…

“Community paramedic” means a paramedic licensed under this division who has completed the curriculum for community paramedic training adopted pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 1830, has received certification in one or more of the community paramedicine pro…

(a) “Community paramedicine program” means a program developed by a local EMS agency and approved by the Emergency Medical Services Authority to provide community paramedicine services consisting of one or more of the program specialties described in this section under the direct…

“Community paramedicine provider” means an advanced life support provider authorized by a local EMS agency to provide advanced life support who has entered into a contract to deliver community paramedicine services as described in Section 1815 as part of an approved community par…

“Public agency” means a city, county, city and county, special district, or other political subdivision of the state that provides first response services, including emergency medical care. (Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 138, Sec. 4. (AB 1544) Effective January 1, 2021. Repealed as o…

“Triage paramedic” means a paramedic licensed under this division who has completed the curriculum for triage paramedic services adopted pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 1830 and has been accredited by a local EMS agency in one or more of the triage paramed…

(a) “Triage to alternate destination program” means a program developed by a local EMS agency and approved by the Emergency Medical Services Authority to provide triage paramedic assessments consisting of one or more specialties described in this section operating under triage an…

“Triage to alternate destination provider” means an advanced life support provider authorized by a local EMS agency to provide advanced life support triage paramedic assessments as part of an approved triage to alternate destination program specialty, as described in Section 1819…

(a) There is hereby created the Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District. (b) The boundaries of the Mojave Desert district shall include all of the County of San Bernardino and the County of Riverside that is not included within the boundaries of the south coast district, an…

The Mojave Desert district is the local agency with the primary responsibility for the development, implementation, monitoring, and enforcement of air pollution control strategies and motor vehicle use reduction measures, and shall represent the citizens of the Mojave Desert dist…

(a) A permit may be suspended or revoked by a local enforcement officer for a violation of this part. Any food facility or cottage food operation for which the permit has been suspended shall close and remain closed until the permit has been reinstated. Any food facility or cotta…

The hearing officer shall issue a written notice of decision to the permitholder within five working days following the hearing. In the event of a suspension or revocation, the notice shall specify the acts or omissions with which the permitholder is charged, and shall state the …

(a) If any imminent health hazard is found, unless the hazard is immediately corrected, an enforcement officer may temporarily suspend the permit and order the food facility or cottage food operation immediately closed. (b) Whenever a permit is suspended as the result of an immin…

The enforcement agency may, after providing opportunity for a hearing, modify, suspend, or revoke a permit for serious or repeated violations of any requirement of this part or for interference in the performance of the duty of the enforcement officer. (Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. …

A permit may be reinstated or a new permit issued if the enforcement agency determines that the conditions that prompted the suspension or revocation no longer exist. (Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 23, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007. Operative July 1, 2007, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 23.)

(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 the home care aide applicant to comply with this chapter and the rules and regulat…

On or before March 1, 2021, the director of the Emergency Medical Services Authority shall establish a community paramedicine and triage to alternate destination oversight advisory committee pursuant to Section 1797.133, to advise the authority on the development and oversight of…

(a) The Emergency Medical Services Authority shall develop, and after approval by the commission, shall adopt regulations and establish minimum standards for the development of a community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination program. (b) The regulations described in t…

Regulations adopted by the Emergency Medical Services Authority pursuant to Section 1830 relating to a triage to alternate destination program shall include all of the following: (a) Local EMS agencies participating in providing patients with advanced life support triage and asse…

(a) The Emergency Medical Services Authority shall develop and periodically review and update the minimum medical protocols applicable to each community paramedicine program specialty described in Section 1815 and the minimum triage and assessment protocols for triage to alternat…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the Emergency Medical Services Authority shall submit an annual report on the community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination programs operating in California to the relevant policy committees of the Legislatur…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, on or before April 1, 2028, the Emergency Medical Services Authority shall submit a final report on the results of the community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination programs operating in California to the rel…

(a) The Emergency Medical Services Authority shall review a local EMS agency’s proposed community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination program using procedures consistent with Section 1797.105 and review the local EMS agency’s program protocols in order to ensure compl…

(a) A community paramedicine pilot program approved under the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development’s Health Workforce Pilot Project No. 173 before January 1, 2020, is authorized to operate until one year after the regulations described in Section 1830 become effect…

(a) The Mojave Desert district shall be governed by a district board composed of the following members: (1) The members of the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors who represent the first and third supervisorial districts of the county, or who, after reapportionment affecti…