Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

(a) Pilot projects to demonstrate the cost effectiveness of home health, attendant, or hospice care shall be initiated through a block grant program, as described in this section. (b) The state director shall designate the contractors and the amounts that contractors will receive…

(a) The department shall amend the home health, hospice, and attendant care pilot projects funded pursuant to this chapter, to include, to the extent that it is cost-effective to the Medi-Cal program or the General Fund, the payment of private health insurance premiums for partic…

The State Department of Health Care Services shall establish an AIDS mental health project, as described in this section. (a) The program should include, but need not be limited to, the following: (1) The conduct of a statewide needs assessment of AIDS-related mental health issue…

Pilot programs to reduce the spread of AIDS through residential detoxification and outpatient detoxification and treatment services for intravenous drug users, as described in paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 120805, shall be initiated through local agency operated AID…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to increase the capacity of HIV test sites to screen more individuals by streamlining test site services. (b) Publicly funded HIV test sites shall be permitted to do all of the following: (1) Advise a person who has been tested before and i…

The amount of two million three hundred thousand dollars ($2,300,000), appropriated pursuant to Section 2 of Chapter 767 of the Statutes of 1985, shall be allocated to the University of California for research into AIDS. When expending these funds, the university shall solicit an…

(a) The department may use funds appropriated to it to pay the costs, including reimbursements to contractors for administrative costs, of providing home and community-based services to eligible persons with a diagnosis of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or AIDS relate…

(a) The department shall, in coordination with the State Department of Health Care Services, develop a plan that assesses the need for, a program of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) primary prevention, health education, testing, and counseling, specifically designed for…

(a) Every person who sells alkyl nitrites shall at the point of sale of the alkyl nitrites, post a sign measuring no less than five by seven inches to read as follows: “Warning: These products contain alkyl nitrites (‛poppers’). Inhaling or swallowing alkyl nitrites may be harmfu…

(a) The department shall authorize the establishment of training programs throughout the state for counselors for publicly funded HIV testing programs. These training programs shall be conducted by community-based, nonprofit organizations with demonstrated expertise in providing …

In enacting this chapter, it is the intent of the Legislature to provide: (a) A means for the eventual elimination of tuberculosis. (b) Persons required to be tested for tuberculosis under this chapter may obtain testing from whatever medical source they desire, subject only to t…

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Governing authority” means the governing board of each school district or the authority of each other private or public institution responsible for the operation and control of the institution or…

(a) If the local health officer determines that persons seeking first admission to any private or public elementary or secondary school or institution are reasonably suspected of having tuberculosis and further determines that the examination of the persons for tuberculosis is ne…

The examination shall consist of either an approved intradermal tuberculin skin test or any other test for tuberculosis infection that has been recommended by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and licensed by the federal Food and Drug Administration, that, if…

(a) A person subject to an order made pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 121485 who does not have on file the certificate required by this chapter may be admitted by the governing authority on condition that within time periods designated by regulations of the department, he …

The examinations required by this chapter may be administered by any private or public source desired. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The certificate shall not be required for a person who is subject to an order made pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 121485, if the parent, guardian, or other adult who has assumed responsibility for his or her care and custody in case of a minor, or the person seeking admis…

Any person or organization administering tuberculosis examinations shall furnish each person examined, or his or her parent or guardian, as appropriate, with a certificate of the examination results given in a form prescribed by the department. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec…

The governing authority shall cooperate with the local health officer in carrying out any programs ordered by the local health officer for the tuberculosis examinations of persons applying for first admission to any school or institution under its jurisdiction. The governing boar…

The department, in consultation with the State Department of Education, shall adopt and enforce all rules and regulations necessary to carry out this chapter. (Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 444. Effective January 1, 2007.)

(a) Whenever the director finds that psittacosis, or any other diseases transmissible to man from pet birds, have become a public health hazard to the extent that control measures are necessary or desirable, the department shall adopt additional regulations as it deems necessary …

The violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall constitute a misdemeanor. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)

This chapter shall apply to all shell parakeets or budgerigars. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The board of supervisors may authorize the destruction or the disposition to a public or private medical library of any X-ray photographs and case records that are more than five years old and that were taken by the county health officer in the performance of his or her duties wi…

The board of supervisors of any county, in addition to its other powers and duties may acquire or construct exhibits and displays depicting all or parts of the human body and functions thereof for the purpose of educating the public with regard to human health, and maintain, oper…

The following definitions apply to this chapter: (a) “Alternate method of oocyte retrieval” means a method of oocyte retrieval that does not involve the pharmaceutically induced manipulation of oocyte production. (b) “Assisted oocyte production” or “AOP” means surgical extraction…

(a) As used in this chapter, “Research Participants Undergoing Oocyte Retrieval for Medical Research Purposes Bill of Rights” means a list of the rights of a research participant providing human oocytes for the purposes of medical research. The list of rights shall be written in …

(a) Prior to obtaining informed consent from a subject for AOP or any alternative method of ovarian retrieval on a subject for the purpose of procuring oocytes for research or the development of medical therapies, a physician and surgeon shall provide to the subject a standardize…

(a) Prior to providing AOP or any alternative method of ovarian retrieval to a research participant for the purposes of medical research or development of medical therapies, a physician and surgeon shall obtain written and oral informed consent for the procedure from the research…

An institutional review board (IRB) that reviews and approves medical and scientific research shall require all of the following of any research program or project that comes under its review that involves AOP or any alternative method of oocyte retrieval: (a) That it include a w…

(a) A research program or project that involves AOP or any alternative method of oocyte retrieval shall ensure that a written record is established and maintained to include, but not be limited to, all of the following components: (1) The demographics of subjects, including, but …

Any employee who works in the unit conducting stem cell research using human oocytes, persons who report to, or are supervised by, the principal investigator or key personnel of the project, or both, along with the principal investigator and the key personnel of the project, and …

The physician and surgeon performing the AOP or any alternative method of oocyte retrieval shall not have a financial interest in the outcome of the research. (Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 483, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2007.)

Pursuant to guidelines adopted by the Research Council and Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, researchers shall offer subjects an opportunity to document their preferences regarding future uses of their donated materials. The consent process shall fully explore whet…

Any procedures for procuring oocytes in this state for research or the development of medical therapies shall meet all of the standards for subjects included in this chapter. All oocytes procured outside of this state for research taking place in this state shall meet these same …

No human oocyte or embryo shall be acquired, sold, offered for sale, received, or otherwise transferred for valuable consideration for the purposes of medical research or development of medical therapies. For purposes of this section, “valuable consideration” does not include rea…

(a) No payment in excess of the amount of reimbursement of direct expenses incurred as a result of the procedure shall be made to any subject to encourage the subject to produce human oocytes for the purposes of medical research. (b) This section shall become operative on January…

If an individual providing human oocytes for the purposes of fertility is compensated, and any human oocytes or embryos in excess of those needed for fertility are offered for research, the institutional review board shall disregard the amount of compensation if all of the follow…

The provisions of this part shall not apply to any of the following: (a) Explosives regulated under Part 1 (commencing with Section 12000) of Division 11. (b) Arms and handguns defined as firearms by the Federal Gun Control Act of 1968, as well as such devices and weapons classif…

Nothing in this part authorizes the sale, use, or discharge of fireworks in any city, county, or city and county in which the sale, use, or discharge is otherwise prohibited or regulated by law or ordinance. (Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 202, Sec. 1. Effective June 19, 1984. Pursu…

(a) A special district which provides fire protection, prevention, or suppression services may adopt an ordinance or regulation to prohibit or regulate the sale, use, or discharge of fireworks within that special district. (b) If the county or city in which any area of the specia…

Up to three home dialysis training centers shall be established for the purpose of training persons suffering from chronic uremia for home dialysis. Each center shall have an affiliation with a large hospital or medical school, but shall utilize the most economical facilities for…

Each center shall contain approximately four dialysis bed units. The department shall grant to each center fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) during the first year, twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) during the second year, and twelve thousand five hundred dollars ($12,500) dur…

No person shall use or possess a flamethrowing device without a valid flamethrowing device permit issued by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to this part. (Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 496, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)

The State Fire Marshal shall adopt regulations to administer this part and establish standards for the background investigation of an applicant for, and holder of, a flamethrowing device permit, and for the use, storage, and transportation of a flamethrowing device. In adopting t…

The State Fire Marshal may issue or renew a permit to use and possess a flamethrowing device only if all of the following conditions are met: (a) The applicant or permitholder is not addicted to any controlled substance. (b) The applicant or permitholder possesses a current, vali…