Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

“Rent” is money or other consideration given for the right of use, possession, and occupation of property. (Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 434, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2002. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 44 of Ch. 434, as amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1038.)

“Special occupancy park” means a recreational vehicle park, temporary recreational vehicle park, incidental camping area, or tent camp. “Special occupancy park” does not include a low-impact camping area, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 18890, if the low-impact camping a…

“Special purpose commercial coach” as used in this part has the same meaning as defined in Section 18012.5. (Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 434, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2002. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 44 of Ch. 434, as amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1038.)

(a) “Temporary recreational vehicle park” is any area or tract of land where two or more lots are rented, leased, or held out for rent or lease to owners or users of recreational vehicles and that is established for one operation not to exceed 11 consecutive days, and is then rem…

“Tent” is any enclosed structure or shelter fabricated entirely or in major part of cloth, canvas, or similar material supported by a frame. (Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 434, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2002. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 44 of Ch. 434, as amended by Stats. …

“Camping cabin” means a relocatable hard sided shelter with a floor area less than 400 square feet (37 square meters) without plumbing that is designed to be used within a recreational vehicle park only by a camping party. A camping cabin may contain an electrical system and elec…

“Camping party” means a person or group of not more than 10 persons occupying a campsite or “camping cabin” for not more than 30 days annually. (Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 434, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2002. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 44 of Ch. 434, as amended by Stat…

“Campsite” is an area within an incidental camping area occupied by a camping party. (Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 434, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2002. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 44 of Ch. 434, as amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1038.)

The definitions contained in this chapter govern the construction of this part, unless the context otherwise requires. (Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1422.)

“Approved” means conforming to the requirements, and obtaining the approval, of the Department of Housing and Community Development of the State of California. (Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1422.)

“Building component” means any subsystem, subassembly, or other system designed for use in, or as part of, a structure, which may include structural, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and fire protection systems and other systems affecting health and safety. However, “building co…

“Building system” means plans, specifications, and documentation for a system of manufactured building, or for a type or a system of building components, which may include structural, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and fire protection systems and other systems affecting health…

“Building standard” means building standard as defined in Section 18909. (Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1152.)

“Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development of the State of California. (Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1422.)

“Design approval agency” is a private organization meeting the requirements of department regulations to perform evaluation of factory-built housing plans and specifications. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 304, Sec. 1.)

“Dwelling unit” means one or more habitable rooms which are occupied or which are intended or designed to be occupied by one family with facilities for living, sleeping, cooking and eating. (Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1422.)

“Factory-built housing” means a residential building, dwelling unit, or an individual dwelling room or combination of rooms thereof, or building component, assembly, or system manufactured in such a manner that all concealed parts or processes of manufacture cannot be inspected b…

“First user” means the person, firm, or corporation who initially installs factory-built housing within this state. A person who subsequently purchases a building which wholly or partially consists of factory-built housing is not a first user within the meaning of this definition…

“Installation” means the assembly of factory-built housing on site and the process of affixing factory-built housing to land, a foundation, footings or an existing building. (Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1422.)

“Local enforcement agency” means the city, county, or city and county in which factory-built housing is installed. (Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1422.)

“Local inspection agency” means the building department of a city, county, or city and county, which has been certified by the department, and which has assumed responsibility for inspection of in-plant construction as provided by Section 19991.1. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 129.)…

“Manufacture” is the process of making, fabricating, constructing, forming, or assembling a product from raw, unfinished, or semifinished materials. (Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1422.)

“Quality assurance agency” means a private organization meeting the requirements specified in regulations of the department to perform in-plant inspections of the construction of factory-built housing. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 891, Sec. 13.)

“Residential building” means any structure designed for dwelling occupancy, containing one or more dwelling units and structures accessory thereto. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 129.)

“Site” is the entire tract, subdivision or parcel of land on which factory-built housing is installed. (Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1422.)

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Excessive numbers of mosquitoes spread diseases and reduce livestock productivity. (b) From 1972 to 2008, inclusive, the state provided the University of California with funding in order to perform research on mosquitoe…

(a) There is hereby established the California Mosquito Surveillance and Research Program to be administered by the University of California, Davis, which shall perform all of the following functions: (1) Maintain an interactive internet website for management and dissemination o…

(a) A health care provider entity shall, to the extent possible, establish or amend procedures for monitoring, documenting, and receiving visitors to health care provider entities consistent with this chapter. Health care provider entities are encouraged to post a “notice to auth…

(a) To enhance privacy available to facility users and promote a safe environment conducive to the facility’s mission and patient care, a health care provider entity shall designate areas where patients are receiving treatment or care, or where a patient is discussing protected h…

For purposes of this chapter, “health care provider entity” includes all of the following: (a) (1) Public hospitals, which means a hospital that is licensed to a county, a city, a city and county, the State of California, the University of California, a local health care district…

For purposes of this chapter, “immigration enforcement” means any and all efforts to investigate, enforce, or assist in the investigation or enforcement of any federal civil immigration law, and also includes any and all efforts to investigate, enforce, or assist in the investiga…

This section does not prohibit a person who is in lawful custody from being accompanied to access health care services and for their transportation and arrangement to health care provider entities, and does not prohibit any person from entering nonpublic areas of a hospital to re…

This chapter shall apply to all health care provider entities that receive public funding. All other health care provider entities that are not subject to this chapter are encouraged to adopt the requirements specified in this chapter. (Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 123, Sec. 3. (SB …

Health care provider entities shall have 45 days from the effective date of this chapter to comply with the requirements contained herein. (Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 123, Sec. 3. (SB 81) Effective September 20, 2025.)

The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any provision of this chapter or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application. (Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 1…

It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage the provision of shelter to persons who are rendered homeless as the result of a natural disaster at as low a cost as possible, to encourage people to move from shelters to a self-supporting environment as soon as possible, and to …

“Eligible recipient” as used in this chapter means an agency of local government or a nonprofit organization which is able to provide or contract with recognized community organizations to provide, emergency or temporary shelter for the homeless. (Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 19, …

The department shall accept applications for funding pursuant to this chapter from local governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations which are eligible recipients and which are, at the time the application is made, prepared to provide emergency shelter to persons who have b…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 50803.5, in the event of a natural disaster, applications for funding from the Natural Disaster Emergency Shelter Program shall be submitted directly to the department. The department shall assume direct responsibility for the review and evaluation of …

(a) Funds awarded, as a result of a natural disaster, may be used for any of the following: (1) Rent vouchers which may be used within or outside the jurisdiction for which they were issued. (2) Temporary expansion of existing shelters. (3) Creation of temporary shelters, equipme…

The limitations imposed by Section 50805 on the amounts that the department may allocate for administrative or operating expenses and the requirement that not less than 20 percent of the moneys in the Emergency Housing and Assistance Fund shall be allocated to nonurban counties s…

The department shall establish the types of expenses which are included within the meaning of operating and administrative expenses for purposes of this chapter. These expenses shall include, at a minimum all of the following: (a) Operation expenses relating to supervising and co…

(a) For the purposes of this section, “the act” means Title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, as approved on July 22, 1987, cited as Public Law 100-77 and provided for in H.R. 558, and regulations promulgated thereunder by the United States Department of Hous…

For the purpose of providing disaster relief to individuals and families who have been rendered homeless as a result of a natural disaster, the department shall establish a program of security deposit grants and security deposit guarantees to enable local nonprofit agencies and l…

The director shall develop guidelines for use by local nonprofit agencies and local governments in determining whether a homeless applicant qualifies for a security deposit grant or a security deposit guarantee. (Added by Stats. 1989, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 6, Sec. 3. Effective Novem…

Individuals who are eligible to participate in a deposit guarantee or grant contract shall be limited to persons who have been rendered homeless as a result of the natural disaster. First priority for assistance shall be families with minor children. (Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. …