Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

The State Department of Health Services shall do all of the following: (a) Provide overall coordination of the program. (b) Provide staff assistance to the program and council. (c) Develop administrative procedures relative to the solicitation, review, and awarding of grants to e…

Peer review panels, in reviewing proposals for cancer research, may recommend the awarding of a grant to a cancer research proposal on the condition that a single adjustment or correction be made before the receipt of funding under this article. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 751, Se…

The maximum indirect cost rate that may be charged on any cancer research program grant awarded to any institution under this article shall not be more than 25 percent of the institution’s direct costs. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1161, Sec. 9. Effective September 30, 2002.)

The responsibilities of the council shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (a) Development and review of the strategic objectives and research priorities of the program. (b) Delineation of resource allocation across the various priorities established for the …

(a) The department shall establish and implement, to the extent funds are available pursuant to subdivision (d) which are other than state general funds, a “5 A Day—For Better Health” program for the purpose of promoting public awareness of the need to increase the consumption of…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, nothing shall operate to prohibit contributions to the program created pursuant to this article by organizations and commissions subject to Division 22 (commencing with Section 64001) of the Food and Agricultural Code. (Added by Stats. …

(a) The department shall establish and maintain an occupational lead poisoning prevention program, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) Developing a system for monitoring laboratory reports of cases of adult lead toxicity, to create an occupational lead poisoning reg…

(a) A fee shall be paid annually to the State Board of Equalization by employers in industries identified by the four-digit Standard Industrial Classification (S.I.C., 1987 Edition) established by the United States Department of Commerce and for which the State Board of Equalizat…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) There are some employers who use or disturb very small amounts of lead in ways that pose a very minimal potential for lead poisoning of employees. (2) These users of de minimis amounts of lead are not currently elig…

(a) Sections 105185 and 105190 shall apply to the following industries: (1) 1622 Bridges, tunnels, and elevated highways. (2) 1721 Painting, paper hanging, and decorating. (3) 1791 Structural steel erection. (4) 1795 Wrecking and demolition work. (5) 2759 Commercial printing. (6)…

(a) A program is hereby established within the department to meet the requirements of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 4851 and following) and Title X of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (P.L. 102-550). (b) The departm…

For purposes of enforcement of this part, any authorized agent of the department may, upon presenting appropriate credentials and at a reasonable time, do any of the following: (a) Enter any factory, warehouse, or establishment in which any food, drug, device, or cosmetic is manu…

The inspection authorized by Section 110140 shall not include any of the following: (a) Financial data. (b) Sales data, other than shipment data. (c) Pricing data. (d) Personnel data, except data as to qualifications of technical and professional personnel. (e) Research data, exc…

An authorized agent of the department may secure any sample or specimen of any food, drug, device, or cosmetic. If the agent obtains any samples prior to leaving the premises, he or she shall leave a receipt describing any sample obtained. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. …

An authorized agent of the department shall have access to all records of carriers in commerce relating to the movement in commerce of any food, drug, device, or cosmetic, or the holding of that food, drug, device, or cosmetic during or after the movement, and the quantity, shipp…

It is unlawful for any person to refuse to permit entry or inspection, the taking of samples or other evidence, or access to copying of any record as authorized by this part, or to conceal the samples or evidence, or withhold evidence concerning them. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 4…

It is unlawful for any person to use to his or her own advantage, or to reveal to any person other than to the director, officers, employees, or authorized agents of this department, or to the courts when relevant in any judicial proceeding under this part, any information acquir…

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to import into the state any exotic vector without written approval from the state department. (b) The state department shall issue an applicant written authority to import into the state any exotic vector upon a determination by the state …

The department shall confer and cooperate with other state agencies whose responsibilities include alleviating the problems related to inappropriate alcohol use and other drug use in order to maximize the state’s effectiveness and limited resources in these efforts. These agencie…

(a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the Drug Court Partnership Act of 2002. (b) The Drug Court Partnership Program, as provided for in this article, shall be administered by the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs for the purpose of providing assistance …

(a) No employer or other person shall require a physician, a registered nurse, a licensed vocational nurse, or any other person employed or with staff privileges at a hospital, facility, or clinic to directly participate in the induction or performance of an abortion, if the empl…

The refusal of any person to submit to an abortion or surgical sterilization or to give consent therefor shall not be grounds for loss of any privileges or immunities to which the person would otherwise be entitled, nor shall submission to an abortion or surgical sterilization or…

(a) (1) To ensure people have accurate and comprehensive information when accessing abortion services in California, on or before July 1, 2023, the California Health and Human Services Agency, or an entity designated by the agency, shall establish an internet website where the pu…

The rights to medical treatment of an infant prematurely born alive in the course of an abortion shall be the same as the rights of an infant of similar medical status prematurely born spontaneously. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)

(a) It is unlawful for any person to use any aborted product of human conception, other than fetal remains, for any type of scientific or laboratory research or for any other kind of experimentation or study, except to protect or preserve the life and health of the fetus. “Fetal …

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), at the conclusion of any scientific or laboratory research or any other kind of experimentation or study upon fetal remains, the fetal remains shall be promptly interred or disposed of by incineration. Storage of the fetal remains prior …

The Clinic Revolving Fund of the department is hereby established for the purpose of expediting preliminary advance payments as authorized pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 124525) and to reimburse clinics that are grantees or contractors for services rendered under …

(a) Notwithstanding Section 16400 of the Government Code or any other provision of law, the department may, to the extent local assistance appropriations are made by the Legislature for programs set forth in this part, without at the time furnishing vouchers or itemized statement…

In lieu of actually withdrawing revolving fund moneys from the State Treasury, the Controller, upon the request of the department, shall apply and credit the amount of the Clinic Revolving Fund, or any portion thereof, as repayment and return of any existing funds in the revolvin…

The department shall remain fully accountable for the Clinic Revolving Fund. All disbursements shall be substantiated by vouchers filed with the Controller. Disbursements may be reported, substantiated by vouchers, from time to time to the Controller in connection with claims for…

The Legislature finds and declares that there are many persons in California who are victims of chronic and degenerative genetic conditions, who experience a wide range of degenerating conditions including mental and physical deterioration. For some of these conditions, there is …

The department and the State Department of Social Services shall, after consultation with the Genetically Handicapped Persons Program of the department and consumer organizations representing persons with chronic and degenerative conditions, as defined in Section 125210, compile …

For the purposes of this article, chronic and degenerative diseases shall include those conditions that are neurological and neuromuscular in origin, including such disorders as Huntington’s disease, Friedrich’s ataxia, Joseph’s disease, and other disorders that are determined by…

The department and the State Department of Social Services shall review regulations that currently provide disincentives to providers of in-home and out-of-home long-term care resources, as defined in Section 125205, to accept and serve persons with chronic and degenerative disor…

The actions undertaken pursuant to this article shall not impose additional state obligations or expenditures for the care of persons with chronic and degenerative conditions, as defined by this article, unless the Legislature enacts a statute specifically appropriating money for…

A person, political subdivision of the state, or governmental agency desiring a license for a health facility, approval for a special service under this chapter, or approval to manage a health facility currently licensed as a health facility, as defined in subdivision (a), (b), (…

(a) An application for licensure under this chapter may be denied by the state department if the applicant for a license has been convicted of a crime, as defined in Section 1265.2, or on the ground of knowingly making a false statement of fact required to be revealed in an appli…

(a) A licensed health facility, as defined in subdivision (a), (b), (c), (d), (f), or (k) of Section 1250, shall make available wholesome, plant-based meals of such variety as to meet the needs of patients in accordance with their physicians’ orders. (b) Notwithstanding any other…

(a) An application for licensure made pursuant to this chapter shall not be denied, nor shall any license issued pursuant to this chapter be suspended, revoked, or otherwise limited, on the basis of a civil judgment, criminal conviction, or disciplinary action imposed by another …

(a) Notwithstanding any other state law, and consistent with Sections 1 and 1.1 of Article I of the California Constitution, an individual or state or local officer shall not commence a criminal, civil, professional discipline, or licensing action against a licensee concerning th…

A “crime,” within the meaning of this chapter, means a violation of a law or regulation which is substantially related to the qualifications or duties of the applicant or licensee or which is substantially related to the functions of the business for which the license was, or is …

(a) For any individual or entity that seeks approval to operate or manage a health facility licensed pursuant to subdivision (a), (b), or (f) of Section 1250 and is subject to Section 1265, the department shall consider the following: (1) To determine whether the applicant is of …

(a) A licensed health facility, as defined in subdivision (a), (b), (c), (d), (f), or (k) of Section 1250, shall employ a full-time, part-time, or consulting dietitian. A health facility that employs a registered dietitian less than full time, shall also employ a full-time dietet…

(a) (1) Prior to the initial licensure or renewal of a license of any person or persons to operate or manage an intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled habilitative, an intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled-nursing, an intermediate care facility/developm…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a registered nurse within his or her scope of practice may require direct care staff in an intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled habilitative or an intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled-nursing to administer …

(a) (1) The state department shall adopt regulations for the licensure of congregate living health facilities. The regulations shall include minimum standards of adequacy, safety, and sanitation of the physical plant and equipment, minimum standards for staffing with duly qualifi…