Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

In any situation where these activities may duplicate or overlap the activities of another state department or agency such as the Department of Industrial Relations or Division of Industrial Safety, the department shall avoid duplication. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 5. E…

The department shall administer and enforce this part. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The Food Safety Fund is hereby created as a special fund in the State Treasury. All moneys collected by the department under subdivision (c) of Section 110466 and Sections 110470, 110471, 110485, 114365, 114365.6, 111130, and 113717, and under Article 7 (commencing with Section 1…

All money collected by the department under Sections 111830, 111885, and 111905 shall be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The director and authorized agents of the department shall have the powers set forth in Sections 100165 and 106500. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

For the purposes of administering this part, Part 6 (commencing with Section 111940) of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code, Section 104559.5 of the Health and Safety Code, and Division 8.5 (commencing with Section 22950) of the Business and Professions Code, the following…

(a) The department may adopt any regulations that it determines are necessary for the enforcement of this part. The regulations shall be adopted by the department in the manner prescribed by Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Gov…

Whenever public health or other considerations in this state require, the department may adopt, upon its own motion, or upon the petition of any interested party, regulations that prescribe tolerances, included but not limited to zero tolerances, for poisonous or deleterious subs…

In adopting regulations, pursuant to Section 110070 of this part, the department shall consider all of the following factors that the petitioner shall furnish: (a) The name and all pertinent information concerning the poisonous or deleterious substance, food additive, pesticide c…

(a) All pesticide regulations and any amendments to these regulations adopted pursuant to the federal act or the Food and Agricultural Code, in effect on November 23, 1970, or adopted on or after this date, are the pesticide regulations in this state. The department may, by regul…

All food additive regulations and any amendments to the regulations adopted pursuant to the federal act in effect on November 23, 1970, or adopted on or after that date, are the food additive regulations of this state. The department may, by regulation, prescribe conditions under…

All color additive regulations and any amendments to the regulations adopted pursuant to the federal act, in effect on November 23, 1970, or adopted on or after that date, are the color additive regulations of this state. The department may, by regulation, prescribe conditions un…

All special dietary use regulations and any amendments to regulations adopted pursuant to the federal act, in effect on November 23, 1970, or adopted on or after that date, are the special dietary use regulations of this state. If the department finds that it is necessary to info…

(a) All food labeling regulations and any amendments to those regulations adopted pursuant to the federal act, in effect on January 1, 1993, or adopted on or after that date shall be the food labeling regulations of this state. (b) The department may, by regulation, adopt additio…

All good manufacturing practices regulations for any food, drug, device, or cosmetic and any amendments to the regulations adopted pursuant to the federal act in effect on November 23, 1970, or adopted on or after such date, are the good manufacturing practices regulations of thi…

(a) All regulations relating to (1) new drug applications, except for abbreviated new drug applications, adopted pursuant to Section 505 of the federal act (21 U.S.C. Sec. 355), (2) applications for premarket approval of new devices, adopted pursuant to Section 515 of the federal…

All nonprescription drug regulations and any amendments to those regulations adopted pursuant to the federal act, that are in effect on January 1, 2000, or that are adopted on or after that date, shall be the nonprescription drug regulations of the state. The department may adopt…

A federal regulation adopted pursuant to this part takes effect in this state 30 days after it becomes effective as a federal regulation. Any person who will be adversely affected by adoption of the federal regulation in this state may, within the 30 days prior to its becoming ef…

If no substantial objections are received and no hearing is requested within 30 days after publication of a newly proposed state regulation, it shall take effect on the date set by the department. The effective date shall be at least 60 days after the time for filing objections h…

If substantial objections are made to a federal regulation within 30 days prior to its becoming effective in this state or to a proposed regulation within 30 days after it is published, the department, after notice, shall conduct a public hearing to receive evidence on issues rai…

Hearings authorized or required by this part shall be conducted by the department or agent as the department may designate for that purpose. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Before any alleged violation of this part is reported to the Attorney General, a district attorney, or a city attorney for the institution of a criminal proceeding, the person against whom this proceeding is contemplated may be given appropriate notice and an opportunity to show …

The department shall maintain a program of vector biology and control including, but not limited to, the following: (a) Providing consultation and assistance to local vector control agencies in developing and conducting programs for the prevention and control of vectors. (b) Surv…

The department may provide any necessary and proper assistance and support to the vector control programs of counties, cities, cities and counties, mosquito abatement and vector control districts, and pest abatement districts. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 395, Sec. 10. Effective Ja…

The Vectorborne Disease Account is hereby established within the State Treasury. When appropriated by the Legislature, the funds deposited in the Vectorborne Disease Account shall be available for expenditure by the department to support activities for the prevention, surveillanc…

(a) Each year the department shall apply for federal block grant funds from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and may expend those funds only upon appropriation of, and approval by, the Legislature pursuant to the Budget Act. (b) Whenever the f…

Every public agency that conducts an establishment serving the public or open to the public and that maintains therein restroom facilities for the public, shall make every water closet for each sex maintained within the facilities available without cost or charge to the patrons, …

(a) Publicly and privately owned facilities where the public congregates shall be equipped with sufficient temporary or permanent restrooms to meet the needs of the public at peak hours. (b) In conformity with the State Plumbing Code, and except as otherwise provided in this sect…

(a) (1) A theater or movie house, grocery store, health facility, convention center, sports arena, auditorium, cultural complex, exhibition hall, library, passenger terminal, permanent amusement park structure, restaurant with an occupancy of at least 60 persons, as determined by…

(a) Notwithstanding Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 401.0) of the California Plumbing Code (Part 5 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations), a city, county, or city and county may require new or renovated public toilet facilities within its jurisdiction to be designe…

(a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the Comprehensive Drug Court Implementation Act of 1999. (b) The State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs shall provide oversight of this article. (c) The department and the Judicial Council shall design and implement this …

(a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the Drug Court Programs Act. (b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2013. (Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 22, Sec. 61. (AB 75) Effective June 27, 2013. Adding action operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 110 of Ch. 22. Section …

(a) (1) At its option, a county may provide a program authorized by this article. A county that chooses to provide a program shall ensure that any funds used for the program are used in compliance with the requirements for receipt of federal block grant funds for prevention and t…

(a) Counties and courts that opt to have treatment court programs shall ensure the programs are designed and operated in accordance with state and national guidelines incorporating the “Adult Treatment Court Best Practice Standards” and “Family Treatment Court Best Practice Stand…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that dependency drug courts be funded unless an evaluation of cost avoidance as provided in this section with respect to child welfare services and foster care demonstrates that the program is not cost effective. (b) The State Department of…

(a) Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the department may implement, interpret, or make specific the amendments to this article made by the act that added this section…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), no person shall sell, offer for sale, give away, distribute, or otherwise furnish materials intended to determine the presence of pregnancy, unless that person has obtained a certificate of acceptability from the department dec…

Local public health agencies shall make pregnancy testing services available free or at cost to the person using the services. The results of any pregnancy test shall be confidential. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)

It is the intent of the Legislature that the program authorized pursuant to this article be entirely self-supporting, and for this purpose the state department is authorized to establish a schedule of fees for applications for certificates of acceptability that shall provide reve…

Subject to all other provisions of this article, all residency programs in obstetrics and gynecology shall comply with the program requirements for residency education in obstetrics and gynecology of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, which require that in …

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Clinics are valuable partners in the state’s efforts to improve access to health services. (b) Clinics have an established record of providing quality health services to medically uninsured persons at a reasonable cost.…

As used in this chapter, “clinic” means a primary care clinic as defined in Section 1200. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)

(a) The department shall prepare and transmit to the Legislature a report of the department’s activities relating to the utilization of clinics to provide comprehensive health services pursuant to the following programs: (1) Health of seasonal agricultural and migratory workers a…

As used in this chapter, “health facility” means a facility, place, or building that is organized, maintained, and operated for the diagnosis, care, prevention, and treatment of human illness, physical or mental, including convalescence and rehabilitation and including care durin…

Article 9 (commencing with Section 70901) of Chapter 1 of Division 5 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations, as adopted to implement the requirements of Section 2 of Chapter 67 of the Statutes of 1988, shall apply to a rural general acute care hospital as defined in Se…

A rural general acute care hospital that does not provide surgical and anesthesia services shall maintain written transfer agreements with one or more general acute care hospitals that provide surgical and anesthesia services. (Added by renumbering Section 1250.1 (as added by Sta…