Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

The state department shall accept, consider, and resolve written appeals by a licensee or health facility administrator of findings made upon the inspection of a health facility. (Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 595, Sec. 1.)

In assessing an administrative penalty pursuant to Section 1280.1 or Section 1280.3 against a licensee of a health facility licensed under subdivision (a) of Section 1250 owned by a nonprofit corporation that shares an identical board of directors with a nonprofit health care ser…

Applications for scholarships shall be made to the department, upon forms provided by it, at the times and in the manner prescribed by the regulations adopted by the office. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 123. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)

The department shall award the scholarships to the applicants that it determines are best fitted to undertake the educational program for which the scholarships are awarded and will be the best qualified to teach or supervise. In awarding the scholarships the department may give …

Scholarships shall be awarded without regard to race, religion, creed, or sex. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Each scholarship under this article is for the period of no more than one academic year, and the award shall be: (a) For a person qualifying under subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 127980, the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) per month for 12 months, plus school fees. (b) For a …

A scholarship shall remain in effect only during the period, as determined by the department, that the person receiving the award achieves satisfactory progress and is regularly enrolled, within the terms of this article, as a full-time student. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, …

All public and private general acute care hospitals either shall comply with the standards for the examination and treatment of victims of sexual assault and attempted sexual assault, including child sexual abuse, and the collection and preservation of evidence therefrom, specifi…

(a) All general acute care hospitals with an emergency department shall adopt and implement policies and procedures to facilitate the self-identification of an emergency department patient as a victim of human trafficking or domestic violence to hospital personnel. (b) The polici…

(a) The state department shall have the authority to contract for outside personnel to perform inspections of health facilities as the need arises. The state department, when feasible, shall contract with nonprofit, professional organizations which have demonstrated the ability t…

(a) No health facility shall surrender the physical custody of a minor under 16 years of age to any person unless such surrender is authorized in writing by the child’s parent, the person having legal custody of the child, or the caregiver of the child who is a relative of the ch…

A licensed inpatient mental health facility shall be subject to the provisions of Section 5622 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. (Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 835, Sec. 1.)

(a) No patient shall be detained in a health facility solely for the nonpayment of a bill. (b) For the purposes of this section, “detained” means the intentional confinement of a patient in a health facility without authorization of the patient or any other person who may be auth…

(a) Smoking a tobacco product shall be prohibited in patient care areas, waiting rooms, and visiting rooms of a health facility, except those areas specifically designated as smoking areas, and in patient rooms as specified in subdivision (b). (b) Smoking a tobacco product shall …

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the licensee of each skilled nursing or intermediate care facility shall notify, in writing, all patients for whom the facility’s services are not reimbursed pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) of Part…

A health facility licensed under subdivision (a), (b), or (f) of Section 1250 shall post conspicuously, in a prominent location within the premises and accessible to public view, a notice providing the telephone number of the state department’s regional licensing office where com…

(a) No owner, employee, agent, or consultant of a long-term health care facility, as defined in Section 1418, or member of his or her immediate family, or representative of a public agency or organization operating within the long-term health care facility with state, county, or …

(a) A long-term health care facility, as defined in Section 1418, which fails to make reasonable efforts to safeguard patient property shall reimburse a patient for or replace stolen or lost patient property at its then current value. The facility shall be presumed to have made r…

A theft and loss program shall be implemented by the long-term health care facilities within 90 days after January 1, 1988. The program shall include all of the following: (a) Establishment and posting of the facility’s policy regarding theft and investigative procedures. (b) Ori…

No provision of a contract of admission, which includes all documents which a resident or his or her representative is required to sign at the time of, or as a condition of, admission to a long-term health care facility, shall require or imply a lesser standard of responsibility …

(a) To the extent that funding is appropriated by the Legislature or available through private funds in each fiscal year, the department shall establish and maintain the California Electronic Violent Death Reporting System. (b) The department shall collect data on violent deaths …

For purposes of this article, “violent death” means a death resulting from the use of physical force or power against oneself, another person, or a group or community, and includes, but is not limited to, homicide, suicide, legal intervention deaths, unintentional firearm deaths,…

The appropriate enforcement agency which meets the requirements of Sections 16017 and 16018 shall review the design and inspect the construction of essential services buildings or the reconstruction, alteration, or addition to any essential services building to the extent it deem…

Essential services buildings of one-story Type V and Type II N construction that are 2,000 square feet or less in floor area are exempt from the provisions of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)

Notwithstanding any other law, the inclusion of office space for or an emergency dispatch center of the Department of the California Highway Patrol in any building constructed, restored, rehabilitated, renovated, or reconstructed pursuant to Article 5.2 (commencing with Section 9…

Unless a contract for the construction or alteration of an essential services building is entered into prior to July 1, 1986, before adopting any drawings or specifications for the essential services building, the governing board, authority, owner, corporation, or other agency pr…

In each case, the application for approval of the drawings and specifications for essential services buildings shall be accompanied by comprehensive and complete drawings, design calculations, and specifications, and required fees, all of which shall comply with the requirements …

The enforcement agency shall approve or reject all drawings and specifications for the construction or the alteration of all essential services buildings, and in doing so, shall review the design calculations, drawings, and specifications to ensure compliance with the requirement…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), drawings and specifications submitted pursuant to this chapter for construction, reconstruction, remodeling, additions, or alterations which affect structural elements of structures in existence on January 1, 1986, shall be bas…

All drawings and specifications shall be prepared under the responsible charge of an architect, civil engineer, or structural engineer, who shall sign all drawings and specifications for approval of the enforcement agency. Observation of the work of construction shall be under th…

Except as provided in Section 16011, on and after July 1, 1986, construction of an essential services building shall not begin unless the drawings and specifications comply with this chapter and the requirements prescribed by the enforcement agency and approval of those drawings …

(a) There is, in the office of the executive director, a coordinating council. The membership of the council shall consist of the executive director, who shall serve as chairperson, and representatives appointed by the State Director of Public Health, the Director of the Office o…

The commission may appoint from the design professions, the building and construction industry, the affected general public, and interested governmental agencies, appropriate advisory panels to advise the commission and its staff with respect to building standards. The persons ap…

(a) Each state agency adopting or proposing adoption of a model code, national standard, or specification shall reference the most recent edition of applicable model codes, national standards, or specifications. (b) Each state agency adopting or proposing adoption of a model code…

Building standards adopted or approved by the commission shall incorporate the text of the model codes, applicable national specifications, or published standards, in whole or in part, only by reference, with appropriate additions or deletions therefrom. The commission may elect …

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), administrative regulations adopted by state agencies that apply directly to the implementation or enforcement of building standards shall be forwarded to the California Building Standards Commission for approval. Each regulatio…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the commission shall receive proposed building standards from state agencies for consideration in an 18-month code adoption cycle. The commission shall develop regulations setting forth the procedures for the 18-month adoption cycle. The…

Every building or structure and every portion thereof shall be designed and constructed to resist stresses produced by lateral forces as provided in the State Building Standards Code. In areas where the Division of Codes and Standards of the Department of Housing and Community De…

The board of directors shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations, or bylaws, providing for appellate review of any action, decision, or recommendation of the medical staff affecting the professional privileges of any member of, or applicant for membership on, the medical staff…

The secretary of the board of directors or the hospital administrator shall mail notice of the action or decision to the affected applicant or medical staff member within the time specified in the applicable bylaw or rule. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1358, Sec. 7. Effective Janu…

The board or the hearing officer, if one is appointed, shall have the same power with respect to the issuance of subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum as that granted to any agency or presiding officer pursuant to Article 11 (commencing with Section 11450.10) of Chapter 4.5 of Part…

The board of directors may order that the hearing pursuant to this article, and hearings on the reports of the hospital medical audit or quality assurance committees, be held in private or executive session, provided, that an applicant or medical staff member whose staff privileg…

The territorial jurisdiction of the agency of a county is the unincorporated territory in the county, and that of a city or city and county is the territory within its limits. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1812.)

The powers of each agency are vested in the members in office. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1812.)

When a decision, determination, or other action by the agency or legislative body is required by this part, neither the agency nor the legislative body shall delegate the obligation to decide, determine, or act to another entity unless a provision of this part specifically provid…

Each redevelopment agency exercises governmental functions and has the powers prescribed in this part. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1812.)