Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

(a) Each person requesting the department to issue an official copy of a valid registration, license, certificate, or permit shall pay nonreturnable fees as follows: (1) Fifteen dollars ($15) per official copy. (2) Any attendant costs incurred by the department, including, but no…

There is established an Export Document Program Fund within the General Fund. All fees collected pursuant to Sections 110210 and 110235 shall be deposited into the Export Document Program Fund and, upon appropriation, shall be expended by the department for the purpose of adminis…

All fees collected by the department pursuant to requests to conduct a voluntary medical device review shall be deposited into the Export Document Program Fund and, upon appropriation, shall be expended for the purpose of determining if the device is a new device or is substantia…

The department shall make studies and demonstrations as may be necessary to determine the areas of the state that have a high proportion of mosquito-borne diseases, including malaria and encephalitis. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

(a) The department may enter into a cooperative agreement with any local district or other public agency engaged in the work of controlling mosquitoes, gnats, flies, other insects, rodents, or other vectors and pests of public health importance, in areas and under terms, conditio…

It is the intent of the Legislature that the department and the counties maintain a cooperative partnership to assure effective implementation of the provisions of this division as described in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 11795) of this part. (Repealed and added by Stats. …

The Legislature finds and declares that prenatal care, delivery service, postpartum care and neonatal and infant care are essential services necessary to assure maternal and infant health. These services are not currently distributed so as to meet the minimum maternal and infant …

The department shall develop and implement a uniform sliding fee schedule, based on family size and income, for women provided perinatal care through the Perinatal Care Services Program. The department shall not implement any schedule developed pursuant to this section sooner tha…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this section govern the construction of this article: (a) “Perinatal health system” means all of the prenatal care, delivery care, postpartum care, and neonatal and infant care services available to a region identified by …

The department shall maintain a program that addresses the special needs of high-risk pregnant women and infants. The program shall include the following: (a) Identification of high-risk geographical areas and populations. (b) Identification and evaluation of deficiencies in peri…

(a) In assisting in the development of the regionalized perinatal health systems, the department shall consult with the office, the State Department of Developmental Services, county health officials, health systems agencies, health professionals and health facilities expected to…

It is the intent of the Legislature that the program created by Sections 123550 to 123570, inclusive, be funded through the normal budgetary process beginning in the 1980–81 fiscal year. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)

(a) Subject to an appropriation of funds by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or another statute for this purpose, the State Department of Public Health, in consultation with subject matter experts, shall do all of the following: (1) Review available literature on adverse …

By July 1, 1991, the Health and Welfare Agency shall develop and disseminate a model needs assessment protocol for pregnant and postpartum substance abusing women in conjunction with the appropriate professional organizations in the areas of hospital administration, substance abu…

(a) Each county shall establish protocols between county health departments, county welfare departments, and all public and private hospitals in the county, regarding the application and use of an assessment of the needs of, and a referral for, a substance exposed infant to a cou…

It is the intent of the Legislature that funding for Sections 123600 and 123605 be provided in the annual Budget Act. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)

(a) The Legislature finds that Alzheimer’s disease, a devastating disease which destroys certain vital cells of the brain, affects more than 1,500,000 Americans. The Legislature also finds that Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders are responsible for 50 percent of all nursin…

(a) Any postsecondary higher educational institution with a medical center may establish diagnostic and treatment centers for Alzheimer’s disease subject to the department’s grants review process. (b) The department shall administer grants to postsecondary higher educational inst…

From funds appropriated to the department in the Budget Act of 2016 for these purposes, the department shall allocate funds to the diagnostic and treatment centers for Alzheimer’s disease established pursuant to Section 125280 to be used for all of the following purposes: (a) To …

The department shall provide public and professional education on Alzheimer’s disease to educate consumers, caregivers, and health care providers, and to increase public awareness. If the department determines that contracts are required to implement this section, the department …

For the purpose of this article, “innovative programs of education in the health professions” means programs for the development of physicians and surgeons, podiatrists, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, optometrists, and occupations in the allied health professions, that emphasize …

The department, in cooperation with the California Postsecondary Education Commission, shall administer the program established pursuant to this article and shall for this purpose, adopt regulations as it determines are reasonably necessary to carry out this article. (Amended by …

The department is authorized to make grants, from funds appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose, to assist organizations in meeting the cost of special projects to plan, develop, or establish innovative programs of education in the health professions, or for research in …

(a) The Department of Health Care Access and Information shall report to the Legislature on or before June 30, 2002, on the feasibility of establishing a California dental loan forgiveness program utilizing the same general guidelines applicable to the federal National Health Ser…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) or (c), any person who violates this chapter or Section 127050 or 128600, or who willfully or repeatedly violates any rule or regulation adopted under this chapter or Section 127050 or 128600 is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction…

The director may bring an action to enjoin the violation or threatened violation of Section 1253 in the superior court in and for the county in which the violation occurred or is about to occur. Any proceeding under this section shall conform to the requirements of Chapter 3 (com…

Any action brought by the director against a health facility shall not abate by reason of a sale or other transfer of ownership of the health facility which is a party to the action except with express written consent of the director. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1202.…

The district attorney of every county shall, upon application by the state department or its authorized representative, institute and conduct the prosecution of any action for violation within his county of any provisions of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1202.)

It is a misdemeanor for any person to do any of the following: (a) Willfully prevent, interfere with, or attempt to impede in any way the work of any duly authorized representative of the state department in the lawful enforcement of this chapter. (b) Willfully prevent or attempt…

(a) On or after January 1, 2028, the State Department of Public Health, whenever collecting demographic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of California residents for a report that includes rates for major diseases, leading causes of death per demographic, subcategories for…

During construction or alteration of an essential services building, the building owner shall provide for, and the local enforcement agency shall require, competent, adequate, and detailed inspection by a qualified inspector. To be qualified, inspectors shall have an adequate lev…

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, including, but not limited to, Part 6 (commencing with Section 8000) of Division 4 of the Civil Code, the Department of General Services may issue a stop work order when construction work on an essential services facility …

An enforcement agency is qualified to undertake the review of plans, drawings, and specifications for essential services buildings if the enforcement agency has an architect, civil engineer, or structural engineer on its staff or under contract who is responsible for all design r…

A jurisdiction whose enforcement agency does not meet the qualifications specified in Sections 16017 and 16018 shall obtain necessary qualified personnel to meet the requirements of this chapter by contracting with other public agencies, private sector firms, or individuals quali…

Periodically, as the work of construction or alteration progresses and whenever the enforcement agency requires, except as exempt under Section 16010, the architect, civil engineer, or structural engineer in general responsible charge of the work of construction, and the register…

Periodically, as the work of construction or alteration progresses and whenever the enforcement agency requires, except as exempt under Section 16010, the inspector on the work and the contractor shall each make a report, duly verified by him or her, showing in his or her own per…

The State Architect shall do all of the following: (a) Observe the implementation and administration of this chapter. (b) Establish and adopt, in consultation with the League of Cities, County Supervisors Association, and California Building Officials, those regulations deemed ne…

Following completion of construction of a state-owned or state-occupied essential services building, the State Fire Marshal may conduct regular inspections of those buildings for compliance with building standards relating to fire and panic safety. (Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 31, …

The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) Because of the generally acknowledged fact that California will experience moderate to severe earthquakes in the foreseeable future, increased efforts to reduce earthquake hazards should be encouraged and supported. (b) Tens of thousan…

(a) Each city, city and county, or county, may assess the earthquake hazard in its jurisdiction and identify buildings subject to its jurisdiction as being potentially hazardous to life in the event of an earthquake. Potentially hazardous buildings include the following: (1) Unre…

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 19100 or 19150 or any other provision of law, the governing body of any city, city and county, or county may, by ordinance, establish building seismic retrofit standards applicable to the seismic retrofit of any buildings identified p…

Any local ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 19162 shall require the following: (a) Any seismic retrofit of any building identified pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 19161 as being hazardous to life in the event of an earthquake shall provide for the reas…

Except as otherwise provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 129675) of Part 7 of Division 107, an ordinance adopted by a city, city and county, or county pursuant to Section 19163, may establish higher standards for the seismic retrofit of those structures or buildings whi…

Any city, city and county, or county may assign allowable working stresses to existing materials based on substantiating research data or engineering judgment. Such allowable working stresses shall be limited by a safety factor which is reasonably commensurate with the importance…

Any city, city and county, or county adopting an ordinance establishing building seismic retrofit standards for seismically hazardous buildings shall file for informational purposes with the Department of Housing and Community Development a copy of those standards and all subsequ…

Any building identified as being a seismic hazard to life and retrofitted in compliance with building seismic retrofit standards adopted pursuant to this article and properly maintained, shall not, within a period of 15 years, be identified as a seismic hazard to life pursuant to…