Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

The governing body of a city may employ one or more dentists or dental hygienists, each of whom shall be a licensed dentist or dental hygienist.

The dentist or dental hygienist shall attend to dental conditions of the city as the governing body may assign. Compensation for the dentist or dental hygienist shall be determined by that body.

The board of supervisors in each county may employ one or more dentists or dental hygienists, each of whom shall be a licensed dentist or dental hygienist.

The dentist or dental hygienist shall attend to dental conditions of the county, as the board of supervisors may assign. Compensation for the dentist or dental hygienist shall be determined by that board.

For the purpose of protecting the community and the public health, the local health department of a city or county shall have available the services of a public health laboratory for the examination of specimens from suspected cases of infectious and environmental diseases, that …

The cost of establishment and maintenance of the public health laboratory is a legal expenditure from any city or county funds that are for disbursement under the direction of the city or county health officer to protect public health.

(a) Any city or county public health laboratory established for the purposes set forth in this chapter and its personnel shall be approved by the State Department of Health Services and shall comply with the requirements of CLIA. (b) For purposes of this section, “CLIA” means the…

(a) A person may perform an analysis of samples to test for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in any city or county public health laboratory if they meet the requirements under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments in Section 493.1489 of Title 42 of the Code of…

Nothing in this article, or any other provision of law, shall be construed to restrict, limit, or prevent individuals certified under authority of this part or Article 1 (commencing with Section 106600) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 104 from performing their duties for the p…

The Board of Supervisors of the County of Monterey may by ordinance or resolution order the formation of the Monterey County Special Health Care Authority under this chapter that shall include all of the incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county.

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Monterey County Special Health Care Authority Act.

Unless the context otherwise requires, this article governs the construction of this chapter. As used in this chapter: (a) “Authority” means the Monterey County Special Health Care Authority. (b) “Board” means the Monterey County Special Health Care Authority Board. (c) “County” …

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of directors of the authority, members of its community advisory board, members of its professional advisory board, and members of committees of those boards, shall be deemed members of a peer review committee within the meani…

The government of the authority shall be vested in a board of directors that shall consist of nine members, selected as follows: (a) Five members, one from each supervisorial district, shall be appointed by the Monterey County Board of Supervisors. (b) One member, who shall be a …

The board at its first meeting, and thereafter annually at the first meeting in January, shall elect a chair who shall preside at all meetings, and a vice chair who shall preside in his or her absence. In the event of their absence or inability to act, the members present, by an …

The board shall establish rules for its proceedings.

A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and all official acts of the board shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the board.

The acts of the board shall be expressed by motion, resolution, or ordinance.

Except for initial staggered terms that may be established by the board, the term of office of each member shall be four years and, in addition, such time as necessary until the appointment and qualification of his or her successor.

The bodies that originally nominated or appointed a member whose term has expired shall nominate or appoint the successor for a full term of four years, except that members who are nominated by the professional advisory board or by the community advisory board shall serve a one-y…

Any vacancy on the board shall be filled for the unexpired term by nomination or appointment by the bodies that originally nominated or appointed the member whose office has become vacant.

The Professional Advisory Board shall review and comment on all proposed policies and actions of the board dealing with arrangements for health care within the board of jurisdiction.

The Community Advisory Board shall review and comment on matters relating to the accessibility and availability of services arranged by the board.

The authority is hereby declared to be a body corporate and politic and shall have power: (a) To have perpetual succession. (b) To sue and be sued in the name of the authority in all actions and proceedings in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction. (c) To adopt a sea…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) The state or any state agency may enter into contracts with the authority for the authority to obtain or arrange for health care under the authority’s health care systems, for all persons who are eligible to receive medical benefits…

All claims for money or damages against the authority are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicable.

The Board of Supervisors of the County of Monterey may by ordinance or resolution order the dissolution of the authority by declaring that there is no need for the authority to function in the county. The dissolution shall become effective 180 days after the date of adoption of t…

(a) The board may by ordinance or resolution provide that each director of the authority board be paid a sum not to exceed fifty dollars ($50) remuneration from authority funds, for each board or committee meeting attended, but not exceeding the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) …

The board shall inform the Monterey County Board of Supervisors in writing of any amendment proposed by the authority to the Monterey County Special Health Care Authority Act prior to the authority requesting any legislative action on the amendment. The board shall inform the Mon…

The director shall be the State Registrar of Vital Statistics.

The State Registrar is charged with the execution of this part in this state, and has supervisory power over local registrars, so that there shall be uniform compliance with all of the requirements of this part.

The State Registrar may investigate cases of irregularity or violations of this part.

When the State Registrar deems it necessary, he or she shall report cases of violation of any of the provisions of this part to the district attorney of the county where the violation occurred, with a statement of the facts and circumstances; and the district attorney shall forth…

The Attorney General shall assist in the enforcement of this part upon request of the State Registrar.

The State Registrar shall prescribe and furnish all record forms for use in carrying out the purposes of this part, or shall prescribe the format, quality, and content of forms electronically produced in each county, and no record forms or formats other than those prescribed shal…

The State Registrar shall prepare and issue detailed instructions as may be required to procure the uniform observance of this part and the maintenance of a satisfactory system of registration.

The State Registrar shall establish registration districts within the State for the purposes of this part.

The State Registrar of Vital Statistics may call into conference the local registrars or their chief deputies, in groups and at places within the state as may be designated by him or her, to meet with him or her or his or her duly authorized representatives, for the purpose of di…

The State Registrar shall carefully examine the certificates received from the local registrars of births, deaths, and fetal deaths, and if they are incomplete or unsatisfactory shall require any further information that may be necessary to make the record complete and satisfacto…

The State Registrar shall carefully examine the marriage certificates received from the county recorders, and if they are incomplete or unsatisfactory shall require any further information that may be necessary to make the record complete and satisfactory. Any certificates that a…

(a) (1) The State Registrar shall arrange and permanently preserve the certificates in a systematic manner and shall prepare and maintain comprehensive and continuous indices of all certificates registered. (2) The birth, death, and marriage record indices prepared pursuant to pa…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, birth data files, birth data files for public release, death data files for public release, death data files for purposes of law enforcement or preventing fraud, and nonconfidential marriage data files prepared and maintained by the State Regist…

(a) (1) Any person who violates Section 102230 or 102231 may be denied further access to the indices or data files maintained by the department. (2) Any person who violates Section 102230 or 102231 is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jai…

(a) The State Registrar shall create a document no later than March 1, 2020, with annual updates no later than March 1 of each year thereafter, disaggregated by county, containing only the information received by a local registrar during the preceding calendar year pursuant to su…

(a) (1) The State Registrar shall create a report, disaggregated by county, containing the number of marriage certificates that were transmitted to the State Registrar by a local registrar pursuant to Section 102355 each year between 2019 and 2024, inclusive, in which one or both…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law relating to retention of public records, the State Registrar may cause the original records of birth, death and marriage filed under this part to be destroyed if all of the following requirements have been met: (a) One year has elapsed …

Any certified photographic reproduction of any record stored on a permanent storage medium under this chapter shall be deemed to be a certification of the original record.

On and after January 1, 1978, whenever the State Registrar receives a death certificate from a local registrar, the State Registrar shall determine whether the state records contain the birth certificate of the deceased or a reproduction thereof as authorized under this chapter. …

(a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Health Statistics Special Fund. The fund shall consist of revenues, including, but not limited to, all of the following: (1) Fees or charges remitted to the State Registrar for record search or issuance of certificates, permit…

(a) The State Registrar shall expend funds in the Health Statistics Special Fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for all of the following: (1) Support existing programs within the State Registrar’s office. (2) Implement and support new programs within the State Registrar’…