Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

The Office of Emergency Services shall carry out this chapter in cooperation with the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, including the Office of the State Fire Marshal, and with the advice of the Fire and Rescue Service Advisory Committee/FIRESCOPE Board of Directors wit…

(a) The State Department of Public Health is hereby authorized to establish the Office of Suicide Prevention in the department pursuant to this chapter. The responsibilities of the office, if established, may include all of the following: (1) Providing information and technical a…

If established, the Office of Suicide Prevention may share and receive data from all entities with data relevant to the responsibilities and objectives of the office, including, but not limited to, state, federal, local, and private and nongovernmental agencies or organizations. …

If established, the Office of Suicide Prevention may apply for and utilize federal, state, and foundation grants. (Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 142, Sec. 2. (AB 2112) Effective January 1, 2021. Conditionally operative pursuant to Section 131320.)

(a) If the Office of Suicide Prevention is established pursuant to Section 131300, both of the following shall apply: (1) The Office of Suicide Prevention shall consult with the Behavioral Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission to implement suicide prevention eff…

This chapter shall become operative only if funds are appropriated in the annual Budget Act or another statute for its purposes. (Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 142, Sec. 2. (AB 2112) Effective January 1, 2021.)

Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 1357, only an adult age 19 to 64 years, inclusive, employed by a small business for a minimum of 20 hours per week is eligible to participate in the program if he or she has a gross annual income that is less than 350 percent of the fede…

(a) A small business may apply to the local initiative that administers the program to obtain coverage for its employees who meet the requirements of Section 131520. (b) At least 50 percent of the employees of an otherwise eligible small business must meet the eligibility require…

The program shall screen potential enrollees to determine if they meet the eligibility requirements for the Medi-Cal program. (Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 677, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)

As used in this chapter: (a) “Existing high-rise structure” means a high-rise structure, the construction of which is commenced or completed prior to July 1, 1974. (b) “High-rise structure” means every building of any type of construction or occupancy having floors used for human…

The State Fire Marshal, with the advice of the State Board of Fire Services, shall prepare and adopt building standards relating to fire and panic safety in high-rise structures and submit such building standards for approval and publication in the State Building Standards Code p…

Subject to the provisions of Sections 25 and 18943 of this code, regulations adopted by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to Section 13211 applicable to new high-rise structures shall be adopted on or before July 1, 1974, and shall become effective July 1, 1974. Such regulations ma…

(a) Building standards and other regulations of the State Fire Marshal applicable to existing high-rise structures shall provide to the greatest feasible extent for the safety of occupants of the high-rise structure and persons involved in fire suppression activities. All existin…

The provisions of this chapter, building standards applicable to high-rise structures published in the State Building Standards Code relating to fire and panic safety, and the other regulations of the State Fire Marshal adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be enforced in the sa…

It is unlawful for any person to construct or maintain any highrise structure in violation of the provisions of this chapter, building standards published in the State Building Standards Code relating to fire or panic safety, or other regulations adopted pursuant to the provision…

The governing body of any city or county may impose greater restrictions with respect to high-rise structures than are imposed by the building standards published in the State Building Standards Code relating to fire or panic safety or the other regulations of the State Fire Mars…

(a) A city, county, or city and county fire department or district providing fire protection services may annually inspect all highrise structures for compliance with building standards and other regulations of the State Fire Marshal. If a local agency elects to perform the inspe…

The active volunteer firefighters of volunteer fire companies or departments regularly organized and recognized by the Fire and Rescue Operational Area Coordinator or the county board of supervisors are exempt from military duty, except in case of war, invasion, or insurrection. …

The burden of providing proof of eligibility for the privileges and exemptions of Section 14855 shall be the responsibility of the volunteer firefighter with the reasonable cooperation of his or her department. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 65, Sec. 15. Effective Januar…

Every officer of a fire company or department who willfully issues or causes to be issued any certificate of exemption to a person not entitled to it, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 65, Sec. 19. Effective January 1, 2009.)

As used in this chapter: (a) “Earthquake hazard mitigation technologies” includes, but is not limited to, seismic isolation, energy dissipation, ductility, damping systems, and other technologies which endeavor to reasonably protect buildings and nonstructural components, buildin…

(a) The Seismic Safety Commission, in cooperation with the State Architect, shall develop a state policy on acceptable levels of earthquake risk for new and existing state-owned buildings and submit their policy to the Legislature for consideration by January 1, 1991. (b) The Sta…

(a) The State Architect shall develop and adopt by January 1, 1992, regulations for the application of earthquake hazard mitigation technologies to buildings which do all of the following: (1) Prescribe design criteria and performance standards with the objective of reasonably en…

(a) The State Architect shall seek the advice and cooperation of appropriate state agencies, structural and earthquake engineering professional organizations, the California Building Officials, the International Conference of Building Officials, and other professional organizatio…

(a) The State Architect shall select suitable buildings and provide direction and supervision for the use of earthquake hazard mitigation technologies on three buildings owned by the Department of General Services, or other state-owned buildings proposed by another state agency, …

(a) The State Architect shall develop and publish informational material describing the anticipated earthquake performance of new and existing buildings afforded by current and earlier building codes, the threat of earthquakes, and earthquake hazard mitigation technologies. This …

(a) The University of California, the California State University, the Department of Corrections, and public agencies are encouraged to develop and implement policies and performance standards according to lowest reasonable life cycle costs in a similar manner to Section 16101. (…

No provision of this chapter or the regulations adopted pursuant thereto, shall reduce, alter, or diminish the authority of the design professional who signs the plans and specifications for a project subject to this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 988, Sec. 1.)

(a) Private and public agency building owners and developers may, and are encouraged to, use the provisions of this chapter for new and existing buildings. Private and public agency building owners and developers are encouraged to consider the building standards enacted by local …

In the event that a project involving buildings utilizing earthquake mitigation technologies and other new seismic resistant design technologies requires design review and plan approval by more than one public agency, the Coordinating Council of the Building Standards Commission …

The State Architect shall periodically inform the Seismic Safety Commission with respect to the implementation and administration of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 988, Sec. 1.)

(a) Every person operating employee housing shall obtain a permit to operate that employee housing from the enforcement agency, unless otherwise exempted by this part. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate employee housing without a valid permit to operate issued by the …

(a) The department shall establish an application and review process for certifying that a person is an affordable housing organization qualified to operate agricultural employee housing that is approved pursuant to Section 17021.8. (b) A person desiring certification as a qualif…

(a) A permit to operate employee housing consisting only of permanent single-family housing may, when approved by the enforcement agency, be issued for a longer period of time not to exceed five years. (b) No permit to operate employee housing shall be issued for a period of time…

(a) (1) The operator of employee housing on a dairy farm that meets the requirements of Section 32505 of the Food and Agricultural Code, consisting only of permanent single-family employee housing, may request an exemption from the requirement of obtaining an annual permit to ope…

(a) Every person operating or owning employee community housing shall obtain a permit to operate such housing as a labor camp pursuant to this part unless an exemption is granted by the enforcement agency pursuant to this section. A request for an exemption for each community sha…

When the enforcement agency is a local agency, upon granting an exemption pursuant to Section 17031.3, the enforcement agency shall submit the following information to the department: (a) The year the housing was constructed. (b) The number of years, if any, the housing has been …

(a) No person operating employee housing shall terminate or modify a tenancy by increasing rent, decreasing services, threatening to bring or bringing an action to evict, refusing to renew a tenancy, or in any other way intimidating, threatening, restraining, coercing, blacklisti…

(a) In any action brought pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1159) of Title 3 of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure, in order to evict a tenant from employee housing, this section shall apply to that proceeding, notwithstanding any other provision of law including,…

(a) No person operating employee community housing that has been granted an exemption pursuant to Section 17031.3, or who is in the process of applying for such exemption, shall take any retaliatory employment action against an employee/tenant because of the employee/tenant’s exe…

(a) An agency that exercises the responsibility for the enforcement of this part pursuant to Section 17050 shall submit to the Department of Housing and Community Development, on forms provided by the department, the information specified in subdivision (c) by March 31 of each ye…

Application for a permit to operate shall be made to the enforcement agency at least 45 days prior to the date of initial occupancy and shall be on the forms supplied by the enforcement agency and shall contain at least the following information: (a) The name and address and tele…

Section 17032 shall not apply to employee housing owned or operated by railroad corporations. Application for a permit to operate employee housing owned or operated by a railroad corporation shall be made to the Department of Housing and Community Development within 30 days of in…

If any person who holds an annual permit to operate employee housing violates any of the provisions of this part, building standards published in the State Building Standards Code relating to employee housing, the other regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions of this part,…

(a) The department shall establish and maintain a roster of all employee housing having a valid permit to operate. (b) The department shall establish and maintain a roster of all affordable housing organizations certified pursuant to Section 17030.10. (Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch.…

(a) Except as provided in Section 18930, the department shall adopt regulations that it determines are necessary for the administration and enforcement of this part. The regulations adopted, amended, or repealed shall prescribe reasonable requirements for issuance of permits and …