Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

The department, after one or more public hearings thereon, shall establish minimum standards, guidelines, and instructions for pilot projects. Advance notice of the hearing shall be sent to all interested parties and shall include a copy of the proposed minimum standards, guideli…

(a) Pilot projects may be approved in the following fields: (1) Expanded role medical auxiliaries. (2) Expanded role nursing. (3) Expanded role dental assistants, dental hygienists, dental hygienists in alternative practice, or dental hygienists in extended functions. (4) Materna…

The department shall carry out periodic onsite visitations of each approved project and shall evaluate each project to determine the following: (a) The new health skills taught or extent that existing skills have been reallocated. (b) Implication of the project for existing licen…

The department shall approve a sufficient number of projects to provide a basis for testing the validity of the experiment.

The department shall seek the advice of appropriate professional societies and appropriate healing arts licensing boards prior to designating approved projects. In the case of projects sponsored by a state agency, the following additional procedures shall apply: (a) A hearing sha…

The department shall not approve a project for a period lasting more than two training cycles plus a preceptorship of more than 24 months, unless the department determines that the project is likely to contribute substantially to the availability of high-quality health services i…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Health Manpower Pilot Project No. 152 was approved in 1988 to respond to a shortage of adequately trained personnel to meet the needs of residents in long-term health care facilities. (b) Long-term health care facil…

The department may extend the geriatric technician pilot project, known as the Health Manpower Pilot Project No. 152, for a minimum of four additional years, pursuant to reapplication by the sponsoring agency. The project shall continue to meet the applicable requirements establi…

(a) The department shall issue followup reports on geriatric technician pilot projects approved by the department following 24 months of implementation of the employment utilization phase of each project. The reports shall contain all of the following information: (1) A descripti…

A new district may be formed pursuant to this chapter.

A proposal to form a new district may be made by petition which shall do all of the following: (a) State that the proposal is made pursuant to this article. (b) Set forth a description of the boundaries of the territory to be included in the district. (c) Set forth the methods by…

(a) Before circulating any petition, the chief petitioners shall publish a notice of intention which shall include a written statement not to exceed 500 words in length, setting forth the reasons for forming the district. The notice shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 of …

The petition shall be signed by not less than 25 percent of the registered voters residing in the area to be included in the district, as determined by the local agency formation commission pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 56375 of the Government Code. Sections 100 and 104 …

A petition may consist of a single instrument or separate counterparts. The chief petitioner or petitioners shall file the petition, including all counterparts, with the executive officer of the local agency formation commission of the principal county. The executive officer shal…

(a) Within 30 days after the date of filing a petition, the executive officer of the local agency formation commission shall cause the petition to be examined and shall prepare a certificate of sufficiency indicating whether the petition is signed by the requisite number of signe…

(a) A proposal to form a new district may also be made by the adoption of a resolution of application by the legislative body of any county or city which contains territory proposed to be included in the district. Except for the provisions regarding the signers and signatures, an…

Once the chief petitioners have filed a sufficient petition or a legislative body has filed a resolution of application, the local agency formation commission shall proceed pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 56825) of Part 3 of Division 3 of Title 5 of the Government …

(a) If the local agency formation commission approves the formation of a district, with or without amendment, wholly, partially, or conditionally, the board of supervisors shall call and give notice of the election to be held in the proposed district. If the proposed district lie…

After the local agency formation commission approves the formation of the district, notwithstanding Section 13823, if the board of supervisors finds that the petition filed with the executive officer of the local agency formation commission pursuant to Section 13819 has been sign…

Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the board of supervisors which has called the election shall transmit by registered mail a written notification of the election call to the executive officer of the local agency formation commission of the pr…

(a) The chief petitioners or the agency filing the resolution or any member or members of the board of supervisors authorized by the board, or any individual voter or bona fide association of citizens entitled to vote on the district formation proposition, or any combination of t…

The elections officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the district formation proposition to be voted on to be printed and mailed to each voter entitled to vote on the district formation question. Section 9190 of the Elections Code s…

The notice of election shall contain all of the following: (a) The date of the election. (b) The name of the proposed district. (c) The purposes for which the district is to be formed. (d) A statement that the first directors will be elected at that election who will take office …

(a) The formation election and the election of members of the district board, if any, shall be held and conducted in accordance with the Uniform District Election Law, Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10 of the Elections Code. (b) If less than a majority of the …

If the majority of the votes cast at the election is in favor of forming the district the board or boards of supervisors shall by resolution entered on its minutes declare the district duly organized under the Fire Protection District Law, giving the name of the district, and the…

If the district lies in one county, immediately after entering the resolution in the board minutes pursuant to Section 13829, the county clerk shall cause to be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county for which he or she is county clerk a certified copy of the…

(a) No informality in any proceeding, including informality in the conduct of any election not substantially affecting adversely the legal rights of any person, shall invalidate the formation of any district. (b) The validity of the formation and organization of a district shall …

The initial board of directors of a district formed on or after January 1, 1988, shall be determined pursuant to this article.

In the case of a district which contains only unincorporated territory in a single county, the district board may be elected or may be appointed by the county board of supervisors which may appoint itself as the district board.

In the case of a district which contains only unincorporated territory in more than one county, the district board may be elected or may be appointed by the boards of supervisors of the counties in which the district is located. If the district board is appointed by the boards of…

In the case of a district which contains unincorporated territory and the territory of one or more cities: (a) The district board may be elected or appointed by the county board of supervisors and the city councils in which the district is located. If the district board is to be …

In the case of a district which includes only incorporated territory within a single city, the district board may be elected or appointed by the city council which may appoint itself as the district board.

In the case of a district which includes only incorporated territory in more than one city, the district board may be elected or appointed by the city councils in which the district is located. If the district board is appointed, the city councils shall appoint directors accordin…

The board of supervisors shall designate the person to give notice to destroy weeds. This may be any one of the following: (a) The county agricultural commissioner. (b) The county forester. (c) The county board of forestry. (d) Any other officer, board, or commission. (Enacted by…

The notices shall be headed “Notice to destroy weeds,” in words not less than one inch in height. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

The notice shall be substantially in the following form: Notice is hereby given that on the ____ day of ____, 19__, the board of supervisors of ____ county passed a resolution declaring that noxious or dangerous weeds were growing upon or in front of the property on, or nearest t…

The notices shall be conspicuously posted in front of the property on which or in front of which the nuisance exists, or if the property has no frontage upon any street, highway or road then upon the portion of the property nearest to a street, highway or road, or most likely to …

The notices shall be posted not more than one hundred feet in distance apart, but at least one notice shall be posted on each lot or parcel. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

Notice of the hearing prescribed in Section 14892 shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the county, not less than 10 days prior to the date of the hearing.

As an alternative to posting and publication, notice in the form required in Section 14892 may be mailed to the property owners as their names and addresses appear from the last equalized assessment role, or as they are known to the clerk.

At the time stated in the notices, the board of supervisors shall hear and consider all objections or protests, if any, to the proposed removal of weeds, and may continue the hearing from time to time. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

Upon the conclusion of the hearing the board shall allow or overrule any or all objections, whereupon the board shall acquire jurisdiction to proceed and perform the work of removal, and the decision of the board on the matter is final, except as provided in Sections 14920 and 14…

After final action is taken by the board on the disposition of any protests or objections or in case no protests or objections are received, the board shall order the officer, board or commission causing the notices to be posted to abate the nuisance, or to cause it to be abated …

If the nuisance is seasonal and recurrent, the board of supervisors shall so declare. Thereafter, such seasonal and recurring weeds shall be abated every year without the necessity of any further hearing.

In the case of weeds which have previously been declared to constitute a seasonal and recurring nuisance, it is sufficient to mail a post card notice to the owners of the property as they and their addresses appear upon the current assessment roll. The notice shall refer to and d…

The officer, board or commission, and his or its assistants, deputies, employees, or contracting agents, or other representatives may enter upon private property for the purpose of removing the weeds. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

Before the arrival of the officer, board, or commission, or their representatives, any property owner may remove weeds at his or her own expense. Nevertheless, in any case in which an order to abate is issued, the board by resolution or motion may further order that a special ass…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Community Care Facilities Act.

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that there is an urgent need to establish a coordinated and comprehensive statewide service system of quality community care for mentally ill, developmentally and physically disabled, and children and adults who require care or servic…

(a) It is the policy of the state to facilitate the proper placement of every child in residential care facilities where the placement is in the best interests of the child. A county may require placement or licensing agencies, or both placement and licensing agencies, to activel…