Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

No day care center for children shall be licensed under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 1500), but shall be subject to licensure exclusively in accordance with this chapter and Chapter 3.4 (commencing with Section 1596.70).

Any person desiring issuance of a license for a day care center or a special permit for specialized services in a day care center under this chapter shall file with the department pursuant to regulations, an application on forms furnished by the department, which shall include, b…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to create a childcare license that has individual program components that serve infant, toddler, preschool, and schoolage children. It is the intent of the Legislature that the department consider flexibility for childcare providers and max…

(a) A corporation that applies for licensure with the department shall list the facilities that any member of the board of directors, the executive director, or an officer that has been licensed to operate, been employed in or served as a member of the board of directors, the exe…

Every licensed child day care center shall have one or more carbon monoxide detectors in the facility that meet the standards established in Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 13260) of Part 2 of Division 12. The department shall account for the presence of these detectors during…

(a) The department and the licensing agencies with which it contracts for licensing shall review and make a final determination within 60 days of an applicant’s submission of a complete application on all applications for a license to operate a day care facility for children by a…

A license or special permit for a day care center for children may be issued providing the licensee has been found not to be in violation of any statutory requirements or rules or regulations pursuant to this chapter and Chapter 3.4 (commencing with Section 1596.70).

(a) The department shall notify the day care center in writing of all deficiencies in its compliance with this chapter and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter, and shall set a reasonable length of time for compliance by the center. Upon a finding of noncomp…

(a) In addition to the suspension, temporary suspension, or revocation of a license issued under this chapter or Chapter 3.4 (commencing with Section 1596.70), the department shall levy civil penalties as follows: (b) (1) The amount of the civil penalty shall be one hundred dolla…

(a) Licensing reviews of a child day care center shall be limited to health and safety considerations and shall not include any reviews of the content of any educational or training program of the facility. (b) A licensee shall have 30 days after the employment of a staff person …

(a) Notwithstanding any other educational requirements, a person may be hired as a teacher in a day care center if he or she satisfies all of the following conditions: (1) Is 18 years of age or older. (2) Possesses a regional occupation program certificate of training in child ca…

Notwithstanding any other educational requirements, a person may be hired to provide extended day care for children of a given grade level in a day care center if the person is otherwise qualified to be hired by a school district to teach children of that grade level.

Any requirement established by the department, pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 1596.70) of Chapter 3.4, that coursework in early childhood education or child development, or both, be completed in order to fully qualify as a day care center teacher, may be satisfied…

(a) The State Department of Social Services shall adopt guidelines and procedures to permit an aide to assist a fully qualified child care teacher in the supervision of up to 18 preschool age children, with the requirement that the aide shall complete at least two accredited post…

The department shall require of every licensee a written policy statement which shall include names and qualifications of all current employees, admission policies, program philosophy, the location and telephone number of the nearest local office responsible for child day care li…

All site visits shall be unannounced.

(a) Each licensed child day care center shall be subject to unannounced inspections by the department. The department shall inspect these facilities as often as necessary to ensure the quality of care provided. (b) The department shall conduct an annual unannounced inspection of …

(a) In addition to the visits required by Section 1597.09, the department shall annually make unannounced spot visits to 20 percent of all child day care centers licensed under this chapter, except schoolage child day care centers. The unannounced visits may be made at any time d…

The department shall notify the State Department of Education when a child care or development facility licensed pursuant to this chapter is found to have licensing violations which the department has determined, by regulation, to endanger the health and safety of the children re…

The department and any local agency with which it contracts for the licensing of day care centers shall grant or deny an application for license within 30 days after receipt of all appropriate licensing application materials, as determined by the department, after a site visit ha…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 1596.858, in the event of a sale of a licensed child day care center where the sale will result in a new license being issued, the sale and transfer of property and business shall be subject to both of the following: (1) The licensee shall provide writ…

(a) The director shall authorize the University of California to conduct a pilot project pursuant to this section for a period not to extend 24 months beyond the date that funding is available for expenditure for the pilot project. The purpose of the pilot project is to test the …

(a) (1) A licensed child day care center, as defined in Section 1596.76, that is located in a building that was constructed before January 1, 2010, shall have its drinking water tested for lead contamination levels on or after January 1, 2020, but no later than January 1, 2023, a…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) There is a critical need to increase opportunities for children to engage in positive activities during after school hours. (b) There is a need for staff with the capacity to make after school programs interesting and r…

The following requirements shall apply to schoolage day care centers: (a) The State Department of Social Services shall permit the substitution of 20 training hours for each required unit of education. (b) In addition to an administration course consisting of three units or 60 tr…

(a) When colocated with multifamily housing, the use of a daycare center shall be considered a residential use of property and a use by right. (b) A local jurisdiction shall not impose a charge, tax, or fee for a business license, equivalent instrument, or permit for the privileg…

The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) That public health, safety, and welfare may be endangered by the emission into the ambient air of substances which are determined to be carcinogenic, teratogenic, mutagenic, or otherwise toxic or injurious to humans. (b) That …

As used in this chapter: (a) “Toxic air contaminant” means an air pollutant which may cause or contribute to an increase in mortality or in serious illness, or which may pose a present or potential hazard to human health. A substance that is listed as a hazardous air pollutant pu…

It is the intent of the Legislature that the state board and the districts implement a program to regulate toxic air contaminants that will enable the state to receive approval to implement and enforce emission standards and other requirements for air pollutants subject to Sectio…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the state board shall identify toxic air contaminants which are emitted into the ambient air of the state using the procedures and following the requirements prescribed by Article 3 (commencing with Section 39660). (b) The state board sh…

The state board shall establish airborne toxic control measures for toxic air contaminants in accordance with all of the following: (a) If a substance is identified as a toxic air contaminant pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 39660), the airborne toxic control measur…

(a) The state board and the districts may adopt regulations which do both of the following: (1) Impose monitoring requirements, establish procedures for issuing, reissuing, and enforcing permits, and take any other action that may be necessary to establish, implement, and enforce…

(a) Upon the request of the state board, the office, in consultation with and with the participation of the state board, shall evaluate the health effects of and prepare recommendations regarding substances, other than pesticides in their pesticidal use, which may be or are emitt…

(a) In evaluating the level of potential human exposure to toxic air contaminants, the state board shall assess that exposure in indoor environments as well as in ambient air conditions. (b) The state board shall consult with the State Department of Health Services, pursuant to t…

(a) (1) Upon receipt of the evaluation and recommendations prepared pursuant to Section 39660, the state board, in consultation with, and with the participation of, the office, shall prepare a report in a form that may serve as the basis for regulatory action regarding a particul…

(a) Within 10 working days following receipt of the findings of the scientific review panel pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 39661, the state board shall prepare a hearing notice and a proposed regulation which shall include the proposed determination as to whether a substa…

The State Department of Health Services shall conduct an epidemiological study, over a period of up to 10 years, of possible long-term health effects related to the aerial application of pesticides in urban areas, including, but not limited to, cancer, birth defects, and respirat…

(a) Following adoption of the determinations pursuant to Section 39662, the executive officer of the state board shall, with the participation of the districts, and in consultation with affected sources and the interested public, prepare a report on the need and appropriate degre…

(a) Following a noticed public hearing, the state board shall adopt airborne toxic control measures to reduce emissions of toxic air contaminants from nonvehicular sources. (b) For toxic air contaminants for which the state board has determined, pursuant to Section 39662, that th…

Based on its determinations pursuant to Section 39662, the state board shall consider the adoption of revisions in the emission standards for vehicular sources and regulations specifying the content of motor vehicle fuel, to achieve the maximum possible reduction in public exposu…

(a) The state board shall, on or before January 1, 1989, prepare a written report on the availability and effectiveness of toxic air contaminant monitoring options in consultation with the Scientific Review Panel on Toxic Air Contaminants, the districts, the Department of Food an…

Nothing in this chapter is a limitation on the authority of the state board or a district to implement and enforce an airborne toxic control measure adopted prior to January 1, 1993.

The Legislature finds and declares that certain toxic air contaminants may pose risks that cause infants and children to be especially susceptible to illness and that certain actions are necessary to ensure their safety from toxic air contaminants. (a) By July 1, 2001, the follow…

(a) A nine-member Scientific Review Panel on Toxic Air Contaminants shall be appointed to advise the state board and the Department of Pesticide Regulation in their evaluation of the health effects toxicity of substances pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 39660) of th…

The terms of the members of the Scientific Review Panel on Toxic Air Contaminants appointed pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 39670 shall be staggered so that the terms of three members expire each year.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), any person who violates any rule or regulation, emission limitation, or permit condition adopted pursuant to Section 39659 or Article 4 (commencing with Section 39665) or which is implemented and enforced as authorized by subdi…

(a) Sections 42400, 42400.1, 42400.2, and 42402.2 apply to violations of regulations or orders adopted pursuant to Section 39659 or Article 4 (commencing with Section 39665) or that are implemented and enforced as authorized by subdivision (b) of Section 39658. (b) The adoption o…

As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Certificate credit rate” means the rate of the credit allowed by this chapter that is specified in the mortgage credit certificate. (b) “Certified indebtedness amount” means the amount of indebtedness …

This chapter is enacted in implementation of the Mortgage Subsidy Bond Tax Act of 1980 (Title XI, Public Law 96-499) and Section 612 of the Tax Reform Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-369). Accordingly, the definitions contained in this article and the provisions of this chapter shall …

An issuer may establish a mortgage credit certificate program pursuant to this article.