Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

(a) No product variance shall be granted if the use of the product under the variance will result in a violation of Section 41700. (b) No emergency product variance shall be granted pursuant to this article. (Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 443, Sec. 2. Effective September 7, 1994.)

If the product variance is granted and the product is in compliance with subdivisions (b) and (d) of Section 42368, the petitioner may manufacture, and any person may distribute, offer for sale, sell, apply, solicit the application of, or use the product under the conditions set …

Sections 42350.5, 42351, 42351.5, 42352.5, 42354 to 42357, inclusive, 42359, and 42362 to 42364, inclusive, shall apply to the granting of product variances pursuant to this article. (Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 443, Sec. 2. Effective September 7, 1994.)

(a) The hearing board, in making any order permitting a product variance, shall specify the time during which the order shall be effective, which, except as provided in subdivision (b), shall not exceed one year, and shall set a final compliance date. (b) A product variance may b…

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Coach” means a person appointed by the youth sports organization to supervise or instruct a participant in a sport. (b) “Official practice or match” means a sport session in which live action or one or more drill…

(a) Commencing January 1, 2028, a youth sports organization that elects to offer an athletic program shall ensure that its athletes have access to an automated external defibrillator (AED) during any official practice or match, subject to subdivisions (b) and (c). (b) Commencing …

(a) This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Youth Football Act. (b) As used in this article: (1) “Coach” means a person appointed by a youth sports organization to supervise or instruct a participant in the sport of youth tackle football. (2) “Full-contac…

On and after January 1, 2021, a youth sports organization that conducts a tackle football program shall comply with all of the following requirements: (a) A tackle football team shall not conduct more than two full-contact practices per week during the preseason and regular seaso…

On and after January 1, 2021, a youth tackle football league shall comply with both of the following: (a) Establish youth tackle football participant divisions that are organized by relative age or weight or by both age and weight. (b) Retain information from which the names of i…

Nothing in this article shall prohibit any youth sports organization or youth tackle football league from adopting and enforcing rules intended to provide a higher standard of safety for youth tackle football participants than the requirements established under this article. (Add…

This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Youth Sports for All Act. (Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 705, Sec. 2. (AB 749) Effective January 1, 2026. Repealed as of January 1, 2033, pursuant to Section 124256.)

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Centralized entity” means a department, commission, board, council, or their equivalent. (b) “Commission” means the Blue Ribbon Commission on the Development of a California Department of Youth Sports or an Equiv…

(a) (1) The State Public Health Officer shall, on or before July 1, 2026, or six months after implementation of this article commences pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 124256, whichever is later, establish and convene the Blue Ribbon Commission on the Development of a Calif…

(a) The commission shall conduct a study of issues in youth sports that includes all of the following: (1) An assessment of the need and potential for a centralized entity to improve access to and involvement in sports for all youth, regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, g…

(a) The implementation of this article is contingent upon either of the following: (1) An appropriation for its purposes in the annual Budget Act or another statute. (2) Sufficient funds being obtained by the department from federal, nonprofit, or private sources for the purposes…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Promotion of the public health of Californians of all ages by protection and maintenance of dental health through the fluoridation of drinking water is a paramount issue of statewide concern. (b) It is the intent of the…

(a) Each public water system with at least 10,000 service connections and with a natural level of fluorides that is less than the minimum established in the regulations adopted pursuant to this section shall be fluoridated in order to promote the public health of Californians of …

(a) (1) A public water system is not required to fluoridate pursuant to Section 116410, or the regulations adopted thereunder by the department, in any of the following situations: (A) If the public water system is listed on the schedule to implement a fluoridation program pursua…

The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) District enforcement programs should be prioritized to ensure that the imposition of civil and criminal penalties is commensurate with the severity of the violation. (b) Districts shall endeavor to establish, where appropr…

Each district which has a population of one million or more shall establish a compliance program that shall consist of all of the following elements: (a) Procedures to ensure the consistent issuance of notices of compliance and notices of violations. (b) A compliance assistance p…

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “CEC” means a constituent of emerging concern. (b) “Panel” means the Science Advisory Panel for CECs in drinking water specified in Section 116418. (c) “Program” means the Constituents of Emerging Concern in Drink…

(a) The state board shall build upon its existing work dealing with, and work to improve its knowledge of, CECs in waters of the state and drinking water. As part of the state board’s work on CECs, the deputy director shall work to improve the knowledge of CECs in drinking water …

(a) The deputy director may convene a Science Advisory Panel for CECs in drinking water. (b) (1) The panel may include at least nine members comprised of the following: (A) Seven experts appointed by the deputy director from the following fields: (i) Public health sciences. (ii) …

(a) The panel shall serve at the direction of the deputy director. At the deputy director’s request, the panel’s duties may include, but are not limited to, any of the following activities in consultation with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment and, as needed, t…

(a) If the state board imposes CEC monitoring requirements pursuant to Section 116375, the state board may provide financial assistance, upon appropriation by the Legislature for this purpose, to eligible recipients. Eligible recipients of these funds shall be community water sys…

The Legislature finds and declares that the program is intended to help inform the deputy director in recommending regulatory determinations for CECs and is not intended to supersede any requirements related to setting drinking water standards or a public health goal as prescribe…

(a) The CEC Action Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. The state board shall administer the CEC Action Fund. (b) All moneys deposited in the CEC Action Fund may be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, in support of, but not limited to, all of the following: …

(a) The program shall provide opportunities for public participation. Public participation may include, but is not limited to, conducting periodic stakeholder meetings and workshops to solicit relevant information, data, suggestions, and feedback for the development and implement…

Implementation of this article is contingent upon an appropriation by the Legislature for purposes of this article in the annual Budget Act or another statute. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 676, Sec. 2. (SB 230) Effective January 1, 2023.)

(a) Before an agency or a public body forgives the repayment, wholly or partially, of a loan, advance, or indebtedness that is owed by a public body to the agency or an agency to the public body, the agency or public body forgiving the repayment shall adopt a resolution that stat…

(a) On or before February 1, 2012, an agency or public body shall adopt a resolution that declares whether or not it has forgiven, during the period of time commencing January 1, 2010, through December 31, 2011, the repayment, wholly or partially, of a loan, advance, or indebtedn…

Notwithstanding Article 4 (commencing with Section 110423), the sale or distribution of any dietary supplement products containing ephedrine group alkaloids is prohibited. (Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 903, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)

This article shall not apply, but Article 4 (commencing with Section 110423) shall apply, to any of the following: (a) A California licensed health care practitioner who is practicing within his or her scope of practice and who prescribes or dispenses, or both, dietary supplement…

As an alternative to the separate public hearings required by Sections 33348 and 33360 of this part, the agency and the legislative body, with the consent of both, may hold a joint public hearing on a redevelopment plan. The presiding officer of the legislative body shall preside…

Prior to such joint public hearing, the agency shall submit the plan to the planning commission by the same procedure as is provided in Section 33346, and to the legislative body. The submission of the plan to the legislative body shall be accompanied by the report required by Se…

After the close of the joint public hearing, the agency may proceed to approve the plan and submit its approval together with any recommendations for changes to the legislative body. If the agency desires to recommend any changes in the plan, such changes shall be submitted to th…

After receipt of the approval and any recommendations for changes as well as the report and recommendation of the planning commission of the recommended changes, the legislative body may proceed to act upon the plan pursuant to Sections 33363.5 to 33375, inclusive. (Added by Stat…

When a joint public hearing is held where the legislative body is also the agency, action to approve and adopt the plan need be taken only by the legislative body. At the conclusion of the joint public hearing on the plan, the legislative body may proceed to adopt the plan pursua…

(a) A person seeking to participate in on-the-job training for purposes of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 106976, or clause (i) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Section 107155, shall, prior to his or her participation, do both of the followi…

(a) With respect to any ordinance that is subject to referendum pursuant to Sections 33365 and 33450, the language of the statement of the ballot measure shall set forth with clarity and in language understandable to the average person that a “Yes” vote is a vote in favor of adop…

The provisions of this part establishing a right of referendum shall not be applicable to a charter city in the County of Los Angeles containing a population of 1,000 or less until January 1, 1983. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 797.)

(a) The legislative body of a city or county shall call upon the residents and existing community organizations in a redevelopment project area to form a project area committee in either of the following situations: (1) A substantial number of low-income persons or moderate-incom…

(a) If a project area committee does not exist, and the agency proposes to amend a redevelopment plan, the agency shall establish a project area committee pursuant to Section 33385 if the proposed amendment to a redevelopment plan would do either of the following: (1) Grant the a…

The agency shall forward copies of the proposed amendment to the redevelopment plan to the project area committee, if one exists, at least 30 days before the hearing of the legislative body, required in Section 33454. Where the proposed amendment would enlarge the project area, t…

The redevelopment agency through its staff, consultants, and agency members shall, upon the direction of and approval of the legislative body consult with, and obtain the advice of, the project area committee concerning those policy matters which deal with the planning and provis…

Minutes of all the meetings of the redevelopment agency with the project area committee, which meetings shall be open and public, together with a record of all information presented to the project area committee by the redevelopment agency or by the project area committee for the…