Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

If upon inspection any building, room, basement, cellar, or other place, or any vehicle, employer, employee, or other person is found to be in violation of or violating any of the provisions of this article, or if the production, preparation, manufacture, packing, storing, sale, …

Every building, room, basement, cellar, or other place or thing kept, maintained, or operated in violation of this article, and all food produced, prepared, manufactured, packed, stored, kept, sold, distributed, or transported in violation of this article, is a public nuisance da…

The sections contained in this article are to be known as the California Food Sanitation Act. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

All food shall be manufactured, produced, prepared, compounded, packed, stored, transported, kept for sale, and served so as to be pure and free from adulteration and spoilage; shall have been obtained from approved sources; shall be protected from dirt, vermin, unnecessary handl…

(a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), food shall be transported in a manner that meets the following requirements: (1) The interior floor, sides, and top of the food holding area shall be constructed of a smooth, washable, impervious material capable of withstanding frequen…

(a) Adequate and suitable counter space shall be provided for all food preparation operations. (b) Except as specified in subdivision (c), food preparation shall be conducted within a fully enclosed food facility. (c) Limited food preparation shall be conducted within a food comp…

Consumer access to a food facility through the food preparation area is permissible, at the discretion of the permitholder, if ready-to-eat foods are prepared in approved areas separated from sources of contamination by a space of at least three feet from the consumer and in area…

(a) Food shall be protected from cross-contamination by utilizing one or more of the following methods: (1) Separating raw food of animal origin during transportation, storage, preparation, holding, and display from raw ready-to-eat food, including other raw food of animal origin…

(a) Food shall be protected from contamination that may result from the addition of unsafe or unapproved food or color additives or unsafe or unapproved levels of approved food and color additives. (b) A food employee may not apply sulfiting agents to fresh fruits and vegetables …

Ice that has been used as a medium for cooling the exterior surfaces of food such as melons or fish, prepackaged foods such as canned beverages, or cooling coils and tubes of equipment, shall not be used as food. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 23, Sec. 2. Effective Janua…

(a) Produce shall be thoroughly washed in potable water to remove soil and other contaminants before being cut, combined with other ingredients, cooked, served, or offered for human consumption in ready-to-eat form, except as specified in subdivision (b) and except when intended …

(a) As used in this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Agency” or “office” means the Office of Emergency Services. (2) “Department” means the State Department of Public Health. (3) “Disburse or disbursement” means a payment in advance from the Nuclear Planning A…

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (1) Existing law requires the development and maintenance of a nuclear powerplant emergency response program by state and local governments based on federal and state criteria. (2) The office, in consultation with the depa…

(a) All new playgrounds open to the public built by a public agency or any other entity shall conform to the playground-related standards set forth by the American Society for Testing and Materials and the playground-related guidelines set forth by the United States Consumer Prod…

(a) The State Department of Social Services shall convene a working group to develop recommendations for minimum safety requirements for playgrounds at child care centers. (b) The working group shall include, but not be limited to, child care center operators, including represent…

This article shall become operative on January 1, 2008. (Repealed (in Sec. 1) and added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 470, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007. Note: This section prescribes a delayed operative date for Article 1, commencing with Section 115725.)

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Every resident of California has the right to pure and safe drinking water. (b) Feasible and affordable technologies are available and shall be used to remove toxic contaminants from public water supplies. (c) According…

(a) The state board succeeds to and is vested with all of the authority, duties, powers, purposes, functions, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the State Department of Public Health, its predecessors, and its director for purposes of all of the following: (1) The Environmenta…

As used in this chapter: (a) “Contaminant” means any physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance or matter in water. (b) “Department” means the state board. (c) “Primary drinking water standards” means: (1) Maximum levels of contaminants that, in the judgment of the…

(a) The state board shall establish a program, in consultation with the State Department of Education, to award grants to local educational agencies for the purposes of improving access to, and the quality of, drinking water in public schools consistent with the Legislature’s int…

(a) (1) When making outreach attempts to elementary schools and childcare facilities for the purposes of offering lead sampling in drinking water, pursuant to Sections 141.90(i) and 141.92 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, a community water system shall do both of t…

This chapter does not apply to a public water system that meets all of the following conditions: (a) Consists only of distribution and storage facilities and does not have any collection and treatment facilities. (b) Obtains all of its water from, but is not owned or operated by,…

Before August 6, 1998, this chapter shall not apply to an irrigation canal system if the owner or operator of the system certifies to the department, and notifies each user, in writing, that the water is untreated and is being furnished or supplied solely for agricultural purpose…

(a) A water district, as defined in subdivision (b), in existence prior to May 18, 1994, that provides primarily agricultural services through a piped water system with only incidental residential or similar uses shall not be considered to be a public water system if the departme…

(a) The department, in implementing subdivision (s) of Section 116275 and Section 116286, shall place requirements on affected public water systems and water districts that are consistent with this chapter and the guidelines established by the United States Environmental Protecti…

Before August 6, 1998, in areas where the water service rendered by a person is primarily agricultural, and domestic service is only incidental thereto, this chapter shall not apply except in specific areas in which the department has found its application to be necessary for the…

(a) On January 1, 2003, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment shall perform a risk assessment and, based upon that risk assessment, shall adopt a public health goal based exclusively on public health consideration for perchlorate using the criteria set forth in sub…

This article shall not apply to any city, town, county, sanitary district, sanitation district, sewer maintenance district or to any agency or institution of the state or the federal government by reason of the cleaning of septic tanks, chemical toilets, cesspools, sewage seepage…

It is unlawful for any person or firm to carry on or engage in the business of the cleaning of septic tanks, chemical toilets, cesspools or sewage seepage pits or to dispose of the cleanings therefrom in any city, town, county, or city and county unless he or she or it shall hold…

Except as provided in Section 25163, it is unlawful for any person to clean septic tanks, chemical toilets, cesspools or sewage seepage pits or to dispose or aid in the disposal of the cleanings thereof, for any person or firm engaged in the business of cleaning out septic tanks,…

All applications for registration under this article shall be filed with the local health officer in the city, town, county, or city and county in which it is desired to carry on the business. The application shall state the name in full, if a partnership then names of each of th…

Registration shall be issued only after a satisfactory examination by the health officer or his or her duly authorized representative covering the equipment to be used, the applicant’s knowledge of sanitary principles and of the laws and ordinances affecting human health or nuisa…

The health officer is required to act upon each application within thirty (30) days of the date of filing same. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Registration shall be only for the unexpired portion of the calendar year in which application is made, and at the end of the calendar year all registrations shall become void and of no effect. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

(a) Applicants may be registered under any terms, conditions, orders, and directions as the health officer or his or her duly authorized representative may deem necessary for the protection of human health and comfort. Each health officer and his or her duly authorized representa…

A change of address of any registrant including a member of a partnership that is registered and of the place of business thereof shall be reported in writing by registered mail by the registrant within two days after the change of address. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6.…

Any registration issued under this article may be revoked by the issuing health officer for cause on 10 days’ notice to the applicant. The notice shall be served by registered mail or in person at the latest place of residence or of business reported by the applicant. (Added by S…

Violation of any of the provisions of this article or of any order or orders of a health officer made pursuant to this article for the protection of human health and comfort shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($20…

(a) The board of supervisors of each county may apply to the department for funds for the purpose of alleviating problems in its county related to alcohol abuse and other drug use. This part applies only to counties receiving state or federal funds allocated by the department und…

(a) (1) Two or more counties may jointly establish county alcohol and other drug programs pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code. (2) Any county may, by contract, furnish alcohol and other drug services to…

Except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 11812, nothing in this part shall prevent any city or combination of cities from financing and administering directly an alcohol or other drug program or providing service by contracting with the county to provide and be reimbursed…

(a) Funds allocated to the county pursuant to this part shall be used exclusively for county alcohol and other drug services as identified in the contract for alcohol and other drug services and shall be separately identified and accounted for. (b) The funds contained in each cou…

(a) Counties that apply for funds to provide alcohol and other drug services shall prepare and submit a contract for alcohol and other drug services to the department. The contract shall include a budget for all funds sources to be used to provide alcohol and other drug services.…

(a) A county with an approved contract for alcohol and other drug services shall bear the financial risk in providing any alcohol or other drug services to the population described and enumerated in the approved contract. (b) The county shall not be precluded from contracting to …

The department shall review each county’s contract for alcohol and other drug services to determine that the contract complies with this division and with the standards adopted under this division. The department shall approve a contract that is in compliance. (Amended by Stats. …

This article and Article 2 (commencing with Section 118920) shall be known and may be cited as the California Indoor Clean Air Act of 1976. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)