Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

(a) (1) A public safety agency that provides “911” call processing services for emergency medical response shall make a connection available from the public safety agency dispatch center to an emergency medical services (EMS) provider’s dispatch center for the timely transmission…

A local EMS agency may create one or more exclusive operating areas in the development of a local plan, if a competitive process is utilized to select the provider or providers of the services pursuant to the plan. No competitive process is required if the local EMS agency develo…

(a) A local EMS agency may adopt policies and procedures for calculating and reporting ambulance patient offload time, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1797.120. (b) A local EMS agency that adopts policies and procedures for calculating and reporting ambulance patient off…

Without altering or otherwise affecting the meaning of any portion of this division as to any other county, as to San Bernardino County only, it shall be competent for any local EMS agency which establishes exclusive operating areas pursuant to Section 1797.224 to determine the f…

(a) An emergency medical care provider shall do both of the following when collecting and submitting data to a local EMS agency: (1) Use an electronic health record system that exports data in a format that is compliant with the current versions of the California Emergency Medica…

(a) (1) On or before July 1, 2019, a local EMS agency shall transmit ambulance patient offload time data quarterly to the authority, consistent with the policies and procedures developed pursuant to Section 1797.225. (2) The data must be sufficient for the authority to calculate …

(a) (1) A county may contract for emergency ambulance services with a fire agency that will provide those services, in whole or in part, through a written subcontract with a private ambulance service. (2) This subdivision is declaratory of existing law regarding a county’s powers…

(a) (1) A fire agency, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1797.230, may enter into a written subcontract with a private ambulance service for the purpose of contracting with a county as described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 1797.230. (2) This subdivision …

(a) A ground ambulance provider shall not require an uninsured patient or self-pay patient to pay an amount more than the established payment by Medi-Cal or Medicare fee-for-service amount, whichever is greater. (b) (1) A ground ambulance provider shall only advance to collection…

Before any area is designated for redevelopment, the community authorized to undertake such development shall comply with the requirements of this article. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1812.)

The community shall have a planning agency established pursuant to law or charter. (Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 602, Sec. 2. Effective August 31, 1983.)

The community shall have a general plan which complies with Article 5 (commencing with Section 65300) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code, and which includes, but is not limited to, a housing element that substantially complies with state law. (Amended by…

A district, which is called the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, which was formerly known as the Bay Area Air Pollution Control District, is hereby continued in existence within the boundaries of the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mate…

The bay district shall continue to transact business and exercise its powers under this division in the counties, and portions of counties, specified in Section 40200. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

(a) Every district board may establish, by regulation, a permit system that requires, except as otherwise provided in Section 42310, that before any person builds, erects, alters, replaces, operates, or uses any article, machine, equipment, or other contrivance which may cause th…

(a) A district board may issue a consolidated permit which serves as (1) authority to build, erect, alter, or replace an article, machine, equipment, or contrivance which may cause the issuance of air contaminants, and (2) authority to operate or use that article, machine, equipm…

A district may establish a program to certify private environmental professionals to prepare permit applications. The program shall provide for all of the following: (a) Certification by the district of private environmental professionals who meet minimum qualifications establish…

A permit system established pursuant to Section 42300 shall do all of the following: (a) Ensure that the article, machine, equipment, or contrivance for which the permit was issued does not prevent or interfere with the attainment or maintenance of any applicable air quality stan…

Whenever necessary and appropriate to ensure compliance with all applicable conditions prior to issuance of a permit to operate an article, machine, equipment, or contrivance, a district may issue a temporary permit to operate. The temporary permit to operate shall specify a reas…

In any district that has a permit system established pursuant to Section 42300, the air pollution control officer may include, in any permit issued to a Title V source, emission limits, standards, and other requirements that ensure compliance with all federal Clean Air Act “appli…

It is the intent of the Legislature that, in addition to their responsibilities and obligations under state and federal law, in implementing Title V, districts do all of the following, to the extent feasible: (a) Develop, in recognition that districts are obligated to issue one-t…

(a) Any district permit system or permit provision established by a district board to meet the requirements of Title V shall, consistent with federal law, minimize the regulatory burden on Title V sources and the district and shall meet all of the following criteria: (1) Apply on…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a district shall not require, as part of its permit system or otherwise, that any form of emission offset or emission credit be provided to offset emissions resulting from any activity related to, or involved in, the demolition or r…

Each district shall adopt an expedited program for the permitting of standby electrical generation facilities, distributed generation facilities, geothermal facilities, including wells, and, where applicable, natural gas transmission facilities, that ensures those facilities will…

(a) In addition to complying with the requirements of this chapter, a permit system established by a district pursuant to Section 42300 shall ensure that any agricultural source that is required to obtain a permit pursuant to Title I (42 U.S.C. Sec. 7401 et seq.) or Title V (42 U…

(a) A district may adopt by regulation a program under which the district does not require a permit to be obtained by an agricultural source of air pollution that the district may otherwise require to obtain a permit if the owner or operator of the source has taken the following …

(a) Any agricultural source that existed prior to January 1, 2004, that becomes subject to a permit requirement pursuant to a district rule or regulation that was adopted prior to that date shall be permitted as an existing source and not as a new source. (b) Any agricultural sou…

A district shall not require emission offsets for any emission increase at a source that results from the installation, operation, or other implementation of any emission control device or technique used to comply with a district, state, or federal emission control requirement, i…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that districts expedite permits for the installation of air pollution control equipment. (b) (1) This section applies only to air pollution control projects at existing sources, where the project is necessary to comply with emission standar…

(a) Any article, machine, equipment, or contrivance that may emit into the ambient air any toxic air contaminant identified pursuant to Section 39662 shall comply with any regulation adopted by the state board or a district requiring a reduction in emissions of that contaminant o…

(a) Prior to approving an application for a permit to construct or modify a source that emits hazardous air emissions, and that source is located within 1,000 feet from the outer boundary of a schoolsite, the air pollution control officer shall prepare a public notice in which th…

(a) If the air pollution control officer determines there is a reasonably foreseeable threat of a release of an air contaminant from a source within 1,000 feet of the boundary of a school that would result in a violation of Section 41700 and impact persons at the school, the offi…

Upon receiving a request, for good cause, from the principal or an authorized representative of the principal of a school, the district shall, within 24 hours, respond to the request and notify the administering agency and the fire department having jurisdiction over the school. …

For the purposes of Sections 42301.5 to 42301.8, inclusive: (a) “School” means any public or private school used for purposes of the education of more than 12 children in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, but does not include any private school in which education …

An applicant for a permit that has been denied may request, within 30 days after receipt of the notice of the denial, the hearing board of the district to hold a hearing on whether the permit was properly denied. (Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 643, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 200…

Within 30 days of any decision or action pertaining to the issuance of a permit by a district, or within 30 days after mailing of the notice of issuance of the permit to any person who has requested notice, or within 30 days of the publication and mailing of notice provided for i…

An air pollution control officer, at any time, may require from an applicant for, or the holder of, any permit provided for by the regulations of the district board, such information, analyses, plans, or specifications which will disclose the nature, extent, quantity, or degree o…

(a) (1) An air pollution control officer, at any time, may, for the purpose of permitting or enforcement actions, require from the in-state or out-of-state supplier, wholesaler, or distributor of volatile organic compounds or chemical substances the use of which results in air co…

No person shall knowingly make any false statement in any application for a permit, or in any information, analyses, plans, or specifications submitted in conjunction with the application or at the request of the air pollution control officer. (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1063.)

If, within a reasonable time, the holder of any permit issued by a district board willfully fails and refuses to furnish the information, analyses, plans, or specifications requested by the district air pollution control officer, such officer may suspend the permit. Such officer …

The air pollution control officer shall reinstate a suspended permit when furnished with all the requested information, analyses, plans, and specifications. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

Within 10 days after receipt of the notice of suspension pursuant to Section 42304, the permittee may request the hearing board of the district to hold a hearing on whether or not the permit was properly suspended. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

An air pollution control officer may request the hearing board of the district to hold a hearing to determine whether a permit should be revoked, if he finds that the holder of the permit is violating any applicable order, rule, or regulation of the district or any applicable pro…

Within 30 days after a hearing has been requested pursuant to Section 42302, 42306, or 42307, the hearing board shall hold a hearing pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 40800) of Part 3. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

After a hearing, the hearing board may do any of the following: (a) Grant a permit denied by the air pollution control officer. (b) Continue the suspension of a permit suspended by the air pollution control officer. (c) Remove the suspension of an existing permit invoked by the a…

(a) A permit shall not be required for any of the following: (1) Any vehicle. (2) Any structure designed for and used exclusively as a dwelling for not more than four families. (3) An incinerator used exclusively in connection with a structure described in paragraph (2). (4) Barb…