Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

No regulation or ordinance of a district which regulates or prescribes standards for the installation of plumbing inside of buildings and structures, shall be effective within any county, city and county, or city which has adopted an ordinance, regulation, or code incorporated in…

A violation of a regulation or ordinance of a district is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed 30 days, or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both. (Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 651.)

It may borrow money and incur indebtedness and guarantee the performance of its legal or contractual obligations whether heretofore or hereafter incurred; and also refund or retire any public indebtedness or lien that may exist or be created against the district or any property t…

In order to effect its powers, it may enter upon private property for the purpose of inspection and maintenance of sanitary and waste disposal facilities and may terminate service to property in which a violation of any rule or regulation is found to exist. Prior to termination o…

In order to enforce the provisions of any ordinance of the district, the district may correct any violation of an ordinance of the district. The cost of such correction may be added to any sewer service charge payable by the person violating the ordinance or the owner or tenant o…

The governing body of any city or city and county, having a population of more than one hundred thousand persons, may order the disinterment and removal of all human remains interred in all or any part of any cemetery of more than five acres in extent situated within its limits, …

The governing body of such city or city and county may in any ordinance ordering or directing the disinterment and removal of such remains prescribe reasonable rules and regulations governing the manner of making disinterments and removals and providing for reinterment in cemeter…

When the director determines that a release of a hazardous substance has occurred or is about to occur, the director may do any or all of the following: (a) Undertake those investigations, monitoring, surveys, testing, and other information gathering necessary to identify the exi…

(a) Whenever there is a release or threatened release of a hazardous substance into the environment, the director may take or contract for any necessary removal or remedial action and may take or contract for any actions authorized by Section 78650, in compliance with the provisi…

(a) Whenever there is a release or threatened release of a hazardous substance, the director may request the Attorney General to secure relief as may be necessary from the responsible party to abate the release or threatened release. The superior court of the county in which the …

Any person who refuses or prevents, without sufficient cause, any activity authorized pursuant to this article or Section 78870 shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each separate violation, or for continuing violations, for …

All plots conveyed to individuals are presumed to be the sole and separate property of the owner named in the instrument of conveyance. (Amended by Stats. 1939, Ch. 339.)

The spouse of an owner of any plot containing more than one interment space has a vested right of interment of his remains in the plot and any person thereafter becoming the spouse of the owner has a vested right of interment of his remains in the plot if more than one interment …

No conveyance or other action of the owner without the written consent or joinder of the spouse of the owner divests the spouse of a vested right of interment, except that a final decree of divorce between them terminates the vested right of interment unless otherwise provided in…

If no interment is made in an interment plot which has been transferred by deed or certificate of ownership to an individual owner, or if all remains previously interred are lawfully removed, upon the death of the owner, unless he has disposed of the plot either in his will by a …

Cemetery property passing to an individual by reason of the death of the owner is exempt from all inheritance taxes. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

An affidavit by a person having knowledge of the facts setting forth the fact of the death of the owner and the name of the person or persons entitled to the use of the plot pursuant to this chapter, is complete authorization to the cemetery authority to permit the use of the uno…

(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), laboratories engaged in the performance of forensic alcohol analysis tests by or for law enforcement agencies on blood, urine, tissue, or breath for the purposes of determining the concentration of ethyl alcohol in persons involved in …

All laboratories that are subject to the requirements of Section 100700 shall ensure that breath alcohol instruments and calibrating devices used in testing are listed in the conforming products list in the Federal Register by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of…

(a) All laboratories that are subject to the requirements of Section 100700 shall follow the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB) guidelines for proficiency testing. The required proficiency test must be obtained from any ASCLD…

(a) On or before July 1, 2005, the department shall establish a review committee. (b) The review committee shall have eight members, including one person representing each of the following: (1) Prosecuting attorneys. (2) Law enforcement agencies. (3) Defense attorneys. (4) Corone…

On or after January 1, 1971, the department shall enforce this chapter and regulations adopted by the department. (Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1023, Sec. 301.5. Effective September 29, 1996.)

Any ampoules and their contents employed in a breath alcohol analysis test may be destroyed by the law enforcement agency in possession of them one year after the date of collection of the breath sample. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.)

When the governing body of a city in the county consents by resolution or ordinance, the county health officer shall enforce and observe in the city all of the following: (a) Orders and quarantine regulations prescribed by the department and other regulations issued under this co…

The resolution or ordinance shall be adopted and a certified copy served on the clerk of the board of supervisors on or before the first day of March of any year, and the services of the county health officer in the city shall commence on the first day of July following service o…

The board of supervisors of the county may, by ordinance, establish a hospital authority separate and apart from the county for the purpose of effecting a transfer of the management, administration, and control of General Hospital and the Family Care Centers in accordance with Se…

(a) A hospital authority established pursuant to this chapter shall be governed by a board that is comprised of San Luis Obispo County residents and subject to final approval by a majority vote of the county board of supervisors. (b) The governing board shall consist of 11 member…

Unless otherwise provided by the board of supervisors by way of resolution, the hospital authority is empowered, or the board of supervisors is empowered on behalf of the hospital authority, to apply as a public agency for one or more licenses for the provision of health care pur…

In the event of a change of license ownership, the governing body of the hospital authority shall comply with the obligations of governing bodies of general acute care hospitals generally as set forth in Section 70701 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations, as currentl…

Any transfer by the county to the hospital authority of the administration, management, and control of General Hospital and the Family Care Centers, whether or not the transfer includes the surrendering by the county of the existing general acute care hospital license and corresp…

Any transfer described in Section 101831 shall not otherwise disqualify the county, or in the case of a change in license ownership, the hospital authority, from participating in any of the following: (a) Other funding sources either specific to county hospitals or county ambulat…

Any contract executed by and between the county and the hospital authority shall provide that liabilities or obligations of the hospital authority with respect to its activities pursuant to the contract shall be the liabilities or obligations of the hospital authority, and shall …

Any liabilities or obligations of the hospital authority with respect to the liquidation or disposition of the hospital authority’s assets upon termination of the hospital authority shall not become the liabilities or obligations of the county, except for any liabilities or oblig…

Any obligation of the hospital authority, statutory, contractual, or otherwise, shall be the obligation solely of the hospital authority and shall not be the obligation of the county, except for any obligations, statutory, contractual, or otherwise, due the State of California. (…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any transfer of the administration, management, or assets of General Hospital or the Family Care Centers, or both, whether or not accompanied by a change in licensing, shall not relieve the county of the ultimate responsibility…

Notwithstanding the provisions of this article relating to the obligations and liabilities of the hospital authority, a transfer of control or ownership of General Hospital and the Family Care Centers shall confer onto the hospital authority all the rights and duties set forth in…

A transfer of the maintenance, operation, and management or ownership of General Hospital to the hospital authority shall comply with the provisions of Section 14000.2 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 899, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)

A transfer of maintenance, operation, and management or ownership to the hospital authority may be made with or without the payment of a purchase price by the hospital authority and otherwise upon the terms and conditions that the parties may mutually agree, which terms and condi…

The statutory authority of a board of supervisors to prescribe rules that authorize a county hospital to integrate its services with those of other hospitals into a system of community service that offers free choice of hospitals to those requiring hospital care, as set forth in …

(a) The hospital authority shall have the power to acquire and possess real or personal property and may dispose of real or personal property other than that owned by the county, as may be necessary for the performance of its functions. The hospital authority shall have the power…

Members of the governing board of the hospital authority shall not be vicariously liable for injuries caused by the act or omission of the hospital authority to the extent that protection applies to members of governing boards of local public entities generally under Section 820.…

The hospital authority shall be a public agency subject to the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code). (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 899, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)

The county, the hospital authority, the governing board, employees of the county working at General Hospital or the Family Care Centers, and employees of the hospital authority shall comply with the following requirements, in addition to any general requirements of law that are n…

The hospital authority created pursuant to the chapter may borrow from the county and the county may lend the hospital authority funds or issue revenue anticipation notes to obtain those funds necessary to operate General Hospital and the Family Care Centers and otherwise provide…

The hospital authority shall be subject to state and federal taxation laws that are applicable to counties generally. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 899, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)

The hospital authority, the county, or both, may engage in marketing, advertising, and promotion of the medical and health care services made available to the community at General Hospital and the Family Care Centers. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 899, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2…