Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

Notwithstanding any other law, Section 1461 shall apply to hearings on the reports of hospital medical audit or quality assurance committees. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 899, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)

The hospital authority shall carry general liability insurance to the extent sufficient to cover its activities. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 899, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)

The records of the hospital authority, whether paper records, records maintained in the management information system, or records in any other form that relate to trade secrets or to payment rates or the determination thereof, or that relate to contract negotiations with provider…

Notwithstanding any other law, the governing board may order that a meeting held solely for the purpose of discussion or taking action on hospital authority trade secrets, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 3426.1 of the Civil Code, shall be held in closed session. The requ…

The governing board may delete the portion or portions containing trade secrets from any documents that were finally approved in the closed session that are provided to persons who have made the timely or standing request. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 899, Sec. 1. Effective January…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing the governing board from meeting in closed session as otherwise provided by law. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 899, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)

The provisions of this chapter shall not prevent access to any records by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee in the exercise of its powers pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 10500) of Chapter 4 of Part 2 of Division 2 of Title 2 of the Government Code. (Added by St…

Open sessions of the hospital authority shall constitute official proceedings authorized by law within the meaning of Section 47 of the Civil Code. The privileges set forth in that section with respect to official proceedings shall apply to open sessions of the hospital authority…

The hospital authority shall be a public agency for purposes of eligibility with respect to grants and other funding and loan guarantee programs. Contributions to the hospital authority shall be tax deductible to the extent permitted by state and federal law. Nonproprietary incom…

Contracts by and between the hospital authority and the state and contracts by and between the hospital authority and providers of health care, goods, or services may be let on a nonbid basis and shall be exempt from Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 10290) of Part 2 of Division…

Provisions of the Evidence Code, the Government Code, including the Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code), the Civil Code, the Business and Professions Code, and other applicable law pertaining to the confidentiality…

In the event the board of supervisors determines that the hospital authority should no longer function for the purposes as set forth in this chapter, the board of supervisors may, by ordinance, terminate the activities of the hospital authority and expire the hospital authority a…

A hospital authority that is created pursuant to this article but which does not obtain the administration, management, and control of General Hospital and the Family Care Centers or which has those duties and responsibilities revoked by the board of supervisors shall not be empo…

The county shall establish baseline data reporting requirements for General Hospital and the Family Care Centers consistent with the Medically Indigent Health Care Reporting System (MICRS) program established pursuant to Section 16910 of the Welfare and Institutions Code and shal…

Upon transfer of General Hospital and the Family Care Centers, the county shall establish baseline data reporting requirements for each of the General Hospital and the Family Care Centers inpatient facilities consistent with data reporting requirements of the Office of Statewide …

From the date of transfer of General Hospital and the Family Care Centers to the hospital authority, the hospital authority shall provide the county with quarterly reports specified in Sections 101849.2 and 101849.3 and any other data required by the county. The county, in consul…

The application shall be made on the forms prescribed and furnished by the State Registrar and shall contain information and shall be accompanied by affidavits and documentary evidence as required to enable the State Registrar to determine whether the birth did in fact occur at t…

This article establishes requirements for radon certification. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 327, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2001.)

“Department” means the State Department of Health Services. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 327, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2001.)

“Radon services” means any of the following: (a) The analysis of radon detectors or testing for radon or radon decay products by a commercial laboratory. (b) The performance of radon or radon progeny measurements in buildings by an individual person who provides professional or e…

(a) Except as provided in Section 106790, no person may provide radon services for the general public, or represent or advertise that he or she may provide radon services unless that person meets both of the following requirements: (1) Successfully completes the National Radon Me…

The department shall maintain a list of persons that have submitted proof of certification by either the National Environmental Health Association or the National Radon Safety Board Certified Radon Professional Program. This list shall be made available to the public. (Repealed a…

This article does not apply to a person in any of the following circumstances: (a) The person is testing for, or mitigating radon in a building that the person owns or occupies. (b) The person is designing or conducting mitigation measures to prevent against radon infiltration or…

It is unlawful for an individual to provide radon services in violation of this article. A violation of this article is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). (Repealed and added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 327, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 200…

A determination by the department that a toy or other article intended for use by children presents an electrical, mechanical, or thermal hazard shall be made by regulation. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

If, before or during the making of a determination pursuant to Section 108230, the department finds that, because of an electrical, mechanical, or thermal hazard, distribution of the toy or other article involved presents an imminent hazard to the public health and the department…

The sale, offering for sale, holding for sale, delivering, giving away, prescribing or administering of any drug, medicine, compound, or device to be used in the diagnosis, treatment, alleviation, or cure of cancer is unlawful and prohibited unless (1) an application with respect…

Within 180 days after the filing of an application provided for in subdivision (2) of Section 109300 or an additional period as may be agreed upon by the board and the applicant, the board shall either: (a) Approve the application if it finds that none of the grounds for denying …

In the case of any drug, medicine, compound or device for that an approval of an application filed pursuant to this article and Article 1 (commencing with Section 109250) is in effect, the applicant shall establish and maintain the records, and make the reports to the board, of d…

The board shall issue an order refusing to permit the application to become effective, if, after due notice to the applicant and opportunity for a hearing, the board finds any of the following: (a) The investigations, reports that are required to be submitted to the board pursuan…

(a) The board shall issue an order withdrawing approval of an application concerning any drug, medicine, compound, or device if, after due notice to the applicant and opportunity for a hearing, the board finds any of the following: (1) That clinical or other experience, tests, or…

This article and Article 1 (commencing with Section 109250) shall not apply to the use of any drug, medicine, compound, or device intended solely for legitimate and bona fide investigational purposes by experts qualified by scientific training and experience to investigate the sa…

Section 109300 does not apply to any device used within the scope of his or her license privileges by a physician and surgeon or dentist licensed as such in this state. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The failure of any individual, person, firm, association, or other entity representing himself, or itself, as engaged in the diagnosis, treatment, alleviation, or cure of cancer to comply with any of the regulations adopted under this article and Article 1 (commencing with Sectio…

The investigation or testing of any product shall not be deemed to imply or indicate any endorsement of the qualifications or value of any product. No person shall make any representation that investigation or testing hereunder constitutes any approval or endorsement of his or he…

Following an investigation or testing of the content or composition of any drug, medicine, compound, or device used by any individual, person, firm, association, or other entity in the diagnosis, treatment, alleviation, or cure of cancer, and after hearing as provided in Section …

The department may direct that any individual, person, firm, association, or other entity shall cease and desist any further prescribing, recommending, or use of any drug, medicine, compound, or device for which no application has been approved under this article and Article 1 (c…

(a) Any violation of this article and Article 1 (commencing with Section 109250), of the regulations adopted thereunder or of a cease and desist order issued by the department under Section 109345 or 109350 may be enjoined by the superior court in any county, on application of th…

Any person against whom an injunction or cease and desist order has been issued, under this article and Article 1 (commencing with Section 109250), may not undertake to use in the diagnosis, treatment, alleviation, or cure of cancer any new, experimental, untested, or secret drug…

It is unlawful for any person, with the intent to defraud, to falsely represent and provide for compensation a device, substance, method or treatment as effective to diagnose, arrest, prevent, or cure cancer. Nothing in this section shall abridge the existent rights of the press.…

Except as provided in Section 109335, a violation of this article and Article 1 (commencing with Section 109250) is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding one year, or in the state prison, or by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000)…

The director shall investigate possible violations of this article and Article 1 (commencing with Section 109250) and report violations to the appropriate enforcement authority. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

County health officers, district attorneys and the Attorney General shall cooperate with the director in the enforcement of this article and Article 1 (commencing with Section 109250). (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The department, upon recommendation of the Cancer Advisory Council, may from time to time publish reports based on its investigation or testing of any drug, medicine, compound, or device prescribed, recommended, or used by any individual, person, firm, association, or other entit…

All hearings authorized by this article and Article 1 (commencing with Section 109250) shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January …

No provision of this article and Article 1 (commencing with Section 109250) shall preclude reconsideration of an application for use of any drug, medicine, compound or device for the diagnosis, treatment, alleviation or cure of cancer if new evidence or matter is presented to the…