Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

It shall be unlawful to refuse to permit entry or inspection authorized by Section 108370 or to permit access to and copying of any record as authorized by Section 108300. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

No person shall be prosecuted under this chapter if, after receipt of a hazardous substance, he or she can establish a guarantee or undertaking signed by, and containing the name and address of, the person residing in the United States from whom he or she received in good faith t…

If the guarantee is to the effect that the article is not misbranded or banned within the meaning of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (Public Law 86-813, 74 Stat. 372), it shall be sufficient for all the purposes of this chapter and have the same force and effect as though it…

The giving of a guarantee referred to in Section 108270 that is false, is prohibited, except by a person who relied upon a guarantee to the same effect signed by, and containing the name and address of, the person residing in the United States from whom he or she received in good…

No person shall be prosecuted under this chapter if the hazardous substance is shipped or delivered for shipment for export to any foreign country, in a package marked for export on the outside of the shipping container and labeled in accordance with the specifications of the for…

The use by any person to his or her own advantage, or revealing other than to the department or any agent of the department or to the courts when relevant in any judicial proceeding under this chapter, of any information acquired under authority of this chapter concerning any met…

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) or more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceedin…

For the purpose of enforcing this chapter, carriers engaged in commerce, and persons receiving or holding hazardous substances shall upon the request of an agent of the department, permit the agent, at reasonable times, to have access to and to copy all records showing the moveme…

Before any violation of this chapter is reported to the district attorney of the county, or the prosecuting officer of the city, for institution of a criminal proceeding the person against whom the proceeding is contemplated may be given appropriate notice and an opportunity to p…

It is unlawful for any person to disseminate any false advertisement of any food, drug, device, or cosmetic. An advertisement is false if it is false or misleading in any particular. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

It is unlawful for any person to manufacture, sell, deliver, hold, or offer for sale any food, drug, device, or cosmetic that is falsely advertised. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

It is unlawful for any person to advertise any food, drug, device, or cosmetic that is adulterated or misbranded. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

It is unlawful for any person to receive in commerce any food, drug, device, or cosmetic that is falsely advertised or to deliver or proffer for delivery any such food, drug, device, or cosmetic. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Except as otherwise provided in Section 110405, it is unlawful for a person to advertise a drug or device represented to have an effect in any of the following conditions, disorders, or diseases: (a) Appendicitis. (b) Blood disorders. (c) Bone or joint diseases. (d) Kidney diseas…

An advertisement that is not unlawful under Section 110390 is not unlawful under Section 110403 if it is either one of the following: (a) Disseminated only to members of the medical, dental, pharmaceutical, or veterinary professions, or appears only in the scientific periodicals …

(a) A manufacturer, distributor, or seller of an industrial hemp product shall not include on the label of the product, or publish or disseminate in advertising or marketing, any health-related statement that is untrue in any particular manner as to the health effects of consumin…

Section 110403 shall not be construed as indicating that self-medication for conditions, disorders, or diseases other than those named is safe or efficacious. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

No publisher, radio or television broadcast licensee, or agency or medium for the dissemination of an advertisement, except the manufacturer, packer, distributor, or seller of the food, drug, device, or cosmetic to which a false advertisement relates, shall be liable under this a…

It shall be unlawful to advertise or otherwise represent chopped or ground beef or hamburger in violation of Section 110805. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

(a) Any fragrance advertising insert contained in a newspaper, magazine, mailing, or other periodically printed material shall contain only microencapsulated oils. Glue tabs or binders shall be used to prevent premature activation of the fragrance advertising insert. “Fragrance a…

Whenever the pharmacist’s copy of a controlled substance prescription is removed by a peace officer, agent of the Attorney General, or inspector of the Board of Pharmacy, or investigator of the Division of Investigation of the Department of Consumer Affairs for the purpose of inv…

Except when sold in bulk for manufacturing purposes, it is unlawful to sell or otherwise dispose of at retail jams, jellies, preserves, marmalades, peanut butter, horse-radish, mayonnaise, or salad dressings other than in closed containers approved by the department, when the dep…

(a) Food shall be obtained from sources that comply with all applicable laws. (b) Food stored or prepared in a private home shall not be used or offered for sale in a food facility, unless that food is prepared by a cottage food operation that is registered or has a permit pursua…

Food in a hermetically sealed container shall be obtained from a food processing plant that is regulated by the food regulatory agency that has jurisdiction over the plant, or from a cottage food operation that produces jams, jellies, and preserves and that is registered or has a…

(a) Liquid, frozen, and dry eggs and egg products shall be obtained pasteurized. (b) Frozen milk products, such as ice cream, shall be obtained pasteurized as specified in 21 C.F.R. 135–Frozen Desserts. (c) Fluid and dry milk and milk products complying with Grade A standard as s…

Ice for use as a food or a cooling medium shall be made from potable water. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 23, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007. Operative July 1, 2007, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 23.)

Fish that are received for sale or service shall be commercially and legally caught or harvested. (Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 23, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007. Operative July 1, 2007, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 23.)

(a) Molluscan shellfish shall be obtained from sources according to law or the requirements specified in the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration, National Shellfish Sanitation Program Guide for the Control of …

(a) Game animals shall be received from an approved source. (b) A game animal shall not be received for sale or service if it is a species of wildlife that is listed in 50 C.F.R. 17 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants or is listed as an endangered or threatened animal b…

(a) The department shall provide technical support for plume emergency phase response. During the ingestion pathway and recovery phases, the department shall have the lead technical role and shall participate in a joint state and local government protective action decisionmaking …

(a) The department shall administer the provisions of this chapter and all other provisions relating to the regulation of drinking water to protect public health. (b) The department shall also have the following responsibilities: (1) Conduct research, studies, and demonstration p…

(a) Once every five years the state board shall submit to the Legislature a comprehensive Safe Drinking Water Plan for California. (b) The Safe Drinking Water Plan shall include, but not be limited to, the following information: (1) An analysis of the overall quality of Californi…

(a) The department shall take all reasonable measures it determines necessary to reduce the risk to public health from waterborne illnesses in drinking water caused by cryptosporidium and giardia, to the extent those micro-organisms are not yet able to be adequately controlled th…

(a) The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment shall place a priority on the development of a public health goal for arsenic in drinking water, pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 116365, sufficient to allow it to adopt the goal no later than December 31, 2002. (b) C…

(a) The state board shall adopt primary drinking water standards for contaminants in drinking water that are based upon the criteria set forth in subdivision (b) and shall not be less stringent than the national primary drinking water standards adopted by the United States Enviro…

(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, including Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2, and Part 3 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Government Code, and except as provided in subdivision (b), for any propos…

(a) The department may adopt, pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 11346.2 of the Government Code, any rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 300f et seq.), other than those federal rules and regulations that establish …

The state board may adopt as an emergency regulation, a regulation, except a regulation that establishes maximum contaminant levels for primary and secondary drinking water standards, that is not more stringent than, and is not materially different in substance and effect than, t…

(a) In conducting the periodic review and revision of public health goals pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (e) of Section 116365, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment may give special consideration to those contaminants that, on the basis of currently avai…

(a) The Department of Health Services shall commence the process for adopting a primary drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium that complies with the criteria established under Section 116365. (b) The department shall report to the Legislature on its progress in developi…

(a) No public water system, or its customers, shall be responsible for remediation or treatment costs associated with MTBE, or a product that contains MTBE, provided, however, that the public water system shall be permitted as necessary to incur MTBE remediation and treatment cos…

The department shall establish a Research Advisory Committee, which shall consist of 11 members. The department shall provide for the support staff and meeting facility needs of the committee. The committee shall meet as necessary to review requests for research projects pursuant…

On or before January 1, 1998, the department shall propose, hold a public hearing, and adopt a finding of the best available technology for each contaminant for which a primary drinking water standard has been adopted. Thereafter, the department shall adopt a finding of the best …

The department shall adopt regulations it determines to be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The regulations shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (a) The monitoring of contaminants, including the type of contaminant, frequency and method …

(a) The state board, on or before July 1, 2020, shall adopt a definition of microplastics in drinking water. (b) The state board, on or before July 1, 2021, shall do all of the following: (1) Adopt a standard methodology to be used in the testing of drinking water for microplasti…

(a) The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment shall study the health effects of microplastics, consistent with Section 116365, in drinking and bottled water to evaluate toxicity characteristics and levels of microplastics in water that are not anticipated to cause or c…