Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

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…

This chapter is not exclusive of Chapters 3 (commencing with Section 102400) and 12 (commencing with Section 103450), but offer an alternative method of establishing a record of birth.

Delayed certificates of birth issued pursuant to this chapter shall not be considered as evidence in any action or proceeding involving estates of decedents or in any proceeding to establish heirship unless the affidavit of at least one person who knew the facts was filed at the …

An application may be filed with the State Registrar for the delayed registration of birth of any person born in this state whose birth is not registered. The application may be made only by the person whose birth is being registered if he or she is 18 years of age or over at the…

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…

“Affidavit,” as used in this chapter, is defined as a written statement executed under oath by a person who at the time of birth was at least 5 years old and had knowledge of the facts of birth and shall include the full name of the person whose birth is being registered, the nam…

“Documentary evidence,” as used in this chapter, is defined as original or certified copies of a record that was executed at least five years prior to the date of application, and that substantiates the date and place of birth of the person whose birth is being registered; except…

For births that are being registered under this chapter there shall be required documentary evidence and affidavits pursuant to one of the following: (a) Two pieces of documentary evidence, at least one of which shall support the parentage. (b) One piece of documentary evidence a…

(a) Upon receipt by the State Registrar of an application for delayed registration of birth and payment of the required fee, he or she shall review the application together with the affidavits and documentary evidence accompanying it and shall accept the application if the applic…

The State Registrar shall send a certified copy of the delayed certificate of birth to the applicant without additional cost.

The State Registrar shall send certified copies of the delayed certificate of birth to the local registrar and the county recorder within which area the birth occurred and in whose offices copies of records of the year of occurrence of the event are on file.

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) It is reported that one in seven adult Californians has diabetes, and the numbers are rising rapidly. The actual number of those whose lives are affected by diabetes is unknown and stands to be much higher when factorin…

(a) The State Department of Public Health shall submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2019, that includes a summary and compilation of recommendations on diabetes prevention and management, if any, from all of the following sources: (1) The University of Cali…

It is the intent of the Legislature in adopting this article to safeguard the health, safety, and general welfare of the public by the registration of those environmental health professionals practicing as environmental health specialists who have completed an approved environmen…

This article does not require registration of individuals, such as industrial hygienists, health physicists, safety engineers, civil engineers, land surveyors, other registered professional engineers, or others with overlapping functions. This article does not require registratio…

The department may, upon recommendation of the Environmental Health Specialist Registration Committee appointed pursuant to Section 106675, adopt any regulations necessary to accomplish the purposes of this article.

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (a) “Department” means the State Department of Public Health. (b) “Committee” means the Environmental Health Specialist Registration Committee. (c) “Registered environmen…

Except for the design of onsite septic systems, nothing in this article shall authorize registered environmental health specialists to design any of the fixed works defined in Section 6731 of the Business and Professions Code.

The governing body of a local health department may employ on a full-time basis one or more registered environmental health specialists, each of whom shall be a registered environmental health specialist as provided for in this article, for the purpose of the enforcement of statu…

Any person may make an application to the department to be registered as an environmental health specialist. The department shall accept complete applications if accompanied by the required fees. (a) Application submission, completion and notification. (1) Receipt of an applicati…

(a) The requirements for registration of environmental health specialists shall be a minimum of a bachelor’s degree from a department-approved educational institution or an educational institution of collegiate grade listed in the directory of accredited institutions of postsecon…

Educational institutions requesting approval of their environmental health degree program shall first submit their program to the committee for review. If the program meets the prescribed curricula in Section 106635 it shall be submitted to the department for approval.

Those persons who meet the educational, experience, and training requirements of Section 106635 shall be eligible for admission to the examination for registration as an environmental health specialist.

Any person who has applied for environmental health specialist registration, or who is enrolled in an approved environmental health science curriculum, or who is certified by his or her employer as serving as an environmental health specialist trainee in an approved environmental…

A person who possesses a minimum of a bachelor’s degree from a department-approved educational institution or an educational institution of collegiate grade listed in the directory of accredited institutions of postsecondary education compiled by the American Council on Education…

Any person meeting the educational qualifications pursuant to Section 106635, but who does not meet the experience requirement of that section, may make application to the department on a form prescribed by the department for acceptance as an environmental health specialist train…

An approved environmental health training plan shall include program elements in the training, duration of training, and types of training. (a) Program elements, duration of training, and experience are as follows: (1) All environmental health specialist trainees shall complete a…

(a) On and after January 1, 1989, only a person who meets the educational and experience requirements as established under Section 106635 shall be eligible for admission to examination for registration as an environmental health specialist. (b) The professional examination shall …

(a) (1) An Environmental Health Specialist Registration Committee shall be appointed to advise and to make recommendations to the department with respect to, and to take other actions as described in this article for the establishment of rules and regulations necessary to ensure,…

An appointment shall be for a four-year term. A committee member may serve successive terms. Each member shall serve on the committee until the appointment and qualification of their successor. A vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the terms shall be filled by appointmen…

(a) The members of the committee shall, annually, in the month of April, elect from their number a chairperson and a secretary. (b) The committee shall meet at least quarterly, in person or virtually, and at other times as it may determine, to evaluate applications for registrati…

(a) The committee shall keep a record of its meetings and proceedings. (b) The department shall maintain a register of all applications for registration and retain examination papers and records pertaining thereto for a length of time to be determined by the department. (c) (1) T…

A registered environmental health specialist may maintain registration under a retired biennial registration provided the following requirements are met: (a) Has been a working registered environmental health specialist in California for at least 10 years in an area covered in su…

(a) A nonreturnable fee shall be paid by a person for each application for registration, application for examination, and biennial renewal. (b) Fees shall not exceed the actual administrative costs of the program. Fees, except retired and penalty fees, shall be subject to Section…

The department upon recommendation of the committee, may, by regulation, establish the requirement and standards for continuing education for registered environmental health specialists. The standards shall be established in a manner to assure that a variety of forms of continuin…

A valid registration as an environmental health specialist under this article shall only be issued to a person who has: (a) Met the applicable education and experience requirements. (b) Successfully passed the examination for registration. (c) Submitted a complete application in …

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, the department upon the recommendation of the committee may suspend, deny, refuse to renew, or revoke a registration certificate issued under this article after sufficient notice and an opportunity for a hearing and upon f…

The department and the committee may use the following criteria to evaluate the potential for rehabilitation or actual rehabilitation of a person prior to denying, suspending, or revoking registration. (a) The nature and severity of the act, crime, or violation under consideratio…

The department shall, upon application therefor and upon payment of the current application and biennial renewal fees, as determined by the department upon the recommendation of the committee by a two-thirds vote, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100), issue a certificate of r…

This article does not affect or replace any other requirements or qualifications imposed pursuant to state or federal law on persons involved in activities under subdivision (e) of Section 106615.

Only a person who has qualified as a registered environmental health specialist and who holds a valid registration certificate issued in conformance with Section 106710 for use in this state shall have the right and privilege of using the title “registered environmental health sp…

This article establishes requirements for radon certification.

“Department” means the State Department of Health Services.

“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…