Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

In the contract the city may provide, as specified in Section 101400, for payment by the city to the county to the county treasurer at times specified in the contract and shall be in an amount to repay the county for the entire cost of the services performed for the city as requi…

The board of supervisors may contract with the governing body of a city in the county to secure the performance by the city health officer or other city health employees of any or all functions related to public health in any unincorporated territory adjacent to the city.

Payment for the services specified in Section 101415 in the unincorporated territory shall be made by the county to the city treasurer.

The board of supervisors or the governing body of any city may contract with the county superintendent of schools or with the governing board of any school district located wholly or partially in the county or city for the performance by local health officers or other public heal…

The governing body of a city shall take measures necessary to preserve and protect the public health, including the regulation of sanitary matters in the city, and including if indicated, the adoption of ordinances, regulations and orders not in conflict with general laws.

This article does not prevent the appointment by the governing body of a board of health that shall be advisory to the health officer.

Every governing body of a city shall appoint a health officer, except when the city has made other arrangements, as specified in this code, for the county to exercise the same powers and duties within the city, as are conferred upon city health officers by law.

Immediately after the appointment of the city health officer the governing body shall notify the director of the appointment and the name and address of the appointee.

Each city health officer shall enforce and observe all of the following: (a) Orders and ordinances of the governing body of the city pertaining to the public health. (b) Orders, quarantine and other regulations, concerning the public health, prescribed by the department. (c) Stat…

The city health officer may take any preventive measure that may be necessary to protect and preserve the public health from any public health hazard during any “state of war emergency,” “state of emergency,” or “local emergency,” as defined by Section 8558 of the Government Code…

(a) For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (1) “Department” means the Department of Toxic Substances Control. (2) “Local officer” means a county health officer, city health officer, or county director of environmental health who has been granted authority …

This article shall not apply to any of the following: (a) A hazardous substance release site listed pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 78760) of Chapter 4 of Part 2 of Division 45, a site subject to an order or enforceable agreement issued pursuant to Article 1 (comme…

This article does not prohibit the department from assuming jurisdiction over a waste release site pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with Section 78000) of Division 45, or the regional water quality control board or the state board from assuming jurisdiction over a waste release sit…

(a) A local officer shall provide written notification to the department and the regional water quality control board of the local officer’s intention to enter into a remedial action agreement with a responsible party pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 101480…

A local officer may charge the responsible party a fee to recover the reasonable and necessary costs incurred in carrying out this article.

The following definitions shall apply for purposes of this chapter: (a) “County” means the County of San Luis Obispo. (b) “Governing board” means the governing body of the hospital authority. (c) “Hospital authority” means the separate public agency that may be established pursua…

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.

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).

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.

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.

The hospital authority shall not be a “person” subject to suit under the Cartwright Act (Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 16700) of Part 2 of Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code).

Notwithstanding Article 4.7 (commencing with Section 1125) of Chapter 1 of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code relating to incompatible activities, no member of the hospital authority administrative staff shall be considered to be engaged in activities inconsistent and i…

The hospital authority may use a computerized management information system in connection with the administration of the medical center.

Information maintained in the management information system or in other filing and records maintenance systems that is confidential and protected by law shall not be disclosed except as provided by law.

Notwithstanding any other law, Section 1461 shall apply to hearings on the reports of hospital medical audit or quality assurance committees.

The hospital authority shall carry general liability insurance to the extent sufficient to cover its activities.

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.

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing the governing board from meeting in closed session as otherwise provided by law.

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.

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…