Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

(a) Except as specified in subdivisions (b) and (c), after being served or sold and in the possession of a consumer, food that is unused or returned by the consumer shall not be offered as food for human consumption. (b) A container of food that is not potentially hazardous may b…

(a) Single-use articles and cleaned and sanitized multiservice utensils shall be handled, displayed, and dispensed so that contamination of food and lip-contact surfaces is prevented. (b) Knives, forks, and spoons that are not prewrapped shall be presented so that only the handle…

Soiled tableware shall be removed from consumer eating and drinking areas and handled so that clean tableware, food, and food-contact surfaces are not contaminated.

(a) Food offered for human consumption shall be honestly presented in a way that does not mislead or misinform the consumer. (b) Food or color additives, colored overwraps, lights or other misleading artificial means shall not be used to misrepresent the true appearance, color, o…

A cottage food product, as defined in Section 113758, that is served by a food facility without packaging or labeling, as described in Section 114365, shall be identified to the consumer as homemade on the menu, menu board, or other location that would reasonably inform a consume…

(a) Food prepackaged in a food facility shall bear a label that complies with the labeling requirements prescribed by the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law (Part 5 (commencing with Section 109875)), 21 C.F.R. 101-Food Labeling, 9 C.F.R. 317-Labeling, Marking Devices, and Conta…

(a) Except as specified in subdivision (c) of Section 114089, every bakery product shall have a protective wrapping that shall bear a label that complies with the labeling requirements prescribed by the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law (Part 5 (commencing with Section 109875)…

(a) If required by law, consumer warnings shall be provided. (b) Food facility’s or manufacturer’s dating information on foods may not be concealed or altered.

In a licensed health care facility and a public or private school cafeteria, the following shall apply: (a) Only pasteurized juice may be served. (b) Only pasteurized fluid and dry milk and milk products complying with Grade A standards as specified in law shall be served. (c) Pa…

(a) Except as specified in subdivision (c) and paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 114004 and pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 114091, if an animal food, including beef, eggs, fish, lamb, milk, pork, poultry, or shellfish, is served or sold raw, undercooked, or with…

(a) Any food facility that serves or sells over the counter directly to the consumer an unlabeled or nonprepackaged food that is a confectionery that contains alcohol in excess of one-half of 1 percent by weight shall provide written notice to the consumer of that fact. (b) The n…

(a) Commencing July 1, 2026, a food facility that is subject to Section 343(q)(5)(H) of Title 21 of the United States Code that serves or sells food to the consumer shall provide written notification of major food allergens that the food facility knows or reasonably should know a…

(a) A food facility subject to Section 343(q)(5)(H) of Title 21 of the United States Code or subject to this section as it read on July 1, 2011, shall comply with the requirements of that section of the United States Code and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto. (b) Notwiths…

(a) A retail food facility shall not sell or offer for sale after the “use by” date, infant formula or baby food that is required to have this date on its packaging pursuant to the federal act, as defined in Section 109930, and federal regulations adopted pursuant to the federal …

(a) As used in this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Agency” or “office” means the Office of Emergency Services. (2) “Department” means the State Department of Public Health. (3) “Disburse or disbursement” means a payment in advance from the Nuclear Planning A…

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (1) Existing law requires the development and maintenance of a nuclear powerplant emergency response program by state and local governments based on federal and state criteria. (2) The office, in consultation with the depa…

(a) The office is responsible for the coordination and integration of all emergency planning programs and response plans under this chapter. If there is a nuclear powerplant accident, the office shall coordinate information and resources to support local governments in a joint st…

(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) Local governments shall develop and maintain radiological emergency preparedness and response plans to safeguard the public in the emergency planning zone around a nuclear powerplant. (b) The responsibilities of local government within an emergency planning zone include, but …

Entities providing utilities shall perform all of the following duties and functions: (a) Any public or private utility that operates a nuclear powerplant in the state shall have a response organization that can be integrated with federal, state, and local government emergency re…

(a) The Department of Transportation shall include within its criteria for funding, repair, and construction projects, the need for adequate emergency evacuation routes. (b) State and local law enforcement agencies shall ensure all of the following: (1) Traffic flow plans for are…

(a) All new playgrounds open to the public built by a public agency or any other entity shall conform to the playground-related standards set forth by the American Society for Testing and Materials and the playground-related guidelines set forth by the United States Consumer Prod…

(a) The State Department of Social Services shall convene a working group to develop recommendations for minimum safety requirements for playgrounds at child care centers. (b) The working group shall include, but not be limited to, child care center operators, including represent…

This article shall become operative on January 1, 2008.

(a) No state funds shall be used by any state agency, onsite employee child care center for state employees, city, county, city and county, district, superintendent of schools, school district, or community college district to purchase wooden playground or recreational equipment …

(a) An operator of a skateboard park shall not permit a person to ride a skateboard or other wheeled recreational device in the park, unless that person is wearing a helmet, elbow pads, and knee pads. (b) With respect to a facility, owned or operated by a local public agency, tha…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Every resident of California has the right to pure and safe drinking water. (b) Feasible and affordable technologies are available and shall be used to remove toxic contaminants from public water supplies. (c) According…

(a) The state board succeeds to and is vested with all of the authority, duties, powers, purposes, functions, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the State Department of Public Health, its predecessors, and its director for purposes of all of the following: (1) The Environmenta…

As used in this chapter: (a) “Contaminant” means any physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance or matter in water. (b) “Department” means the state board. (c) “Primary drinking water standards” means: (1) Maximum levels of contaminants that, in the judgment of the…

(a) The state board shall establish a program, in consultation with the State Department of Education, to award grants to local educational agencies for the purposes of improving access to, and the quality of, drinking water in public schools consistent with the Legislature’s int…

(a) (1) When making outreach attempts to elementary schools and childcare facilities for the purposes of offering lead sampling in drinking water, pursuant to Sections 141.90(i) and 141.92 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, a community water system shall do both of t…

This chapter does not apply to a public water system that meets all of the following conditions: (a) Consists only of distribution and storage facilities and does not have any collection and treatment facilities. (b) Obtains all of its water from, but is not owned or operated by,…

Before August 6, 1998, this chapter shall not apply to an irrigation canal system if the owner or operator of the system certifies to the department, and notifies each user, in writing, that the water is untreated and is being furnished or supplied solely for agricultural purpose…

(a) A water district, as defined in subdivision (b), in existence prior to May 18, 1994, that provides primarily agricultural services through a piped water system with only incidental residential or similar uses shall not be considered to be a public water system if the departme…

(a) The department, in implementing subdivision (s) of Section 116275 and Section 116286, shall place requirements on affected public water systems and water districts that are consistent with this chapter and the guidelines established by the United States Environmental Protecti…

Before August 6, 1998, in areas where the water service rendered by a person is primarily agricultural, and domestic service is only incidental thereto, this chapter shall not apply except in specific areas in which the department has found its application to be necessary for the…

(a) On January 1, 2003, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment shall perform a risk assessment and, based upon that risk assessment, shall adopt a public health goal based exclusively on public health consideration for perchlorate using the criteria set forth in sub…

The department shall be responsible for ensuring that all public water systems are operated in compliance with this chapter and any regulations adopted hereunder. The department shall directly enforce this chapter for all public water systems except as set forth in Section 116500…

In administering programs to fund improvements and expansions of small community water systems, the department shall do all of the following: (a) Give priority to funding projects in disadvantaged communities. (b) Encourage the consolidation of small community water systems that …

(a) The department may delegate primary responsibility for the administration and enforcement of this chapter within a county to a local health officer authorized by the board of supervisors to assume these duties, by means of a local primacy delegation agreement if the local hea…

(a) The public water systems serving the City of Maywood shall conduct, publish, and submit to the City of Maywood, the State Department of Public Health, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, the Senate Committee on Environmental Quality, and the Assembly Committ…

This chapter shall not apply to state small water systems except as provided under this section: (a) The state board shall adopt regulations specifying minimum requirements for operation of a state small water system. The requirements may be less stringent than the requirements f…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (e) and subject to subdivision (b), a public water system shall not be determined, held, considered, or otherwise deemed in violation of the primary drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium while implementing a state board approved com…

(a) The local health officer shall submit a report monthly to the department regarding the status of compliance with this chapter by the public water systems under the jurisdiction of the local health officer. The report shall be in a form and manner prescribed by the department.…

(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…