Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

As used in this article “felony offense,” and offense “punishable as a felony” refer to an offense prior to July 1, 2011, for which the law prescribes imprisonment in the state prison, or for an offense on or after July 1, 2011, imprisonment in either the state prison or pursuant…

(a) Subject to Sections 11362.2, 11362.3, 11362.4, and 11362.45, but notwithstanding any other provision of law, it shall be lawful under state and local law, and shall not be a violation of state or local law, for persons 21 years of age or older to: (1) Possess, process, transp…

(a) Personal cultivation of cannabis under paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 11362.1 is subject to the following restrictions: (1) A person shall plant, cultivate, harvest, dry, or process plants in accordance with local ordinances, if any, adopted in accordance with su…

(a) Section 11362.1 does not permit any person to: (1) Smoke or ingest cannabis or cannabis products in a public place, except in accordance with Section 26200 of the Business and Professions Code. (2) Smoke cannabis or cannabis products in a location where smoking tobacco is pro…

(a) A person who engages in the conduct described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 11362.3 is guilty of an infraction punishable by no more than a one-hundred-dollar ($100) fine; provided, however, that persons under 18 years of age shall instead be required to comp…

Section 11362.1 does not amend, repeal, affect, restrict, or preempt: (a) Laws making it unlawful to drive or operate a vehicle, boat, vessel, or aircraft, while smoking, ingesting, or impaired by, cannabis or cannabis products, including, but not limited to, subdivision (e) of S…

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Compassionate Use Act of 1996. (b) (1) The people of the State of California hereby find and declare that the purposes of the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 are as follows: (A) To ensure that seriously ill Californians have t…

(a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that the state commission objective scientific research by the premier research institute of the world, the University of California, regarding the efficacy and safety of administering cannabis, its naturally occurring constituents, and…

(a) All areas of a food facility shall have sufficient ventilation to facilitate proper food storage and to provide a reasonable condition of comfort for each employee, consistent with the job performed by the employee. (b) Toilet rooms shall be vented to the outside air by means…

(a) Mechanical exhaust ventilation equipment shall be provided over all cooking equipment as required to effectively remove cooking odors, smoke, steam, grease, heat, and vapors. All mechanical exhaust ventilation equipment shall be installed and maintained in accordance with the…

(a) Every hood shall be installed to provide for thorough cleaning of all interior and exterior surfaces, including, but not limited to, the hood, filters, piping, lights, troughs, hangers, flanges, and exhaust ducts. (b) Exhaust ventilation hood systems in food preparation and w…

Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems shall be designed and installed so that make-up air intake and exhaust vents do not cause contamination of food, food-contact surfaces, equipment, or utensils and do not create air currents that cause difficulty in maintaining th…

For the purposes of the Radiologic Technology Act (Section 27) and this chapter: (a) “Department” means the State Department of Public Health. (b) “Committee” means the Radiologic Technology Certification Committee. (c) “Radiologic technology” means the application of x-rays on h…

The Legislature recognizes that local program effectiveness may be evaluated in a variety of ways, but should reflect the needs and priorities of the local community and attempt to measure the achievement of objectives determined through the planning process described in this par…

Each county shall ensure the evaluation of all funded programs to determine whether they have achieved their objectives as determined in the planning process. In addition, recognizing the difficulty and expense of conducting effective county alcohol and other drug program evaluat…

The department may disseminate information about the evaluation projects to all counties and interested persons throughout the state in order to advance the knowledge of the field about these evaluation methodologies. (Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1328, Sec. 61.)

(a) All of the following persons or entities shall carry liability insurance set forth in subdivision (b): (1) Any person or entity that owns or operates a business engaged in whole or in part, in the wholesale or retail sale of any energy product, liquid or vapor, which is trans…

Notwithstanding any provision of law, any person or entity that owns or operates a business engaged, in whole or in part, in the wholesale or retail sale of any energy product, liquid or vapor, which is transported or dispensed, may combine to form an insurance risk pool, or pool…

If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this article which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end th…

The authority may establish, in cooperation with affected medical organizations, guidelines for hospital facilities according to critical care capabilities. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1260.)

At any time after the agency created for any community becomes authorized to transact business and exercise its powers, the legislative body of the community may appropriate to the agency such amounts as the legislative body deems necessary for the administrative expenses and ove…

Each agency transacting business and exercising powers under this part shall annually submit to the legislative body of the community a proposed budget of its administrative expenses. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1812.)

The legislative body may adopt an annual budget for the administrative expenses of the agency in such amounts as it deems necessary and may provide such conditions and restrictions upon the expenditure or encumbrance of the money appropriated pursuant to the budget as it deems ad…

The money appropriated for administrative expenses shall be kept in the treasury of the community in a special fund to be known as the community redevelopment agency administrative fund, and money shall be drawn from the fund to meet the administrative expenses of the agency in s…

The money appropriated by the legislative body to the community redevelopment agency administrative fund is money granted by the community to defray the administrative expenses of the agency which is performing a public function of the community. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1812.)…

Each such agency shall file with the legislative body a detailed report of all its transactions, including a statement of all revenues and expenditures, at monthly, quarterly, or annual intervals as the legislative body may prescribe. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1812.)

As used in this chapter: (a) “Waste” includes sewage and any and all other waste substances, liquid, solid, gaseous, or radioactive, associated with human habitation, or of human or animal origin, or from any producing, manufacturing, or processing operation of whatever nature. (…

No person shall discharge sewage or other waste, or the effluent of treated sewage or other waste, in any manner which will result in contamination, pollution or a nuisance. (Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1447.)

(a) Any person who, without regard to intent or negligence, causes or permits any sewage or other waste, or the effluent of treated sewage or other waste, to be discharged in or on any waters of the state, or discharged in or deposited where it is, or probably will be, discharged…

Whenever the state department or any local health officer finds that a contamination exists, the state department or officer shall order the contamination abated, as provided in this chapter, and, commencing July 1 of a year in which the Legislature has appropriated sufficient fu…

(a) Any person who, without regard to intent or negligence, causes or permits any sewage or other waste, or the effluent of treated sewage or other waste to be discharged in or on any waters of the state, or discharged in or deposited where it is, or probably will be, discharged …

Whenever the state department finds that a pollution or nuisance does, in fact, exist, that condition shall be immediately referred by the state department to the proper regional board for action, together with any recommendations for correction, and, commencing July 1 of a year …

With respect to any condition of contamination, the state department may accept the action of any state, county, or municipal officer or agency having jurisdiction over the matter as sufficient. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1550.)

No provision in this chapter is a limitation on any of the following: (a) The authority of a city or county to adopt and enforce additional regulations not in conflict with this chapter imposing additional conditions, restrictions, or limitations relating to the disposal of sewag…

(a) There shall be not less than one water closet for each 20 employees or fractional part thereof working at a construction job site. (b) The water closet shall consist of a patented chemical type privy, or a pit privy; provided, however, that a pit privy shall consist of a pit …

At any time after the annexation of territory, the board may issue bonds to raise money for any of the purposes stated in Section 6512 hereof in or for the benefit of said annexed area in the same manner as in any other part of the district, except, only qualified electors reside…

The provisions of this part with reference to bonds in annexed territory do not limit the powers or alter the procedure provided for the issuance of bonds by an entire district and payable out of taxes levied upon all taxable property whether the boundaries of the district remain…

(a) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 25187 of the Health and Safety Code , the department may use any legal remedies available pursuant to this part or Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 25100) of Division 20 to compel a responsible party or parties t…

(a) Any interested person may institute proceedings for injunctive or declaratory relief or writ of mandate in any court of competent jurisdiction for the purpose of stopping or preventing violations or threatened violations of Article 2 (commencing with Section 101861) by the co…

(a) A physician and surgeon, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, funeral director, or other person shall immediately notify the coroner if they have knowledge of a death that occurred or have charge of a body in which death occurred under any of the following circumstances: …

The coroner whose duty it is to investigate such deaths shall ascertain as many as possible of the facts required by this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The coroner shall state on the certificate of death the disease or condition directly leading to death, antecedent causes, other significant conditions contributing to death and other medical and health section data as may be required on the certificate, and the hour and day on w…

In any case involving an infant under the age of one year where the gross autopsy results in a presumed diagnosis of sudden infant death syndrome, the coroner shall, within 24 hours of the gross autopsy, notify the local health officer, as defined in Section 123740. (Added by Sta…

(a) In deaths investigated by the coroner or medical examiner where he or she is unable to establish the identity of the body or human remains by visual means, fingerprints, or other identifying data, the coroner or medical examiner may have a qualified dentist, as determined by …

For the purposes of making any household substance that is subject to a standard established under Section 108685 readily available to elderly or handicapped persons unable to use the substance when packaged in compliance with the standard, the manufacturer or packer, may package…

If a household substance subject to such a standard is dispensed pursuant to an order of a physician, dentist, or other licensed medical practitioner authorized to prescribe the substance, then it may be dispensed in noncomplying packages only when directed in the order or when r…