Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

(a) A covered water system shall not discontinue residential service for nonpayment if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The customer, or a tenant of the customer, submits to the covered water system the certification of a primary care provider, as that term is defined…

A covered water system that discontinues residential service for nonpayment shall provide the customer with information on how to restore residential service. (Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 855, Sec. 7. (SB 3) Effective January 1, 2024.)

(a) For a residential customer who demonstrates to a covered water system household income below 200 percent of the federal poverty line, the covered water system shall do both of the following: (1) Set a reconnection of service fee for reconnection during normal operating hours …

(a) This section applies if there is a landlord-tenant relationship between the residential occupants and the owner, manager, or operator of the dwelling. (b) If a covered water system furnishes individually metered residential service to residential occupants of a detached singl…

A covered water system shall report the number of annual discontinuations of residential service for inability to pay on the covered water system’s internet website, if an internet website exists, and to the board. The board shall post on its internet website the information repo…

(a) The Attorney General, at the request of the board or upon the Attorney General’s own motion, may bring an action in state court to do either of the following: (1) Restrain by temporary or permanent injunction the use of any method, act, or practice declared in this chapter to…

All written notices required under this chapter shall be provided in English, the languages listed in Section 1632 of the Civil Code, and any other language spoken by 10 percent or more of the customers in the covered water system’s service area. (Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 855,…

Where provisions of existing law are duplicative of this chapter, compliance with one shall be deemed compliance with the other. Where those provisions are inconsistent, the provisions of this chapter shall apply. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit or restrict th…

This chapter does not apply to the termination of a service connection by a covered water system due to an unauthorized action of a customer. (Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 855, Sec. 13. (SB 3) Effective January 1, 2024.)

(a) Medical waste shall only be transported to a permitted medical waste treatment facility, or to a transfer station or another registered generator for the purpose of consolidation before treatment and disposal. (b) Facilities for the transfer of medical waste shall be annually…

All medical waste shall be hauled by a registered hazardous waste hauler, the United States Postal Service, or by a person with an exception granted pursuant to Section 117946 for small quantity generators or pursuant to Section 117976 for large quantity generators. (Amended by S…

A person who is authorized to collect solid waste, as defined in Section 40191 of the Public Resources Code, who unknowingly transports medical waste to a solid waste facility, as defined in Section 40194 of the Public Resources Code, incidental to the collection of solid waste, …

(a) Haulers of medical waste in California, with the exception of those using a materials of trade exception as specified in Sections 117946 and 117976, and United States Department of Transportation licensed common carriers hauling pharmaceutical waste, shall meet all United Sta…

A pharmaceutical waste generator or parent organization that employs health care professionals who generate pharmaceutical waste is exempt from the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 118000 if all of the following requirements are met: (a) The generator or parent organiza…

The pharmaceutical waste that is separated from medical waste by the generator shall be maintained in a manner to secure the pharmaceutical waste contents from access by unauthorized individuals. Any suspected or confirmed tampering of, unauthorized access to, or loss of this pha…

For the purpose of transferring medical waste prior to reaching a permitted medical waste treatment facility, medical waste shall not be unloaded, reloaded, or transferred to another vehicle at any location, except at a permitted medical waste transfer station or in the case of a…

(a) Except with regard to sharps waste consolidated by a home-generated sharps consolidation point approved pursuant to Section 117904, a hazardous waste transporter transporting medical waste shall maintain a completed tracking document in compliance with subdivision (b) for the…

(a) The department shall charge an application fee for a permit for a transfer station equal to one hundred dollars ($100) for each hour which the department spends on processing the application, but not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or as provided in the regulations …

(a) On and after October 15, 1978, no person shall manufacture in this state a saturated chlorofluorocarbon not containing hydrogen for use as an aerosol propellant in a can, canister, or other container. (b) On and after December 15, 1978, no person shall manufacture in this sta…

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this chapter, nothing in this chapter shall preclude the manufacture or sale of saturated chlorofluorocarbons not containing hydrogen for any of the uses exempted in currently proposed federal regulations, to be modified as the federal …

Subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 119150 shall be superseded by the enactment or adoption of any federal law or regulation prohibiting the manufacture of any aerosol product utilizing saturated chlorofluorocarbons not containing hydrogen and prohibiting the manufacture of satur…

The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) State-of-art knowledge regarding treatment of people infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) indicates that active HIV infection (AIDS) can be a manageable, though chronic, condition with the use of …

(a) (1) To the extent that state and federal funds are appropriated in the annual Budget Act for these purposes, the director shall establish and may administer a program to provide drug treatments to persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the etiologic agent o…

(a) The AIDS Drug Assistance Program Rebate Fund is hereby created as a special fund in the State Treasury. (b) All rebates collected from drug manufacturers on drugs purchased through the AIDS Drugs Assistance Program (ADAP) implemented pursuant to this chapter and, notwithstand…

(a) The department shall establish uniform standards of financial eligibility for the drugs under the program established under this chapter. (b) Nothing in the financial eligibility standards shall prohibit drugs to an otherwise eligible person whose modified adjusted gross inco…

(a) (1) For the purpose of verifying financial eligibility pursuant to Section 120960 and the federal Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 201 et seq.), the department shall verify the accuracy of the modified adjusted gross income reported on an AI…

(a) (1) The program established under this chapter shall make available to any eligible person under this chapter any antiviral drug that is approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immune deficiency synd…

The Office of AIDS shall report to the Legislature no later than October 1, 2000, the status of consumer protections for the AIDS drug program established pursuant to this chapter, including a report on the contractor’s performance in each of the following areas: (a) Filling of p…

If the department utilizes a contractor or subcontractor to administer any aspect of the program provided for under this chapter, the following additional client assistance provisions shall apply: (a) The contractor shall, either directly or through subcontracted pharmacy outlets…

(a) In the event state expenditures for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) are identified by California to be used as a certified public expenditure for the purpose of obtaining federal financial participation under the Medi-Cal program for any purposes, including federal de…

Except for explosives kept only at an explosive manufacturing plant, no person shall possess, keep, or store any explosive which is not completely encased in a tight metal, wooden, or fiber container, or a container approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission. No person having…

Every person having any blasting caps (electric or nonelectric) in his possession or control shall keep the same securely deposited in a locked approved magazine, except when taken therefrom for actual use, transportation, or sale. (Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 568.)

Except while in the custody of a common carrier or in course of transportation pending delivery to a consignee, all explosives shall be kept or stored as specified in the rules or regulations adopted by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to this part. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1…

As used in this chapter: (a) “Bird” means any order of Psittaciformes bird. (b) “Bird mart” means an event at which two or more persons offer birds for sale or exchange and where a fee is charged for the privilege of offering or displaying the birds. (c) “Hand-feeding” means the …

(a) A pet shop with five or fewer employees may not possess an unweaned bird unless the pet shop employs at least one person per pet shop location who has completed the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council’s avian certification program. (b) A pet shop with six or more employees ma…

(a) Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) per violation. The action may be prosecuted in the name of the people of the State of California by the district attorney for the county where the vio…

This chapter does not apply to publicly operated animal shelters and humane societies. (Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 331, Sec. 4. (SB 787) Effective January 1, 2020.)

This chapter shall become operative on September 1, 2004. (Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 887, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004. Note: This section prescribes a delayed operative date (Sept. 1, 2004) for Chapter 6, commencing with Section 122320.)

(a) The following definitions shall apply for purposes of this section: (1) “Domestic violence” means the infliction or threat of physical harm against past or present adult or adolescent intimate partners, and shall include physical, sexual, and psychological abuse against the p…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Rural hospitals serve as the “hub of health,” and through that role attract and retain in their communities physicians, nurses, and other primary care providers. Because of economies of scale compounded by reimbursement…

(a) The Legislature recognizes the need to strengthen, and in some cases salvage, rural hospitals to ensure that adequate access to services is provided to residents of rural areas as well as tourists and travelers who, at certain times, may outnumber the residents. Further, the …

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this article govern the construction of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)

“Department” means the State Department of Health Services. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)

“High-risk rural hospital,” means a hospital as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 124840 that can demonstrate through audited and interim financial reports and projections that it is probable that it will need to cease operations within one year. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 41…

The department shall, in consultation with an organization of interest, develop recommendations on the type and scope of technical assistance that needs to be available to small and rural hospitals from within the department. The recommendations of an organization of interest sha…

“Director” means the State Director of Health Services. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)