Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

Nothing in this chapter shall prevent a local governing body from adopting and enforcing laws consistent with this chapter. Where local laws duplicate or supplement this chapter, this chapter shall be construed as providing alternative remedies and not to preempt the field. (Adde…

(a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Trauma Scene Waste Management Act. (b) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is in the interests of the health and safety of the public and the solid waste industry to regulate the handling and treatment of was…

(a) A trauma scene waste management practitioner shall register with the department on forms provided by the department. (b) The department shall register a trauma scene waste management practitioner and issue a trauma scene waste hauling permit to a trauma scene waste management…

(a) The department shall maintain an inventory of registered trauma scene waste management practitioners. (b) The department shall submit a list of registered trauma scene waste management practitioners to all local agency health officers and directors of environmental health, co…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 117650, the department shall be the sole enforcement agency with regard to the management of trauma scene waste. (b) The department, working with the trauma scene waste management industry and the health care industry, shall establish the following sta…

As specified in Section 117705, a trauma scene waste management practitioner who transports trauma scene waste shall be deemed the generator of the trauma scene waste for purposes of this part. (Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 732, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 1998.)

(a) Trauma scene waste shall be removed from the trauma scene immediately upon completion of the removal phase of a trauma scene waste removal operation. (b) Trauma scene waste shall be transported to a permitted medical waste transfer station or treatment facility pursuant to su…

(a) This chapter does not limit or abridge the jurisdiction of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health of the Department of Industrial Relations. (b) This chapter does not prohibit a business from employing or contracting with a person to provide cleanup or consultative se…

For purposes of this chapter, all of the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Animal rescue group” means any not-for-profit organization that has tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, whose mission and practice is, in whole or signif…

(a) A broker shall not make available for adoption, sell, or offer for sale a dog under one year of age, a cat, or a rabbit. (b) This chapter shall not apply to any of the following: (1) The sale or transfer of an animal conducted by, or on behalf of, the bona fide owner to a new…

As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Advanced introduction costs” means the costs of the project less a baseline cost that would otherwise be incurred by the applicant in the normal course of business. “Advanced introduction costs” may in…

There is hereby created the Sacramento Emergency Clean Air and Transportation Program. The program shall be administered by SACOG. The implementation of the program, in whole or in part, may be delegated by SACOG to the Sacramento Region Districts. The program may provide grants …

(a) Eligible projects may include, but shall not be limited to, any of the following: (1) Purchase of new very low- or zero-emission covered vehicles or covered engines to replace older heavy-duty diesel vehicles or engines. (2) NO x emission-reducing retrofit of covered engines,…

(a) Funds to implement the program shall be provided from the amount allocated from the Traffic Congestion Relief Fund for the purposes of paragraph (118) of subdivision (a) of Section 14556.40 of the Government Code. (b) To ensure that emission reductions are obtained as needed …

On or before January 10, 2001, the executive officer of the state board shall make a determination as to the eligibility of NO x retrofit technologies for use in the program, and may make additional determinations of eligibility of NO x technologies after January 10, 2001. In ord…

All emissions reductions and credits achieved as a result of programs initiated under this chapter shall be used to fulfill local and regional commitments to air quality standards. Any additional reductions or credits that may exist after the local or regional commitment to air q…