Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

Every person in charge of a hospital or other institution to which persons are admitted for treatment or confinement shall make a record of the personal, medical and other information for each patient sufficient and adequate for the completion of a birth or death certificate. (Ad…

“Absence of conflicting information relative to parentage” as used in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 102625) or Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 103225) means the absence of conflicting information relative to the existence or nonexistence of a parent and child relationshi…

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that birth defects, stillbirths, and miscarriages represent problems of public health importance about which too little is known; that these conditions lead to severe mental anguish on the part of parents and relatives and frequently to h…

The director shall maintain a system for the collection of information, necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter. The director shall require health facilities, with 15 days’ notice, to make available to authorized program staff the medical records of children suspecte…

The birth defects monitoring program shall operate statewide. It is the intent of the Legislature that the adequacy of program resources shall be assessed annually, and that the annual assessment shall include a consideration of at least all the following factors: (a) The numbers…

The director shall use the information collected pursuant to Section 103830 and information available from other reporting systems and health providers to conduct studies to investigate the causes of birth defects, stillbirths, and miscarriages and to determine and evaluate measu…

The director shall appoint an advisory committee to advise on the implementation of this chapter. Each of the disciplines of epidemiology, hospital administration, biostatistics, maternal and child health and public health shall be represented on the committee. At least one of th…

(a) All information collected pursuant to this chapter shall be confidential and shall be used solely for the purposes provided in this chapter. For purposes of this chapter, this information shall be referred to as “confidential information.” Access to confidential information s…

The department may enter into a contract for the establishment and implementation of the birth defects monitoring program. The contract shall include provisions requiring full compliance with all the requirements of this chapter. The term of the contract may be in excess of one y…

The Legislature finds and declares that high blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is a widespread and serious public health problem in California. This condition, when untreated, is a major contributor to heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, and related cardiovascular mo…

The department shall conduct a program for the control of high blood pressure. The program shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (a) Support of local community high blood pressure control programs to improve the quality and distribution of high blood pressur…

Local community high blood pressure control programs may include any or all of the following program components: (a) Screening. (b) Detection. (c) Referral and followup. (d) Diagnostic evaluation. (e) Adherence management. (f) Dropout retrieval. (g) Patient education. (h) Public …

(a) Every health studio, as defined in subdivision (h), shall acquire, maintain, and train personnel in the use of, an automatic external defibrillator pursuant to this section. (b) An employee of a health studio who renders emergency care or treatment is not liable for civil dam…

The department may enter into contracts with local public and private nonprofit agencies for the purpose of operating community high blood pressure control programs. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The department shall establish standards for applications for funding, review of proposals, funding awards, technical assistance, monitoring, and evaluation of local programs as it may deem necessary for the implementation of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 5. …

No services provided pursuant to this chapter shall substitute for other obligations of a unit of local government, including those required by state law. Funds appropriated to carry out the purposes of this chapter shall be supplemental to those available from the federal govern…

Local community high blood pressure control programs funded pursuant to this chapter shall make maximum use of third party payments and other resources to support their efforts. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The department may receive and expend funds for high blood pressure control pursuant to this chapter from federal and other available sources and may use such funds, along with available state funds, to support a unified high blood pressure control program. (Added by Stats. 1995,…

It is the intent of the Legislature that the department shall utilize available federal funds for carrying out the purposes of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The department may maintain a program of accidental injury study and control, including but not limited to, all of the following: (a) The conduct of studies to determine the health and human components of accidental injury. (b) The study of factors associated with prompt and effi…

The department may enter into agreements with any public or private organization, agency, or individual to carry out its duties and responsibilities with respect to accidental injury study and control. In any situation where these activities may duplicate or overlap the activitie…

The department shall provide staff and budgetary support for planning, evaluation, education, research design, funding, and medical leadership for health promotion and preventive health services for older adults. For purposes of this section, “older adults” means persons 55 years…

The California Commission on Aging shall allocate 5 percent of community grant funds pursuant to Title III of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, (P.L. 89-73; 79 Stat. 218) or forty thousand dollars ($40,000), whichever is the lesser amount, to experiment with the use of…

The department shall maintain a program to promote availability of medical and health care for the aging. The department may contract with public or private organizations for conducting pilot projects designed to determine the most effective and most efficient methods of providin…

It is the intent of the Legislature that the California Commission on Aging be the coordinating agency of all programs for the aging in this state, except those programs designated elsewhere by the Governor or Legislature. It is further the intent of the Legislature that the comm…

(a) Local health departments, as defined in Section 101185, shall provide services in occupational health to promote the health of employed persons, including educational, consultative, statistical, investigative, and other activities appropriate thereto. (b) This section shall b…

(a) The State Department of Public Health shall develop a plan with recommendations and guidelines for counties to use in the case of a significant air quality event caused by wildfires or other sources. The plan shall address all of the following: (1) Establishing policies and p…

This part shall be known as the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this article govern the construction of this part. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

“Advertisement” means any representations, including, but not limited to, statements upon the products, its packages, cartons, and any other container, disseminated in any manner or by any means, for the purpose of inducing, or that is likely to induce, directly or indirectly, th…

“Antibiotic drug” means any drug , except drugs for use in animals other than humans, composed in whole or in part of any form of penicillin, streptomycin, chlortetracycline chloramphenicol, bacitracin, or any other drug intended for human use containing any quantity of any chemi…

“Color additive” means a substance that satisfies both of the following requirements: (a) It is a dye, pigment, or other substance made by a process of synthesis or similar artifice, or extracted, isolated, or otherwise derived, with or without intermediate or final change of ide…

“Cosmetic” means any article, or its components, intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced into, or otherwise applied to, the human body, or any part of the human body, for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance. The…

“Counterfeit”, as used in respect to any food, drug, device, or cosmetic, means a food, drug, device, or cosmetic that bears or whose package or labeling bears, without authorization, the trademark, trade name, or other identifying mark, imprint, or device, or any likeness or tra…

“Department” means the State Department of Health Services. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

“Director” means the State Director of Health Services. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

“Device” means any instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, contrivance, implant, in vitro reagent, or other similar or related article, including any component, part, or accessory, that is any of the following: (a) Recognized in the official National Formulary or the United St…

(a) “Drug” means any of the following: (1) An article recognized in an official compendium. (2) An article used or intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in human beings or any other animal. (3) An article other than food, that is…

“Federal act” means the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended (21 U.S.C. Sec. 301 et seq.). (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

“Food” means either of the following: (a) Any article used or intended for use for food, drink, confection, condiment, or chewing gum by man or other animal. (b) Any article used or intended for use as a component of any article designated in subdivision (a). (Amended by Stats. 2…

“Food additive” means any substance, the intended use of which results or may reasonably be expected to result, directly or indirectly, in the substance becoming a component of the food or otherwise affecting characteristics of the food. This includes any substance or radiation s…

“Food and drug inspector” means any authorized agent of the Bureau of Food and Drug of the department, who shall have the powers set forth in Section 106500. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

“Food processing facility” means any facility operated for the purposes of manufacturing, packing, or holding processed food. Food processing facility does not include a food facility as defined in Section 113785, a cottage food operation that is registered or has a permit pursua…

(a) “Home medical device retail facility” is an area, place, or premises, other than a licensed pharmacy, in and from which prescription devices, home medical devices, or home medical device services are sold, fitted, or dispensed pursuant to prescription. “Home medical device re…

(a) “Home medical device services” means the delivery, installation, maintenance, replacement of, or instruction in the use of, home medical devices used by a sick or disabled individual to allow the individual to be maintained in a residence. (b) “Home medical device” means a de…

“Immediate container” does not include any package liner. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)