Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

(a) A program is hereby established within the department to meet the requirements of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 4851 and following) and Title X of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (P.L. 102-550). (b) The departm…

The department shall administer and enforce this part.

The Food Safety Fund is hereby created as a special fund in the State Treasury. All moneys collected by the department under subdivision (c) of Section 110466 and Sections 110470, 110471, 110485, 114365, 114365.6, 111130, and 113717, and under Article 7 (commencing with Section 1…

All money collected by the department under Sections 111830, 111885, and 111905 shall be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund.

The director and authorized agents of the department shall have the powers set forth in Sections 100165 and 106500.

For the purposes of administering this part, Part 6 (commencing with Section 111940) of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code, Section 104559.5 of the Health and Safety Code, and Division 8.5 (commencing with Section 22950) of the Business and Professions Code, the following…

(a) The department may adopt any regulations that it determines are necessary for the enforcement of this part. The regulations shall be adopted by the department in the manner prescribed by Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Gov…

Whenever public health or other considerations in this state require, the department may adopt, upon its own motion, or upon the petition of any interested party, regulations that prescribe tolerances, included but not limited to zero tolerances, for poisonous or deleterious subs…

In adopting regulations, pursuant to Section 110070 of this part, the department shall consider all of the following factors that the petitioner shall furnish: (a) The name and all pertinent information concerning the poisonous or deleterious substance, food additive, pesticide c…

(a) All pesticide regulations and any amendments to these regulations adopted pursuant to the federal act or the Food and Agricultural Code, in effect on November 23, 1970, or adopted on or after this date, are the pesticide regulations in this state. The department may, by regul…

All food additive regulations and any amendments to the regulations adopted pursuant to the federal act in effect on November 23, 1970, or adopted on or after that date, are the food additive regulations of this state. The department may, by regulation, prescribe conditions under…

All color additive regulations and any amendments to the regulations adopted pursuant to the federal act, in effect on November 23, 1970, or adopted on or after that date, are the color additive regulations of this state. The department may, by regulation, prescribe conditions un…

All special dietary use regulations and any amendments to regulations adopted pursuant to the federal act, in effect on November 23, 1970, or adopted on or after that date, are the special dietary use regulations of this state. If the department finds that it is necessary to info…

(a) All food labeling regulations and any amendments to those regulations adopted pursuant to the federal act, in effect on January 1, 1993, or adopted on or after that date shall be the food labeling regulations of this state. (b) The department may, by regulation, adopt additio…

All good manufacturing practices regulations for any food, drug, device, or cosmetic and any amendments to the regulations adopted pursuant to the federal act in effect on November 23, 1970, or adopted on or after such date, are the good manufacturing practices regulations of thi…

(a) All regulations relating to (1) new drug applications, except for abbreviated new drug applications, adopted pursuant to Section 505 of the federal act (21 U.S.C. Sec. 355), (2) applications for premarket approval of new devices, adopted pursuant to Section 515 of the federal…

All nonprescription drug regulations and any amendments to those regulations adopted pursuant to the federal act, that are in effect on January 1, 2000, or that are adopted on or after that date, shall be the nonprescription drug regulations of the state. The department may adopt…

A federal regulation adopted pursuant to this part takes effect in this state 30 days after it becomes effective as a federal regulation. Any person who will be adversely affected by adoption of the federal regulation in this state may, within the 30 days prior to its becoming ef…

If no substantial objections are received and no hearing is requested within 30 days after publication of a newly proposed state regulation, it shall take effect on the date set by the department. The effective date shall be at least 60 days after the time for filing objections h…

If substantial objections are made to a federal regulation within 30 days prior to its becoming effective in this state or to a proposed regulation within 30 days after it is published, the department, after notice, shall conduct a public hearing to receive evidence on issues rai…

Hearings authorized or required by this part shall be conducted by the department or agent as the department may designate for that purpose.

Before any alleged violation of this part is reported to the Attorney General, a district attorney, or a city attorney for the institution of a criminal proceeding, the person against whom this proceeding is contemplated may be given appropriate notice and an opportunity to show …

For purposes of enforcement of this part, any authorized agent of the department may, upon presenting appropriate credentials and at a reasonable time, do any of the following: (a) Enter any factory, warehouse, or establishment in which any food, drug, device, or cosmetic is manu…

The inspection authorized by Section 110140 shall not include any of the following: (a) Financial data. (b) Sales data, other than shipment data. (c) Pricing data. (d) Personnel data, except data as to qualifications of technical and professional personnel. (e) Research data, exc…

An authorized agent of the department may secure any sample or specimen of any food, drug, device, or cosmetic. If the agent obtains any samples prior to leaving the premises, he or she shall leave a receipt describing any sample obtained.

An authorized agent of the department shall have access to all records of carriers in commerce relating to the movement in commerce of any food, drug, device, or cosmetic, or the holding of that food, drug, device, or cosmetic during or after the movement, and the quantity, shipp…

It is unlawful for any person to refuse to permit entry or inspection, the taking of samples or other evidence, or access to copying of any record as authorized by this part, or to conceal the samples or evidence, or withhold evidence concerning them.

It is unlawful for any person to use to his or her own advantage, or to reveal to any person other than to the director, officers, employees, or authorized agents of this department, or to the courts when relevant in any judicial proceeding under this part, any information acquir…

The department may publish reports summarizing all judgments and court orders that have been rendered under this part, including the nature of the charge and the disposition of the charge.

The department may distribute information regarding any food, drug, device, or cosmetic as the department considers necessary for the protection of the health and safety of the consumer or for his or her protection from fraud.

The department may collect, report, or illustrate the results of any investigation of the department.

(a) Any person who ships to another state or country a food, drug, device, or cosmetic manufactured or produced in this state may request the department to issue an export document to reference the shipment of the food, drug, device, or cosmetic. The food, drug, device, or cosmet…

(a) Each export document issued by the department shall do all of the following: (1) Identify either or both of the following: (A) The name and place of business of the manufacturer or producer of the food, drug, device, or cosmetic. (B) The name and place of business of the dist…

(a) Each person requesting the department to issue an export document shall pay nonreturnable fees as follows: (1) A one-time fee of one hundred dollars ($100). (2) A fee for service charge at the rate of eighty dollars ($80) per hour, at a minimum of twenty-five dollars ($25) pe…

(a) The department may refuse to accept any request where the information required to be submitted by this article is incomplete. (b) The department may refuse to issue an export document, or may invalidate an export document, if it finds, or has probable cause to believe, any of…

It is unlawful for any person to knowingly supply the department with false material facts in a request for an export document or to falsely represent that the department has issued an export document.

Any person who has a valid registration, license, certificate, or permit issued by the department to manufacture or produce a food, drug, device, or cosmetic in this state may request the department to issue an official copy of the valid registration, license, certificate, or per…

(a) Each person requesting the department to issue an official copy of a valid registration, license, certificate, or permit shall pay nonreturnable fees as follows: (1) Fifteen dollars ($15) per official copy. (2) Any attendant costs incurred by the department, including, but no…

There is established an Export Document Program Fund within the General Fund. All fees collected pursuant to Sections 110210 and 110235 shall be deposited into the Export Document Program Fund and, upon appropriation, shall be expended by the department for the purpose of adminis…

All fees collected by the department pursuant to requests to conduct a voluntary medical device review shall be deposited into the Export Document Program Fund and, upon appropriation, shall be expended for the purpose of determining if the device is a new device or is substantia…

(a) The California Rx Prescription Drug Web Site Program is hereby established. (b) The State Department of Health Care Services shall administer the program. The purpose of the program shall be to provide information to California residents and health care providers about option…

(a) Contracts and change orders entered into pursuant to this article and any project or systems development notice shall be exempt from all of the following: (1) The competitive bidding requirements of State Administrative Manual Management Memo 03-10. (2) The project authority …

The department shall maintain a program of vector biology and control including, but not limited to, the following: (a) Providing consultation and assistance to local vector control agencies in developing and conducting programs for the prevention and control of vectors. (b) Surv…

The department may provide any necessary and proper assistance and support to the vector control programs of counties, cities, cities and counties, mosquito abatement and vector control districts, and pest abatement districts.

The Vectorborne Disease Account is hereby established within the State Treasury. When appropriated by the Legislature, the funds deposited in the Vectorborne Disease Account shall be available for expenditure by the department to support activities for the prevention, surveillanc…

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to import into the state any exotic vector without written approval from the state department. (b) The state department shall issue an applicant written authority to import into the state any exotic vector upon a determination by the state …

Every person possessing a place that is infested with rodents, as soon as their presence comes to his or her knowledge, shall at once proceed and continue in good faith to endeavor to exterminate and destroy the rodents, by poisoning, trapping, and other appropriate means, and to…

The department, the board of supervisors of each county, local health officers, or inspectors appointed by any of them, as provided in this article and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 116250), may inspect a place for the purpose of ascertaining whether it is infested with rode…

The board of supervisors of each county and the governing body of each city, whenever it may by resolution determine that it is necessary for the preservation of the public health or to prevent the spread of contagious or infectious disease, communicable to mankind, or when it de…

Whenever a person possessing a place that is infested with rodents, fails, neglects, or refuses to proceed and to continue to endeavor to exterminate and destroy the rodents and abate the conditions listed in Section 17920.3 that are causing the infestation, as required in this a…