Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

The State Fire Marshal is authorized to make such changes as may be necessary to standardize all existing fire protective equipment throughout the state.

The State Fire Marshal shall notify industrial establishments and property owners having equipment for fire protective purposes of the changes necessary to bring their equipment into conformity with, and shall render them such assistance as may be available in converting their eq…

Any person who sells or offers for sale any fire hose, hydrant, fire engine or other equipment with threaded parts, for fire protective purposes, unless it is fitted and equipped with the standard thread for fire hose couplings and hydrant fittings is guilty of a misdemeanor, pun…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Firefighter personal protective equipment” means personal protective equipment covered by the general industry safety orders in Sections 3403 to 3411, inclusive, of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulatio…

(a) Every insurer providing professional liability insurance to a health facility licensed pursuant to this chapter and every health facility or associated group of health facilities licensed pursuant to this chapter under common ownership which are self insured shall report peri…

The apparatus, equipment and firefighting force of any public entity may be used for the purpose of providing fire protection or firefighting services: (a) In any other public entity with the consent of the chief administrative officer of the office or department authorized by la…

“Public entity” includes the state, a county, city, district, public authority, public agency, and any other political subdivision or public corporation in the state.

The reasonable value of the use of, and repairs and depreciation on, apparatus and equipment, and other expenses reasonably incurred in furnishing firefighting services, may constitute a charge against the public entity in which the firefighting services are furnished.

(a) The public entity rendering the service may present a claim to the public entity liable therefor. If the claim is approved by the head of the fire department, if any, in the public entity to which the claim is presented, and by its governing body, it shall be paid in the same…

The governing board of any county fire protection district may contract with any city contiguous to the district for the furnishing of fire protection to the district by such city, and the legislative body of any city may contract for the furnishing of fire protection to the dist…

Whenever a fire occurs in any county or within the boundaries of any national forest which is of such proportions that it cannot be adequately handled by the forestry department or fire warden of the county or the facilities of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection or of…

Where the personnel, equipment, and facilities of any county are utilized in the extinguishment or control of any fire outside its boundaries, the county furnishing its personnel, equipment, and facilities shall be reimbursed by the county in which the fire occurs in an amount in…

Any public agency authorized to engage in fire protection activities, including but not limited to a fire protection district, city, city and county, or county fire department, the Department of Forestry, and the United States Forest Service, may use fire to abate a fire hazard.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no insurer shall enter into a settlement exceeding three thousand dollars ($3,000) to settle a claim or action referred to in Section 1305 without the written consent of the insured, except that this prohibition shall not void any settl…

Any public entity may place blue reflective pavement markers in any highway, street, or road for marking fire hydrant locations and water supply locations. These blue reflective pavement markers shall not be used for any other purpose. This section shall not apply to freeways or …

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Class B firefighting foam” means foam designed to prevent or extinguish a fire in flammable liquids, combustible liquids, petroleum greases, tars, oils, oil-based paints, solvents, lacquers, alcohols, and fla…

(a) Commencing January 1, 2022, a person shall not discharge or otherwise use for training purposes class B firefighting foam that contains intentionally added PFAS chemicals. (b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), and upon an action brought by the Attorney General, a city …

The state department shall keep a record of all reports made pursuant to Section 1305.

The state department shall notify every health facility licensed pursuant to this chapter and every insurer providing professional liability insurance to such health facilities of the provisions of this article.

(a) As set forth in this article, the State Department of Public Health shall succeed to and be vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, functions, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the former State Department of Health Services as they relate to public health, licensing…

The duties, powers, functions, jurisdiction, and responsibilities transferred to the State Department of Public Health shall, pursuant to the act that added this section, include all of the following previously performed by the former State Department of Health Services: (a) Unde…

In implementing the transfer of jurisdiction pursuant to this article, the State Department of Public Health succeeds to and is vested with all the statutory duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the former State Department of Health Services as they rel…

Commencing July 1, 2022, the Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications, an office within the Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement, succeeds to, and is vested with, all the duties and responsibilities of the State Department of Public Health re…

In the event of any conflict between Sections 131050, 131051, and 131052, Section 131052 shall prevail over Section 131051, and Section 131050 shall prevail over Sections 131051 and 131052.

(a) All regulations and orders adopted by the former State Department of Health Services and any of its predecessors in effect immediately preceding the operative date of this section shall remain in effect and shall be fully enforceable unless and until readopted, amended, or re…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 131050, commencing on July 1, 2012, the State Department of Health Care Services shall succeed to and be vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, functions, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the State Department of Public Health as they relate…

(a) Commencing July 1, 2013, the State Department of Public Health shall succeed to and be vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, functions, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the former State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs as they relate to the Office of Probl…

The department may commence and maintain all proper and necessary actions and proceedings for any or all of the following purposes: (a) To enforce its regulations. (b) To enjoin and abate nuisances dangerous to health. (c) To compel the performance of any act specifically enjoine…

With the approval of the Department of Finance, and for use in the furtherance of the work of the department, the director may accept (a) grants of interest in real property, and (b) gifts of money from public agencies or from organizations or associations organized for scientifi…

(a) The State Department of Public Health shall investigate and apply for federal funding opportunities regarding promoting healthy eating and preventing obesity, including, but not limited to, those available under the federal Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public L…

The State Department of Public Health may investigate, apply for, and enter into agreements to secure federal or nongovernmental funding opportunities for the purposes of advancing public health, subject to the provisions of Section 13326 of the Government Code for federal fundin…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever the department is authorized or required by statute, regulation, the due process provisions of the 14th amendment to the United States Constitution, and of subdivision (a) of Section 7 of Article I of the California Constitutio…

The department may enjoin and abate public nuisances.

The department may advise all local health authorities, and, when in its judgment the public health is menaced, it shall control and regulate their action.

Every person charged with the performance of any duty under the laws of this state relating to the preservation of the public health, who willfully neglects or refuses to perform the same, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(a) The department may perform any of the following activities relating to the protection, preservation, and advancement of public health: (1) Studies. (2) Demonstrations of innovative methods. (3) Evaluations of existing projects. (4) Provision of training programs. (5) Dissemin…

(a) The department, in the licensing and certification of health professions in accordance with this chapter, shall not prohibit earn and learn programs for training of personnel. The department shall use licensing and certification standards that authorize the use of earn and le…

The department may provide for consultant and advisory services and for the training of technical and professional personnel in educational institutions and field training centers approved by the department, and for the establishment and maintenance of field training centers in l…

The department shall cause special investigation of the preparation and sale of drugs and food and their adulteration.

The department shall perform duties as required by law for the detection and prevention of the adulteration of articles used for food and drink, and for the punishment of persons guilty of violation of any law providing against their adulteration.

The department shall examine and may prevent the pollution of sources of public domestic water and ice supply.

(a) The department shall maintain a program of Environmental Management. (b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2014.

The department may maintain a mental health service that shall advise and assist local departments of health and education in the establishment of mental health services, particularly in connection with maternal and child health conferences and in the schools of the state. The de…

The department shall enforce Section 383b of the Penal Code.

(a) Any person who willfully sells, keeps for sale, or offers for sale any food, drug, device, or cosmetic knowing, after a written notice from either (1) a manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor, or importer, or (2) the department or a local health officer that the product linked…

Whenever any person violates any provision of Section 131130, the court may, as a condition of probation, order the defendant to pay, in lieu of any fine, any expenses, both direct and indirect, incurred by a local health department or the department in monitoring compliance with…

Before a person who is required to register as a sex offender under Section 290 of the Penal Code is released into a long-term health care facility, as defined in Section 1418, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the State Department of State Hospitals, or any other…

The department may adopt and enforce regulations for the execution of its duties.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall submit all of its regulations on matters related to statutory responsibilities delegated to or enforced by local health departments, except emergency regulations, to the California Conference of Local Health Officer…

The department, after consultation with and approval by the Conference of Local Health Officers, shall by regulation establish standards of education and experience for professional and technical personnel employed in local health departments and for the organization and operatio…