Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

Whenever 25 persons in any county, or in two or more counties within the same natural watershed area, desire the formation of a sanitary district within the area, they may sign and present a petition to the board of supervisors of the county in which the greatest portion of the a…

The petition shall contain: (a) The name of the proposed district. (b) The boundaries of the proposed district. (c) A request that the territory within the boundaries be formed into a district as provided by this part. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

Each petitioner shall be a resident and freeholder in the proposed district. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

The petition shall be verified by the affidavit of one of the petitioners. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

The petition shall be published for at least two weeks preceding the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation published in each county in which the district is located. (Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1629.)

With the petition there shall be published a notice stating the time when the petition will be presented to the board of supervisors, and that all persons interested may appear and be heard. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

The Director of Finance shall schedule in the annual proposed budget the projects proposed in any fiscal year, that will incur direct costs for removal and remedial actions at hazardous substance release sites. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. (AB 2293) Effective January 1…

Any private corporation authorized by its articles so to do, may establish, maintain, manage, improve, or operate a cemetery, and conduct any or all of the businesses of a cemetery, either for or without profit to its members or stockholders. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

Charges made by a cemetery authority for foundations, for setting of or permitting the setting of, or for endowment care of, grave markers or monuments, shall be uniform whether the marker or monument sale was made by the cemetery authority or by another person, firm, or corporat…

Every contract of a cemetery authority, including contracts executed in behalf thereof by a cemetery broker or salesperson, which provides for the sale by the cemetery authority of an interment plot or any service or merchandise, shall be in writing and shall contain all of the a…

In addition to any right of rescission which the purchaser may have under law, a purchaser entering into a contract with a cemetery broker, salesman, or authority for the provision of an interment plot or any service or merchandise, may cancel such contract without payment of a r…

A cemetery authority shall comply with the Mausoleum and Columbarium Law (Part 5 (commencing with Section 9501)). (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 207, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)

The department shall maintain a laboratory and branch laboratories as may be necessary to perform the microbiological, physical and chemical analyses required to meet the responsibilities of the department. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The department may prepare or purchase biological products and distribute them at cost. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.)

As used in this article: (a) “Hazardous waste” means a waste, or combination of wastes, that because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may do any of the following: (1) Cause, or significantly contribute to an increase in mortalit…

Whenever a release, spill, escape, or entry of waste occurs as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 101075 and the director or the local health officer reasonably determines that the waste is a hazardous waste or medical waste, or that it may become a hazardou…

(a) The local health officer may issue, and first responders may execute, an order authorizing first responders to immediately isolate exposed individuals that may have been exposed to biological, chemical, toxic, or radiological agents that may spread to others. An order issued …

(a) After the declaration of a health emergency or a local health emergency pursuant to Section 101080, the director or local health officer may do any or all of the following: (1) Only in the case of a release, spill, escape, or entry of waste as described in paragraph (2) of su…

(a) For purposes of this section, the terms “handler,” “administering agency,” “hazardous material,” “release,” and “threatened release” shall have the meaning given in Section 25501. (b) After a release or a threatened release of a hazardous material from the premises of a handl…

When requested by the person furnishing the information furnished pursuant to Section 101085, the portions of the information that might disclose trade secrets or secret processes shall not be made available for inspection by the public, but shall be made available to governmenta…

Any person failing or refusing to furnish technical, toxicological, or other information required pursuant to Section 101085, or falsifying any information provided pursuant to Section 101085 is guilty of a misdemeanor and is also subject to any other criminal or civil penalties …

The government of the authority shall be vested in a board of directors that shall consist of nine members, selected as follows: (a) Five members, one from each supervisorial district, shall be appointed by the Monterey County Board of Supervisors. (b) One member, who shall be a …

The board at its first meeting, and thereafter annually at the first meeting in January, shall elect a chair who shall preside at all meetings, and a vice chair who shall preside in his or her absence. In the event of their absence or inability to act, the members present, by an …

The board shall establish rules for its proceedings. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.)

A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and all official acts of the board shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the board. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The acts of the board shall be expressed by motion, resolution, or ordinance. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Except for initial staggered terms that may be established by the board, the term of office of each member shall be four years and, in addition, such time as necessary until the appointment and qualification of his or her successor. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 3. Effecti…

The bodies that originally nominated or appointed a member whose term has expired shall nominate or appoint the successor for a full term of four years, except that members who are nominated by the professional advisory board or by the community advisory board shall serve a one-y…

Any vacancy on the board shall be filled for the unexpired term by nomination or appointment by the bodies that originally nominated or appointed the member whose office has become vacant. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The Professional Advisory Board shall review and comment on all proposed policies and actions of the board dealing with arrangements for health care within the board of jurisdiction. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The Community Advisory Board shall review and comment on matters relating to the accessibility and availability of services arranged by the board. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The health officer of any approved local health department, as defined in Article 1 (commencing with Section 101175) of Part 3 of Division 101 and approved thereunder, is the local registrar in and for all registration districts within that health jurisdiction and shall perform a…

In other areas, the State Registrar shall appoint a local registrar of births and deaths for each registration district, whose term of office shall be four years. The State Registrar may remove such appointee forthwith for failure or neglect to perform his or her duty. (Added by …

The county recorder is the local registrar of marriages and shall perform all the duties of the local registrar of marriages. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Each assistant or deputy of a local registrar may perform all of the duties of the local registrar in the name and place of his or her principal. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Each local registrar is hereby charged with the enforcement of this part in his or her registration district under the supervision and direction of the State Registrar and shall make an immediate report to the State Registrar of any violation of this law coming to his or her know…

Each local registrar shall supply blank forms to persons who require them. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The local registrar of births and deaths shall carefully examine each certificate before acceptance for registration and, if any are not completed in a manner consistent with the policies established by the State Registrar, he or she shall require further information to be furnis…

The local registrar of marriages shall carefully examine each license before acceptance for registration and, if it is incomplete or unsatisfactory, he or she shall require any further information to be furnished as may be necessary to make the record satisfactory before acceptan…

The local registrar shall affix his or her signature to each certificate in attest to the date of acceptance for registration in his or her office. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The local registrar shall number the certificates of live birth, fetal death, and death consecutively in separate series, beginning with number one for the first event in each calendar year. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The local registrar shall number each marriage certificate consecutively beginning with the number one for either the first event occurring, or first event registered in, each calendar year. Numbering may be based on either the year that the event occurs or the year of registrati…

The local registrar shall make a complete and accurate copy of each certificate accepted for registration and shall preserve it in his or her office as the local registrar’s copy of the record in the manner directed by the State Registrar. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. …

Each local registrar of births and deaths shall transmit a copy of each original birth certificate and death certificate to the county recorder for the special county record, and shall, at the same time, forward the original certificates to the State Registrar pursuant to Section…

(a) The local registrar of births and deaths shall transmit each week to the State Registrar all original certificates accepted for registration by him or her during the preceding week. (b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 1993. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Se…

(a) The local registrar of births and deaths shall transmit each month to the Department of Industrial Relations a copy of each certificate of death for which the death has been marked as work-related and which was accepted for registration by him or her during the preceding mont…