Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a local registrar of births and deaths, after two years from the date of registration and with the approval of, and under the supervision of, the State Registrar, shall dispose of the local registrar’s copies of the records, if both of the follo…

The local custodian of records is hereby authorized to receive original records or abstracts of records of any birth or death that were filed with any political subdivision prior to July 1, 1905, and to retain them as a special county record of the events. (Amended by Stats. 1996…

Special county records of birth certificates and death certificates transmitted and filed with the county recorder under this article shall be open for inspection by the public in accordance with regulations adopted by the department for local registrars. Nothing in this section …

The county recorder and the local registrar of births and deaths, with the approval and under the supervision of the State Registrar and with the approval of the board of supervisors of any county or city and county by ordinance, may authorize the transfer of special county recor…

If a public agency or private nonprofit agency that receives copies of records pursuant to this section is unable to assure the continued preservation and protection of those records for public use, the records shall be returned to the contributing local registrar or county recor…

Any record of death and marriage transferred to a public agency or private nonprofit agency pursuant to Section 102380 is exempt from Sections 102230 and 103245. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Special county records of birth, death, and marriage and the local registrar’s records of birth, death, and marriage shall be subject to Sections 26205.5 and 26205.7 of the Government Code. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The Legislature finds and declares that decades after the war on cancer was declared, it remains an insidious killer of Californians. Simultaneously, cancer absorbs millions of dollars from California’s economy through health care costs, and takes an horrendous toll on the person…

The Cancer Research Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. Moneys in the fund shall be available for expenditure by the department, upon appropriation by the Legislature. The fund shall consist of money accepted by the department from grants and donations from private …

(a) The moneys in the Cancer Research Fund, established pursuant to Section 104180, shall be expended for the purpose of cancer research. (b) The State Department of Health Services shall establish and administer the Cancer Research Program created by this article in a manner tha…

The department, in awarding grants under this program, shall not encumber money allocated in any fiscal year other than the fiscal year in which the appropriation was made beginning with nonobligated 2000–01 fiscal year funds, subject to receiving multiyear spending authority for…

Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2002 and any other provision of law, commencing with the appropriation for the 2002–03 fiscal year, and for each fiscal year thereafter, any amount appropriated to the department for the Cancer Research Program …

(a) The Cancer Research Council is hereby established, to consist of 15 members appointed by the Director of Health Services representing a range of expertise and experience, and the chief of the California Cancer Registry as an ex officio, nonvoting member. The voting members sh…

Not less than a majority of the appointed members of the Cancer Research Council shall be present and voting for approval and selection of research priorities under Section 104185 and ultimate recommendations to the State Department of Health Services regarding grantmaking decisi…

(a) The department shall grant a minimum of 65 percent of any fiscal year appropriation that is awarded for research to cancer research proposals directly researching gender-specific cancers. (b) Any amount of funding for gender-specific cancer research for any fiscal year, to th…

(a) This program shall incorporate the principles and organizational elements set forth in this article, including, but not limited to, a research program office with a director and other essential staff, a research council, and a research peer review panel. No more than 10 perce…

The State Department of Health Services shall do all of the following: (a) Provide overall coordination of the program. (b) Provide staff assistance to the program and council. (c) Develop administrative procedures relative to the solicitation, review, and awarding of grants to e…

Peer review panels, in reviewing proposals for cancer research, may recommend the awarding of a grant to a cancer research proposal on the condition that a single adjustment or correction be made before the receipt of funding under this article. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 751, Se…

The maximum indirect cost rate that may be charged on any cancer research program grant awarded to any institution under this article shall not be more than 25 percent of the institution’s direct costs. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1161, Sec. 9. Effective September 30, 2002.)

The responsibilities of the council shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (a) Development and review of the strategic objectives and research priorities of the program. (b) Delineation of resource allocation across the various priorities established for the …

(a) The department shall establish and implement, to the extent funds are available pursuant to subdivision (d) which are other than state general funds, a “5 A Day—For Better Health” program for the purpose of promoting public awareness of the need to increase the consumption of…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, nothing shall operate to prohibit contributions to the program created pursuant to this article by organizations and commissions subject to Division 22 (commencing with Section 64001) of the Food and Agricultural Code. (Added by Stats. …

(a) The department shall establish and maintain an occupational lead poisoning prevention program, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) Developing a system for monitoring laboratory reports of cases of adult lead toxicity, to create an occupational lead poisoning reg…

(a) A fee shall be paid annually to the State Board of Equalization by employers in industries identified by the four-digit Standard Industrial Classification (S.I.C., 1987 Edition) established by the United States Department of Commerce and for which the State Board of Equalizat…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) There are some employers who use or disturb very small amounts of lead in ways that pose a very minimal potential for lead poisoning of employees. (2) These users of de minimis amounts of lead are not currently elig…

(a) Sections 105185 and 105190 shall apply to the following industries: (1) 1622 Bridges, tunnels, and elevated highways. (2) 1721 Painting, paper hanging, and decorating. (3) 1791 Structural steel erection. (4) 1795 Wrecking and demolition work. (5) 2759 Commercial printing. (6)…

(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…

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. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. …

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. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 4…

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…

(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 …

The department shall confer and cooperate with other state agencies whose responsibilities include alleviating the problems related to inappropriate alcohol use and other drug use in order to maximize the state’s effectiveness and limited resources in these efforts. These agencie…

(a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the Drug Court Partnership Act of 2002. (b) The Drug Court Partnership Program, as provided for in this article, shall be administered by the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs for the purpose of providing assistance …

(a) No employer or other person shall require a physician, a registered nurse, a licensed vocational nurse, or any other person employed or with staff privileges at a hospital, facility, or clinic to directly participate in the induction or performance of an abortion, if the empl…

The refusal of any person to submit to an abortion or surgical sterilization or to give consent therefor shall not be grounds for loss of any privileges or immunities to which the person would otherwise be entitled, nor shall submission to an abortion or surgical sterilization or…

(a) (1) To ensure people have accurate and comprehensive information when accessing abortion services in California, on or before July 1, 2023, the California Health and Human Services Agency, or an entity designated by the agency, shall establish an internet website where the pu…

The rights to medical treatment of an infant prematurely born alive in the course of an abortion shall be the same as the rights of an infant of similar medical status prematurely born spontaneously. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)

(a) It is unlawful for any person to use any aborted product of human conception, other than fetal remains, for any type of scientific or laboratory research or for any other kind of experimentation or study, except to protect or preserve the life and health of the fetus. “Fetal …

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), at the conclusion of any scientific or laboratory research or any other kind of experimentation or study upon fetal remains, the fetal remains shall be promptly interred or disposed of by incineration. Storage of the fetal remains prior …

The Clinic Revolving Fund of the department is hereby established for the purpose of expediting preliminary advance payments as authorized pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 124525) and to reimburse clinics that are grantees or contractors for services rendered under …

(a) Notwithstanding Section 16400 of the Government Code or any other provision of law, the department may, to the extent local assistance appropriations are made by the Legislature for programs set forth in this part, without at the time furnishing vouchers or itemized statement…

In lieu of actually withdrawing revolving fund moneys from the State Treasury, the Controller, upon the request of the department, shall apply and credit the amount of the Clinic Revolving Fund, or any portion thereof, as repayment and return of any existing funds in the revolvin…

The department shall remain fully accountable for the Clinic Revolving Fund. All disbursements shall be substantiated by vouchers filed with the Controller. Disbursements may be reported, substantiated by vouchers, from time to time to the Controller in connection with claims for…