Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

(a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), all food employees preparing, serving, or handling food or utensils shall wear hair restraints, such as hats, hair coverings, or nets, which are designed and worn to effectively keep their hair from contacting nonprepackaged food, clean…

Food employees shall wear clean outer clothing to prevent contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens, and single-use articles.

(a) Single-use nonlatex gloves shall be worn when contacting food and food-contact surfaces if the employee has any cuts, sores, rashes, artificial nails, nail polish, rings, other than a plain ring, such as a wedding band, uncleanable orthopedic support devices, or fingernails t…

Food employees experiencing, while at work in a food facility, persistent sneezing, coughing, or runny nose that is associated with discharges from the eyes, nose, or mouth, and that cannot be controlled by medication, shall not work with exposed food; clean equipment, utensils, …

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), an employee who has a wound that is open or draining shall not handle food. (b) A food employee who has a wound is restricted from food handling unless the food employee complies with all of the following: (1) If the wound is located on …

Unless a utensil used to taste food is discarded after the first time it is used for this purpose and before the next tasting or any other use, the utensil shall be washed, rinsed, and sanitized pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 114095) between tastings and before an…

(a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), an employee shall eat, drink, or use any form of tobacco only in designated areas where contamination of nonprepackaged food; clean equipment, utensils, and linens; unwrapped single-use articles; or other items needing protection cannot…

Food facilities shall have a “no smoking” sign posted in the food preparation, food storage, and warewashing areas.

As used in this chapter, “wild animal” refers to any animal of the class Aves (birds) or class Mammalia (mammals) that either is not normally domesticated in this state or not native to this state.

As used in this chapter, “enforcement officer” means any officer, employee, or agent of the department, local health officer, or of any state or local agency with which an agreement has been made to enforce Article 3 (commencing with Section 121850), or local health officer.

The department may enter into agreement with any state or local agency for the enforcement of Article 3 (commencing with Section 121850) of this chapter.

The department shall publish from time to time a list of animals that may not be imported into this state except by permit from the department. Unless a permit is issued pursuant to this chapter, it is unlawful to import into this state any wild animal for which a permit is requi…

The department may adopt regulations governing the entry, quarantine, or release from quarantine, of any and all wild animals imported into this state pursuant to this chapter. The regulations shall be designed to protect the public health against diseases known to occur in any s…

The violation of any provision of this chapter shall be a misdemeanor.

The department may issue a written permit to import into this state any wild animal specified by the department pursuant to Section 121790, upon determination that the public health and safety will not be endangered by the importation in accordance with the terms and conditions o…

A permit shall be issued only upon written application from the person desiring to import the species, enumerating all of the following: (a) The number and true scientific name of each species of wild animal for which a permit is requested. (b) The carrier and probable point of f…

Each permit issued shall set forth the following: (a) The number and true scientific name of the species of wild animal for which the permit is granted. (b) A statement of the terms and conditions under which the entry of the species is permitted. (c) The place and conditions of …

Whenever any permit is issued under provisions of this article, one copy shall be sent by the department to the local health officer of the county where the species will be held in quarantine, two copies shall accompany each shipment of wild animals involved.

The department shall charge a fee for the issuance of the import permit provided for under Section 121825. The department shall provide by regulation the amount of the fee to be collected, the total amount of the fees to yield a sum approximating the cost of the administration an…

Any person who imports, transports into the state, or receives, any live wild animal enumerated in or designated pursuant to Section 121790, shall hold the animal in confinement for inspection and immediately notify the department of the arrival thereof. If there is found in any …

If, during inspection upon arrival any wild animal is found to be diseased, or there is reason to suspect the presence of disease that will or may endanger the public health and safety, the diseased animal, and, if necessary, the entire shipment shall be destroyed by or under the…

Whenever any wild animal brought into this state under permit is quarantined as provided in this chapter, the species shall not be released from quarantine except by release in writing from the department. All tests, veterinary examinations, and quarantines shall be at the expens…

Any live wild animal brought into this state in violation of the provisions of this chapter or any regulations thereunder may, upon notice from the enforcing officer inspecting them or discovering the violation, be returned to the point of origin, or destroyed, within the time sp…

This chapter, or any regulations adopted pursuant thereto, shall not authorize the importation, transportation, or possession of any live wild animals enumerated in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 2116) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code or the regulations of the Fish and…

(a) The department shall develop a plan to identify causes of infant mortality and morbidity in California and to study recommendations on the reduction of infant mortality and morbidity in California. (b) The study plan shall be completed on or before July 1, 1988, and shall be …

The study plan shall incorporate in its design the findings of MCH Title V Research Contract DHS 8689088, the “Maternal Neonatal and Fetal Mortality Study.” The department shall issue a report to the Legislature on or before July 1, 1989, concerning causal factors in infant morta…

(a) The Legislature finds that the Fetal and Infant Mortality Review process is used to identify and take action to prevent a wide range of local social, economic, public health, education, environmental, and safety factors that contribute to the tragedy of fetal and infant loss.…

(a) Infant botulism is an acute, life-threatening paralytic disease of babies caused by a potent bacterial neurotoxin. (b) Half of all cases of infant botulism in the United States occur in California, where the causative bacterial spores are known to be highly endemic. In any gi…

(a) The State Department of Health Services shall establish an Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Unit. This unit shall have responsibility for ensuring the production and distribution of BIG to patients in California and nationwide suspected of having infant botulism or ot…

The Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Unit shall provide all the following services: (a) Produce, or cause to have produced, and maintain, a supply of BIG sufficient to treat the expected number of annual cases of infant botulism in the United States, and to store, or arra…

It is the intent of the Legislature that the program carried out pursuant to this article shall be fully supported from the fees collected for providing BIG to patients with suspected infant botulism or other forms of botulism and that these fees be made available for expenditure…

(a) The State Department of Health Services may manufacture, test, distribute, and maintain licensure of the product Botulism Immune Globulin Intravenous (Human) if all necessary federal licenses are obtained. The department was issued United States License No. 1622 on October 23…

The Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Fund is hereby established as a special fund in the State Treasury. All moneys collected by the state department pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Fund, and shall be made availa…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “SIDS” means sudden infant death syndrome. (2) “SIDS Advisory Council” or “advisory council” means the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Advisory Council established pursuant to subdivision (b). (b) The depar…

The department shall keep each county health officer advised of the most current knowledge relating to the nature and causes of sudden infant death syndrome.

(a) As used in this section, “SIDS” means sudden infant death syndrome. (b) The department shall contract with a person to provide regular and ongoing SIDS education and training programs for those who interact with parents and caregivers following a death from SIDS, including, b…

(a) For purposes of this section the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Appropriately trained public health professional” means a public health nurse or a social worker who is knowledgeable about the incidence of sudden infant death syndrome and the care and support of perso…

The department shall monitor, or contract with a person to monitor, whether the county health officer or his or her designated agent is performing the duties required by Section 123740 and whether they are being performed within the timeframes specified in Section 123740.

The Legislature finds that intensive care nurseries for at-risk infants are often at capacity. It further finds that serious delays can occur in placing critically ill newborn infants in intensive care nurseries due to calls being placed to many hospitals. Additionally, valuable …

The department shall establish two dispatch centers, each to be located at a hospital containing an intensive care nursery that has been approved by the department.

One of the centers established pursuant to Section 123750 shall be located to serve the region of the state north of the Tehachapi Mountains, and one of the centers shall be located to serve the region south of the Tehachapi Mountains.

The centers shall locate bedspace for critically ill newborn infants nearest their homes, locate and dispatch transport for the infants and for appropriate medical personnel, advise the obstetrical nursery regarding maintenance care of the infant until transport is effected, and …

Funds appropriated to carry out the purposes of this article shall be used for leasing or purchasing communication equipment or time; and for hiring, training, or contracting for personnel and administration of the centers.

Public and private nonprofit health facilities, organizations, and educational institutions are eligible to receive center funds under this article.

Each infant medical dispatch center established pursuant to this article shall annually report on the progress of the project, the status of the data base obtained pursuant to Section 123760, and any necessary changes to meet the goals prescribed in Section 123760 to the Legislat…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Robert W. Crown California Children’s Services Act.

The department shall establish and administer a program of services for physically defective or handicapped persons under the age of 21 years, in cooperation with the federal government through its appropriate agency or instrumentality, for the purpose of developing, extending an…

The department succeeds to and is vested with the duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction heretofore exercised by the State Department of Benefit Payments with respect to moneys, funds, and appropriations available to the department for the purposes of processing, au…

The department shall have possession and control of all records, papers, equipment, and supplies held for the benefit or use of the Director of Benefit Payments in the performance of his duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction that are vested in the departmen…

All officers and employees of the Director of Benefit Payments who on July 1, 1978, are serving in the state civil service, other than as temporary employees, and engaged in the performance of a function vested in the department by Section 123810 shall be transferred to the depar…