Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

All records of interviews, written reports, and statements procured by the department or by any other person, agency, or organization acting jointly with the department, in connection with special morbidity and mortality studies shall be confidential insofar as the identity of th…

(a) The department shall annually compile and publish the laws relating to the use, handling, transportation, storage, and disposal of hazardous materials, including, but not limited to, hazardous wastes, flammable materials, corrosives, explosives, pesticides, and radioactive ma…

The department may do all of the following activities: (1) Make a continuing study of births, deaths, marriages, and divorces, in order to provide a continuing analysis of trends to state agencies and to the Legislature. (2) Request and receive demographic and population data fro…

The governing body of a city may employ one or more dentists or dental hygienists, each of whom shall be a licensed dentist or dental hygienist. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The dentist or dental hygienist shall attend to dental conditions of the city as the governing body may assign. Compensation for the dentist or dental hygienist shall be determined by that body. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The board of supervisors in each county may employ one or more dentists or dental hygienists, each of whom shall be a licensed dentist or dental hygienist. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The dentist or dental hygienist shall attend to dental conditions of the county, as the board of supervisors may assign. Compensation for the dentist or dental hygienist shall be determined by that board. (Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1023, Sec. 302. Effective September 29, 1996.)…

For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Eligible educational institutions” means University of California campuses that meet the eligibility criteria developed pursuant to Section 104210.1. (b) “Community-based participatory research” means a mecha…

(a) The California Firefighter Cancer Prevention and Research Program is hereby established. The Legislature requests the University of California to develop and administer a competitive grant program for the purpose of awarding grants to eligible educational institutions to cond…

Implementation of this article shall be subject to a resolution adopted by the Regents of the University of California agreeing to undertake the duties outlined in this article. (Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 268, Sec. 2. (AB 700) Effective January 1, 2024.)

(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. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

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…

The department shall make studies and demonstrations as may be necessary to determine the areas of the state that have a high proportion of mosquito-borne diseases, including malaria and encephalitis. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

(a) The department may enter into a cooperative agreement with any local district or other public agency engaged in the work of controlling mosquitoes, gnats, flies, other insects, rodents, or other vectors and pests of public health importance, in areas and under terms, conditio…

It is the intent of the Legislature that the department and the counties maintain a cooperative partnership to assure effective implementation of the provisions of this division as described in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 11795) of this part. (Repealed and added by Stats. …

The Legislature finds and declares that prenatal care, delivery service, postpartum care and neonatal and infant care are essential services necessary to assure maternal and infant health. These services are not currently distributed so as to meet the minimum maternal and infant …

The department shall develop and implement a uniform sliding fee schedule, based on family size and income, for women provided perinatal care through the Perinatal Care Services Program. The department shall not implement any schedule developed pursuant to this section sooner tha…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this section govern the construction of this article: (a) “Perinatal health system” means all of the prenatal care, delivery care, postpartum care, and neonatal and infant care services available to a region identified by …

The department shall maintain a program that addresses the special needs of high-risk pregnant women and infants. The program shall include the following: (a) Identification of high-risk geographical areas and populations. (b) Identification and evaluation of deficiencies in peri…

(a) In assisting in the development of the regionalized perinatal health systems, the department shall consult with the office, the State Department of Developmental Services, county health officials, health systems agencies, health professionals and health facilities expected to…

It is the intent of the Legislature that the program created by Sections 123550 to 123570, inclusive, be funded through the normal budgetary process beginning in the 1980–81 fiscal year. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)

(a) Subject to an appropriation of funds by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or another statute for this purpose, the State Department of Public Health, in consultation with subject matter experts, shall do all of the following: (1) Review available literature on adverse …

By July 1, 1991, the Health and Welfare Agency shall develop and disseminate a model needs assessment protocol for pregnant and postpartum substance abusing women in conjunction with the appropriate professional organizations in the areas of hospital administration, substance abu…

(a) Each county shall establish protocols between county health departments, county welfare departments, and all public and private hospitals in the county, regarding the application and use of an assessment of the needs of, and a referral for, a substance exposed infant to a cou…

It is the intent of the Legislature that funding for Sections 123600 and 123605 be provided in the annual Budget Act. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)

(a) The Legislature finds that Alzheimer’s disease, a devastating disease which destroys certain vital cells of the brain, affects more than 1,500,000 Americans. The Legislature also finds that Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders are responsible for 50 percent of all nursin…

(a) Any postsecondary higher educational institution with a medical center may establish diagnostic and treatment centers for Alzheimer’s disease subject to the department’s grants review process. (b) The department shall administer grants to postsecondary higher educational inst…

From funds appropriated to the department in the Budget Act of 2016 for these purposes, the department shall allocate funds to the diagnostic and treatment centers for Alzheimer’s disease established pursuant to Section 125280 to be used for all of the following purposes: (a) To …

The department shall provide public and professional education on Alzheimer’s disease to educate consumers, caregivers, and health care providers, and to increase public awareness. If the department determines that contracts are required to implement this section, the department …

For the purpose of this article, “innovative programs of education in the health professions” means programs for the development of physicians and surgeons, podiatrists, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, optometrists, and occupations in the allied health professions, that emphasize …

The department, in cooperation with the California Postsecondary Education Commission, shall administer the program established pursuant to this article and shall for this purpose, adopt regulations as it determines are reasonably necessary to carry out this article. (Amended by …

The department is authorized to make grants, from funds appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose, to assist organizations in meeting the cost of special projects to plan, develop, or establish innovative programs of education in the health professions, or for research in …

(a) The Department of Health Care Access and Information shall report to the Legislature on or before June 30, 2002, on the feasibility of establishing a California dental loan forgiveness program utilizing the same general guidelines applicable to the federal National Health Ser…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) or (c), any person who violates this chapter or Section 127050 or 128600, or who willfully or repeatedly violates any rule or regulation adopted under this chapter or Section 127050 or 128600 is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction…

The director may bring an action to enjoin the violation or threatened violation of Section 1253 in the superior court in and for the county in which the violation occurred or is about to occur. Any proceeding under this section shall conform to the requirements of Chapter 3 (com…

Any action brought by the director against a health facility shall not abate by reason of a sale or other transfer of ownership of the health facility which is a party to the action except with express written consent of the director. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1202.…

The district attorney of every county shall, upon application by the state department or its authorized representative, institute and conduct the prosecution of any action for violation within his county of any provisions of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1202.)

It is a misdemeanor for any person to do any of the following: (a) Willfully prevent, interfere with, or attempt to impede in any way the work of any duly authorized representative of the state department in the lawful enforcement of this chapter. (b) Willfully prevent or attempt…

(a) On or after January 1, 2028, the State Department of Public Health, whenever collecting demographic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of California residents for a report that includes rates for major diseases, leading causes of death per demographic, subcategories for…