Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

“Tableware” means eating, drinking, and serving utensils for table use, including forks, knives, spoons, bowls, cups, serving dishes, tumblers, and plates. (Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 23, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007. Operative July 1, 2007, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 23.)

“Temperature measuring device” means a thermometer, thermocouple, thermistor, or other device that indicates the temperature of food, air, or water. (Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 23, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007. Operative July 1, 2007, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 23.)

“Temporary food facility” means a food facility approved by the enforcement officer that operates at a fixed location for the duration of an approved community event or at a swap meet and only as a part of the community event or swap meet. (Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 571, Sec. 1…

“Third-party food delivery platform” means a business engaged in the service of online food ordering and delivery from a food facility to a consumer. For purposes of this section, a food facility does not include a grocery store, as defined in Section 113948, or a room, building,…

“Tight-fitting” means fabricated so that joining members are in contact along the entire seam with no opening greater than 1/64th inch (.04 cm). (Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 23, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007. Operative July 1, 2007, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 23.)

“Transporter” means any vehicle used to transport food pursuant to a prior order from a manufacturer, distributor, retail food facility, or other approved source to a retail food facility or consumer. (Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 571, Sec. 18. (SB 241) Effective October 11, 2009.…

“USDA” means the United States Department of Agriculture. (Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 23, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007. Operative July 1, 2007, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 23.)

“Utensil” means a food-contact implement or container used in the storage, preparation, transportation, dispensing, sale, or service of food, such as kitchenware or tableware that is multiuse, single-service, or single-use, gloves used in contact with food, temperature sensing pr…

“Variance” means a written document issued by the department that allows the use of an alternative practice or procedure based on a determination by the department that the alternate practice or procedure is equivalent to the existing requirements, and that a health hazard will n…

“Vending machine” means a self-service device that, upon insertion of money or tokens, dispenses food without the necessity of replenishing the device between each vending operation and that operates in conjunction with a commissary. “Vending machine” does not include any device …

“Vermin” means cockroaches, mice, rats, and similar pests that carry disease. (Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 571, Sec. 19. (SB 241) Effective October 11, 2009.)

“Vermin infestation” means the presence of vermin within the food facility as evidenced by actual live bodies, fresh droppings or vomitus, urine stains, or gnaw marks, that could result in contamination to the food, equipment, packaging, or utensils. (Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 23…

“Warewashing” means the cleaning and sanitizing of utensils and food-contact surfaces of equipment. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 23, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007. Operative July 1, 2007, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 23.)

“Warm water” means water that is supplied through a mixing valve or combination faucet at a temperature of at least 100ºF. (Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 23, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007. Operative July 1, 2007, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 23.)

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Alcohol and Drug Affected Mothers and Infants Act of 1990. (Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1688, Sec. 1. Effective September 30, 1990.)

The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Many infants affected by alcohol or other drugs require neonatal intensive care because of low birth weight, prematurity, withdrawal symptoms, serious birth defects, and other medical problems. Alcohol or other drug affected i…

(a) The Office of Perinatal Substance Abuse is hereby established within the State Department of Health Care Services. For purposes of this chapter, “office” means the Office of Perinatal Substance Abuse. (b) The office may do any of the following: (1) Coordinate pilot projects a…

(a) The office may provide or contract for training regarding alcohol and other drug dependency to providers of health, social, educational, and support services to women of childbearing age and their children. (b) The purpose of any training provided pursuant to subdivision (a) …

(a) Funds distributed under this chapter shall be used by counties to fund residential and nonresidential alcohol and other drug treatment programs for pregnant women, postpartum women, and their children and to fund other support services directed at bringing pregnant and postpa…

(a) A county that receives funds distributed under this chapter may establish a perinatal coordinating council that consists of persons who are experts in the areas of alcohol and other drug treatment, client outreach and intervention with women using alcohol and other drugs, chi…

Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this part. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

(a) “Biohazard bag” means a disposable film bag used to contain medical waste. Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 117605, the film bags that are used to line the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT)-approved shipping containers for transport from the generat…

“Chemotherapeutic agent” means an agent that kills or prevents the reproduction of malignant cells. Chemotherapeutic agent excludes anti-inflammatory and antibiotic medications used to treat malignant cells in the practice of veterinary medicine. (Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 564, S…

“Common carrier” means either of the following: (a) A person or company that has a United States Department of Transportation number issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and is registered with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration as a for-hire prop…

“Common storage facility” means any designated accumulation area that is onsite and is used by small quantity generators otherwise operating independently for the storage of medical waste for collection by a registered hazardous waste hauler. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. …

“Container” means the rigid container in which the medical waste is placed prior to transporting for purposes of storage or treatment. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

“Empty” means a condition achieved when tubing, a container, or inner liner removed from a container that previously contained liquid or solid material, including, but not limited to, a chemotherapeutic agent, is considered empty. The tubing, container, or inner liner removed fro…

“Enforcement agency” means the department or the local agency administering this part. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

“Enforcement officer” means the director, or agents or registered environmental health specialists appointed by the director, and all local health officers, directors of environmental health, and their duly authorized registered environmental health specialists and environmental …

“Fund” means the Medical Waste Management Fund created pursuant to Section 117885. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1023, Sec. 347. Effective September 29, 1996.)

“Hazardous waste hauler” means a person registered as a hazardous waste hauler pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 25160) and Article 6.5 (commencing with Section 25167.1) of Chapter 6.5 of Division 20 and Chapter 30 (commencing with Section 66001) of Division 4 of Tit…

“Health care professional” means any person licensed or certified pursuant to Division 2 (commencing with Section 500) of the Business and Professions Code; any person licensed pursuant to the Osteopathic Initiative Act, as set forth in Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 3600) of…

“Highly communicable diseases” means diseases, such as those caused by organisms classified by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as risk group 3 organisms or higher. (Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 564, Sec. 8. (AB 333) Effective January 1, 2015.)

“Household waste” means any material, including garbage, trash, and sanitary wastes in septic tanks and medical waste, that is derived from households, farms, or ranches. Household waste does not include trauma scene waste. (Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 732, Sec. 1.5. Effective Ja…

“Home-generated sharps waste” means hypodermic needles, pen needles, intravenous needles, lancets, and other devices that are used to penetrate the skin for the delivery of medications derived from a household, including a multifamily residence or household. (Added by Stats. 2006…

“Industrial hygienist” means a person who has met the educational requirements of an industrial hygiene certification organization, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 20700 of the Business and Professions Code, and who has had at least one year in the comprehensive practice…

“Infectious agent” means a type of microorganism, bacteria, mold, parasite, or virus, including, but not limited to, organisms managed as Biosafety Level II, III, or IV by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that normally causes, or significantly contributes t…

“Large quantity generator” means a medical waste generator, other than a trauma scene waste management practitioner, that generates 200 or more pounds of medical waste in any month of a 12-month period. (Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 732, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1998.)

“Local agency” means the local health department, as defined in Section 101185, or the local comprehensive environmental agency established in accordance with Section 101275, of a county that has elected to adopt a local ordinance to administer and enforce this part, pursuant to …

(a) “Medical waste” means any biohazardous, pathology, pharmaceutical, or trace chemotherapy waste not regulated by the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-580), as amended; sharps and trace chemotherapy wastes generated in a health care setting …

Medical waste that has been treated in accordance with the provisions of the Medical Waste Management Act, Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 118215), and that is not otherwise hazardous, shall thereafter be considered solid waste as defined in Section 40191 of the Public Resourc…

Medical waste does not include any of the following: (a) Waste generated in food processing or biotechnology that does not contain an infectious agent, as defined in Section 117675, or an agent capable of causing an infection that is highly communicable, as defined in Section 117…

“Medical waste generator” means any person whose act or process produces medical waste and includes, but is not limited to, a provider of health care, as defined in Section 56.05 of the Civil Code. All of the following are examples of businesses that generate medical waste: (a) M…

“Medical waste management plan” means a document that is completed by generators of medical waste that describes how the medical waste generated at their facility shall be segregated, handled, stored, packaged, treated, or shipped for treatment, as applicable, pursuant to Section…

“Medical waste permit” means a permit issued by the enforcement agency to a medical waste treatment facility. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

“Medical waste registration” means a registration issued by the enforcement agency to a medical waste generator. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)