Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

“Parent organization” means an organization that employs or contracts with health care professionals who provide health care services at a location other than at a health care facility specified in subdivision (a) of Section 117705. (Added by renumbering Section 25025.9 by Stats.…

“Person” means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, business concern, partnership, association, limited liability company, and corporation, including, but not limited to, a government corporation. “Person” also includes any city, county, district, commission, the stat…

(a) “Pharmaceutical” means a prescription or over-the-counter human or veterinary drug, including, but not limited to, a drug as defined in Section 109925 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended, (21 U.S.C.A. Sec. 321(g)(1)). (b) For purposes of this part, “pharma…

(a) “Sharps container” means a rigid puncture-resistant container used in patient care or research activities meeting the standards of, and receiving approval from, the United States Food and Drug Administration as a medical device used for the collection of discarded medical nee…

“Small quantity generator” means a medical waste generator, other than a trauma scene waste management practitioner, that generates less than 200 pounds per month of medical waste. (Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 732, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1998.)

“Storage” means the holding of medical wastes, in compliance with the Medical Waste Management Act, including Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 118275), at a designated accumulation area, offsite point of consolidation, transfer station, other registered facility, or in a vehicl…

“Tracking document” means the medical waste tracking document specified in Section 118040. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

“Shipping document” means the medical waste shipping document required by the United States Department of Transportation pursuant to Section 172.200 et seq. of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations or the document required by the United States Postal Service pursuant to Dom…

(a) “Transfer station” means an offsite location permitted by the department where medical waste is loaded, unloaded, stored, or consolidated by a registered hazardous waste hauler during the normal course of transportation of the medical waste. (b) “Transfer station” does not in…

(a) “Trauma scene” means a location soiled by, or contaminated with, human blood, human body fluids, or other residues from the scene of a serious human injury, illness, or death. (b) For purposes of this section, a location may include, but is not limited to, a physical structur…

“Trauma scene waste management practitioner” means a person who undertakes as a commercial activity the removal of human blood, human body fluids, and other associated residues from the scene of a serious human injury, illness, or death, and who is registered with the department …

“Treatment” means any method, technique, or process designed to change or destroy the biological character or composition of any medical waste so as to eliminate its potential for causing disease or creating public or environmental harm, as specified in Chapter 8 (commencing with…

The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this part shall be deposited in the Children’s Hospital Fund, which is hereby created. (Added November 2, 2004, by initiative Proposition 61.)

The purpose of the Children’s Hospital Program is to improve the health and welfare of California’s critically ill children, by providing a stable and ready source of funds for capital improvement projects for children’s hospitals. The program provided for in this part is in the …

The authority is authorized to award grants to any children’s hospital for purposes of funding projects, as defined in subdivision (g) of Section 1179.11. (Added November 2, 2004, by initiative Proposition 61.)

(a) Twenty percent of the total funds available for grants pursuant to this part shall be awarded to children’s hospitals as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 1179.11. (b) Eighty percent of the total funds available for grants pursuant to this part shall be a…

(a) The authority shall develop a written application for the awarding of grants under this part within 90 days of the adoption of this act. The authority shall award grants to eligible children’s hospitals, subject to the limitations of this part and to further the purposes of t…

The Bureau of State Audits may conduct periodic audits to ensure that bond proceeds are awarded in a timely fashion and in a manner consistent with the requirements of this part, and that awardees of bond proceeds are using funds in compliance with applicable provisions of this p…

The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this part shall be deposited in the Children’s Hospital Bond Act Fund, which is hereby created. (Added November 4, 2008, by initiative Proposition 3.)

The purpose of the Children’s Hospital Program is to improve the health and welfare of California’s critically ill children, by providing a stable and ready source of funds for capital improvement projects for children’s hospitals. The program provided for in this part is in the …

The authority is authorized to award grants to any children’s hospital for purposes of funding projects, as defined in subdivision (g) of Section 1179.51. (Added November 4, 2008, by initiative Proposition 3.)

(a) Twenty percent of the total funds available for grants pursuant to this part shall be awarded to children’s hospitals as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 1179.51. (b) Eighty percent of the total funds available for grants pursuant to this part shall be a…

(a) The authority shall develop a written application for the awarding of grants under this part within 90 days of the adoption of this act. The authority shall award grants to eligible children’s hospitals, subject to the limitations of this part and to further the purposes of t…

The Bureau of State Audits may conduct periodic audits to ensure that bond proceeds are awarded in a timely fashion and in a manner consistent with the requirements of this part, and that awardees of bond proceeds are using funds in compliance with applicable provisions of this p…

The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this part shall be deposited in the Children’s Hospital Bond Act Fund, which is hereby created. (Added November 6, 2018, by initiative Proposition 4, Sec. 1. Effective December 19, 2018.)

The purpose of the Children’s Hospital Program is to improve the health and welfare of California’s critically ill children by providing a stable and ready source of funds for capital improvement projects for children’s hospitals. The program provided for in this part is in the p…

The authority is authorized to award grants to any children’s hospital for purposes of funding projects, as defined in subdivision (g) of Section 1179.82, or to a hospital pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 1179.86. (Added November 6, 2018, by initiative Proposition 4, Sec. 1…

(a) Eighteen percent of the total funds available for grants pursuant to this part shall be awarded to children’s hospitals as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 1179.82. (b) Seventy-two percent of the total funds available for grants pursuant to this part sha…

(a) The authority shall develop a written application for the awarding of grants under this part within 90 days of the adoption of this act. The authority shall award grants to eligible children’s hospitals, subject to the limitations of this part and to further the purposes of t…

The California State Auditor may conduct periodic audits to ensure that bond proceeds are awarded in a timely fashion and in a manner consistent with the requirements of this part and that awardees of bond proceeds are using funds in compliance with applicable provisions of this …

The department shall examine into the causes of communicable disease in man and domestic animals occurring or likely to occur in this state. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)

(a) The department shall establish a list of reportable diseases and conditions. For each reportable disease and condition, the department shall specify the timeliness requirements related to the reporting of each disease and condition, and the mechanisms required for, and the co…

The department may establish and maintain places of quarantine or isolation. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Upon being informed by a health officer of any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease the department may take measures as are necessary to ascertain the nature of the disease and prevent its spread. To that end, the department may, if it considers it proper, take possess…

(a) The state director may order examinations for tuberculosis infection in the following persons for the purpose of directing preventive measures: (1) Persons in close contact with persons with infectious tuberculosis disease. (2) Other persons for whom the state director has re…

The department may quarantine, isolate, inspect, and disinfect persons, animals, houses, rooms, other property, places, cities, or localities, whenever in its judgment the action is necessary to protect or preserve the public health. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effect…

The department may destroy such objects as bedding, carpets, household goods, furnishings, materials, clothing, or animals, when ordinary means of disinfection are considered unsafe, and when the property is in its judgment, an imminent menace to the public health. (Added by Stat…

Pursuant to Section 11158 of the Government Code, the sheriff of each county, or city and county, may enforce within the county, or the city and county, all orders of the State Department of Public Health issued for the purpose of preventing the spread of any contagious, infectio…

(a) Any manufacturer or distributor of the influenza vaccine, or nonprofit health care service plan that exclusively contracts with a single medical group in a specified geographic area to provide, or to arrange for the provision of, medical services to its enrollees, shall repor…

If the department receives a report of a case of coccidioidomycosis after the department’s reporting deadline for a specified year, the department shall include the case in its data collection for the next year and attribute it to the year of diagnosis in future data reporting. (…

By April 15 of each year, the department shall collect data on coccidioidomycosis cases from both of the following: (a) The California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE). (b) Any other electronic data system used by a local health department, a coccidioidomycosis …

(a) If the department collects data on coccidioidomycosis cases from a local health officer and removes discrepant data from its internal dataset for any reason, including, but not limited to, to delete duplicate cases reported by multiple counties, the department shall report in…

(a) Consistent with subdivision (b), the list of immunizations, items, and services that were recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), and the Health Resources and Services Administration (H…

The chief and the issuing authority, as defined in Sections 12003 and 12007, respectively, shall in their areas of jurisdiction enforce the provisions of this part and the regulations adopted by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to this part. Any peace officer, as defined in Sectio…

The department may establish an immunization outreach program. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)

(a) A local health officer, or consortium of local health officers, may establish permanent, temporary, or mobile sites and programs, for the purpose of immunizing children, or performing outreach to refer parents to other programs that provide immunizations and comprehensive hea…