Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

Except where the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “Trauma case” means any injured person who has been evaluated by prehospital personnel according to policies and procedures established by the local EMS agency purs…

(a) The authority shall submit draft regulations specifying minimum standards for the implementation of trauma care systems to the commission on or before July 1, 1984, and shall adopt the regulations on or before July 1, 1985. These regulations shall provide specific requirement…

(a) A local emergency medical services agency may implement a trauma care system only if the system meets the minimum standards set forth in the regulations for implementation established by the authority and the plan required by Section 1797.257 has been submitted to, and approv…

A local emergency medical services agency implementing a trauma care system shall establish policies and procedures which are concordant and consistent with the minimum standards set forth in the regulations adopted by the authority. This section does not preclude a local EMS age…

(a) A local emergency medical services agency may charge a fee to an applicant seeking initial or continuing designation as a trauma facility in an amount sufficient to cover the costs directly related to the designation of trauma facilities pursuant to Section 1798.165 and to th…

(a) Local emergency medical services agencies may designate trauma facilities as part of their trauma care system pursuant to the regulations promulgated by the authority. (b) The health facility shall only be designated to provide the level of trauma care and service for which i…

A local emergency medical services agency which elects to implement a trauma care system on or after January 1, 1984, shall develop and submit a plan to the authority according to the regulations established prior to the implementation.

Nothing in this article shall be construed to restrict the authority of a health care facility to provide a service for which it has received a license pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1250) of Division 2.

Nothing in this article shall be construed as changing the boundaries of any local emergency medical services agency in existence on January 1, 1984.

Nothing in this article shall be construed as restricting the use of a helicopter of the Department of the California Highway Patrol from performing missions which the department determines are in the best interests of the people of the State of California.

A local EMS agency may develop triage and transfer protocols to facilitate prompt delivery of patients to appropriate designated facilities within and without its area of jurisdiction. Considerations in designating a facility shall include, but shall not be limited to, the follow…

(a) The local EMS agency shall establish guidelines and standards for completion and operation of formal transfer agreements between hospitals with varying levels of care in the area of jurisdiction of the local EMS agency consistent with Sections 1317 to 1317.9a, inclusive, and …

(a) No person or public agency shall advertise itself as, or hold itself out as, providing emergency medical services, by using in its name or advertising the word “emergency,” or any derivation thereof, or any words which suggest that it is staffed and equipped to provide emerge…

(a) The authority shall establish minimum standards for the operation of poison control centers. (b) The authority shall establish geographical service areas and criteria for designation of regional poison control centers. The authority may designate poison control centers which …

The authority shall consolidate the number of poison control centers if it is determined by the authority that the consolidation will result in cost savings.

The authority may authorize a poison control center, instead of providing poison control services directly, to contract with an entity in another state to provide poison control services during any part of the 24-hour period for which the center is required to provide poison cont…

The authority may authorize a poison control center to provide poison control services for fewer than 24 hours a day, as the authority deems necessary.

An agency may accept financial or other assistance from any public or private source, for the agency’s activities, powers, and duties, and expend any funds so received for any of the purposes of this part.

An agency may borrow money or accept financial or other assistance from the state or the federal government or any other public agency for any redevelopment project within its area of operation, and may comply with any conditions of such loan or grant. An agency may borrow money …

“Bonds” means any bonds, notes, interim certificates, debentures, or other obligations issued by an agency pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 33640) of this chapter.

An agency may invest any money held in reserves or sinking funds, or any money not required for immediate disbursement, in property or securities in which savings banks may legally invest money subject to their control.

If an agency ceases to function, any surplus funds existing after payment of all its obligations and indebtedness shall vest in the community.

In connection with the issuance and sale of preliminary loan notes, secured by a requisition agreement with the United States of America, the agency may delegate to one or more of its agents or employees the powers or duties it deems proper.

An agency shall adopt an annual budget containing all of the following specific information, including all activities to be financed by the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund established pursuant to Section 33334.3: (a) The proposed expenditures of the agency. (b) The proposed …

A county may require a community redevelopment agency to reimburse the county for any expenses incurred by the county in performing any of the services required to be performed by the county for the redevelopment agency pursuant to Sections 33670, 33675, and 33676 for a project a…

(a) (1) This section shall apply to each redevelopment project area that, pursuant to a redevelopment plan which contains the provisions required by Section 33670, is either: (A) adopted on or after January 1, 1994, including later amendments to these redevelopment plans; or (B) …

(a) This section shall apply to a redevelopment plan amendment for any redevelopment plans adopted prior to January 1, 1994, that increases the limitation on the number of dollars to be allocated to the redevelopment agency or that increases, or eliminates pursuant to paragraph (…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a redevelopment agency may make payments from tax increment funds to an affected taxing entity that is a state water supply contractor in accordance with both of the following requirements: (1) The payment shall not exceed the amoun…

(a) All acts and proceedings heretofore or hereafter taken under color of law by a charter city meeting the criteria of subdivision (g) and its redevelopment agency in a county with a population over 4,000,000 with respect to a reimbursement agreement executed pursuant to Section…

At any time after the agency created for any community becomes authorized to transact business and exercise its powers, the legislative body of the community may appropriate to the agency such amounts as the legislative body deems necessary for the administrative expenses and ove…

Each agency transacting business and exercising powers under this part shall annually submit to the legislative body of the community a proposed budget of its administrative expenses.

The legislative body may adopt an annual budget for the administrative expenses of the agency in such amounts as it deems necessary and may provide such conditions and restrictions upon the expenditure or encumbrance of the money appropriated pursuant to the budget as it deems ad…

The money appropriated for administrative expenses shall be kept in the treasury of the community in a special fund to be known as the community redevelopment agency administrative fund, and money shall be drawn from the fund to meet the administrative expenses of the agency in s…

The money appropriated by the legislative body to the community redevelopment agency administrative fund is money granted by the community to defray the administrative expenses of the agency which is performing a public function of the community.

Each such agency shall file with the legislative body a detailed report of all its transactions, including a statement of all revenues and expenditures, at monthly, quarterly, or annual intervals as the legislative body may prescribe.

At any time after it has adopted a resolution declaring that there is need for an agency to function in the community, the legislative body may establish a redevelopment revolving fund to be kept in the treasury of the community.

For the purpose of raising money to be deposited in the redevelopment revolving fund, the legislative body may appropriate money or the community may issue and sell its general obligation bonds.

By resolution of the legislative body adopted by a majority vote, any money in the redevelopment revolving fund may be expended from time to time for: (a) The acquisition of real property in any project area. (b) The clearance, aiding in relocation of site occupants, and preparat…

By resolution of the legislative body adopted by a two-thirds vote, any money in the redevelopment revolving fund may be paid to the agency, upon such terms and conditions as the legislative body may prescribe for any of the following purposes: (a) Deposit in a trust fund to be e…

All money received by the agency from the sale, lease, or encumbering of property acquired with money from the redevelopment revolving fund in excess of the money required to repay the loans and interest thereon authorized by this part shall be redeposited in the fund.

All other provisions of this part that relate to financing are subject to Sections 33433, 33434, and 33624.

The legislative body of any community may abolish the redevelopment revolving fund whenever it finds that the purposes for which it was established have been accomplished. The legislative body of any community may, with the consent of the agency, withdraw money from the redevelop…

The community may issue and sell its general obligation bonds for any or all of the following purposes: raising money to be deposited in the redevelopment revolving fund, or providing funds with which to redeem before maturity, retire at maturity, or purchase agency bonds issued …

If the redevelopment plan contains the provision authorized by Section 33670, the agency and the legislative body of the community may, either before or after the authorization of general obligation bonds for the purposes permitted by Section 33630, enter into an agreement that t…

Any surplus existing in the general obligation bond redemption fund after payment of principal and interest shall be transferred to the general fund of the community.

Except as otherwise provided in this part, any general obligation bonds issued by any community pursuant to this article shall be authorized and issued in the manner and within the limitations prescribed by law or the charter of the community for the issuance and authorization of…

From time to time an agency may, subject to the approval of the legislative body, issue bonds for any of its corporate purposes. An agency may also, subject to the approval of the legislative body, issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying or retiring bonds previously issue…

An agency may issue any types of bonds which it may determine, including bonds on which the principal and interest are payable: (a) Exclusively from the income and revenues of the redevelopment projects financed with the proceeds of the bonds, or with the proceeds together with f…

(a) As used in this section: (1) “Collateral” means any revenues, moneys, accounts receivable, contracts rights, and other rights to payment of whatever kind or other property subject to the pledge provided for or created in a pledge document. (2) “Pledge document” means the reso…

Any of such bonds may be additionally secured by a pledge of any revenues or by an encumbrance by mortgage, deed of trust, or otherwise of any redevelopment project or other property of the agency or by a pledge of the taxes referred to in subdivision (c) of Section 33641, or by …