Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

The State Fire Marshal may, upon a preliminary finding of a violation of the provisions of this part, suspend any license or certificate of registration for a period not exceeding 30 days pending investigation of any violation of the provisions of this part.

Any applicant who has been denied a license or certificate of registration or who has had a license or certificate of registration suspended, shall be entitled to a hearing in accordance with the provisions of this part.

Except where otherwise provided in this part, all hearings under this part shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(a) If the State Fire Marshal or his or her designee determines that the public interest and public welfare will be adequately served by permitting a person who has a license issued pursuant to Section 13165 or a certificate of registration issued pursuant to Section 13178 to pay…

(a) The original and annual renewal fee for any license or a certificate of registration issued pursuant to this chapter shall be established by the State Fire Marshal. That fee shall not exceed the amount necessary to cover the costs incurred in the administration and enforcemen…

No special fee other than that charged for an ordinary business license shall be charged for any natural person, corporation, firm, or association, by any city, county, city and county or fire protection district, for the privilege of performing acts involving servicing, charging…

Except as provided in this article, the State Fire Marshal shall enforce in all areas of the state, the provisions of this chapter and the regulations and standards adopted by him pursuant to Section 13160. The provisions of this chapter and the regulations and standards adopted …

Any governmental agency, including the state, and any city, county, district, or any other political subdivision or public corporation of the state, may, in their respective areas of jurisdiction, enforce ordinances, regulations, and orders adopted by such agency relating to the …

Any portable fire extinguisher that is required to be installed by any statute or ordinance shall be maintained in accordance with the regulations adopted pursuant to Section 13160. (a) The owner or occupant of a property in which fire extinguishers are located shall be responsib…

Every person who violates any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to Section 13160 is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment for not more than six months, o…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) That there are more than 600,000 families in California who face the enormous challenge of moving rapidly from welfare to work in order to meet federal and state deadlines. (2) That a significant number of these fam…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Families Moving to Work Program. The Families Moving to Work Program shall be operated as a component of the Multifamily Housing Program of the department (Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675)).

The definitions in this section apply to all activities conducted pursuant to this chapter. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, or unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 50050) of Part 1 and Chapter 6.7 (commencing w…

(a) The Families Moving to Work Account is hereby established in the Rental Housing Construction Fund. The account shall be organized into subaccounts as provided in this chapter. All of the following moneys shall be paid into the account: (1) Any moneys appropriated and made ava…

(a) The department may deposit an amount not to exceed 10 percent of the moneys appropriated to the account in a feasibility subaccount in the account. The moneys in that account may be utilized to provide funds, as determined necessary by the department, to ensure the economic f…

The department shall submit a report on or before January 1, 1990, and on or before each January 1, thereafter, to the Legislature and the Governor on the administration and implementation of the programs and account which shall include, but not be limited to, all of the followin…

The department is encouraged, as appropriate, to enter into interagency agreements with any state department or agency to ensure close coordination and cooperation in using the funds of the other departments or agencies for the jobs component, child care component, or other compo…

Each community housing development shall consist of three components: a housing component, a supportive services component, and a jobs and economic development component.

(a) Housing assisted pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to the following provisions: (1) For the period during which the development benefits from assistance provided pursuant to this chapter, and not less than 10 years, households moving into assisted units must be compri…

The community housing development shall include, to the extent feasible, financial and nonfinancial public assistance and private assistance in its development costs as well as its operating costs, as determined by the department. The department shall adopt regulations which enco…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) That in addition to the need for housing described in this chapter as community housing developments, there is an additional critical need for smaller scale congregate housing suitable to single-parent households in whi…

In implementing this article, the department shall comply with all of the following requirements: (a) The department shall apply the requirements and priorities of subdivisions (a), (b), and (e) of Section 50888.3 and Sections 50887 and 50889.5 in the selection of congregate hous…

Each congregate housing development shall, to the maximum extent feasible, as determined by the department, incorporate the design, social, and economic development components of Sections 50888.5 to 50889, inclusive, considering the size, design, and purpose of these units. These…

The department shall make, or undertake commitments to make, construction or rehabilitation loans, including land acquisition costs, and mortgage loans in accordance with subdivisions (a) and (c) for new construction, and subdivisions (b) and (c) for rehabilitation, to sponsors t…

(a) The cost of development of any common portions of the development shall be allocated to the fund in the same ratio as the ratio between assisted and nonassisted units in the community housing development. (b) Not more than 50 percent of the cost of the child care center and r…

(a) Where loans will be used in conjunction with federal and other state housing assistance or tax credits, and a conflict exists between the other state and federal program requirements and this chapter, the requirements of this chapter may be waived only to the extent necessary…

No rule, policy, or standard of general application employed by the department in implementing this chapter shall be subject to the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(a) Every person, except a parent informant for a certificate of live birth and as provided in subdivision (b), who is responsible for supplying information who refuses or fails to furnish correctly any information in his or her possession that is required by this part, or furnis…

(a) Every person, except as provided in subdivision (b), who willfully alters or knowingly possesses more than one altered document, other than as permitted by this part, or falsifies any certificate of birth, fetal death, or death, or marriage license, or any record established …

Every person who is required to fill out a certificate of birth, fetal death, or death, or marriage license and register it with the local registrar, or deliver it, upon request, to any person charged with the duty of registering it, and who fails, neglects, or refuses to perform…

Every local registrar, deputy registrar, or subregistrar, who fails, neglects, or refuses to perform his or her duty as required by this part and by the instructions and directions of the State Registrar thereunder, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Any person who uses any information from a certificate of live birth that is stamped with the notation authorized under subdivision (a) of Section 10056.5 is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Any person who willfully makes or files or causes to be made or filed a false certificate or affidavit under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 102525) is guilty of a felony. The subject is also liable to the State of California for a civil penalty in the amount of five thousand …

This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Toxic Mold Protection Act of 2001.

For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Affect” means to cause a condition by the presence of mold in the dwelling unit, building, appurtenant structure, common wall, heating system, or ventilating and air-conditioning system that affects the indoor ai…

All standards that the department develops pursuant to this chapter shall be in accordance with existing administrative law procedures applicable to the development of regulations.

The department shall convene a task force which shall advise the department on the development of standards pursuant to Sections 26103, 26105, 26106, 26120, and 26130. The task force shall be comprised of representatives of public health officers, environmental health officers, c…

The department shall consider the feasibility of adopting permissible exposure limits to mold in indoor environments.

(a) If the department finds that adopting permissible exposure limits to mold in indoor environments is feasible, the department, in consultation with the task force convened pursuant to Section 26101.7, shall: (1) Adopt permissible exposure limits to mold for indoor environments…

(a) (1) The department shall, at the time it commences preparation of the permissible exposure limits to mold, provide notice electronically by posting on its Internet Web site a notice that informs interested persons that the department has initiated work on the permissible expo…

(a) The department, in consultation with the task force convened pursuant to Section 26101.7, shall adopt practical standards to assess the health threat posed by the presence of mold, both visible and invisible or hidden, in an indoor environment. (b) The department shall adopt …

The department may develop alternative assessment standards applicable for facilities, which may include hospitals, child care facilities, and nursing homes, whose primary business is to serve members of subgroups that comprise a meaningful portion of the general population and a…

(a) (1) The department shall, at the time it commences preparation of standards for the assessment of molds, provide notice electronically by posting on its Internet Web site a notice that informs interested persons that the department has initiated work on the assessment standar…

The department, in consultation with the task force convened pursuant to Section 26101.7, shall adopt mold identification guidelines for the recognition of mold, water damage, or microbial volatile organic compounds in indoor environments.

Identification guidelines shall include scientifically valid methods to identify the presence of mold including elements for collection of air, surface and bulk samples, visual identification, olfactory identification, laboratory analysis, measurements of amount of moisture, and …

(a) Identification guidelines developed by the department shall do all of the following: (1) Avoid adverse effects on the health of the general population, with an adequate margin of safety, and avoid any significant risk to public health. (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), balan…

The department may review, and consider adopting by reference, any information prepared by, or on behalf of, the United States Environmental Protection Agency or other authoritative bodies, for the purpose of adopting national identification standards for molds.

(a) The department shall, at the time it commences preparation of identification guidelines for mold, electronically post on its Internet Web site a notice that informs interested persons that it has initiated work on the identification guidelines. (b) The notice shall include a …

All identification guidelines for mold published by the department shall be reviewed at least once every five years and revised, as necessary, based upon the availability of new scientific data or information on effective mold identification.

The department, in consultation with the task force convened pursuant to Section 26101.7, shall develop and disseminate remediation guidelines for molds in indoor environments.