Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

The committee shall be advisory to the department, the University of California, and State Department of Education for the following purposes: (a) Evaluation of research, school- and community-based programs funded under this article as necessary in order to assess the overall ef…

(a) To prevent tobacco-related diseases and diminish tobacco use, the department shall establish within the department a program on tobacco use and health to reduce tobacco use in California by conducting health education interventions and behavior change programs at the state le…

(a) Funds appropriated to the department for local lead agencies for purposes of this article shall be allocated prospectively, on a quarterly basis in accordance with this section. (b) No local lead agency shall be allocated less than one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000…

(a) The department shall award and administer grants for projects directed at the prevention of tobacco-related diseases. The purpose of the grant program is to conduct health education and promotion activities targeted to high-risk persons and groups in order to reduce the numbe…

(a) The department may provide program support services to local tobacco use prevention programs, that shall include, but need not be limited to, all of the following: (1) Data collection. (2) Educational materials. (3) Evaluation. (4) Technical assistance. (5) Training. (6) Tran…

The department shall expand the Child Health and Disability Prevention (CHDP) Program contained in Article 6 (commencing with Section 124025) of Chapter 3 of Part 2 of Division 106 as follows: (a) Any child between birth and 90 days after entrance into first grade, all persons un…

(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), each county health department or city health department as provided in Section 16800 of the Welfare and Institutions Code shall be the lead local agency for its county. The local lead agency shall have the overall responsibility for th…

Local lead agencies shall obtain the involvement and participation of local community organizations with special experience and expertise in community health education against tobacco usage, including representatives of high-risk populations. Local lead agencies shall include in …

The following goals and priorities shall govern funding services provided under this article pursuant to local plans: (a) The provisions of preventive health education against tobacco use aimed at targeted populations, including pregnant women, mothers of young children, and mino…

(a) Local lead agencies shall attempt to ensure that preventive education against tobacco use for targeted populations is provided in a way that reaches all geographic areas of the county. (b) In choosing among eligible service providers available to serve the targeted population…

The State Department of Education shall provide the leadership for the successful implementation of this article in programs administered by local public and private schools, school districts, and county offices of education. The State Department of Education shall do all of the …

(a) The State Department of Education shall make available funds appropriated to it from the Health Education Account in the Cigarette and Tobacco Products Surtax Fund for the implementation of Section 104420 according to the following schedule: (1) (A) Not less than two-thirds o…

County offices of education that receive funds pursuant to subdivision (l) of Section 104420 shall do all of the following: (a) Provide technical assistance and training to school districts and consortia of school districts regarding planning and preparation of antitobacco progra…

Local lead agencies shall be ineligible for awards under the competitive grants program, unless the local lead agency is participant within a consortium of community-based organizations or nonprofit organizations. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1996.…

In awarding grants under the competitive grants program, the department shall give preference to all of the following: (a) Nonprofit or community-based organizations. (b) Current contractors that meet both of the following requirements: (1) Have demonstrated effectiveness and cap…

(a) The State Department of Education shall develop a common reporting format for districts receiving tobacco-use-prevention funds under this article. (b) The format required by subdivision (a) shall be designed to provide annual data on all of the following: (1) Tobacco-use-prev…

The State Department of Education shall monitor and ensure implementation of district and county offices of education tobacco-free policies and tobacco-use prevention education programs in districts receiving funding from the Cigarette and Tobacco Products Surtax Fund through pro…

(a) Each school district receiving funds from the Cigarette and Tobacco Products Surtax Fund shall make all of the following services available to every pregnant minor and minor parent enrolled in the school district: (1) Referral to perinatal and related support services. (2) Ou…

(a) The department may annually set aside three million dollars ($3,000,000) appropriated for the purposes of the competitive grants program established pursuant to this article in order to support efforts to link the statewide media campaign to local communities and to provide r…

Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2002 and any other provision of law, commencing with the appropriation for the 2002–03 fiscal year, and for each fiscal year thereafter, any amount appropriated to the department or the State Department of Educa…

The State Department of Education shall make periodic reports to the committee regarding the status and funding of tobacco education programs funded under this article as required by the committee. The reports shall include an overview of program and grant expenditures funded und…

There is hereby created under the authority of the Controller the Tobacco Education Fund. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1996.)

All guidelines, criteria, standards, and requirements specified in this article are exempt from the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and shall be implemented without being adopted as regulations…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall govern: (1) “Playground” means any park or recreational area specifically designed to be used by children that has play equipment installed, or any similar facility located on public or private school grounds, …

The Legislature finds and declares that problems related to the inappropriate use of alcoholic beverages and other drug use adversely affect the general welfare of the people of California. These problems include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) Substantial fatalities,…

The Legislature recognizes that any efforts to address the problems related to inappropriate alcohol use and other drug use are greatly hindered by: (a) The stigmatization of persons who have alcohol and other drug problems. (b) Denial by the individual and the community, especia…

The Legislature finds that state government has an affirmative role in alleviating problems related to the inappropriate use of alcoholic beverages and other drug use and that its major objective is protection of the public health and safety, particularly where problems related t…

No person conducting, having charge of, or control of, any hotel, restaurant, saloon, soda fountain, store, theater, public hall, public or private school, church, hospital, club, office building, park, playground, lavatory or washroom, barber shop, railroad train, boat, or any o…

For the purposes of this article the term “common use” when applied to a drinking receptacle is defined as its use for drinking purposes by, or for, more than one person without its being thoroughly cleansed and sterilized between consecutive uses thereof by methods prescribed by…

No cask, water cooler, or other receptacle shall be used for storing or supplying drinking water to the public or to employees unless it is covered and protected so as to prevent persons from dipping the water therefrom or contaminating the water. All the containers shall be prov…

(a) The state department and all health officers of counties, cities, and health districts shall enforce this article. (b) Pursuant to their enforcement of this article, those officers shall also enforce Section 2441 of the Labor Code. This section shall not be construed to abrid…

Violation of any provision of this article is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars ($50) for each offense. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

(a) As used in this chapter, “clinic” means an organized outpatient health facility that provides direct medical, surgical, dental, optometric, or podiatric advice, services, or treatment to patients who remain less than 24 hours, and that may also provide diagnostic or therapeut…

(a) As used in this chapter, “clinic” also means an organized outpatient health facility which, pursuant to Section 1204.1, provides direct psychological advice, services, or treatment to patients who remain less than 24 hours, and which may also provide diagnostic or therapeutic…

“License” means a basic permit to operate a clinic. A license may only be granted to a clinic of a type enumerated in Section 1204 or 1204.1, and the license shall not be transferable. However, the issuance of a license upon a change of ownership shall not of itself constitute a …

“Nonprofit speech and hearing center” means a nonprofit agency which provides an integrated program of speech pathology and audiology services in an outpatient setting designed to improve the functioning of persons with communicative disorders. A nonprofit speech and hearing cent…

“Special permit” means a permit issued in addition to a license authorizing the clinic to offer one or more special services, as defined in Section 1203 or regulations adopted pursuant thereto. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1147.)

“Special service” means a functional division, department, or unit of a clinic, or a clinic that is organized, staffed, and equipped to provide a specific type or types of care which have been identified by this section or by regulations of the state department, and for which the…

Clinics eligible for licensure pursuant to this chapter are primary care clinics and specialty clinics. (a) (1) Only the following defined classes of primary care clinics shall be eligible for licensure: (A) A “community clinic” means a clinic operated by a tax-exempt nonprofit c…

In addition to the primary care clinics and specialty clinics specified in Section 1204, clinics eligible for licensure pursuant to this chapter include psychology clinics. A “psychology clinic” is a clinic which provides psychological advice, services, or treatment to patients, …

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, and except as provided in subdivision (c), a primary care clinic described in subdivision (a) of Section 1204 that is licensed pursuant to this chapter shall not be required to enter into a written transfer agreement with a nearby hospital as a …

(a) An alternative birth center that is licensed as an alternative birth center specialty clinic pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 1204 shall, as a condition of licensure, and a primary care clinic licensed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1204 that pr…

The State Department of Health Services shall provide information to the California Health Facilities Financing Authority with respect to primary care clinic grant applicants for capital outlay projects as specified in Section 15438.6 of the Government Code. (Added by Stats. 2000…

A primary care clinic may submit verification of certification from the Joint Commission, the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC), or any other accrediting organization recognized by the department to the Licensing and Certification Division within the St…

Except as provided in Section 1206, no person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or public agency shall operate, establish, manage, conduct or maintain a clinic in this state without first obtaining a license therefor as provided in this chapter; nor shall any such per…

A clinic that has been verified by the Licensing and Certification Division of the State Department of Health Services and the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development as having (1) provided chronic dialysis and (2) been licensed as an outpatient clinic, before Septemb…