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DIVISION 101. ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH [100100. - 101997.]

Division 101 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 3.

§§ 100100–101997 · 340 sections

  1. PART 1. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES §§ 100100–100922 · 103 sections
    1. CHAPTER 1. Organization of the Department §§ 100100–100140 · 9 sections
      • § 100100 There is in the state government in the California Health and Human Services Agency, a State Department of Health Services which, effective July 1, 2007, is…
      • § 100105 (a) The department is under the control of an executive officer known as the Director of Health Care Services, who shall be appointed by the Governor, subject…
      • § 100110 The director shall have the powers of a head of the department pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the…
      • § 100115 There is in the department a Division of Rural Health. The division shall administer Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 124550) and Chapter 4 (commencing with…
      • § 100120 All officers or employees of the department employed after July 1, 1978, shall be appointed by the director.
      • § 100125 Notwithstanding any other provision of state law, the department shall develop a proposal for consolidation of various programs affecting the health of mothers…
      • § 100130 Each state level consolidation proposal shall include plans for the development of the following: (a) Common eligibility standards for programs included within…
      • § 100135 The director may seek and grant waivers that the department determines are reasonably necessary for the implementation of the department’s proposed…
      • § 100140 It is the intent of the Legislature that the duties and responsibilities provided for in Sections 100125 and 100130 be accomplished by utilizing existing staff…
    2. CHAPTER 1.5. Health and Welfare Agency Report on Long-Term Care §§ 100145–100147 · 2 sections
      • § 100145 The Legislature finds and declares that for older persons and persons with disabilities all of the following apply: (a) Long-term care consumers experience…
      • § 100147 For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Long-term care” means a coordinated continuum of preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic,…
    3. CHAPTER 2. General Powers of the Department §§ 100150–100335 · 28 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 100150–100236 · 10 sections
        • § 100150 The State Department of Health Services succeeds to and is vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the State…
        • § 100155 The department may use the unexpended balance of funds available for use in connection with the performance of the functions of the State Department of Health…
        • § 100160 All officers and employees of the State Department of Health heretofore performing any duty, power, purpose, responsibility, or jurisdiction to which the…
        • § 100165 The department shall have possession and control of all records, papers, officers, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations, land or other property,…
        • § 100170 (a) The department may commence and maintain all proper and necessary actions and proceedings for any or all of the following purposes: (1) To enforce its…
        • § 100171 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever the department is authorized or required by statute, regulation, due process (Fourteenth Amendment to the…
        • § 100185.5 (a) When a letter or order of denial of continued enrollment or suspension of any type or duration, based upon fraud or abuse, or a suspension of payments…
        • § 100220 With the approval of the Department of Finance, and for use in the furtherance of the work of the department, the director may accept (a) grants of interest in…
        • § 100235 (a) The department shall annually reimburse the Robert F. Kennedy Farm Workers Medical Plan for claim payments that exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000)…
        • § 100236 (a) Within 60 days of enactment of the Budget Act, the department shall advance to a local health department 25 percent of the annual General Fund allocation,…
      2. ARTICLE 1.5. Inclusion of Women and Minorities in Clinical Research Act. §§ 100237–100239 · 3 sections
        • § 100237 (a) This article shall be known, and may be cited as, the “Inclusion of Women and Minorities in Clinical Research Act.” (b) For purposes of this article, the…
        • § 100238 (a) In conducting or supporting a project of clinical research, a grantee shall, except as provided in subdivision (b) or (e), do all of the following: (1)…
        • § 100239 (a) Pursuant to Section 439.904, state agencies shall, and it is the intent of the Legislature that the University of California, include, in appropriate…
      3. ARTICLE 2. State Laboratories §§ 100250–100255 · 2 sections
        • § 100250 The department shall maintain a laboratory and branch laboratories as may be necessary to perform the microbiological, physical and chemical analyses required…
        • § 100255 The department may prepare or purchase biological products and distribute them at cost.
      4. ARTICLE 3. Regulatory Authorization and Review §§ 100275–100315 · 9 sections
        • § 100275 (a) The department may adopt and enforce regulations for the execution of its duties. (b) All regulations heretofore adopted by the department or its…
        • § 100280 (a) The director shall adopt emergency regulations pursuant to Section 1267.7 implementing Chapter 327 of the Statutes of 1982, effective July 1, 1983, in…
        • § 100285 (a) Notwithstanding Section 11346.1 of the Government Code regarding the duration of emergency regulations, any regulations adopted by the director pursuant to…
        • § 100290 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall submit all of its regulations on matters related to statutory responsibilities delegated to or…
        • § 100295 The department, after consultation with and approval by the Conference of Local Health Officers, shall by regulation establish standards of education and…
        • § 100300 When a dispute arises as to the interpretation or enforcement of regulations of the department that are being enforced by a city, city and county, county, or…
        • § 100305 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department by regulation may provide for the issuance and renewal on a two-year basis of licenses, certificates…
        • § 100310 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, but to the extent consistent with applicable federal law or regulation, the director may, after a request by a…
        • § 100315 (a) The department and as applicable, the California Department of Aging, the State Department of Public Health, and the State Department of Social Services,…
      5. ARTICLE 4. Population, Public Health, and Environmental Study §§ 100325–100335 · 4 sections
        • § 100325 The department shall cause special investigations of the sources of morbidity and mortality and the effects of localities, employments, conditions and…
        • § 100330 All records of interviews, written reports, and statements procured by the department or by any other person, agency, or organization acting jointly with the…
        • § 100333 (a) The department shall annually compile and publish the laws relating to the use, handling, transportation, storage, and disposal of hazardous materials,…
        • § 100335 The department may do all of the following activities: (1) Make a continuing study of births, deaths, marriages, and divorces, in order to provide a continuing…
    4. CHAPTER 3. Additional Administrative Provisions §§ 100350–100575 · 24 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. Advance Payments to Small Contractors § 100350 · 1 section
        • § 100350 The Legislature finds that many programs of the department are hindered by the length of time required for the state to execute contracts and pay vendor…
      2. ARTICLE 2. Public Health Federal Fund §§ 100375–100390 · 4 sections
        • § 100375 The Public Health Federal Fund in the State Treasury is hereby created. All grants of money received by the state from the United States, the expenditure of…
        • § 100380 All money in the Public Health Federal Fund is hereby appropriated to the department, without regard to fiscal years, for expenditure for the purposes for…
        • § 100385 The department and the Controller shall keep a record of the classes and sources of income deposited in, or transferred to, the Public Health Federal Fund, and…
        • § 100390 The Director of Finance and the Controller may approve any general plan that meets the following requirements: (a) Any expenditures that are a proper charge…
      3. ARTICLE 3. Special Deposit Funds § 100400 · 1 section
        • § 100400 All grants or donations of money received by the state from sources other than the United States, the expenditure of which is administered through or under the…
      4. ARTICLE 4. Fees or Charges for Issuance and Renewal of Documents §§ 100425–100450 · 5 sections
        • § 100425 (a) The fees or charges for the issuance or renewal of any permit, license, registration, or document pursuant to Sections 1676, 1677, 2805, 11839.25, 103625,…
        • § 100430 (a) (1) The fees or charges for a record search or for the issuance of any license, permit, registration, or any other document pursuant to Section 26840 of…
        • § 100435 For the fee specified in Section 26840 of the Government Code, the adjustment authorized by Section 100430 shall apply only to the portion of the fee…
        • § 100440 For the fee specified in subdivision (c) of Section 103625, the adjustment authorized by Section 100430 shall apply to the additional fee charged to applicants…
        • § 100450 (a) The fees or charges required to accompany an application for the issuance or renewal of any license pursuant to Section 1300 of the Business and…
      5. ARTICLE 6. Richmond Laboratory and Office Facility §§ 100500–100510 · 3 sections
        • § 100500 (a) The Director of General Services may acquire real property in order to construct a laboratory and office facility or remodeling an existing facility in the…
        • § 100505 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) It is in the state’s interest to utilize fully state real property assets. (b) The State…
        • § 100510 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the property at 2151 Berkeley Way in the City of Berkeley be conveyed to the University of California pursuant to…
      6. ARTICLE 7. Contract Uniformity §§ 100525–100540 · 4 sections
        • § 100525 It is the Legislature’s intent in enacting this article to promote efficiency in the administration of multiple contracts between nonprofit organizations and…
        • § 100530 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall review the following categorical programs and develop a procedure by which a contracting…
        • § 100535 Nothing contained in this article shall conflict with any mandate imposed by laws or regulations of the state or federal government.
        • § 100540 The department shall take the steps necessary to achieve uniformity among contracts.
      7. ARTICLE 8. Consolidation of Contracts §§ 100550–100570 · 5 sections
        • § 100550 Notwithstanding any other provisions of state law or any division in the allocation of funds in the Budget Act, the department may, within its authority to…
        • § 100555 To the extent that a reduction in administrative costs would thereby result, any agency or agencies authorized to conduct audits under any state health…
        • § 100560 Notwithstanding any other provision of state law, any contract under this article shall be subject to review and approval by the Department of General Services.
        • § 100565 No provision of this article shall be construed to prohibit the department from providing under any contract entered into under this article for reimbursement…
        • § 100570 In order to implement this article, the department may establish a single account wherein all funds for eligible programs may be deposited for purposes of…
      8. ARTICLE 9. Pest Spray Reports § 100575 · 1 section
        • § 100575 (a) By the 10th of each month, a person engaged in the business of pest control under the authority of a license issued pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with…
    5. CHAPTER 4. Regulation of Laboratory Services §§ 100700–100922 · 40 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. (Reserved)
      2. ARTICLE 2. Licensing of Laboratories §§ 100700–100775 · 6 sections
        • § 100700 (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), laboratories engaged in the performance of forensic alcohol analysis tests by or for law enforcement agencies on…
        • § 100701 All laboratories that are subject to the requirements of Section 100700 shall ensure that breath alcohol instruments and calibrating devices used in testing…
        • § 100702 (a) All laboratories that are subject to the requirements of Section 100700 shall follow the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory…
        • § 100703 (a) On or before July 1, 2005, the department shall establish a review committee. (b) The review committee shall have eight members, including one person…
        • § 100725 On or after January 1, 1971, the department shall enforce this chapter and regulations adopted by the department.
        • § 100775 Any ampoules and their contents employed in a breath alcohol analysis test may be destroyed by the law enforcement agency in possession of them one year after…
      3. ARTICLE 3. Environmental Laboratories §§ 100825–100920.5 · 32 sections
        • § 100825 (a) This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Act. (b) Laboratories that perform analyses on any combination…
        • § 100827 (a) A laboratory accredited by the state board shall report, in a timely fashion and in accordance with the request for analysis, the full and complete results…
        • § 100829 The State Water Resources Control Board may do all of the following related to accrediting environmental laboratories in the state: (a) Offer both state…
        • § 100830 The department may do all of the following: (a) Adopt regulations establishing requirements for both types of accreditation. The regulations shall include, but…
        • § 100832 All regulations adopted by the department pursuant to this article, as they read immediately preceding January 1, 2006, shall remain in full force and effect…
        • § 100837 The state board may contract with approved third-party laboratory assessor bodies in accordance with the criteria developed by the TNI or a federal agency.
        • § 100840 Any laboratory requesting ELAP certification or TNI accreditation under this article shall file with the state board an application on forms prescribed by the…
        • § 100845 (a) Each certificate issued pursuant to this article for ELAP certification shall be issued to the owner of the laboratory and shall expire 24 months from the…
        • § 100847 (a) The period of accreditation for TNI accredited laboratories shall be 12 months. An application for renewal shall be filed with the state board prior to the…
        • § 100850 (a) Upon the filing of an application for ELAP certification or TNI accreditation and after a finding by the state board that there is full compliance with…
        • § 100851 (a) An application for TNI accreditation or renewal of TNI accreditation shall be denied by the accrediting body for any of the following reasons: (1) Failure…
        • § 100852 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the state board may issue a certificate to the owner of a laboratory in a field of testing or method adopted by the federal…
        • § 100855 Upon the denial of an application for ELAP certification or TNI accreditation, the state board shall immediately notify the applicant or organization by…
        • § 100860.1 (a) At the time of application for ELAP certification and annually thereafter, from the date of the issuance of the certificate, a laboratory shall pay an ELAP…
        • § 100862 (a) At the time of application for TNI accreditation and annually thereafter, from the date of the issuance of the accreditation, a laboratory shall pay a TNI…
        • § 100863 The department shall appoint a multidisciplinary committee to assist, advise, and make recommendations regarding technical, scientific, and administrative…
        • § 100865 (a) In order to carry out the purpose of this article, any duly authorized representative of the state board may do the following: (1) Enter and inspect a…
        • § 100870 (a) Any laboratory that is ELAP certified or holds TNI accreditation or has applied for ELAP certification or TNI accreditation or for renewal of ELAP…
        • § 100872 (a) An ELAP certified laboratory shall successfully analyze proficiency testing samples for those fields of testing for which they are certified, not less than…
        • § 100875 Whenever the state board determines that any laboratory has violated or is violating this article or any certificate, regulation, or standard issued or adopted…
        • § 100880 If the state board determines that a laboratory is in violation of this article or any regulation or order issued or adopted pursuant to this article, the…
        • § 100885 (a) Any person who operates a laboratory that performs work that requires certification or TNI accreditation under Section 25198, 25298.5, 78510, 110490, or…
        • § 100886 Any person who operates a laboratory for the purposes specified in Section 25198, 25298.5, 78510, or 116390 of this code, or Section 13176 of the Water Code,…
        • § 100890 (a) Any person who knowingly makes any false statement or representation in any application, record, or other document submitted, maintained, or used for…
        • § 100895 (a) Any person who knowingly does any of the following acts may, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000)…
        • § 100900 The remedies provided by this article are cumulative and shall not be construed as restricting any remedy, provisional or otherwise, provided by law for the…
        • § 100905 The department may suspend or revoke any certificate issued under of this article for any of the following reasons: (a) Violation by the owner of the…
        • § 100907 (a) The state board shall revoke, in whole or in part, the accreditation of a TNI accredited laboratory for either of the following reasons: (1) Failure to…
        • § 100910 (a) The state board, after providing notice to the owner of the laboratory and opportunity for a hearing, may suspend or revoke an ELAP certification or TNI…
        • § 100915 (a) (1) The state board may temporarily suspend, in whole or in part, ELAP certification or TNI accreditation prior to any hearing, when it has determined that…
        • § 100920 Fees and civil penalties collected under this article shall be deposited in the Environmental Laboratory Improvement Fund, that is hereby created. Moneys in…
        • § 100920.5 (a) Within 30 days after service of a copy of a decision or order issued by the state board under this chapter, an aggrieved party may file with the superior…
      4. ARTICLE 4. Freestanding Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories §§ 100921–100922 · 2 sections
        • § 100921 The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) A pilot program was established by the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development to test the feasibility…
        • § 100922 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a freestanding cardiac catheterization laboratory that as of December 31, 1993, was in active status in the…
  2. PART 2. CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE OF LOCAL HEALTH OFFICERS §§ 100925–100950 · 3 sections
    1. CHAPTER 1. Organization §§ 100925–100930 · 2 sections
      • § 100925 There is hereby established a California Conference of Local Health Officers. The department shall consult with the conference in establishing standards as…
      • § 100930 Nothing in this part, Section 100295, Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 101175) of Part 3, and Part 3 (commencing with Section 124300) of Division 106 or in…
    2. CHAPTER 2. General Powers and Duties § 100950 · 1 section
      • § 100950 The department shall administer this part, Section 100295, and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 101175) of Part 3 and shall adopt necessary regulations.…
  3. PART 3. LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS §§ 101000–101490 · 88 sections
    1. CHAPTER 1. Organization and Appointment of Health Officers §§ 101000–101010 · 3 sections
      • § 101000 Each board of supervisors shall appoint a health officer who is a county officer.
      • § 101005 The county health officer shall be a graduate of a medical college of good standing and repute. His or her compensation shall be determined by the board of…
      • § 101010 Immediately after the appointment of the health officer, the board of supervisors shall notify the director of the appointment and the name and address of the…
    2. CHAPTER 2. Powers and Duties of Local Health Officers and Local Health Departments §§ 101025–101165 · 31 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. County Health Officers §§ 101025–101070 · 11 sections
        • § 101025 The board of supervisors of each county shall take measures as may be necessary to preserve and protect the public health in the unincorporated territory of…
        • § 101029 The sheriff of each county, or city and county, may enforce within the county, or the city and county, all orders of the local health officer issued for the…
        • § 101030 The county health officer shall enforce and observe in the unincorporated territory of the county, all of the following: (a) Orders and ordinances of the board…
        • § 101035 The county health officer shall advise on medical matters any board or body vested with the management of any county pension or retirement system and shall…
        • § 101040 (a) The local health officer may take any preventive measure that may be necessary to protect and preserve the public health from any public health hazard…
        • § 101042 (a) If the local health officer or their designee is notified of a leak in an active gas pipeline, that is within the jurisdiction of the Geologic Energy…
        • § 101045 (a) The county health officer shall, at least annually, investigate health and sanitary conditions in a county jail, publicly operated detention facility in…
        • § 101050 (a) The county health officer shall prepare a list of family planning and birth control clinics located in the county for distribution by the county clerk…
        • § 101055 (a) The county health officer shall furnish all hospitals within the county, and all physicians and surgeons upon request, copies of the list prepared pursuant…
        • § 101060 The county health officer may designate a nonprofit food distribution agency to coordinate and facilitate the donation of food and food products to nonprofit,…
        • § 101070 (a) (1) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the dispensing or furnishing of drugs requiring a prescription pursuant to Section 11470, a controlled…
      2. ARTICLE 2. Local Health Emergencies §§ 101075–101095 · 7 sections
        • § 101075 As used in this article: (a) “Hazardous waste” means a waste, or combination of wastes, that because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or…
        • § 101080 Whenever a release, spill, escape, or entry of waste occurs as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 101075 and the director or the local…
        • § 101080.2 (a) The local health officer may issue, and first responders may execute, an order authorizing first responders to immediately isolate exposed individuals that…
        • § 101085 (a) After the declaration of a health emergency or a local health emergency pursuant to Section 101080, the director or local health officer may do any or all…
        • § 101087 (a) For purposes of this section, the terms “handler,” “administering agency,” “hazardous material,” “release,” and “threatened release” shall have the meaning…
        • § 101090 When requested by the person furnishing the information furnished pursuant to Section 101085, the portions of the information that might disclose trade secrets…
        • § 101095 Any person failing or refusing to furnish technical, toxicological, or other information required pursuant to Section 101085, or falsifying any information…
      3. ARTICLE 3. Public Health Nurses §§ 101100–101115 · 4 sections
        • § 101100 The governing body of a city may employ one or more public health nurses, each of whom shall be a registered nurse possessing qualifications prescribed by the…
        • § 101105 The public health nurse shall attend to matters pertaining to the health and sanitary conditions of the city as the governing body may assign. Compensation for…
        • § 101110 The board of supervisors in each county may employ one or more public health nurses, each of whom shall be a registered nurse possessing qualifications…
        • § 101115 The public health nurse shall attend to matters pertaining to the health and sanitary conditions of the county as the board of supervisors may assign.…
      4. ARTICLE 4. Dental Professionals §§ 101125–101140 · 4 sections
        • § 101125 The governing body of a city may employ one or more dentists or dental hygienists, each of whom shall be a licensed dentist or dental hygienist.
        • § 101130 The dentist or dental hygienist shall attend to dental conditions of the city as the governing body may assign. Compensation for the dentist or dental…
        • § 101135 The board of supervisors in each county may employ one or more dentists or dental hygienists, each of whom shall be a licensed dentist or dental hygienist.
        • § 101140 The dentist or dental hygienist shall attend to dental conditions of the county, as the board of supervisors may assign. Compensation for the dentist or dental…
      5. ARTICLE 5. Municipal and County Laboratories §§ 101150–101165 · 5 sections
        • § 101150 For the purpose of protecting the community and the public health, the local health department of a city or county shall have available the services of a…
        • § 101155 The cost of establishment and maintenance of the public health laboratory is a legal expenditure from any city or county funds that are for disbursement under…
        • § 101160 (a) Any city or county public health laboratory established for the purposes set forth in this chapter and its personnel shall be approved by the State…
        • § 101161 (a) A person may perform an analysis of samples to test for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in any city or county public health laboratory if they…
        • § 101165 Nothing in this article, or any other provision of law, shall be construed to restrict, limit, or prevent individuals certified under authority of this part or…
    3. CHAPTER 3. State Aid for Local Health Administration §§ 101175–101320.5 · 29 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. Definitions and General Policy §§ 101175–101185 · 3 sections
        • § 101175 The rapid increase in the population of the state and the increasing industrialization in both the urban and rural areas necessitate the provision of effective…
        • § 101180 “Population,” for the purpose of this chapter, shall be determined by the most recent United States decennial census; provided, however, whenever it appears to…
        • § 101185 For the purposes of this chapter a “local health department” shall be interpreted to mean any one of the following public health administrative organizations:…
      2. ARTICLE 2. Qualification for Financial Assistance § 101200 · 1 section
        • § 101200 Local health departments qualifying for assistance as provided in this chapter, on or after September 19, 1947, shall receive financial aid as of the date of…
      3. ARTICLE 3. State Aid §§ 101225–101265 · 9 sections
        • § 101225 Provisional approval may be given by the department to a county health department that meets minimum standards as specified in this chapter, Section 100295,…
        • § 101230 From the appropriation made for the purposes of this article, allocation shall be made to the administrative bodies of qualifying local health jurisdictions…
        • § 101235 The department succeeds to and is vested with the duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction heretofore exercised by the State Department of Benefit…
        • § 101240 The department shall have possession and control of all records, papers, equipment, and supplies held for the benefit or use of the Director of Benefit…
        • § 101245 All officers and employees of the Director of Benefit Payments who are serving in the state civil service, other than as temporary employees, on July 1, 1978,…
        • § 101250 After determining the total amounts available to each area, the department shall notify the governing body of each local health department of that amount, and…
        • § 101255 No funds appropriated for the purposes of this article shall be allocated to any local health department unless the governing body of the local health…
        • § 101260 No funds appropriated for the purposes of this article shall be allocated to any local health department whose professional and technical personnel and whose…
        • § 101265 The basic and per capita allotments shall be paid quarterly to the administrative body of each qualifying local health department. Each quarterly payment may…
      4. ARTICLE 4. Transfer of Environmental Health and Sanitation Services §§ 101275–101285 · 3 sections
        • § 101275 Notwithstanding Section 101260, a county board of supervisors may, with the concurrence of the director, transfer the total function of providing environmental…
        • § 101280 If a transfer authorized by Section 101275 is made: (a) Each agency shall employ as the immediate supervisor of the environmental health and sanitation…
        • § 101285 (a) Notwithstanding Section 101260, the county board of supervisors may, with the concurrence of the county officer providing the services, transfer all or any…
      5. ARTICLE 5. Local Public Health Service Contract Options §§ 101300–101310 · 4 sections
        • § 101300 (a) (1) The board of supervisors of a county with a population of less than 50,000 may enter into a contract with the department and the department may enter…
        • § 101305 Any counties that were eligible for organization and operation of local public health services by the department pursuant to former Section 1157, as amended by…
        • § 101307 (a) Counties contracting with the department pursuant to Section 101300 may enter into a contract with the department whereby the department’s program that…
        • § 101310 In the event a health emergency is declared by the board of supervisors in a county, or in the event a county health emergency is declared by the county health…
      6. ARTICLE 6. Federal Funding for Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response §§ 101315–101319 · 6 sections
        • § 101315 (a) Federal funding received by the State Department of Public Health for public health emergency preparedness and response is subject to appropriation in the…
        • § 101315.2 Of the funds appropriated in the annual Budget Act for local health jurisdictions for the purpose of preparing California for public health emergencies,…
        • § 101317 (a) For purposes of this article, allocations shall be made to the administrative bodies of qualifying local health jurisdictions described as public health…
        • § 101317.2 Notwithstanding any other law, moneys made available in the 2004–05 Budget Act for public health emergency preparedness and response shall be available for…
        • § 101318 (a) Federal funding received pursuant to the 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act (Public Law 111-32) for pandemic influenza for purposes of state and local…
        • § 101319 Due to the need to rapidly implement, and to provide local health jurisdictions, hospitals, long-term health care facilities, clinics, emergency medical…
      7. ARTICLE 7. Support for Vital Public Health Activities §§ 101320–101320.5 · 3 sections
        • § 101320 (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature for this purpose, the department shall develop and implement a program to fund and support vital public health…
        • § 101320.3 (a) On or before February 1 of every other year, beginning in calendar year 2024, the State Public Health Officer shall submit a written report to the Governor…
        • § 101320.5 (a) As a condition of the funding authorized pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 101320, a local health jurisdiction administered by a city shall annually…
    4. CHAPTER 4. Additional Administrative Provisions §§ 101325–101490 · 25 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. Enforcement, Fees, Reimbursements, and Taxes §§ 101325–101350 · 6 sections
        • § 101325 Whenever the governing body of any city or county determines that the expenses of the local health officer or other officers or employees in the enforcement of…
        • § 101330 On or before August of each year, the officer designated by the governing body to collect fees authorized by Section 101325, shall prepare a list of parcels of…
        • § 101335 The tax collector shall include the amounts of the assessments entered on the assessment roll pursuant to Section 101330 on bills for taxes levied against lots…
        • § 101340 All laws applicable to the levy, collection, and enforcement of county taxes are applicable to special assessments made pursuant to this article and Article 4.
        • § 101345 In those instances where direct assessment is not authorized by Section 101325, if the officer charged with the billing and collection of the fees is a county…
        • § 101350 Any board of supervisors may levy a special tax on all the property in the county, outside of any city pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075)…
      2. ARTICLE 2. County Health Administration for Cities §§ 101375–101380 · 2 sections
        • § 101375 When the governing body of a city in the county consents by resolution or ordinance, the county health officer shall enforce and observe in the city all of the…
        • § 101380 The resolution or ordinance shall be adopted and a certified copy served on the clerk of the board of supervisors on or before the first day of March of any…
      3. ARTICLE 3. Contracts for Local Health Administration §§ 101400–101425 · 6 sections
        • § 101400 The board of supervisors may contract with a city in the county, and the governing body of a city may contract with the county for the performance by health…
        • § 101405 Whenever a contract has been duly entered into, the county health officer and his or her deputies shall exercise the same powers and duties in the city as are…
        • § 101410 In the contract the city may provide, as specified in Section 101400, for payment by the city to the county to the county treasurer at times specified in the…
        • § 101415 The board of supervisors may contract with the governing body of a city in the county to secure the performance by the city health officer or other city health…
        • § 101420 Payment for the services specified in Section 101415 in the unincorporated territory shall be made by the county to the city treasurer.
        • § 101425 The board of supervisors or the governing body of any city may contract with the county superintendent of schools or with the governing board of any school…
      4. ARTICLE 4. City Health Ordinances, Boards, and Officers §§ 101450–101475 · 6 sections
        • § 101450 The governing body of a city shall take measures necessary to preserve and protect the public health, including the regulation of sanitary matters in the city,…
        • § 101455 This article does not prevent the appointment by the governing body of a board of health that shall be advisory to the health officer.
        • § 101460 Every governing body of a city shall appoint a health officer, except when the city has made other arrangements, as specified in this code, for the county to…
        • § 101465 Immediately after the appointment of the city health officer the governing body shall notify the director of the appointment and the name and address of the…
        • § 101470 Each city health officer shall enforce and observe all of the following: (a) Orders and ordinances of the governing body of the city pertaining to the public…
        • § 101475 The city health officer may take any preventive measure that may be necessary to protect and preserve the public health from any public health hazard during…
      5. ARTICLE 5. Released Waste §§ 101480–101490 · 5 sections
        • § 101480 (a) For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (1) “Department” means the Department of Toxic Substances Control. (2) “Local officer” means…
        • § 101483 This article shall not apply to any of the following: (a) A hazardous substance release site listed pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 78760) of…
        • § 101485 This article does not prohibit the department from assuming jurisdiction over a waste release site pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with Section 78000) of…
        • § 101487 (a) A local officer shall provide written notification to the department and the regional water quality control board of the local officer’s intention to enter…
        • § 101490 A local officer may charge the responsible party a fee to recover the reasonable and necessary costs incurred in carrying out this article.
  4. PART 4. SPECIAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES §§ 101525–101881 · 123 sections
    1. CHAPTER 1. Sonoma County Dental Health Authority §§ 101525–101530 · 2 sections
      • § 101525 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is necessary that a special authority be established in Sonoma County in order to meet the problems of the…
      • § 101530 (a) The department shall allocate any funds appropriated for that purpose to the Sonoma County Dental Health Authority for the provision of dental care and…
    2. CHAPTER 2. Monterey County Special Health Care Authority §§ 101550–101650 · 20 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 101550–101565 · 4 sections
        • § 101550 The Board of Supervisors of the County of Monterey may by ordinance or resolution order the formation of the Monterey County Special Health Care Authority…
        • § 101555 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Monterey County Special Health Care Authority Act.
        • § 101560 Unless the context otherwise requires, this article governs the construction of this chapter. As used in this chapter: (a) “Authority” means the Monterey…
        • § 101565 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of directors of the authority, members of its community advisory board, members of its professional…
      2. ARTICLE 2. Board of Directors §§ 101575–101620 · 10 sections
        • § 101575 The government of the authority shall be vested in a board of directors that shall consist of nine members, selected as follows: (a) Five members, one from…
        • § 101580 The board at its first meeting, and thereafter annually at the first meeting in January, shall elect a chair who shall preside at all meetings, and a vice…
        • § 101585 The board shall establish rules for its proceedings.
        • § 101590 A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and all official acts of the board shall require the…
        • § 101595 The acts of the board shall be expressed by motion, resolution, or ordinance.
        • § 101600 Except for initial staggered terms that may be established by the board, the term of office of each member shall be four years and, in addition, such time as…
        • § 101605 The bodies that originally nominated or appointed a member whose term has expired shall nominate or appoint the successor for a full term of four years, except…
        • § 101610 Any vacancy on the board shall be filled for the unexpired term by nomination or appointment by the bodies that originally nominated or appointed the member…
        • § 101615 The Professional Advisory Board shall review and comment on all proposed policies and actions of the board dealing with arrangements for health care within the…
        • § 101620 The Community Advisory Board shall review and comment on matters relating to the accessibility and availability of services arranged by the board.
      3. ARTICLE 3. Powers of the Board §§ 101625–101650 · 6 sections
        • § 101625 The authority is hereby declared to be a body corporate and politic and shall have power: (a) To have perpetual succession. (b) To sue and be sued in the name…
        • § 101630 Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) The state or any state agency may enter into contracts with the authority for the authority to obtain or…
        • § 101635 All claims for money or damages against the authority are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division…
        • § 101640 The Board of Supervisors of the County of Monterey may by ordinance or resolution order the dissolution of the authority by declaring that there is no need for…
        • § 101645 (a) The board may by ordinance or resolution provide that each director of the authority board be paid a sum not to exceed fifty dollars ($50) remuneration…
        • § 101650 The board shall inform the Monterey County Board of Supervisors in writing of any amendment proposed by the authority to the Monterey County Special Health…
    3. CHAPTER 2.5. Central Coast Hospital Authority §§ 101655–101662 · 8 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 101655–101657 · 3 sections
        • § 101655 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Central Coast Hospital Authority Act.
        • § 101656 The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Natividad Medical Center, currently a constituent department of the County of Monterey, is a designated…
        • § 101657 For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Authority” means the Central Coast Hospital Authority established pursuant to this…
      2. ARTICLE 2. Establishment of the Central Coast Hospital Authority §§ 101658–101659 · 2 sections
        • § 101658 (a) Pursuant to this chapter, the board of supervisors may establish, subject to the limitations of paragraph (1) of subdivision (c), the Central Coast…
        • § 101659 (a) Permanent employees of the medical center on the effective date of affiliation shall be deemed qualified for employment or retention and no other…
      3. ARTICLE 3. Board of Trustees § 101660 · 1 section
        • § 101660 (a) The authority shall be governed by a board of trustees. The trustees shall reflect both the expertise necessary to maximize the quality and scope of care…
      4. ARTICLE 4. Powers and Duties of the Authority §§ 101661–101662 · 2 sections
        • § 101661 (a) The authority, in addition to any other powers granted to the authority pursuant to this chapter, shall have the following powers: (1) To have the duties,…
        • § 101662 Pursuant to this section, the board of trustees may find and declare that the authority shall cease to exist. In that event, the board of trustees shall…
    4. CHAPTER 3. Santa Barbara County Special Health Care Authority §§ 101675–101781 · 21 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 101675–101730 · 12 sections
        • § 101675 This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Santa Barbara San Luis Obispo Regional Health Authority Act.
        • § 101680 (a) The Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Barbara may, by ordinance or resolution, order the formation of the Santa Barbara Regional Health Authority…
        • § 101685 Unless the context otherwise requires, this article governs the construction of this chapter. As used in this chapter: (a) “Authority” means the Santa Barbara…
        • § 101690 Upon the adoption of an ordinance or resolution by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Luis Obispo authorizing the provision of medical services by…
        • § 101695 The board, at its first meeting, and annually thereafter at the first meeting in January, shall elect a chair who shall preside at all meetings, and a vice…
        • § 101700 The board shall establish rules for its proceedings. There shall be at least four meetings per year. Board members shall be entitled to one hundred fifty…
        • § 101705 A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and all official acts of the board shall require the…
        • § 101710 The acts of the board shall be expressed by motion, resolution or ordinance.
        • § 101715 Except for initial staggered terms that may be established by the board, the term of office of each noncounty member shall be two years and, in addition, time…
        • § 101720 Any vacancy on the board shall be filled for the unexpired term by the board of supervisors of the county authorized by Section 101690 to make the appointment…
        • § 101725 Professional advisory and community advisory boards shall review and comment on proposed policies and actions of the board dealing with the arrangements for…
        • § 101730 The board may allow as a charge against the authority, reimbursement to members of professional and community advisory boards, of actually incurred expenses in…
      2. ARTICLE 2. Powers of the Authority §§ 101750–101781 · 9 sections
        • § 101750 The authority is hereby declared to be a body corporate and politic and it shall have power: (a) To have perpetual succession. (b) To sue and be sued in the…
        • § 101750.5 Notwithstanding subdivision (f) of Section 14499.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, for the purposes of Division 3.6 (commencing with Section 810) of…
        • § 101755 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state or any state agency may enter into contracts with the authority for the authority to obtain or arrange…
        • § 101760 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the board of supervisors of the county in which the appellant resides may review major administrative…
        • § 101765 Any licensed provider eligible to receive Medi-Cal reimbursement under law and who enters into a written contract with the authority under terms and conditions…
        • § 101770 All claims for money or damages against the authority are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division…
        • § 101775 In the formation of the authority pursuant to this chapter, Chapter 6.6 (commencing with Section 54773) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government…
        • § 101780 (a) The boards of supervisors of the County of Santa Barbara and the County of San Luis Obispo may, by ordinance or resolution, order the dissolution of the…
        • § 101781 The Board of Supervisors of either the County of San Luis Obispo or the County of Santa Barbara, or the board of directors of the authority, by ordinance or…
    5. CHAPTER 4. San Luis Obispo County Hospital Authority §§ 101825–101849.4 · 42 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. General § 101825 · 1 section
        • § 101825 The following definitions shall apply for purposes of this chapter: (a) “County” means the County of San Luis Obispo. (b) “Governing board” means the governing…
      2. ARTICLE 2. Hospital Authority §§ 101827–101849.4 · 41 sections
        • § 101827 The board of supervisors of the county may, by ordinance, establish a hospital authority separate and apart from the county for the purpose of effecting a…
        • § 101828 (a) A hospital authority established pursuant to this chapter shall be governed by a board that is comprised of San Luis Obispo County residents and subject to…
        • § 101829 Unless otherwise provided by the board of supervisors by way of resolution, the hospital authority is empowered, or the board of supervisors is empowered on…
        • § 101830 In the event of a change of license ownership, the governing body of the hospital authority shall comply with the obligations of governing bodies of general…
        • § 101831 Any transfer by the county to the hospital authority of the administration, management, and control of General Hospital and the Family Care Centers, whether or…
        • § 101832 Any transfer described in Section 101831 shall not otherwise disqualify the county, or in the case of a change in license ownership, the hospital authority,…
        • § 101833 Any contract executed by and between the county and the hospital authority shall provide that liabilities or obligations of the hospital authority with respect…
        • § 101834 Any liabilities or obligations of the hospital authority with respect to the liquidation or disposition of the hospital authority’s assets upon termination of…
        • § 101835 Any obligation of the hospital authority, statutory, contractual, or otherwise, shall be the obligation solely of the hospital authority and shall not be the…
        • § 101836 Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any transfer of the administration, management, or assets of General Hospital or the Family Care Centers,…
        • § 101837 Notwithstanding the provisions of this article relating to the obligations and liabilities of the hospital authority, a transfer of control or ownership of…
        • § 101838 A transfer of the maintenance, operation, and management or ownership of General Hospital to the hospital authority shall comply with the provisions of Section…
        • § 101839 A transfer of maintenance, operation, and management or ownership to the hospital authority may be made with or without the payment of a purchase price by the…
        • § 101840 The statutory authority of a board of supervisors to prescribe rules that authorize a county hospital to integrate its services with those of other hospitals…
        • § 101841 (a) The hospital authority shall have the power to acquire and possess real or personal property and may dispose of real or personal property other than that…
        • § 101842 Members of the governing board of the hospital authority shall not be vicariously liable for injuries caused by the act or omission of the hospital authority…
        • § 101843 The hospital authority shall be a public agency subject to the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1 of…
        • § 101844 The county, the hospital authority, the governing board, employees of the county working at General Hospital or the Family Care Centers, and employees of the…
        • § 101845 The hospital authority created pursuant to the chapter may borrow from the county and the county may lend the hospital authority funds or issue revenue…
        • § 101845.1 The hospital authority shall be subject to state and federal taxation laws that are applicable to counties generally.
        • § 101845.2 The hospital authority, the county, or both, may engage in marketing, advertising, and promotion of the medical and health care services made available to the…
        • § 101846 The hospital authority shall not be a “person” subject to suit under the Cartwright Act (Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 16700) of Part 2 of Division 7 of…
        • § 101847 Notwithstanding Article 4.7 (commencing with Section 1125) of Chapter 1 of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code relating to incompatible activities, no…
        • § 101848 The hospital authority may use a computerized management information system in connection with the administration of the medical center.
        • § 101848.1 Information maintained in the management information system or in other filing and records maintenance systems that is confidential and protected by law shall…
        • § 101848.2 The records of the hospital authority, whether paper records, records maintained in the management information system, or records in any other form that relate…
        • § 101848.3 Notwithstanding any other law, the governing board may order that a meeting held solely for the purpose of discussion or taking action on hospital authority…
        • § 101848.4 The governing board may delete the portion or portions containing trade secrets from any documents that were finally approved in the closed session that are…
        • § 101848.45 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing the governing board from meeting in closed session as otherwise provided by law.
        • § 101848.5 The provisions of this chapter shall not prevent access to any records by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee in the exercise of its powers pursuant to…
        • § 101848.6 Open sessions of the hospital authority shall constitute official proceedings authorized by law within the meaning of Section 47 of the Civil Code. The…
        • § 101848.7 The hospital authority shall be a public agency for purposes of eligibility with respect to grants and other funding and loan guarantee programs. Contributions…
        • § 101848.8 Contracts by and between the hospital authority and the state and contracts by and between the hospital authority and providers of health care, goods, or…
        • § 101848.9 Provisions of the Evidence Code, the Government Code, including the Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the…
        • § 101848.10 Notwithstanding any other law, Section 1461 shall apply to hearings on the reports of hospital medical audit or quality assurance committees.
        • § 101848.11 The hospital authority shall carry general liability insurance to the extent sufficient to cover its activities.
        • § 101849 In the event the board of supervisors determines that the hospital authority should no longer function for the purposes as set forth in this chapter, the board…
        • § 101849.1 A hospital authority that is created pursuant to this article but which does not obtain the administration, management, and control of General Hospital and the…
        • § 101849.2 The county shall establish baseline data reporting requirements for General Hospital and the Family Care Centers consistent with the Medically Indigent Health…
        • § 101849.3 Upon transfer of General Hospital and the Family Care Centers, the county shall establish baseline data reporting requirements for each of the General Hospital…
        • § 101849.4 From the date of transfer of General Hospital and the Family Care Centers to the hospital authority, the hospital authority shall provide the county with…
    6. CHAPTER 5. Alameda Health System Hospital Authority §§ 101850–101851 · 2 sections
      • § 101850 The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) (1) Due to the challenges facing the Alameda Health System arising from changes in the public and private…
      • § 101851 On or after the effective date of the act adding this section, the eligibility of an employee of the hospital authority described in this section to…
    7. CHAPTER 5.5. Kern County Hospital Authority Act §§ 101852–101856 · 10 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 101852–101852.1 · 2 sections
        • § 101852 (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Kern County Hospital Authority Act. (b) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1)…
        • § 101852.1 For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Authority” means the Kern Hospital System Authority established pursuant to this…
      2. ARTICLE 2. Establishment of the Kern County Hospital Authority §§ 101853–101853.1 · 2 sections
        • § 101853 (a) Pursuant to this chapter, the board of supervisors may establish by ordinance the Kern County Hospital Authority, which shall be a public agency that is a…
        • § 101853.1 (a) In exercising its powers to employ personnel, the authority shall implement, and the board of supervisors shall adopt, a personnel transition plan. The…
      3. ARTICLE 3. Board of Governors § 101854 · 1 section
        • § 101854 (a) The authority established pursuant to this chapter shall be governed by a board of governors that is appointed, both initially and continually, by the…
      4. ARTICLE 4. Powers and Duties of the Authority §§ 101855–101855.4 · 4 sections
        • § 101855 (a) Subject to any terms, conditions, and limitations as may be imposed by the enabling ordinance, the authority, in addition to any other powers granted…
        • § 101855.1 (a) Transfer of control of the medical center, whether or not the transfer includes the surrendering by the county of the existing general acute care hospital…
        • § 101855.3 In addition to the requirements of any other applicable law, the Kern Medical Center Foundation shall be subject to the California Public Records Act (Division…
        • § 101855.4 (a) The authority shall maintain accounting records and shall report accounting transactions in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles…
      5. ARTICLE 5. Dissolution of the Authority § 101856 · 1 section
        • § 101856 (a) The board of supervisors may find and declare that the authority shall cease to exist. In that event, the board of supervisors shall provide for the…
    8. CHAPTER 6. Other §§ 101860–101881 · 18 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. Applicability and Purpose §§ 101860–101860.5 · 2 sections
        • § 101860 If any state agency, including a constitutional corporation, transfers to a private corporation assets for the operation of a hospital by that corporation and…
        • § 101860.5 For the purposes of this chapter, the primary public benefit purpose of the corporation is as stated in its articles of incorporation or bylaws of the…
      2. ARTICLE 2. Public Meetings §§ 101861–101866 · 6 sections
        • § 101861 Meetings of the corporation shall be open and public, and all persons shall be permitted to attend, except as otherwise provided in this article.
        • § 101862 (a) As used in this article, “action taken” means a collective decision made at a meeting, including a decision upon a motion or resolution. Actions shall be…
        • § 101863 (a) Agendas of the meetings shall be posted not less than 72 hours in advance of the meetings in a place freely accessible to the public. Agendas of meetings…
        • § 101864 Closed sessions of meetings may be conducted to consider, discuss, and act upon matters relating to any of the following: (a) Collective bargaining or contract…
        • § 101865 (a) Prior to holding any closed session, the agenda item or items to be discussed in the closed session shall be publicly identified. An item may be identified…
        • § 101866 Announcements that are required to be made pursuant to this article may be made orally or in writing. Any contracts, settlement agreements, or other documents…
      3. ARTICLE 3. Enforcement of Public Meetings § 101868 · 1 section
        • § 101868 (a) Any interested person may institute proceedings for injunctive or declaratory relief or writ of mandate in any court of competent jurisdiction for the…
      4. ARTICLE 4. Records To Be Available §§ 101870–101873 · 4 sections
        • § 101870 For the purposes of this article: (a) “Person” includes any natural person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm, or association. (b)…
        • § 101871 (a) Records of the corporation shall be available to the public for inspection or copying upon a request in writing, submitted to the principal office of the…
        • § 101872 Nothing in this article shall be construed to require disclosure of any of the following: (a) Contracts, business and marketing strategies, financial…
        • § 101873 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever at least one member of the members of the corporation is itself a state agency, including a constitutional…
      5. ARTICLE 5. Enforcement of the Disclosure of Records § 101875 · 1 section
        • § 101875 (a) Any person may institute proceedings for injunctive or declarative relief or writ of mandate in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce his or her…
      6. ARTICLE 6. Application §§ 101878–101881 · 4 sections
        • § 101878 It is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of this chapter shall apply retroactively to all of the records of any corporation to which this…
        • § 101879 It is also the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of this chapter regarding the holding of meetings of a corporation shall apply prospectively, so…
        • § 101880 The Legislature finds and declares that a corporation subject to this chapter shall continue to be private, notwithstanding this chapter, and in any event,…
        • § 101881 This chapter shall be inapplicable to any corporation in a county of the 2nd class.
  5. PART 5. LONG-TERM CARE INFRASTRUCTURE BLUEPRINT § 101950 · 1 section
    • § 101950 (a) The California Health and Human Services Agency shall develop a long-term care infrastructure blueprint to analyze how information technology could be…
  6. PART 5.5. LOS ANGELES COUNTY HEALTH CARE MASTER PLAN §§ 101960–101966 · 7 sections
    1. CHAPTER 1. Findings § 101960 · 1 section
      • § 101960 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The County of Los Angeles faces very grave challenges in providing health care for its residents.…
    2. CHAPTER 2. Definitions § 101961 · 1 section
      • § 101961 For purposes of this part, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Board” means the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County. (b) “County” means the…
    3. CHAPTER 3. Master Plan Authorization §§ 101962–101966 · 5 sections
      • § 101962 The board may, by ordinance, develop a master plan for health care in the county.
      • § 101963 The board may assemble a task force to develop a master plan for health care that is based on a long-range planning and policy analysis for the county…
      • § 101964 The task force may do all of the following: (a) Evaluate the strategic priorities for Los Angeles County as they relate to the financing, operation, clinical…
      • § 101965 In developing the plan under Section 101963, the task force shall address all of the following issues: (a) The following factors regarding the current health…
      • § 101966 The task force may make recommendations on the following to the board pursuant to the planning and policy analysis conducted under this part: (a) Priorities…
  7. PART 6. OTHER §§ 101980–101989 · 5 sections
    1. CHAPTER 1. Voluntary Health Facility Philanthropic Support Act §§ 101980–101989 · 5 sections
      • § 101980 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Voluntary Health Facility and Clinic Philanthropic Support Act.
      • § 101983 The Legislature finds and declares that, while there continues to be a need to focus on the deficiencies in the health care system and on corrective reform…
      • § 101985 It is, therefore, the intent of the Legislature to create an environment in which philanthropy and voluntarism in the health care field and the vast benefits…
      • § 101987 For purposes of any state law, whether enacted before or on or after January 1, 1980, that in any manner provides for regulation, review, or reporting of the…
      • § 101989 No state law shall be construed to discourage philanthropic support of health facilities and clinics, or to otherwise hinder the use of this support for…
  8. PART 7. California Cancer Clinical Trials Program §§ 101990–101997 · 10 sections
    • § 101990 For purposes of this part, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Board” means the Board of Trustees of the California Cancer Clinical Trials Program. (b)…
    • § 101991 The university is hereby requested to do all of the following: (a) Establish or designate an institute or office within the university to administer the…
    • § 101992 (a) The university may participate in the program as the program administrator, a beneficiary, or both. (b) Prior to establishing the program, the university…
    • § 101993 (a) The program administrator, directly or through a university-affiliated foundation, may solicit funds from business, industry, foundations, research…
    • § 101993.5 Any funds, personnel, facility, equipment, or other resources that are allocated by the university to establish and operate the program shall be reimbursed to…
    • § 101994 Upon the program administrator’s receipt of at least five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) in funding for the program, the program administrator shall…
    • § 101994.5 (a) The board shall determine the criteria to award and administer grants to support program grant recipients. The board may award grants to any or all of the…
    • § 101995 (a) The program administrator shall require grantees to submit any reports it deems necessary to ensure the appropriate use of funds consistent with the…
    • § 101996 (a) If the university determines at any time that the moneys in the fund are insufficient to establish or sustain the program, the university may terminate the…
    • § 101997 This part does not preclude the university from establishing or operating one or more similar programs to facilitate participation in any clinical trials, as…