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PART 5. ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY [105150. - 105459.]

Part 5 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 5.

§§ 105150–105459 · 56 sections

  1. CHAPTER 1. Occupational Health and Disease Control § 105150 · 1 section
    • § 105150 (a) Local health departments, as defined in Section 101185, shall provide services in occupational health to promote the health of employed persons, including…
  2. CHAPTER 2. Occupational Health and Disease Prevention §§ 105175–105197 · 7 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. Occupational Health and Disease Prevention Program §§ 105175–105180 · 2 sections
      • § 105175 (a) The department shall maintain a program on occupational health and occupational disease prevention, including, but not limited to, the following: (1)…
      • § 105180 In any situation where these activities may duplicate or overlap the activities of another state department or agency such as the Department of Industrial…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention §§ 105185–105197 · 5 sections
      • § 105185 (a) The department shall establish and maintain an occupational lead poisoning prevention program, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) Developing…
      • § 105190 (a) A fee shall be paid annually to the State Board of Equalization by employers in industries identified by the four-digit Standard Industrial Classification…
      • § 105191 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) There are some employers who use or disturb very small amounts of lead in ways that pose a…
      • § 105195 (a) Sections 105185 and 105190 shall apply to the following industries: (1) 1622 Bridges, tunnels, and elevated highways. (2) 1721 Painting, paper hanging, and…
      • § 105197 (a) A program is hereby established within the department to meet the requirements of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C.…
  3. CHAPTER 3. Pesticide Poisoning §§ 105200–105225 · 7 sections
    • § 105200 Any physician and surgeon who knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, that a patient is suffering from pesticide poisoning or any disease or condition…
    • § 105205 The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment shall develop and implement, in cooperation with local health officers and state and local medical…
    • § 105206 (a) In order for an employer to satisfy their responsibilities for medical supervision of their employees who regularly handle pesticides pursuant to Section…
    • § 105210 After consultation with the county agricultural commissioner or the Director of Agriculture, the local health officer may, upon his determination that…
    • § 105215 (a) Any public employee, as defined in Section 811.4 of the Government Code, whose responsibilities include matters relating to health and safety, protection…
    • § 105220 The Director of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment shall maintain a file of all the reporting forms received from local health officers pursuant to Section…
    • § 105225 Each public employer of a public employee subject to Section 105215 shall post in one or more prominent places frequented by such employee a notice informing…
  4. CHAPTER 3.5. Chlorpyrifos § 105240 · 1 section
    • § 105240 Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, beginning with the first quarter of 2021, the Department of Pesticide Regulation shall prepare and…
  5. CHAPTER 4. Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction §§ 105250–105257 · 10 sections
    • § 105250 (a) A program is hereby established within the department to meet the requirements of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C.…
    • § 105250.1 (a) Notwithstanding Section 105250, and beginning on July 1, 2018, the Lead-Related Construction Program fee for an application submitted for lead…
    • § 105250.5 (a) The department shall review and amend its regulations governing lead-related construction work, including training and certification for workers and…
    • § 105251 For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) The following terms shall have the same meaning as contained in Chapter 8 (commencing…
    • § 105252 (a) It is unlawful for any person to offer lead-related construction courses to meet department certificate requirements unless that person is an accredited…
    • § 105253 (a) Any person issued a certificate by the department to conduct lead-related construction work, abatement, or lead hazard evaluation, shall comply with…
    • § 105254 (a) The following persons engaged in the following types of lead construction work shall have a certificate: (1) Persons who receive pay for doing lead hazard…
    • § 105255 (a) No person shall perform lead-related construction work on any residential or public building in a manner that creates a lead hazard. (b) The department and…
    • § 105256 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever the department or a local enforcement agency determines that a condition at a location or premises, or…
    • § 105257 Notwithstanding subdivision (f) of Section 1464 of the Penal Code, any state penalties paid for the violation of this chapter shall be deposited into the…
  6. CHAPTER 5. Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention §§ 105275–105310 · 11 sections
    • § 105275 This chapter shall be known, and may be cited as, the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Act of 1991.
    • § 105280 For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Appropriate case management” means health care referrals, environmental assessments, and…
    • § 105285 (a) It is the goal of the state that all children at risk of lead exposure receive blood lead screening tests. (b) (1) The department shall adopt regulations…
    • § 105286 (a) The department shall notify health care providers who perform periodic health assessments for children about, and those health care providers shall inform…
    • § 105290 When a child is identified with lead poisoning, the department shall ensure appropriate case management. The department may contract with any public or private…
    • § 105291 In addition to any other providers determined to be eligible by the department to provide environmental investigation services as a part of case management…
    • § 105295 (a) (1) The department shall collect and analyze all information necessary to effectively monitor appropriate case management efforts. The department shall…
    • § 105300 Notwithstanding Section 124130, the department shall have broad regulatory authority to fully implement and effectuate the purposes of this chapter. The…
    • § 105301 (a) To ensure that funds are allocated to each local agency equitably and commensurate with the level of services needed to provide to children with elevated…
    • § 105305 The program implemented pursuant to this chapter shall be fully supported from the fees collected pursuant to Section 105310. Notwithstanding the scope of…
    • § 105310 (a) There is hereby imposed a fee on manufacturers and other persons formerly, presently, or both formerly and presently engaged in the stream of commerce of…
  7. CHAPTER 6. Safer Medical Devices §§ 105325–105340 · 3 sections
    • § 105325 The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) In California, more than 700,000 health care workers and professionals, such as nurses,…
    • § 105330 (a) The documentation of sharps injuries, as required by Section 5193 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations, shall also include the type and brand…
    • § 105340 The Department of Health Services shall maintain a Sharps Injury Control program that shall do all of the following: (a) Maintain a continuously updated list…
  8. CHAPTER 7. Indoor Environmental Quality §§ 105400–105430 · 7 sections
    • § 105400 The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) The people of the State of California have a primary interest in the quality of the indoor environment in which…
    • § 105405 (a) The department through its Indoor Air Quality Program shall develop nonbinding guidelines for the reduction of exposure to volatile organic compounds (VOC)…
    • § 105410 The Legislature, in view of the findings and declarations specified in Section 105400, declares that the public interest shall be safeguarded by a coordinated,…
    • § 105415 For the purpose of this chapter, “indoor environmental quality” means the environment inside a residential dwelling, including a house or apartment, or inside…
    • § 105420 The department shall coordinate efforts to assess, protect, and enhance indoor environmental quality.
    • § 105425 The department shall conduct and promote the coordination of research, investigations, experiments, demonstrations, surveys, and studies relating to the…
    • § 105430 (a) If model construction standards and techniques for controlling radon levels within new buildings are developed by the United States Environmental…
  9. CHAPTER 8. California Environmental Contaminant Biomonitoring Program §§ 105440–105459 · 9 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. General §§ 105440–105444 · 4 sections
      • § 105440 (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Environmental Contaminant Biomonitoring Program. (b) For the purposes of this chapter, the…
      • § 105441 The department, in collaboration with the agency, shall establish the California Environmental Contaminant Biomonitoring Program. The department is the lead…
      • § 105443 (a) All participants shall be evaluated for the presence of designated chemicals as a component of the biomonitoring process. Participants shall be provided…
      • § 105444 (a) The program shall develop guidelines and model protocols that address the science and practice of biomonitoring to implement this chapter, including, but…
    2. ARTICLE 2. The Scientific Guidance Panel §§ 105448–105451 · 3 sections
      • § 105448 (a) In implementing the program, the department and the agency shall establish a Scientific Guidance Panel. The panel shall be composed of nine members, whose…
      • § 105449 (a) The panel shall provide scientific peer review and make recommendations regarding the design and implementation of the program, including specific…
      • § 105451 (a) As appropriate, the program shall utilize the principles of the agency’s Environmental Justice Strategy and Environmental Justice Action Plan developed…
    3. ARTICLE 3. Fiscal Provisions § 105453 · 1 section
      • § 105453 Implementation of this chapter shall be contingent on a specific appropriation being provided for this purpose in the annual Budget Act or other measure.
    4. ARTICLE 4. Reporting § 105459 · 1 section
      • § 105459 (a) By January 1, 2010, and every two years thereafter, the department, in collaboration with the agency, the office, and DTSC, shall submit a report to the…