PART 1. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSONNEL [106500. - 107175.]
Part 1 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6.
§§ 106500–107175 · 90 sections
CHAPTER 3. Administrative § 106500 · 1 section
- § 106500 (a) The chief and those inspectors of the Food and Drug Section as he or she may designate, are peace officers for the purpose only of carrying out the duties…
CHAPTER 4. Professional Certification §§ 106600–107175 · 89 sections
ARTICLE 1. Registered Environmental Health Specialists §§ 106600–106735 · 28 sections
- § 106600 It is the intent of the Legislature in adopting this article to safeguard the health, safety, and general welfare of the public by the registration of those…
- § 106605 This article does not require registration of individuals, such as industrial hygienists, health physicists, safety engineers, civil engineers, land surveyors,…
- § 106610 The department may, upon recommendation of the Environmental Health Specialist Registration Committee appointed pursuant to Section 106675, adopt any…
- § 106615 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (a) “Department” means the State Department of…
- § 106620 Except for the design of onsite septic systems, nothing in this article shall authorize registered environmental health specialists to design any of the fixed…
- § 106625 The governing body of a local health department may employ on a full-time basis one or more registered environmental health specialists, each of whom shall be…
- § 106630 Any person may make an application to the department to be registered as an environmental health specialist. The department shall accept complete applications…
- § 106635 (a) The requirements for registration of environmental health specialists shall be a minimum of a bachelor’s degree from a department-approved educational…
- § 106640 Educational institutions requesting approval of their environmental health degree program shall first submit their program to the committee for review. If the…
- § 106645 Those persons who meet the educational, experience, and training requirements of Section 106635 shall be eligible for admission to the examination for…
- § 106650 Any person who has applied for environmental health specialist registration, or who is enrolled in an approved environmental health science curriculum, or who…
- § 106655 A person who possesses a minimum of a bachelor’s degree from a department-approved educational institution or an educational institution of collegiate grade…
- § 106660 Any person meeting the educational qualifications pursuant to Section 106635, but who does not meet the experience requirement of that section, may make…
- § 106665 An approved environmental health training plan shall include program elements in the training, duration of training, and types of training. (a) Program…
- § 106670 (a) On and after January 1, 1989, only a person who meets the educational and experience requirements as established under Section 106635 shall be eligible for…
- § 106675 (a) (1) An Environmental Health Specialist Registration Committee shall be appointed to advise and to make recommendations to the department with respect to,…
- § 106680 An appointment shall be for a four-year term. A committee member may serve successive terms. Each member shall serve on the committee until the appointment and…
- § 106685 (a) The members of the committee shall, annually, in the month of April, elect from their number a chairperson and a secretary. (b) The committee shall meet at…
- § 106690 (a) The committee shall keep a record of its meetings and proceedings. (b) The department shall maintain a register of all applications for registration and…
- § 106695 A registered environmental health specialist may maintain registration under a retired biennial registration provided the following requirements are met: (a)…
- § 106700 (a) A nonreturnable fee shall be paid by a person for each application for registration, application for examination, and biennial renewal. (b) Fees shall not…
- § 106705 The department upon recommendation of the committee, may, by regulation, establish the requirement and standards for continuing education for registered…
- § 106710 A valid registration as an environmental health specialist under this article shall only be issued to a person who has: (a) Met the applicable education and…
- § 106715 (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, the department upon the recommendation of the committee may suspend, deny, refuse to renew, or revoke…
- § 106720 The department and the committee may use the following criteria to evaluate the potential for rehabilitation or actual rehabilitation of a person prior to…
- § 106725 The department shall, upon application therefor and upon payment of the current application and biennial renewal fees, as determined by the department upon the…
- § 106730 This article does not affect or replace any other requirements or qualifications imposed pursuant to state or federal law on persons involved in activities…
- § 106735 Only a person who has qualified as a registered environmental health specialist and who holds a valid registration certificate issued in conformance with…
[ARTICLE 2. Radon Certification] §§ 106750–106795 · 7 sections
- § 106750 This article establishes requirements for radon certification.
- § 106770 “Department” means the State Department of Health Services.
- § 106775 “Radon services” means any of the following: (a) The analysis of radon detectors or testing for radon or radon decay products by a commercial laboratory. (b)…
- § 106780 (a) Except as provided in Section 106790, no person may provide radon services for the general public, or represent or advertise that he or she may provide…
- § 106785 The department shall maintain a list of persons that have submitted proof of certification by either the National Environmental Health Association or the…
- § 106790 This article does not apply to a person in any of the following circumstances: (a) The person is testing for, or mitigating radon in a building that the person…
- § 106795 It is unlawful for an individual to provide radon services in violation of this article. A violation of this article is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of…
ARTICLE 3. Operator Certification Program: Water Treatment Plants and Water Distribution Systems §§ 106875–106910 · 13 sections
- § 106875 (a) The state board shall examine and certify persons as to their qualifications to operate water treatment plants. The certification shall indicate the…
- § 106876 As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions apply: (a) “Community water system” has the same meaning as defined…
- § 106877 (a) The state board may suspend, revoke, or refuse to grant or renew any water treatment operator certificate to operate a water treatment plant or may place…
- § 106878 (a) Any person who commits either of the following violations is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be liable civilly in an amount not to exceed one hundred…
- § 106879 (a) The state board may administratively impose civil liability pursuant to this article or, upon the request of the state board, the Attorney General may…
- § 106880 The state board shall hold at least one examination each year for the purpose of examining candidates for water treatment operator certificates and water…
- § 106885 (a) (1) A person who operates a water treatment plant shall possess a valid, unexpired water treatment operator certificate of appropriate grade in accordance…
- § 106890 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the program authorized pursuant to this article be entirely self-supporting, and for this purpose the state board…
- § 106892 (a) There is in the State Treasury the Drinking Water Operator Certification Special Account. Moneys in the special account are available to the state board,…
- § 106897 (a) The state board shall issue a water treatment operator certificate and water distribution operator certificate by reciprocity to any person holding a…
- § 106898 (a) The state board shall appoint an advisory committee to assist it in carrying out its responsibilities pursuant to this article. The advisory committee…
- § 106900 The state board may approve courses of instruction provided by educational institutions, professional associations, public agencies, or private agencies for…
- § 106910 The state board may adopt rules, regulations, and certification standards necessary to carry out the provisions of this article, pursuant to Chapter 3.5…
ARTICLE 4. Vector Control Technicians § 106925 · 1 section
- § 106925 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b) or (i), every government agency employee who handles, applies, or supervises the use of any pesticide for…
ARTICLE 5. Radiological Technologists §§ 106955–107111 · 33 sections
- § 106955 No person shall operate or maintain any X-ray fluoroscope, or other equipment or apparatus employing roentgen rays, in the fitting of shoes or other footwear…
- § 106960 It shall be unlawful for any person to implant foreign materials within the scalp of any other person for the purpose of preventing or alleviating baldness.…
- § 106965 (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to administer or use diagnostic or therapeutic x-ray on human beings in this state, unless that person has been…
- § 106970 It shall be unlawful for any person to direct, order, assist, or abet a violation of Section 106965.
- § 106975 Section 106965 shall not apply to any of the following persons: (a) Licentiates of the healing arts. (b) Students in an approved school for radiologic…
- § 106976 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Radiologic Technology Act (Section 27), a person who is currently certified as meeting the standards of…
- § 106980 Certification in radiologic technology pursuant to subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 114870 or Section 114871 shall not authorize any of the following: (a) The…
- § 106985 (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 2052 of the Business and Professions Code or any other law, a radiologic technologist certified pursuant to the Radiologic…
- § 106990 A radiologic technologist certified pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 114870 may use the title, certified radiologic technologist (CRT). No other person…
- § 106995 (a) The department shall prescribe minimum qualifications for granting of permits and certificates in radiologic technology in any classification, as well as…
- § 107000 Except as provided in Sections 107035, 107040, or 25685, and in addition to the requirements as may be prescribed pursuant to Section 106995, each applicant…
- § 107005 Except as provided in Section 107035, in order to be certified as a radiologic technologist pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 114870, an applicant shall…
- § 107010 The department may accept in lieu of its own examination a certificate of another agency or organization that certifies radiologic technologists, provided the…
- § 107015 The department shall certify as a radiologic technologist any applicant who meets the requirements of the Radiologic Technology Act (Section 27).
- § 107020 The department may issue a permit authorizing the temporary practice of radiologic technology to any applicant for certification who has complied with the…
- § 107025 The department shall hold at least one examination each year, for applicants for certification, at the times and places as the department may determine.
- § 107030 Not less than two months prior to the date of each examination, the department shall cause a notice thereof to be published in two or more newspapers of…
- § 107035 Any officer, employee, or designated agent of the department may enter at all reasonable times upon any private or public property for the purpose of…
- § 107040 Whenever, in the judgment of the department, any person has engaged in or is about to engage in any acts or practices that constitute or will constitute a…
- § 107045 (a) The department shall approve schools for radiologic technologists that, in the judgment of the department, will provide instruction adequate to prepare…
- § 107050 When approving a school for radiologic technologists, the department may take into consideration accreditation, approval, or certification of the school by…
- § 107055 The department may inspect schools for radiologic technologists prior to approval and at other times as it deems necessary to determine that the purposes of…
- § 107060 The department may enter into an agreement with another state agency to perform all or part of the functions necessary in order to approve and maintain…
- § 107065 Every holder of a certificate or a permit issued pursuant to the Radiologic Technology Act (Section 27) may be disciplined as provided in Section 107070. The…
- § 107070 Certificates and permits may be denied, revoked, or suspended by the department, for any of the following reasons: (a) Use of a controlled substance as defined…
- § 107075 (a) A person or entity that violates or aids or abets the violation of any of the provisions of the Radiologic Technology Act (Section 27) or regulation of the…
- § 107080 (a) The application fee for any certificate or permit issued pursuant to the Radiologic Technology Act (Section 27) shall be established by the department in…
- § 107085 Failure to pay the annual fee for renewal on or before the expiration date of the certificate or permit shall automatically suspend the certificate or permit.…
- § 107090 The department may establish a schedule of fees for permits issued pursuant to subdivisions (c) and (e) of Section 114870, and Sections 114885 and 107115, if…
- § 107095 The department may establish a schedule of fees to be paid by schools applying for approval as approved schools for radiologic technologists and, on an annual…
- § 107100 (a) All fees payable under the Radiologic Technology Act (Section 27) shall be collected by and paid to the department for deposit into the Radiation Control…
- § 107110 (a) It shall be unlawful for any licentiate of the healing arts to administer or use diagnostic, mammographic, or therapeutic x-ray on human beings in this…
- § 107111 A licentiate of the healing arts who is certified by an examining board in radiology recognized by the department shall be granted a certificate to supervise…
ARTICLE 5.5. Radiologic and Nuclear Technology On-the-job Training § 107115 · 1 section
- § 107115 (a) A person seeking to participate in on-the-job training for purposes of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 106976, or clause (i) of subparagraph…
ARTICLE 6. Nuclear Medicine Technology §§ 107150–107175 · 6 sections
- § 107150 “Nuclear medicine technology” means that technology applied under the supervision of a physician and surgeon or a licensed clinical bioanalyst, when performing…
- § 107155 (a) Any person not currently licensed as a physician and surgeon pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000) of Division 2 of the Business and…
- § 107160 (a) The department shall provide by regulation a schedule of fees that shall be paid by persons applying to establish their competence to perform nuclear…
- § 107165 (a) The establishment of a person as competent to perform nuclear medicine technology may be denied, revoked, or suspended by the department, for any of the…
- § 107170 (a) A person or entity that violates, or aids or abets the violation of, this article or a regulation adopted pursuant to this article shall be guilty of a…
- § 107175 The department shall enforce this article.