DIVISION 112. PUBLIC HEALTH [131000. - 131410.]
Division 112 added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 241, Sec. 34.
§§ 131000–131410 · 66 sections
PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS §§ 131000–131410 · 66 sections
CHAPTER 1. Organization of the State Department of Public Health §§ 131000–131021 · 8 sections
- § 131000 There is in the California Health and Human Services Agency a State Department of Public Health.
- § 131005 (a) There is in state government an executive officer known as the State Public Health Officer, who shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation…
- § 131006 Upon recommendation of the director, the Governor may appoint, not to exceed, two chief deputies of the State Department of Public Health, subject to…
- § 131010 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…
- § 131019 There is in the State Department of Public Health an Office of AIDS. The State Department of Public Health, Office of AIDS, shall be the lead agency within the…
- § 131019.5 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Determinants of equity” means social, economic, geographic, political, and…
- § 131020 All officers or employees of the department employed after July 1, 2007, shall be appointed by the director.
- § 131021 (a) The Legislature finds that having access to a statewide stockpile of personal protective equipment in the event of a pandemic, wildfire smoke event, or…
CHAPTER 2. General Powers of the Department §§ 131050–131250 · 36 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 131050–131135 · 27 sections
- § 131050 (a) As set forth in this article, the State Department of Public Health shall succeed to and be vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, functions,…
- § 131051 The duties, powers, functions, jurisdiction, and responsibilities transferred to the State Department of Public Health shall, pursuant to the act that added…
- § 131052 In implementing the transfer of jurisdiction pursuant to this article, the State Department of Public Health succeeds to and is vested with all the statutory…
- § 131052.5 Commencing July 1, 2022, the Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications, an office within the Governor’s Office of Service and Community…
- § 131053 In the event of any conflict between Sections 131050, 131051, and 131052, Section 131052 shall prevail over Section 131051, and Section 131050 shall prevail…
- § 131055 (a) All regulations and orders adopted by the former State Department of Health Services and any of its predecessors in effect immediately preceding the…
- § 131055.1 (a) Notwithstanding Section 131050, commencing on July 1, 2012, the State Department of Health Care Services shall succeed to and be vested with all the…
- § 131055.2 (a) Commencing July 1, 2013, the State Department of Public Health shall succeed to and be vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, functions,…
- § 131056 The department may commence and maintain all proper and necessary actions and proceedings for any or all of the following purposes: (a) To enforce its…
- § 131057 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…
- § 131057.5 (a) The State Department of Public Health shall investigate and apply for federal funding opportunities regarding promoting healthy eating and preventing…
- § 131058 The State Department of Public Health may investigate, apply for, and enter into agreements to secure federal or nongovernmental funding opportunities for the…
- § 131071 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever the department is authorized or required by statute, regulation, the due process provisions of the 14th…
- § 131075 The department may enjoin and abate public nuisances.
- § 131080 The department may advise all local health authorities, and, when in its judgment the public health is menaced, it shall control and regulate their action.
- § 131082 Every person charged with the performance of any duty under the laws of this state relating to the preservation of the public health, who willfully neglects or…
- § 131085 (a) The department may perform any of the following activities relating to the protection, preservation, and advancement of public health: (1) Studies. (2)…
- § 131088 (a) The department, in the licensing and certification of health professions in accordance with this chapter, shall not prohibit earn and learn programs for…
- § 131090 The department may provide for consultant and advisory services and for the training of technical and professional personnel in educational institutions and…
- § 131095 The department shall cause special investigation of the preparation and sale of drugs and food and their adulteration.
- § 131100 The department shall perform duties as required by law for the detection and prevention of the adulteration of articles used for food and drink, and for the…
- § 131105 The department shall examine and may prevent the pollution of sources of public domestic water and ice supply.
- § 131110 (a) The department shall maintain a program of Environmental Management. (b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2014.
- § 131115 The department may maintain a mental health service that shall advise and assist local departments of health and education in the establishment of mental…
- § 131125 The department shall enforce Section 383b of the Penal Code.
- § 131130 (a) Any person who willfully sells, keeps for sale, or offers for sale any food, drug, device, or cosmetic knowing, after a written notice from either (1) a…
- § 131135 Whenever any person violates any provision of Section 131130, the court may, as a condition of probation, order the defendant to pay, in lieu of any fine, any…
ARTICLE 2. Regulatory Authorization and Review §§ 131200–131225 · 6 sections
- § 131200 The department may adopt and enforce regulations for the execution of its duties.
- § 131205 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall submit all of its regulations on matters related to statutory responsibilities delegated to or…
- § 131210 The department, after consultation with and approval by the Conference of Local Health Officers, shall by regulation establish standards of education and…
- § 131215 (a) When a dispute arises as to the interpretation or enforcement of regulations of the department that are being enforced by a city, county, city and county,…
- § 131220 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…
- § 131225 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department by regulation may provide for the issuance and renewal on a two-year basis of licenses,…
ARTICLE 3. Electronic Violent Death Reporting System §§ 131230–131231 · 2 sections
- § 131230 (a) To the extent that funding is appropriated by the Legislature or available through private funds in each fiscal year, the department shall establish and…
- § 131231 For purposes of this article, “violent death” means a death resulting from the use of physical force or power against oneself, another person, or a group or…
ARTICLE 4. Latino and Indigenous Disparities Reduction Act. § 131250 · 1 section
- § 131250 (a) On or after January 1, 2028, the State Department of Public Health, whenever collecting demographic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of California…
CHAPTER 3. The Office of Suicide Prevention §§ 131300–131320 · 5 sections
- § 131300 (a) The State Department of Public Health is hereby authorized to establish the Office of Suicide Prevention in the department pursuant to this chapter. The…
- § 131305 If established, the Office of Suicide Prevention may share and receive data from all entities with data relevant to the responsibilities and objectives of the…
- § 131310 If established, the Office of Suicide Prevention may apply for and utilize federal, state, and foundation grants.
- § 131315 (a) If the Office of Suicide Prevention is established pursuant to Section 131300, both of the following shall apply: (1) The Office of Suicide Prevention…
- § 131320 This chapter shall become operative only if funds are appropriated in the annual Budget Act or another statute for its purposes.
CHAPTER 4. Childhood Drowning Data Collection Pilot Program §§ 131350–131355 · 6 sections
- § 131350 For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Department” means the State Department of Public Health. (b) “Data…
- § 131351 (a) The Childhood Drowning Data Collection Pilot Program shall be administered by the department. (b) The purpose of the data collection pilot program shall be…
- § 131352 The data collection pilot program shall be implemented according to the following requirements: (a) (1) The department shall establish the pilot program on or…
- § 131353 (a) (1) On or before January 1, 2026, the department shall submit a report to the appropriate legislative policy committees on the progress of the data…
- § 131354 Based on the reports submitted pursuant to this chapter, the department shall develop both of the following: (a) (1) A California Water Safety Action Plan for…
- § 131355 This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2029, and as of that date is repealed.
CHAPTER 4.6. Regulatory Review § 131359 · 1 section
- § 131359 To further drowning prevention and as a component of California’s drowning prevention strategic plans, the State Department of Public Health may review and…
CHAPTER 5. Syndromic Surveillance System §§ 131360–131380 · 5 sections
- § 131360 For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Centers for Disease Control and Prevention” or “CDC” means the national…
- § 131365 (a) (1) The department may develop and administer a syndromic surveillance program. (2) The purpose of this chapter is to authorize the department to collect…
- § 131370 (a) (1) (A) A specified entity shall submit the required data electronically to the syndromic surveillance system designated by the department in accordance…
- § 131375 (a) To support local public health activities, the department shall provide each local health department as near as possible to real-time access to its…
- § 131380 (a) All data collected pursuant to this chapter shall be confidential. (b) For any disclosure authorized by Section 131375, the disclosing entity shall only…
CHAPTER 6. Hospital, Emergency Medical Services, and Behavioral Health Facilities Bed Capacity Data Solution §§ 131420–131410 · 5 sections
- § 131420 (a) Subject to appropriation or upon availability of funds, the department, in collaboration with the State Department of Health Care Services, shall implement…
- § 131425 (a) Subject to appropriation or upon availability of funds, the department, in collaboration with the State Department of Health Care Services, shall designate…
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 131400–131410 · 3 sections
- § 131400 For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Department” means the State Department of Public Health. (b) “Emergency department” has the same meaning as defined in…
- § 131405 (a) The department, in collaboration with the State Department of Health Care Services, may contract, or develop and administer a capacity data solution to…
- § 131410 (a) The department may contract for any purpose to implement this chapter. (b) This chapter shall be implemented subject to an appropriation and the…