PART 3. LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS [101000. - 101490.]

Part 3 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 3.

§§ 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.