CHAPTER 2. Powers and Duties of Local Health Officers and Local Health Departments [101025. - 101165.]

Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 3.

§§ 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…