California Code
PART 7 - FACILITIES DESIGN REVIEW AND CONSTRUCTION
CHAPTER 1 - Health Facilities

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 129675. - 129675. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 129680. - 129680. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 129700. - 129700. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...

Section 129705. - 129705. “Architect” means a person who is certified and holds...

Section 129710. - 129710. “Construction or alteration” includes any construction, reconstruction, or alteration...

Section 129715. - 129715. “Director” means the Director of the Department of Health...

Section 129720. - 129720. “Engineering geologist” means a person who is validly certified...

Section 129725. - 129725. (a) (1) “Hospital building” includes any building not specified...

Section 129730. - 129730. (a) Space for the following functions shall be considered...

Section 129735. - 129735. “Light steel frame construction” means building construction using bearing...

Section 129740. - 129740. “Department” means the Department of Health Care Access and...

Section 129745. - 129745. “Structural engineer” means a person who is validly certified...

ARTICLE 3 - General Requirements and Administration

Section 129750. - 129750. The department shall observe the construction of, or addition...

Section 129760. - 129760. The governing board of each hospital or other hospital...

Section 129761. - 129761. The department shall use, to the extent possible, information...

Section 129765. - 129765. (a) Except as set forth in subdivision (b), the...

Section 129770. - 129770. (a) The department shall pass upon and approve or...

Section 129775. - 129775. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), plans...

Section 129780. - 129780. The engineering investigation shall be correlated with the geologic...

Section 129785. - 129785. (a) (1) The department shall determine an application filing...

Section 129787. - 129787. (a) The payment of the filing fee described in...

Section 129790. - 129790. The department shall propose specific space, architectural, structural, mechanical,...

Section 129795. - 129795. All fees shall be paid into the State Treasury...

Section 129800. - 129800. The director shall request the Department of Finance or...

Section 129805. - 129805. (a) All plans and specifications shall be prepared under...

Section 129810. - 129810. Before commencing any construction or alteration of any hospital...

Section 129812. - 129812. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may...

Section 129815. - 129815. Any permit or authorization issued or provided pursuant to...

Section 129820. - 129820. No contract for the construction or alteration of any...

Section 129825. - 129825. (a) The hospital governing board or authority shall provide...

Section 129830. - 129830. From time to time, as the work of construction...

Section 129835. - 129835. Upon written request to the department by the governing...

Section 129840. - 129840. Subsequent to the occurrence of any earthquake, the department...

Section 129850. - 129850. Except as provided in Sections 18929 and 18930, the...

Section 129851. - 129851. Written rules and regulations by the department to clarify...

Section 129853. - 129853. (a) The person or entity requesting a copy of...

Section 129855. - 129855. The department may enter into any agreements and contracts...

Section 129856. - 129856. (a) Contingent on an appropriation in the annual Budget...

ARTICLE 4 - Special Requirements

Section 129875. - 129875. Construction or alterations of buildings specified in paragraphs (2)...

Section 129875.1. - 129875.1. (a) Notwithstanding Section 129875, projects for the construction or...

Section 129880. - 129880. (a) The department may exempt from its plan review...

Section 129885. - 129885. (a) A city or county, as applicable, shall have...

Section 129890. - 129890. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department...

Section 129895. - 129895. (a) The department shall adopt by regulations seismic safety...

Section 129900. - 129900. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, plans for the...

Section 129905. - 129905. Subject to the complete exemption contained in paragraphs (6)...

ARTICLE 5 - Building Safety Board

Section 129925. - 129925. There is in the department a Hospital Building Safety...

Section 129930. - 129930. The board shall consist of 16 members appointed by...

Section 129932. - 129932. (a) Each member shall be appointed by the director...

Section 129935. - 129935. Appointive members, except for the public members, shall be...

Section 129940. - 129940. (a) There shall be six ex officio members of...

Section 129942. - 129942. (a) Only appointed members shall vote at board meetings....

Section 129945. - 129945. The chair of the board shall be an appointive...

Section 129950. - 129950. The board shall be served by an executive director...

Section 129955. - 129955. The Building Safety Board shall convene upon request of...

Section 129960. - 129960. Members of the board shall be reimbursed from the...

ARTICLE 6 - Enforcement

Section 129975. - 129975. The director of the department may conduct studies relating...

Section 129980. - 129980. Whenever any construction or alteration of any hospital building...

Section 129985. - 129985. (a) Whenever it is necessary to make an inspection...

Section 129990. - 129990. The department may order the vacating of any building...

ARTICLE 7 - Penalties

Section 129998. - 129998. (a) Any person who violates any provision of this...

ARTICLE 8 - New State Responsibilities For Seismic Safety in Hospitals

Section 130000. - 130000. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares the following:...

Section 130002. - 130002. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 130005. - 130005. By June 30, 1996: (a) The Department of Health...

Section 130006. - 130006. (a) A hospital building that is classified as SPC-2...

Section 130010. - 130010. The department is responsible for reviewing and approving seismic...

Section 130020. - 130020. (a) By December 31, 1996, the California Building Standards...

Section 130025. - 130025. (a) In the event of a seismic event, or...

ARTICLE 9 - Hospital Owner Responsibilities

Section 130050. - 130050. (a) Within three years after the adoption of the...

Section 130055. - 130055. On and after July 1, 2023, general acute hospital...

Section 130060. - 130060. (a) (1) After January 1, 2008, a general acute...

Section 130061. - 130061. (a) An owner of a general acute care hospital...

Section 130061.5. - 130061.5. (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1)...

Section 130062. - 130062. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following...

Section 130063. - 130063. (a) With regard to a general acute care hospital...

Section 130063.1. - 130063.1. Notwithstanding Section 130063, a county-owned general acute care hospital...

Section 130063.2. - 130063.2. Notwithstanding Section 130063, an existing county-owned general acute care...

Section 130064. - 130064. (a) In lieu of the extension described in subdivision...

Section 130065. - 130065. In accordance with the compliance schedule approved by the...

Section 130066. - 130066. Before January 1, 2020, the owner of an acute...

Section 130066.5. - 130066.5. (a) Before January 1, 2024, the owner of an...

Section 130067. - 130067. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, including, but not limited...

Section 130068. - 130068. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, including, but not limited...

Section 130069. - 130069. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, including, but not limited...

Section 130070. - 130070. The department shall notify the State Department of Public...