California Code
Health and Safety Code - HSC
DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION

PART 1 - CHRONIC DISEASE

CHAPTER 1 - Cardiovascular Disease

Section 104100. - 104100. The Legislature finds and declares that high blood pressure,...

Section 104105. - 104105. The department shall conduct a program for the control...

Section 104110. - 104110. Local community high blood pressure control programs may include...

Section 104113. - 104113. (a) Every health studio, as defined in subdivision (h),...

Section 104115. - 104115. The department may enter into contracts with local public...

Section 104120. - 104120. The department shall establish standards for applications for funding,...

Section 104125. - 104125. No services provided pursuant to this chapter shall substitute...

Section 104130. - 104130. Local community high blood pressure control programs funded pursuant...

Section 104135. - 104135. The department may receive and expend funds for high...

Section 104140. - 104140. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

CHAPTER 2 - Cancer

ARTICLE 1 - The Breast Cancer Research Program

Section 104145. - 104145. (a) The Legislature hereby requests the University of California...

ARTICLE 1.3 - Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program Grant

Section 104150. - 104150. (a) (1) A provider or entity that participates in...

Section 104151. - 104151. (a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, each...

ARTICLE 1.5 - Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Program

Section 104160. - 104160. (a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall...

Section 104161. - 104161. For the purposes of this article, the following definitions...

Section 104161.1. - 104161.1. (a) If an individual is made eligible for treatment...

Section 104162. - 104162. An individual shall be eligible to receive treatment services...

Section 104162.1. - 104162.1. If an individual is underinsured, as defined in subdivision...

Section 104162.2. - 104162.2. For the purposes of establishing eligibility for treatment services...

Section 104163. - 104163. The State Department of Health Care Services shall provide...

ARTICLE 1.7 - Human Leukocyte Antigen Testing Fund

Section 104170. - 104170. (a) The Human Leukocyte Antigen Testing Fund is hereby...

ARTICLE 2 - The Cancer Research Act of 1997

Section 104175. - 104175. The Legislature finds and declares that decades after the...

Section 104180. - 104180. The Cancer Research Fund is hereby established in the...

Section 104181. - 104181. (a) The moneys in the Cancer Research Fund, established...

Section 104181.5. - 104181.5. The department, in awarding grants under this program, shall...

Section 104181.6. - 104181.6. Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 2.00 of the Budget...

Section 104182. - 104182. (a) The Cancer Research Council is hereby established, to...

Section 104182.5. - 104182.5. Not less than a majority of the appointed members...

Section 104182.7. - 104182.7. (a) The department shall grant a minimum of 65...

Section 104185. - 104185. (a) This program shall incorporate the principles and organizational...

Section 104187. - 104187. The State Department of Health Services shall do all...

Section 104187.5. - 104187.5. Peer review panels, in reviewing proposals for cancer research,...

Section 104188. - 104188. The maximum indirect cost rate that may be charged...

Section 104189. - 104189. The responsibilities of the council shall include, but not...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Lyme Disease Advisory Committee and Information Service

Section 104190. - 104190. As used in this article the following definitions apply:...

Section 104191. - 104191. (a) There is hereby created in the state department...

Section 104192. - 104192. The Lyme Disease Advisory Committee shall advise and make...

Section 104193. - 104193. The department shall do all of the following: (a)...

ARTICLE 3 - Cancer Awareness

Section 104200. - 104200. (a) Subject to subdivision (e), the department shall conduct...

CHAPTER 4 - Diabetes (Reserved)

ARTICLE 1 - Diabetes.

Section 104250. - 104250. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 104251. - 104251. (a) The State Department of Public Health shall submit...

CHAPTER 5 - Blindness and Other Chronic Disease

Section 104300. - 104300. The department shall maintain a program for the prevention...

Section 104305. - 104305. The department may enter into agreements with any public...

CHAPTER 6 - The Prostate Cancer Act of 1998

Section 104310. - 104310. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 104312. - 104312. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 104314. - 104314. (a) The Prostate Cancer Fund is hereby established in...

Section 104315. - 104315. (a) The Prostate Cancer Screening Program shall be established...

CHAPTER 6.5 - Reduction of Asthma through Assessment, Intervention, and Evaluation

Section 104316. - 104316. (a) Contingent upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act,...

Section 104317. - 104317. (a) The department shall offer public and professional education...

Section 104318. - 104318. The department shall do all of the following in...

Section 104319. - 104319. The department shall monitor the clinical and public interventions...

Section 104320. - 104320. The department shall establish and maintain a surveillance and...

Section 104321. - 104321. The department shall implement this chapter contingent on the...

CHAPTER 7 - Prostate Cancer Treatment Program

Section 104322. - 104322. (a) (1) The State Department of Health Care Services...

CHAPTER 7.5 - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

Section 104323. - 104323. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

CHAPTER 8 - Environmental Health Surveillance System

Section 104324. - 104324. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...

Section 104324.2. - 104324.2. (a) On or before July 1, 2002, the Division...

Section 104324.25. - 104324.25. (a) On or before July 1, 2004, the State...

Section 104324.3. - 104324.3. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact...

Section 104324.5. - 104324.5. This chapter shall only apply to the University of...

PART 2 - INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL

CHAPTER 1 - Unintentional Injury Study and Control

Section 104325. - 104325. The department may maintain a program of accidental injury...

Section 104330. - 104330. The department may enter into agreements with any public...

CHAPTER 2 - Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act of 1999

Section 104335. - 104335. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 104336. - 104336. The University of California may establish a spinal cord...

Section 104337. - 104337. Moneys in the fund established pursuant to Section 104336...

Section 104338. - 104338. (a) There is hereby created within the University of...

Section 104339. - 104339. This chapter shall not apply to the University of...

CHAPTER 3 - Expressions of Sympathy, Benevolence, or Fault in Health Care

Section 104340. - 104340. (a) Statements, writings, or benevolent gestures expressing sympathy, regret,...

PART 3 - RISK REDUCTION

CHAPTER 1 - Tobacco Control

ARTICLE 1 - Tobacco Use Prevention

Section 104350. - 104350. (a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1)...

Section 104355. - 104355. The following definitions shall apply to this article: (a)...

Section 104360. - 104360. The following target populations, at a minimum, shall be...

Section 104365. - 104365. (a) There is hereby created the Tobacco Education and...

Section 104370. - 104370. The committee shall be advisory to the department, the...

Section 104375. - 104375. (a) To prevent tobacco-related diseases and diminish tobacco use,...

Section 104380. - 104380. (a) Funds appropriated to the department for local lead...

Section 104385. - 104385. (a) The department shall award and administer grants for...

Section 104390. - 104390. (a) The department may provide program support services to...

Section 104395. - 104395. The department shall expand the Child Health and Disability...

Section 104400. - 104400. (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), each...

Section 104405. - 104405. Local lead agencies shall obtain the involvement and participation...

Section 104410. - 104410. The following goals and priorities shall govern funding services...

Section 104415. - 104415. (a) Local lead agencies shall attempt to ensure that...

Section 104420. - 104420. The State Department of Education shall provide the leadership...

Section 104430. - 104430. (a) The State Department of Education shall make available...

Section 104435. - 104435. County offices of education that receive funds pursuant to...

Section 104440. - 104440. Local lead agencies shall be ineligible for awards under...

Section 104445. - 104445. In awarding grants under the competitive grants program, the...

Section 104450. - 104450. (a) The State Department of Education shall develop a...

Section 104455. - 104455. The State Department of Education shall monitor and ensure...

Section 104460. - 104460. (a) Each school district receiving funds from the Cigarette...

Section 104465. - 104465. (a) The department may annually set aside three million...

Section 104466. - 104466. Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 2.00 of the Budget...

Section 104470. - 104470. The State Department of Education shall make periodic reports...

Section 104475. - 104475. There is hereby created under the authority of the...

Section 104480. - 104480. All guidelines, criteria, standards, and requirements specified in this...

Section 104495. - 104495. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following...

ARTICLE 2 - Cigarette and Tobacco Products Surtax Medical Research Program

Section 104500. - 104500. (a) (1) The Legislature finds that the efforts to...

Section 104505. - 104505. The Legislature hereby requests the University of California to...

Section 104510. - 104510. For the purposes of this article: (a) “Grantee” means...

Section 104515. - 104515. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

Section 104520. - 104520. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

Section 104525. - 104525. Research projects funded under this article may include, but...

Section 104530. - 104530. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

Section 104535. - 104535. It is the intent of the Legislature that projects...

Section 104540. - 104540. It is the intent of the Legislature that no...

Section 104545. - 104545. No provision of this article shall apply to the...

ARTICLE 3 - Cigar Labeling

Section 104550. - 104550. (a) Each manufacturer or importer of cigars shall place,...

Section 104551. - 104551. For purposes of this article, “manufacturer” means any person,...

Section 104552. - 104552. To the extent this article conflicts with any federal...

ARTICLE 3 - Master Settlement Agreement

Section 104555. - 104555. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 104556. - 104556. The definitions contained in this section shall govern the...

Section 104557. - 104557. (a) Any tobacco product manufacturer selling cigarettes to consumers...

Section 104557. - 104557. (a) Any tobacco product manufacturer selling cigarettes to consumers...

Section 104557.1. - 104557.1. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 104557, a tobacco...

Section 104558. - 104558. (a) In order to secure and protect the moneys...

ARTICLE 4 - Tobacco Use Prohibition

Section 104559. - 104559. (a) The use of tobacco and nicotine products is...

ARTICLE 5 - Tobacco Sale Prohibition

Section 104559.5. - 104559.5. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions...

CHAPTER 1.5 - Comprehensive Perinatal Outreach Program

Section 104560. - 104560. There is established in the state department a comprehensive...

Section 104561. - 104561. A county or city and county may contract with...

Section 104562. - 104562. A county that contracts with the state department for...

Section 104563. - 104563. A county contracting with the state department pursuant to...

Section 104564. - 104564. A county participating in this program shall maintain the...

Section 104565. - 104565. (a) Health education services shall be an integral part...

Section 104566. - 104566. Funds from the Cigarette and Tobacco Products Surtax Fund...

Section 104567. - 104567. The program shall develop protocols, procedures, instructional materials, inservice...

Section 104568. - 104568. For purposes of this chapter, “outreach” includes, but is...

Section 104569. - 104569. Funds appropriated for purposes of this program for a...

CHAPTER 2 - Nutrition

ARTICLE 1 - California Nutrition Monitoring Development Act

Section 104575. - 104575. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 104580. - 104580. The Legislature declares that the purposes of this article...

Section 104585. - 104585. (a) The department shall assess the availability and adequacy...

Section 104590. - 104590. (a) The department shall conduct a survey of state...

Section 104600. - 104600. The department, using applicable state procedures, may contract for...

ARTICLE 2 - 5 A Day For Better Health Program

Section 104650. - 104650. (a) The department shall establish and implement, to the...

Section 104655. - 104655. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, nothing shall operate...

ARTICLE 3 - California Healthy Food Financing Initiative

Section 104660. - 104660. This article shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 104661. - 104661. (a) There is hereby created the California Healthy Food...

Section 104662. - 104662. (a) By July 1, 2012, the Secretary of Food...

Section 104663. - 104663. (a) There is hereby established in the State Treasury...

Section 104664. - 104664. This article shall remain in effect only until July...

CHAPTER 3 - Oral Health

ARTICLE 2 - State Oral Health Program

Section 104750. - 104750. The department shall maintain a dental program including, but...

Section 104755. - 104755. The director shall appoint a dentist licensed in the...

Section 104760. - 104760. Nothing in this article authorizes the department to compel...

Section 104762. - 104762. Within a public health setting or a public health...

Section 104765. - 104765. The department shall have the power to receive for...

ARTICLE 3 - Dental Disease Prevention Programs

Section 104770. - 104770. The Legislature finds that 95 percent of all children...

Section 104775. - 104775. A community dental disease prevention program may be offered...

Section 104780. - 104780. An advisory board, including representatives from education, dental professions,...

Section 104785. - 104785. The minimal standards of the community dental disease prevention...

Section 104790. - 104790. The local health officer of each local health department...

Section 104795. - 104795. The department shall review the program proposals and approve...

Section 104800. - 104800. The local health officer or other sponsor may utilize...

Section 104805. - 104805. The State Department of Education shall assist the department...

Section 104810. - 104810. It shall be the responsibility of the governing board...

Section 104815. - 104815. No child shall receive a preventive agent as part...

Section 104820. - 104820. The dental disease prevention program established by this article...

Section 104825. - 104825. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

ARTICLE 4 - Topical Dental Decay Inhibitors

Section 104830. - 104830. Pupils of public and private elementary and secondary schools,...

Section 104835. - 104835. Treatment as specified in this article shall be evidenced...

Section 104840. - 104840. The county health officer of each county shall organize...

Section 104845. - 104845. The governing board of each school district and the...

Section 104850. - 104850. Treatment shall be provided for a person only if...

Section 104855. - 104855. The governing board of each school district and the...

Section 104860. - 104860. The department shall adopt and enforce all regulations necessary...

Section 104865. - 104865. In enacting this article, it is the intent of...

CHAPTER 4 - Diethylstilbesterol (DES)

Section 104875. - 104875. For purposes of identifying persons who have been exposed...

Section 104880. - 104880. The department shall identify at least one program for...

Section 104885. - 104885. The department may request and shall receive from any...

Section 104890. - 104890. The department shall present to the Legislature, on or...

Section 104895. - 104895. It is the intention of the Legislature in enacting...

PART 3.5 - TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUND

Section 104896. - 104896. (a) As used in this part, the following definitions...

Section 104897. - 104897. (a) There is hereby established in the State Treasury...

Section 104898. - 104898. (a) Distribution of moneys from the fund shall be...

Section 104898.5. - 104898.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there shall...

Section 104899. - 104899. Revenue accruing to the Tobacco Settlement Fund pursuant to...

PART 4 - OLDER ADULTS

CHAPTER 1 - Aging

Section 104905. - 104905. The department shall provide staff and budgetary support for...

Section 104910. - 104910. The California Commission on Aging shall allocate 5 percent...

Section 104915. - 104915. The department shall maintain a program to promote availability...

Section 104920. - 104920. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

CHAPTER 3 - Geriatrics and Gerontology Programs

ARTICLE 1 - University of California Programs

Section 105100. - 105100. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 105101. - 105101. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

Section 105105. - 105105. It is the purpose of the Legislature, in enacting...

Section 105110. - 105110. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:...

Section 105112. - 105112. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

Section 105115. - 105115. The Regents of the University of California shall be...

Section 105120. - 105120. The Legislature requests that, on March 30, 2001, and...

Section 105125. - 105125. No provision of this chapter shall be applicable to...

Section 105130. - 105130. The department shall seek any Medicaid waivers necessary to...

Section 105140. - 105140. (a) In addition to the other programs provided under...

ARTICLE 2 - California State University Programs

Section 105145. - 105145. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

Section 105145.3. - 105145.3. (a) The California State University system shall provide academic...

Section 105145.5. - 105145.5. On or before January 1, 2004, the Trustees of...

PART 5 - ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

CHAPTER 1 - Occupational Health and Disease Control

Section 105150. - 105150. (a) Local health departments, as defined in Section 101185,...

CHAPTER 2 - Occupational Health and Disease Prevention

ARTICLE 1 - Occupational Health and Disease Prevention Program

Section 105175. - 105175. (a) The department shall maintain a program on occupational...

Section 105180. - 105180. In any situation where these activities may duplicate or...

ARTICLE 2 - Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention

Section 105185. - 105185. (a) The department shall establish and maintain an occupational...

Section 105190. - 105190. (a) A fee shall be paid annually to the...

Section 105191. - 105191. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 105195. - 105195. (a) Sections 105185 and 105190 shall apply to the...

Section 105197. - 105197. (a) A program is hereby established within the department...

CHAPTER 3 - Pesticide Poisoning

Section 105200. - 105200. Any physician and surgeon who knows, or has reasonable...

Section 105205. - 105205. The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment shall develop...

Section 105206. - 105206. (a) In order for an employer to satisfy their...

Section 105210. - 105210. After consultation with the county agricultural commissioner or the...

Section 105215. - 105215. (a) Any public employee, as defined in Section 811.4...

Section 105220. - 105220. The Director of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment shall maintain...

Section 105225. - 105225. Each public employer of a public employee subject to...

CHAPTER 3.5 - Chlorpyrifos

Section 105240. - 105240. Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, beginning with...

CHAPTER 4 - Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction

Section 105250. - 105250. (a) A program is hereby established within the department...

Section 105250.1. - 105250.1. (a) Notwithstanding Section 105250, and beginning on July 1,...

Section 105250.5. - 105250.5. (a) The department shall review and amend its regulations...

Section 105251. - 105251. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall...

Section 105252. - 105252. (a) It is unlawful for any person to offer...

Section 105253. - 105253. (a) Any person issued a certificate by the department...

Section 105254. - 105254. (a) The following persons engaged in the following types...

Section 105255. - 105255. (a) No person shall perform lead-related construction work on...

Section 105256. - 105256. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever the...

Section 105257. - 105257. Notwithstanding subdivision (f) of Section 1464 of the Penal...

CHAPTER 5 - Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention

Section 105275. - 105275. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited...

Section 105280. - 105280. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:...

Section 105285. - 105285. (a) It is the goal of the state that...

Section 105286. - 105286. (a) The department shall notify health care providers who...

Section 105290. - 105290. When a child is identified with lead poisoning, the...

Section 105291. - 105291. In addition to any other providers determined to be...

Section 105295. - 105295. (a) (1) The department shall collect and analyze all...

Section 105300. - 105300. Notwithstanding Section 124130, the department shall have broad regulatory...

Section 105301. - 105301. (a) To ensure that funds are allocated to each...

Section 105305. - 105305. The program implemented pursuant to this chapter shall be...

Section 105310. - 105310. (a) There is hereby imposed a fee on manufacturers...

CHAPTER 6 - Safer Medical Devices

Section 105325. - 105325. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the...

Section 105330. - 105330. (a) The documentation of sharps injuries, as required by...

Section 105340. - 105340. The Department of Health Services shall maintain a Sharps...

CHAPTER 7 - Indoor Environmental Quality

Section 105400. - 105400. The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) The people...

Section 105405. - 105405. (a) The department through its Indoor Air Quality Program...

Section 105410. - 105410. The Legislature, in view of the findings and declarations...

Section 105415. - 105415. For the purpose of this chapter, “indoor environmental quality”...

Section 105420. - 105420. The department shall coordinate efforts to assess, protect, and...

Section 105425. - 105425. The department shall conduct and promote the coordination of...

Section 105430. - 105430. (a) If model construction standards and techniques for controlling...

CHAPTER 8 - California Environmental Contaminant Biomonitoring Program

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 105440. - 105440. (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be...

Section 105441. - 105441. The department, in collaboration with the agency, shall establish...

Section 105443. - 105443. (a) All participants shall be evaluated for the presence...

Section 105444. - 105444. (a) The program shall develop guidelines and model protocols...

ARTICLE 2 - The Scientific Guidance Panel

Section 105448. - 105448. (a) In implementing the program, the department and the...

Section 105449. - 105449. (a) The panel shall provide scientific peer review and...

Section 105451. - 105451. (a) As appropriate, the program shall utilize the principles...

ARTICLE 3 - Fiscal Provisions

Section 105453. - 105453. Implementation of this chapter shall be contingent on a...

ARTICLE 4 - Reporting

Section 105459. - 105459. (a) By January 1, 2010, and every two years...

PART 7 - URBAN COMMUNITY HEALTH INSTITUTE

Section 106000. - 106000. The Urban Community Health Institute: Centers to Eliminate Health...

Section 106005. - 106005. (a) The duties of the institute shall include both...

Section 106010. - 106010. (a) The clinical centers described in Section 106000 shall...

Section 106015. - 106015. (a) The Stroke and Hypertension Center shall initially work...

Section 106020. - 106020. The Obesity and Nutrition Center shall work in partnership...

Section 106025. - 106025. The HIV/AIDS Center shall conduct prevention, education, and counseling...

Section 106030. - 106030. (a) The shared resource core shall provide administrative, technical,...

Section 106035. - 106035. (a) The President of the Charles R. Drew University...

Section 106036. - 106036. This part shall be implemented only to the extent...