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Cal. HSC § 121105 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 105 / Part 4 / Chapter 10 / Section 121105
Section 121105
Status: in_force

Prior to participation of an individual in a research study relating to HIV or AIDS, both of the following requirements shall be met:

(a) The informed consent of each research subject shall be obtained in the method and manner required by Section 46.116, (a) and (b), of Part 46 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations and be documented in accordance with Section 46.117 of that part.

(b) Each research subject shall be provided with an explanation in writing, in language understandable to the research subject, of the rights and responsibilities of researchers and research subjects under this chapter.
Cal. FAC § 14262 — California Code / Code fac / Division 7 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 14262
Section 14262
Status: in_force

This chapter also does not apply to any of the following:

(a) Any livestock drug that is intended for, and that is used solely for, laboratory or experimental purposes.

(b) Any substance that is intended for, and that is used primarily as a pesticide and that is registered as a pesticide under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 12751).

(c) Any biological product that is manufactured under a license issued by the United States Department of Agriculture or the State Department of Health.

(d) Any drug that is required by federal law to be sold on prescription only.
Cal. PUC § 99314.8 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 11 / Chapter 4 / Article 6.5 / Section 99314.8
Section 99314.8
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, for the third and fourth quarters of the 2015–16 fiscal year, and for all four quarters of the 2016–17 fiscal year, the Controller shall calculate and publish the allocation of all funds made pursuant to Section 99314 to each transportation planning agency and county transportation commission, the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board, the member agencies of the Altamont Commuter Express Authority, and the member agencies of the Southern California Regional Rail Authority based on the same list of operators and the same individual operator ratios published by the Controller in its original Fourth Quarter State Transit Assistance Allocation transmittal memo for the 2014–15 fiscal year, unless the Controller has subsequently published revisions or adjustments to its original Fourth Quarter State Transit Assistance Allocation transmittal memo for the 2014–15 fiscal year, in which case the revised or adjusted list of operators and individual operator ratios shall be used.

(b) Each transportation planning agency and county transportation commission, and the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board may apply the individual operator ratios calculated for the third quarter of the 2015–16 fiscal year pursuant to this section to any undistributed funds remaining from the first and second quarters of the 2015–16 fiscal year.

(c) Upon allocation of funds pursuant to this section to each transportation planning agency and county transportation commission, the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board, the member agencies of the Altamont Commuter Express Authority, and the member agencies of the Southern California Rail Authority, the Controller shall publish the amount of funding applicable to each operator.
Cal. INS § 10270.4 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 10270.4
Section 10270.4
Status: in_force

Any disability insurer may issue policies of group disability insurance and family expense disability insurance as defined in this article but shall not issue any form of policy of group disability insurance, or family expense disability insurance except as prescribed in this article and except as provided in Article 6.7 of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 1. Provided, however, that during the calendar years of 1952 to 1956, inclusive, a policy of family expense disability insurance as defined in Section 10270.7 may either (1) contain the provisions required by Section 10270.8 and those promulgated by the commissioner pursuant to Sections 10270.9 and 10270.93 and be subject to this article and to Section 10291.5 or (2) be filed and approved under Article 2 of this chapter and be subject to such article and to Articles 3a, 4a and 5a of this chapter and contain the provision required by Section 10270.8(b). On and after January 1, 1957 the provisions of this article shall no longer relate to such policies except Section 10270.7 and subdivision (b) of Section 10270.8 and all of such policies shall be subject to the provisions set forth in alternative (2) above, except that such policies need not comply with subsection (c) of Section 10320 if they comply with Section 10270.7.
Cal. HSC § 40500.5 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 26 / Part 3 / Chapter 5.5 / Article 7 / Section 40500.5
Section 40500.5
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 40500, the south coast district board may prohibit the granting of variances by the hearing board from the provisions of a market-based incentive program adopted pursuant to Section 39616 that establish procedures for assessing emissions during periods when monitoring or reporting systems are not operating as required.

(b) The south coast district board may prohibit the granting of variances by the hearing board from the minimum federal requirements for new source performance standards, or for national emissions standards for hazardous air pollutants, under Sections 7411 and 7412 of Title 42 of the United States Code, unless the district rule at issue is more stringent than the federal requirement. The south coast district board shall not prohibit the granting of a variance if the petitioner for the variance has obtained a waiver from the Environmental Protection Agency of the federal requirement at issue and the variance would be consistent with the waiver.
Cal. WIC § 4867 — California Code / Code wic / Division 4.5 / Chapter 13 / Section 4867
Section 4867
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted to mean that work activity programs or supported employment programs cannot serve consumers who are funded by agencies other than regional centers, including, but not limited to, the Department of Rehabilitation.
Cal. PUC § 100460 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 12 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 100460
Section 100460
Status: in_force

The VTA shall have power to purchase transit equipment such as cars, trolley buses, and motor buses, or rolling equipment; and may execute agreements, leases, and equipment trust certificates in the forms customarily used by private corporations engaged in the transit business appropriate to effect the purchase and leasing of transit equipment and may dispose of the equipment trust certificates upon terms and conditions as the board may deem appropriate. Payment for the equipment, or rentals therefor, may be made in installments, and the deferred installments may be evidenced by equipment trust certificates payable from any source or sources of funds specified in certificates that are or will be legally available to the VTA. Title to the equipment shall not rest in the VTA until the equipment trust certificates are paid.
Cal. WIC § 641 — California Code / Code wic / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 15 / Section 641
Section 641
Status: in_force

Whenever any minor is taken into temporary custody under the provisions of this article in any county other than the county in which the minor is alleged to be within or to come within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which county is referred to herein as the requesting county, the officer who has taken the minor into temporary custody may notify the law enforcement agency in the requesting county of the fact that the minor is in custody. When a law enforcement officer, of such requesting county files a petition pursuant to Section 656 with the clerk of the juvenile court of his respective county and secures a warrant therefrom, he shall forward said warrant, or a telegraphic copy thereof to the officer who has the minor in temporary custody as soon as possible within 48 hours, excluding Sundays and nonjudicial days, from the time said juvenile was taken into temporary custody. Thereafter an officer from said requesting county shall take custody of the minor within five days, in the county in which the minor is in temporary custody, and shall take the minor before the juvenile court judge who issued the warrant, or before some other juvenile court of the same county without unnecessary delay. If the minor is not brought before a judge of the juvenile court within the period prescribed by this section, he must be released from custody.
Cal. HSC § 1288.95 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 3.5 / Section 1288.95
Section 1288.95
Status: in_force

(a) No later than January 1, 2010, a physician designated as a hospital epidemiologist or infection surveillance, prevention, and control committee chairperson shall participate in a continuing medical education (CME) training program offered by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiologists of America, or other recognized professional organization. The CME program shall be specific to infection surveillance, prevention, and control. Documentation of attendance shall be placed in the physician’s credentialing file.

(b) Beginning January 2010, all staff and contract physicians and all other licensed independent contractors, including, but not limited to, nurse practitioners and physician assistants, shall be trained in methods to prevent transmission of HAI, including, but not limited to, MRSA and Clostridium difficile infection.

(c) By January 2010, all permanent and temporary hospital employees and contractual staff, including students, shall be trained in hospital-specific infection prevention and control policies, including, but not limited to, hand hygiene, facility-specific isolation procedures, patient hygiene, and environmental sanitation procedures. The training shall be given annually and when new policies have been adopted by the infection surveillance, prevention, and control committee.

(d) Environmental services staff shall be trained by the hospital and shall be observed for compliance with hospital sanitation measures. The training shall be given at the start of employment, when new prevention measures have been adopted, and annually thereafter. Cultures of the environment may be randomly obtained by the hospital to determine compliance with hospital sanitation procedures.
Cal. BPC § 9998.3 — California Code / Code bpc / Division 3 / Chapter 21.5 / Section 9998.3
Section 9998.3
Status: in_force

No foreign labor contractor shall make, publish, or circulate or cause to be made, published, or circulated, to any person any false, fraudulent, or misleading representation or information concerning the terms or conditions of employment at any place or places of employment.
Cal. LAB § 3208 — California Code / Code lab / Division 4 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 3208
Section 3208
Status: in_force

“Injury” includes any injury or disease arising out of the employment, including injuries to artificial members, dentures, hearing aids, eyeglasses and medical braces of all types; provided, however, that eyeglasses and hearing aids will not be replaced, repaired, or otherwise compensated for, unless injury to them is incident to an injury causing disability.
Cal. WAT § 1460 — California Code / Code wat / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 1460
Section 1460
Status: in_force

The application for a permit by a municipality for the use of water for the municipality or the inhabitants thereof for domestic purposes shall be considered first in right, irrespective of whether it is first in time.
Cal. PUC § 16842 — California Code / Code puc / Division 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 16842
Section 16842
Status: in_force

The board shall procure plans and estimates and negotiate for offers for the sale to the district of existing public utility works in the same manner as specified in Article 1 of this chapter.
Cal. PUC § 781.5 — California Code / Code puc / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 781.5
Section 781.5
Status: in_force

The commission may require a water corporation that furnishes potable water for residential, commercial, industrial, or institutional use through less than 500 service connections that is not subject to the requirements of Section 526, 527, or 528 of the Water Code, or a residential, commercial, industrial, or institutional customer of the corporation, to install a water meter at any water service connection between the water system of the corporation and the customer if after a public hearing held within the service area of the corporation, the commission finds, based upon the evidence presented at that hearing, that any of the following are true:

(a) Metering will be cost effective within the service area of the corporation.

(b) Metering will result in a reduction in water consumption within the service area of the corporation.

(c) The costs of metering will not impose an unreasonable financial burden on customers within the service area of the corporation unless it is found to be necessary to ensure continuation of an adequate water supply within the service area of the corporation.
Cal. PUC § 6010 — California Code / Code puc / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 6010
Section 6010
Status: in_force

(a) The advertisement may also contain a statement that the successful bidder for any franchise or privilege struck off, sold, and awarded under this article shall file a bond running to the county, city and county, or city, approved by the governing body. The advertisement may require a bond executed by an admitted surety insurer. The bond shall be in a penal sum prescribed by the governing body and set forth in the advertisement for bids, and conditioned that the bidder shall well and truly observe, fulfill, and perform each term and condition of the franchise, and that in case of any breach of condition of the bond, the whole amount of the penal sum therein named shall be deemed to be liquidated damages.

(b) The bond if required shall be filed with the governing body within the time specified in the advertisement and if no time is specified within five days after the franchise is awarded. The franchise shall be granted by ordinance to the person, firm, or corporation to whom it has been struck off, sold or awarded. If the bond is not filed within the time required, the award of the franchise may be set aside at any time prior to the filing and, if set aside, any money paid for the franchise shall be forfeited, and if an ordinance has been enacted granting the franchise, the governing or legislative body may repeal the ordinance and the franchise shall, in the discretion of the governing or legislative body, be readvertised and again offered for sale in the same manner and under the same restrictions, as provided in this article.
Cal. HSC § 12654 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 11 / Part 2 / Chapter 6 / Section 12654
Section 12654
Status: in_force

A transportation permit shall not be required by this part for public carriers or private carriers who each hold a valid license or permit issued pursuant to the provisions of Division 14 (commencing with Section 31600) of the Vehicle Code or Division 11 (commencing with Section 12000) of the Health and Safety Code.
Cal. FAC § 76181 — California Code / Code fac / Division 22 / Part 2 / Chapter 14 / Article 8 / Section 76181
Section 76181
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise specified in this article, the commission shall cause a referendum to be conducted among producers pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 76111) every five years following implementation of this chapter to determine whether the operation of this chapter is reapproved and shall be continued in effect. The vote shall be declared in favor of continuation if the director determines from the referendum that a majority of the eligible producers voting in the referendum voted to continue the operation of this chapter. If the director finds that a favorable vote has been given, he or she shall so certify and all provisions of this chapter shall remain effective. If the director finds that a favorable vote has not been given, he or she shall so certify and declare the operation of the provisions of this chapter and the commission suspended upon expiration of the marketing season ending December 31, 1990. Thereupon, the operations of the commission shall be concluded and funds distributed in the manner provided in Section 76184. No bond or security shall be required for any such referendum.
Cal. WIC § 316 — California Code / Code wic / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 7 / Section 316
Section 316
Status: in_force

Upon his or her appearance before the court at the detention hearing, each parent or guardian and the minor, if present, shall first be informed of the reasons why the minor was taken into custody, the nature of the juvenile court proceedings, and the right of each parent or guardian and any minor to be represented at every stage of the proceedings by counsel.
Cal. HSC § 13816 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 12 / Part 2.7 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 13816
Section 13816
Status: in_force

A proposal to form a new district may be made by petition which shall do all of the following:

(a)  State that the proposal is made pursuant to this article.

(b)  Set forth a description of the boundaries of the territory to be included in the district.

(c)  Set forth the methods by which the district will be financed.

(d)  State the reasons for forming the district.

(e)  Propose a name for the district.

(f)  Designate no more than three persons as chief petitioners, setting forth their names and mailing addresses.

(g)  State whether the formation is consistent with the sphere of influence of any affected city or affected district.

(h)  Specify the number of members of the initial board of directors and the method of their selection, as provided by Article 3 (commencing with Section 13834).

(i)  Request that proceedings be taken for the formation pursuant to this chapter.
Cal. PRC § 32112 — California Code / Code prc / Division 22 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 32112
Section 32112
Status: in_force

All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this trust agreement or resolution may be treated as a part of the cost of the operation of a project.
Cal. INS § 10089.72 — California Code / Code ins / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 8.9 / Section 10089.72
Section 10089.72
Status: in_force

(a) If, after the department’s intervention, the insurer and the insured do not reach agreement, the department may notify the insurer that in order to avoid referral to mediation, the insurer shall have 28 calendar days to resolve the dispute, unless the department, for good cause, extends the period by an additional 7 calendar days.

(b) The department may not refer a claim or dispute to mediation unless the amount claimed by the insured exceeds seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) and the amount in dispute exceeds two thousand dollars ($2,000).
Cal. HSC § 1374.68 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 2 / Chapter 2.2 / Article 5.6 / Section 1374.68
Section 1374.68
Status: in_force

A health care service plan that offers a point-of-service plan contract shall do all of the following:

(a) Deposit with the director or, at the discretion of the director, with any organization or trustee acceptable to the director through which a custodial or controlled account is maintained, cash, securities, or any combination of these, which is acceptable to the director, that at all times have a fair market value equal to the greater of either one of the following:

(1) Two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000).

(2) One hundred twenty percent of the plan’s current monthly claims payable plus incurred but not reported balance for coverage out-of-network coverage or services provided under point-of-service contracts.

(b) Track out-of-network point-of-service utilization separately from in-network utilization.

(c) Record point-of-service utilization in a manner that will permit utilization and cost reporting as the director may require.

(d) Demonstrate to the satisfaction of the director that the health care service plan has the fiscal, administrative, and marketing capacity to control its point-of-service plan contract enrollment, utilization, and costs so as not to jeopardize the financial viability or organizational and administrative capacity of the health care service plan.

(e) Maintain the deposit required under subdivision (a) in a manner agreed to by the director, subject to subdivision (a) of Section 1377 and any regulations adopted thereunder.

(f) Any deposit made pursuant to this section shall be a credit against any deposit required by subdivision (a) of Section 1377.
Cal. WIC § 16934 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 4.7 / Chapter 4 / Section 16934
Section 16934
Status: in_force

(a) As a condition of receiving funds under this chapter, a county shall provide, or arrange and pay for, medically necessary followup treatment, including necessary followup dental services and prescription drugs, for any condition detected as part of a child health and disability prevention screen for a child eligible for services under Section 104395 of the Health and Safety Code, if the child was screened by the county, or upon referral by a child health and disability prevention program provider. This section shall not apply to any child eligible to receive care with no share of cost under the Medi-Cal program or who is covered by another publicly funded program or for whom these services are covered or will be paid by any other responsible party. A county may require that hospitals that contract with the county pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 16946, physicians who contract with the county pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 16933 or dentists or any provider that contracts with the county pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 16933 and receives funds appropriated for the purposes of this chapter to participate in complying with this section. A county shall not require that hospitals receiving an allocation pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 16946 or physicians who receive payment from a physician services account established pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 16933 participate in complying with this section.

(b) Dental services provided pursuant to this section shall be at least equal in scope and frequency to dental services available to Medi-Cal eligible children of the same age.

(c) Counties shall implement this section in consultation and coordination with their child health and disability prevention programs.
Cal. PUC § 70035 — California Code / Code puc / Division 10 / Part 7 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 70035
Section 70035
Status: in_force

Upon adoption of the resolution or of a sufficient petition, the board of supervisors shall hold a hearing on the question of forming a Marin County Transit District. All interested persons shall be given an opportunity to express their views at the hearing.
Cal. WIC § 18304 — California Code / Code wic / Division 9 / Part 6 / Chapter 5 / Section 18304
Section 18304
Status: in_force

A county may establish a program for reducing the incidence of domestic violence in the county by establishing or funding domestic violence shelter-based programs that meet the requirements of this chapter. Geographically adjacent counties may combine their respective domestic violence shelter-based programs special funds in order to establish one or more domestic violence shelter-based programs meeting the requirements of this chapter, in order to provide services to the clients of each county that combines its funds with another county.