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CA Health & Safety Code § 105305 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION|PART 5 - ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY|CHAPTER 5 - Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention|Section 105305.

105305.  The program implemented pursuant to this chapter shall be fully supported from the fees collected pursuant to Section 105310. Notwithstanding the scope of activity mandated by this chapter, in no event shall this chapter be interpreted to require services necessitating expenditures in any fiscal year in excess of the fees, and earnings therefrom, collected pursuant to Section 105310. This chapter shall be implemented only to the extent fee revenues pursuant to Section 105310 are available for expenditure for purposes of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 105325 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION|PART 5 - ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY|CHAPTER 6 - Safer Medical Devices|Section 105325.

105325.  The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:(a)  In California, more than 700,000 health care workers and professionals, such as nurses, physicians and surgeons and housekeeping staff, are at risk of infection from bloodborne diseases, including Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and Human Immunodeficiency Virus, the causative agent of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. (b)  Contaminated needlestick and other sharp instrument injuries threaten the well-being of health care workers and cost health care providers millions of dollars annually. (c)  While health care employers have implemented rigorous, universal infection control procedures, requiring gloving and other protective equipment, exposure to bloodborne diseases continues to be a risk for health care workers. (d)  Medical devices, such as needles, are reviewed by the federal Food and Drug Administration for patient safety and efficacy but are not reviewed by any state or federal agency for worker safety. Improved product design of medical devices, such as needles, syringes, connectors for intravenous tubes, and vacuum blood collection systems, could reduce the number of sharps injuries.(e)  Mechanisms for the collection and dissemination of information will allow health facilities to better evaluate safer devices and permit better comparisons across institutions. (f)  Improvements in device and procedure-specific injury surveillance and information dissemination may increase market pressure to further improve medical device product design and enhance product evaluation. (g)  Potential savings to the health care system from preventing exposure to bloodborne pathogens include reduced cost of followup procedures which occur following a sharps injury, such as source and employee testing, counseling, and prophylactic treatment. In addition, costs related to lost work time, personnel, insurance, possible legal problems, and workers compensation could be diminished. (h)  It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to reduce exposure of health care workers to bloodborne diseases by encouraging the development and use of medical devices that are designed to assure worker safety, the safety of patients, and the efficacy of the device. (Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 683, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 105330 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION|PART 5 - ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY|CHAPTER 6 - Safer Medical Devices|Section 105330.

105330.  (a)  The documentation of sharps injuries, as required by Section 5193 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations, shall also include the type and brand of device involved in the incident, unless this information is unknown by the health care worker. (b)  Documentation, as required by Section 5193 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations, shall be referred to in this section as the “Sharps Injury Log”. (c)  In consultation with the program on occupational health and occupational disease prevention, the department’s Environment Management Branch, Medical Waste Program, and local enforcement agencies may verify that each hospital, skilled nursing facility, and home health agency is in compliance with this chapter through its current medical waste program or through the establishment of a self-audit program. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 683, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 105340 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION|PART 5 - ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY|CHAPTER 6 - Safer Medical Devices|Section 105340.

105340.  The Department of Health Services shall maintain a Sharps Injury Control program that shall do all of the following:(a)  Maintain a continuously updated list of existing needleless systems and needles with engineered sharps injury protection, which shall be made available to assist facilities as provided by Section 144.7 of the Labor Code. (b)  Solicit voluntary submission of data by health care institutions regarding the effectiveness of needleless systems and needles with engineered sharps injury protection. (c)  Provide assistance to industry and the Division of Occupational Safety and Health to further compliance with occupational safety and health standards related to the use of needleless systems and needles with engineered sharps injury protection. (Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 370, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2002.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 105400 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION|PART 5 - ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY|CHAPTER 7 - Indoor Environmental Quality|Section 105400.

105400.  The Legislature finds and declares that:(a)  The people of the State of California have a primary interest in the quality of the indoor environment in which they live. (b)  As people spend greater portions of time each day indoors, the environmental quality of our buildings becomes increasingly important. (c)  Changes in building design, materials, construction, and operation have resulted in significant changes in indoor environmental quality. (d)  Activities and use of chemical products, appliances, power equipment, wear and tear of structural decorative materials, thermal factors, and mechanical ventilation are degrading the indoor environment, thereby creating mounting dangers to the public health, safety, and welfare. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 105405 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION|PART 5 - ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY|CHAPTER 7 - Indoor Environmental Quality|Section 105405.

105405.  (a)  The department through its Indoor Air Quality Program shall develop nonbinding guidelines for the reduction of exposure to volatile organic compounds (VOC) from construction materials in newly constructed or remodeled office buildings. At a minimum, the department shall consider all of the following: (1)  The type of building to which the guidelines shall apply. (2)  The methodology for identifying indoor sources of VOC. (3)  The bake-out procedures prior to occupancy for newly constructed buildings. (4)  The procedures for VOC reduction during and after major remodeling of occupied buildings. (5)  The need to establish mandatory regulations rather than nonbinding guidelines for the procedures to reduce VOC exposure in newly constructed buildings and during the remodeling of buildings and, in addition, the need for regulation regarding the occupancy of a newly constructed building or a building undergoing remodeling where VOC reduction is to be a consideration. (6)  The need to establish an ad hoc group of building construction material manufacturers, builders, building owners and managers, organized labor, sheetmetal contractors, plumbing contractors, mechanical engineers, architects, and building inspectors to advise the department on procedures and costs related to implementing the proposed guidelines. (b)  The department shall develop and submit the nonbinding guidelines to the Legislature, and file copies with the Department of General Services and the State Building Standards Commission, by January 1, 1992. (c)  The guidelines developed by the department pursuant to this section shall be nonbinding and voluntary, and shall therefore, be exempt from the procedures for adoption of regulations, including the review and approval by the Office of Administrative Law, pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of the Government Code. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 105410 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION|PART 5 - ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY|CHAPTER 7 - Indoor Environmental Quality|Section 105410.

105410.  The Legislature, in view of the findings and declarations specified in Section 105400, declares that the public interest shall be safeguarded by a coordinated, coherent state effort to protect and enhance the indoor environmental quality in residences, public buildings, and offices in the state.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 105415 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION|PART 5 - ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY|CHAPTER 7 - Indoor Environmental Quality|Section 105415.

105415.  For the purpose of this chapter, “indoor environmental quality” means the environment inside a residential dwelling, including a house or apartment, or inside a school, office, public building, or other facility to which the general public has access. The term “indoor environmental quality” shall not include industrial working environments.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 105420 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION|PART 5 - ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY|CHAPTER 7 - Indoor Environmental Quality|Section 105420.

105420.  The department shall coordinate efforts to assess, protect, and enhance indoor environmental quality.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 105425 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION|PART 5 - ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY|CHAPTER 7 - Indoor Environmental Quality|Section 105425.

105425.  The department shall conduct and promote the coordination of research, investigations, experiments, demonstrations, surveys, and studies relating to the causes, effects, extent, prevention, and control of indoor pollution.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 105430 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION|PART 5 - ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY|CHAPTER 7 - Indoor Environmental Quality|Section 105430.

105430.  (a)  If model construction standards and techniques for controlling radon levels within new buildings are developed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the State Department of Health Services may adopt the standards and incorporate them into any radon assessment and mitigation plan which may be completed by the department and which becomes operative after January 1, 1990, unless the Department of Housing and Community Development adopts radon mitigation building standards, in which case the State Department of Health Services shall adopt no standards other than the standards adopted by the Department of Housing and Community Development. Any radon assessment and mitigation plan shall include appropriate measures designed to detect, avoid, or dissipate dangerous levels of radon gas at potential building sites or during construction of new residential buildings in areas affected by radon. Any of those measures shall be appropriately delineated so as to apply only to certain at-risk buildings and geographic areas, and the plan shall specify construction projects, building characteristics, and geographical areas to which the measures apply, to assure ease of compliance and consistency with the findings and assessment of the United States Environmental Protection Agency regarding radon risks. The plan may include reasonable provisions for testing and detection of radon at potential building sites as well as measures to provide for the appropriate radon-dissipating ventilation and insulation of new residential construction consistent with prevailing techniques.(b)  If regulations are adopted by the department to implement any radon assessment and mitigation plan completed by the department after January 1, 1990, no city, county, or other governmental agency may issue a permit to construct any building subject to state department regulation to any applicant who does not first comply with testing or building standards which may be implemented pursuant to this section. (c)  Any building standards which may be adopted pursuant to this section shall become effective as provided by Section 17958. (d)  In developing regulations pursuant to this section, the state department shall consider the methods and techniques which can provide an adequate level of safety at the lowest cost in order to reduce the impact on housing prices. (e)  Subdivisions (a) to (d), inclusive, shall only become operative if federal funds are available to the department for the purposes specified in this section, as determined by the department. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 106500 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH|PART 1 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSONNEL|CHAPTER 3 - Administrative|Section 106500.

106500.  (a)  The chief and those inspectors of the Food and Drug Section as he or she may designate, are peace officers for the purpose only of carrying out the duties of their employment. The authority of the peace officer shall extend to any place in the state as to any public offense committed, or which there is reasonable cause to believe has been committed, within this state that is a violation of any provision of Division 8.5 (commencing with Section 22950) of the Business and Professions Code, Part 5 (commencing with Section 109875), or the Miscellaneous Food, Food Facility, and Hazardous Substances Act (Section 27), or Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 41301) of Division 16 of the Food and Agricultural Code. This authority shall further extend to violations of any penal provision of this code, the Business and Professions Code, or the Penal Code, that are discovered in the course of and arise in connection with the employment of these officers. (b)  Any inspector of the Food and Drug Section shall have the authority, as a public officer, to arrest, without a warrant, any person who, in his or her presence, has violated, or as to whom there is probable cause to believe has violated, any provision of Part 5 (commencing with Section 109875) or the Miscellaneous Food, Food Facility, and Hazardous Substances Act (Section 27), or Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 41301) of Division 16 of the Food and Agricultural Code. In any case in which an arrest authorized by this subdivision is made for an offense declared to be a misdemeanor, and the person arrested does not demand to be taken before a magistrate, the arresting inspector may, instead of taking the person before a magistrate, follow the procedure prescribed by Chapter 5C (commencing with Section 853.5) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code. That chapter shall thereafter apply with reference to any proceeding based upon the issuance of a citation pursuant to this authority.(c)  There shall be no civil liability on the part of and no cause of action shall arise against any person, acting pursuant to subdivision (b) and within the scope of his or her authority, for false arrest or false imprisonment arising out of any arrest that is lawful or that the arresting inspector, at the time of the arrest, had reasonable cause to believe was lawful. No inspector shall be deemed an aggressor or lose his or her right to self-defense by the use of reasonable force to effect the arrest or to prevent escape or to overcome resistance. (d)  The chief and inspectors of the Food and Drug Section may serve all processes and notices throughout the state. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 108040 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH|PART 3 - PRODUCT SAFETY|CHAPTER 2 - Product Recall Safety and Protection Act|Section 108040.

108040.  This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Product Recall Safety and Protection Act.(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 569, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 108044 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH|PART 3 - PRODUCT SAFETY|CHAPTER 2 - Product Recall Safety and Protection Act|Section 108044.

108044.  (a) No commercial dealer, manufacturer, importer, distributor, wholesaler, or retailer shall manufacture, remanufacture, distribute, sell at wholesale or retail, contract to sell or resell, lease, or sublet, or otherwise place into the stream of commerce, a product that is unsafe, as defined in subdivision (b), knowing that the product is unsafe.(b) A product shall be deemed unsafe for purposes of this chapter only if it meets one or both of the following criteria:(1) The product has been recalled because it does not conform to state or federal laws and regulations setting forth standards for the product.(2) The product has been recalled for any safety hazard reason in cooperation with the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission or its staff, or voluntarily recalled for any safety hazard reason by the product’s commercial dealer, manufacturer, importer, distributor, or wholesaler, and the recall has not been rescinded.(c) (1) An unsafe product, as determined pursuant to subdivision (b), may be retrofitted if the retrofit has been approved by the agency issuing the recall or warning, or the agency responsible for approving the retrofit if it is different from the agency issuing the recall or warning.(2) A retrofitted product may be sold if it is accompanied at the time of sale by a notice declaring that it is safe to use. The notice shall include all of the following:(A) A description of the original problem that made the recalled product unsafe.(B) A description of the retrofit that explains how the original problem was eliminated and declaring that it is now safe to use. (C) The name and address of the commercial dealer, manufacturer, importer, distributor, or wholesaler who accomplished the retrofit, certifying that the work was done, along with the name and model number of the product retrofitted.(3) The commercial dealer, manufacturer, importer, distributor, or wholesaler is responsible for ensuring that the notice described in paragraph (2) is present with the retrofitted product at the time of sale. This paragraph and paragraph (2) shall not apply, and the product may be sold, if either subparagraph (A) or (B) applies:(A) The retrofit meets all of the following:(i) The product requires assembly by the consumer.(ii) The retrofit kit is provided with the product by the commercial dealer, manufacturer, importer, distributor, or wholesaler.(iii) The retrofit kit is accompanied at the time of sale by instructions explaining how to apply the retrofit.(B) The seller of a previously unsold product or the entity to whom unsold products had been returned under the terms of the recall accomplishes the approved or recommended repair prior to sale.(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 569, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 108048 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH|PART 3 - PRODUCT SAFETY|CHAPTER 2 - Product Recall Safety and Protection Act|Section 108048.

108048.  Nothing in this chapter relieves a commercial dealer, manufacturer, importer, distributor, wholesaler, or retailer from compliance with stricter requirements that may be imposed by an agency of the federal government.(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 569, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 108050 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH|PART 3 - PRODUCT SAFETY|CHAPTER 2 - Product Recall Safety and Protection Act|Section 108050.

108050.  (a) Any violation of this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each occurrence, up to a maximum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000).(b) The remedies under this section are in addition to, and do not supersede or limit, any and all other remedies, civil or criminal.(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 569, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 108750 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH|PART 3 - PRODUCT SAFETY|CHAPTER 7 - Children's Poison Prevention Packaging Act|Section 108750.

108750.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Children’s Poison Protection Act of 1990.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)