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2023 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 105285.

105285. (a) It is the goal of the state that all children at risk of lead exposure receive blood lead screening tests.
(b) (1) The department shall adopt regulations establishing a standard of care, at least as stringent as the most recent federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention screening guidelines, whereby all children are evaluated for risk of lead poisoning by health care providers during each child’s periodic health assessment. The regulations shall meet the goals of subdivision (a) and shall include the determination of risk factors for whether a child is “at risk.”
(2) When determining the risk factors, the department shall consider the most significant environmental risk factors, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(A) A child’s time spent in a home, school, or building built before 1978.
(B) A child’s proximity to a former lead or steel smelter or an industrial facility that historically emitted or currently emits lead.
(C) A child’s proximity to a freeway or heavily traveled roadway.
(D) Other potential risk factors for lead exposure, and known sources of lead contamination.
(E) A child’s residency in or visit to a foreign country.
(F) A child’s residency in a high-risk ZIP Code.
(G) A child who has a sibling or playmate with lead poisoning.
(H) The likelihood of a child placing nonfood items in the mouth.
(I) A child’s proximity to current or former lead-producing facilities.
(J) The likelihood of a child using food, medicine, or dishes from other countries.
(3) By July 1, 2019, the regulations on the specified factors in subparagraphs (A) to (D), inclusive, of paragraph (2) shall be developed in consultation with medical experts, environmental experts, appropriate professional organizations, the public, and others as determined by the department.
(c) The standard of care shall require a child who is determined to be “at risk” for lead poisoning, according to the regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (b), to be screened.
(d) The standard of care shall provide that a child shall not be screened pursuant to this chapter if the parent or guardian of the child refuses to consent to the screening.
(e) The standard of care shall provide that health care providers are responsible only for evaluation of all children, for screening of children determined to be at risk, and for medically necessary followup services.
(f) The fee imposed by Section 105310 shall not be used to fund blood lead screening under this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 216, Sec. 1. (AB 2276) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 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 105286.

105286. (a) The department shall notify health care providers who perform periodic health assessments for children about, and those health care providers shall inform parents and guardians about, all of the following:
(1) The risks and effects of childhood lead exposure.
(2) The requirement that children enrolled in Medi-Cal receive blood lead screening tests as set forth in the department’s standard of care policies, promulgated regulations, and published guidelines, in accordance with Section 105285.
(3) The requirement that children not enrolled in Medi-Cal who are at high risk of lead exposure receive blood lead screening tests as set forth in the department’s standard of care policies, promulgated regulations, and published guidelines, in accordance with Section 105285.
(b) To implement the requirements of subdivision (a), the department may use channels of communication, including, but not limited to, publications that serve the health care provider community, such as newsletters developed by either the Medical Board of California, other licensing organizations or associations, or local organizations and jurisdictions.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 690, Sec. 2. (SB 1041) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 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 105290.

105290. When a child is identified with lead poisoning, the department shall ensure appropriate case management. The department may contract with any public or private entity, including local agencies, to conduct the case management.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 507, Sec. 4. (AB 1316) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 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 105291.

105291. In addition to any other providers determined to be eligible by the department to provide environmental investigation services as a part of case management services under this chapter, a qualified certified industrial hygienist or other qualified professional who is certified by the department as an inspector/assessor shall be eligible to provide those services and those services shall be funded under the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program pursuant to this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 524, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 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 105300.

105300. Notwithstanding Section 124130, the department shall have broad regulatory authority to fully implement and effectuate the purposes of this chapter. The authority shall include, but is not limited to, the following:
(a) The development of protocols to be utilized in screening and the procedures for changing those protocols when more accurate or efficient technologies become available.
(b) The designation of laboratories which are qualified to analyze whole blood specimens for concentrations of lead and the monitoring of those laboratories for accuracy.
(c) The development of reporting procedures by laboratories.
(d) The reimbursement for state-sponsored services related to screening and appropriate case management.
(e) The establishment of lower concentrations of lead in whole blood than those specified by the United States Centers for Disease Control for the purpose of determining the existence of lead poisoning.
(f) The establishment of lower acceptable levels of the concentration of lead in whole blood than those specified by the United States Centers for Disease Control for the purpose of determining the need to provide appropriate case management for lead poisoning.
(g) The development of appropriate case management protocols.
(h) The notification to the child’s parent or guardian of the results of blood lead testing and environmental assessment.
(i) The establishment of a periodicity schedule for evaluation for childhood lead poisoning.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 690, Sec. 4. (SB 1041) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 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 105301.

105301. (a) To ensure that funds are allocated to each local agency equitably and commensurate with the level of services needed to provide to children with elevated blood levels, the department shall update its formula for allocating funds to a local agency that contracts with the department to administer the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, and shall revise funding allocations before each contract cycle. When revising the allocation formula, the department shall take into account the most recent data for the number of children with elevated blood lead levels in each jurisdiction.
(b) For purposes of this section, “elevated blood levels” means a blood lead level that is no higher than the blood lead reference value as specified in the most recent guidelines issued by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 216, Sec. 2. (AB 2276) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 5 - ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY › CHAPTER 8 - California Environmental Contaminant Biomonitoring Program › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 105440.

105440. (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Environmental Contaminant Biomonitoring Program.
(b) For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) “Agency” means the California Environmental Protection Agency.
(2) “Biomonitoring” means the process by which chemicals and their metabolites are identified and measured within different biological specimens.
(3)  “Biological specimen” means a sample taken from a biophysical substance, that is reasonably available within a human body, for use as a medium to measure the presence and concentration of toxic chemicals.
(4) “Community” means geographically or nongeographically based populations that may participate in the community-based biomonitoring program. A “nongeographical community” includes, but is not limited to, populations that may share a common chemical exposure through similar occupations, populations experiencing a common health outcome that may be linked to chemical exposures, or populations that may experience similar chemical exposures because of comparable consumption, lifestyle, product use, or subpopulations that share ethnicity, age, or gender.
(5) “Department” means the State Department of Public Health.
(6) “Designated chemicals” means those chemicals that are known to, or strongly suspected of, adversely impacting human health or development, based upon scientific, peer-reviewed animal, human, or in vitro studies, and consist of only those substances including chemical families or metabolites that are included in the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studies that are known collectively as the National Reports on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals program and any substances as specified pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 105449.
(7) “Director” means the State Public Health Officer.
(8) “DTSC” means the Department of Toxic Substances Control within the agency.
(9) “Office” means the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment within the agency.
(10) “Panel” means the Scientific Guidance Panel established pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 105448).
(11) “Program” or “biomonitoring program” means the California Environmental Contaminant Biomonitoring Program, which shall be established and operated by the department, in collaboration with the agency, the office, and DTSC.
(12) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 483, Sec. 21. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 5 - ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY › CHAPTER 8 - California Environmental Contaminant Biomonitoring Program › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 105441.

105441. The department, in collaboration with the agency, shall establish the California Environmental Contaminant Biomonitoring Program. The department is the lead entity for the program unless otherwise specified in this chapter. The program shall utilize biological specimens, as appropriate, to identify designated chemicals that are present in the bodies of Californians. Biomonitoring shall utilize scientifically based statewide surveys. Additional community-based surveys shall be contingent on funding and shall be statistically valid and scientifically based. Biomonitoring shall take place on a strictly voluntary and confidential basis. Results reported pursuant to this chapter shall not disclose individual confidential information of participants. Appropriate biological specimens shall be used to monitor and assess the presence and concentration of designated chemicals. Biological specimens shall be analyzed by laboratories operated by the department, DTSC, or their contractors.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 599, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 5 - ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY › CHAPTER 8 - California Environmental Contaminant Biomonitoring Program › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 105443.

105443. (a) All participants shall be evaluated for the presence of designated chemicals as a component of the biomonitoring process. Participants shall be provided with information and fact sheets about the program’s activities and its findings. Individual participants may request and shall receive their complete results. Any results provided to participants shall be subject to the Institutional Review Board protocols and guidelines. When either physiological or chemical data obtained from a participant indicate a significant known health risk, program staff experienced in communicating biomonitoring results shall consult with the individual and recommend followup steps, as appropriate. Program administrators shall receive training in administering the program in an ethical, culturally sensitive, participatory, and community-based manner.
(b) Individuals selected to participate in the biomonitoring program shall reflect the age, economic, racial, and ethnic composition of the state. Other selection criteria may be applied, as appropriate, for studies of specific populations.
(c) Informational materials and outreach activities directed to program participants and communities shall, to the extent possible, be culturally appropriate and translated as needed. Educational materials shall be adapted to the biological specimens being used.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 599, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 5 - ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY › CHAPTER 8 - California Environmental Contaminant Biomonitoring Program › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 105444.

105444. (a) The program shall develop guidelines and model protocols that address the science and practice of biomonitoring to implement this chapter, including, but not limited to, study design, subject recruitment, and data collection and management, and that accomplish all of the following:
(1) Ensure confidentiality and informed consent.
(2) Communicate findings to participants, communities, and the general public.
(3) Emphasize all aspects of the program in a culturally sensitive manner.
(4) Serve as a guide for other biomonitoring programs supported by state funds.
(b) The program shall incorporate, as appropriate, the methods utilized by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the studies known collectively as the National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals.
(c) The program shall be implemented in collaboration with the California Environmental Health Tracking Program and the environmental indicators system maintained by the office pursuant to Section 71081 of the Public Resources Code.
(d) The department, office, and DTSC shall collaborate on the development of fact sheets and other informational and outreach materials for the biomonitoring program.
(e) The department, in collaboration with the office and DTSC, shall conduct statistical and epidemiological analyses of the biomonitoring results.
(f) Personal information as defined in Section 1798.3 of the Civil Code, shall not be shared without the written and informed consent of the individual to whom it pertains.
(g) No governmental agency or private person or entity shall discriminate against a person or community based upon the biomonitoring results.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 599, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 5 - ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY › CHAPTER 8 - California Environmental Contaminant Biomonitoring Program › ARTICLE 2 - The Scientific Guidance Panel › Section 105448.

105448. (a) In implementing the program, the department and the agency shall establish a Scientific Guidance Panel. The panel shall be composed of nine members, whose expertise shall encompass the disciplines of public health, epidemiology, biostatistics, environmental medicine, risk analysis, exposure assessment, developmental biology, laboratory sciences, bioethics, maternal and child health with a specialty in breastfeeding, and toxicology.
(b) The Governor shall appoint five members to the panel, the Senate Committee on Rules shall appoint two members, and the Speaker of the Assembly shall appoint two members. The appointments shall be made after soliciting recommendations of the Office of the President of the University of California.
(c) All members shall be appointed to the panel by September 1, 2007. Members shall be appointed for three-year terms, except that, with respect to the initial appointees each appointing power shall appoint one member for a one-year term and one member for a two-year term. Members may be reappointed for additional terms without limitation.
(d) The panel shall meet as often as it deems necessary, with consideration of available resources, but at a minimum, three times per year. The office shall be responsible for staffing and administration of the panel.
(e) The panel meetings shall be open to the public and be subject to the Bagley-Keene Open Meetings Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
(f)  Members of the panel shall be reimbursed for travel and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties under this chapter, but shall not receive a salary or compensation.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 599, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 5 - ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY › CHAPTER 8 - California Environmental Contaminant Biomonitoring Program › ARTICLE 2 - The Scientific Guidance Panel › Section 105449.

105449. (a) The panel shall provide scientific peer review and make recommendations regarding the design and implementation of the program, including specific recommendations for chemicals that are priorities for biomonitoring in California, as specified in subdivisions (b) and (c), with the program retaining final decisionmaking authority.
(b) The panel shall recommend priority chemicals for inclusion in the program using the following criteria:
(1) The degree of potential exposure to the public or specific subgroups, including, but not limited to, occupational.
(2) The likelihood of a chemical being a carcinogen or toxicant based on peer-reviewed health data, the chemical structure, or the toxicology of chemically related compounds.
(3) The limits of laboratory detection for the chemical, including the ability to detect the chemical at low enough levels that could be expected in the general population.
(4) Other criteria that the panel may agree to.
(c) The panel may recommend additional designated chemicals not included in the CDC report, for inclusion in the program using the following criteria:
(1) Exposure or potential exposure to the public or specific subgroups.
(2) The known or suspected health effects resulting from some level of exposure based on peer-reviewed scientific studies.
(3) The need to assess the efficacy of public health actions to reduce exposure to a chemical.
(4) The availability of a biomonitoring analytical method with adequate accuracy, precision, sensitivity, specificity, and speed.
(5) The availability of adequate biospecimen samples.
(6) The incremental analytical cost to perform the biomonitoring analysis for the chemical.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 599, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 5 - ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY › CHAPTER 8 - California Environmental Contaminant Biomonitoring Program › ARTICLE 2 - The Scientific Guidance Panel › Section 105451.

105451. (a) As appropriate, the program shall utilize the principles of the agency’s Environmental Justice Strategy and Environmental Justice Action Plan developed pursuant to Sections 71110 to 71113, inclusive, of the Public Resources Code, so that the activities of the panel and the implementation of the program provide opportunities for public participation and community capacity building with meaningful stakeholder input. This strategy and plan shall accord the highest respect and value to every individual and community by developing and conducting public health and environmental protection programs, policies, and activities in a manner that promotes equity and affords fair treatment, accessibility, and protection for all Californians, regardless of race, age, culture, income, or geographic location.
(b) (1) To carry out this section, the program shall develop a strategy and plan that are to be followed in the implementation of the program. This strategy and plan shall be used to establish the framework for integrating public participation in this program. The department may utilize models used by boards, departments, and offices at the agency for community outreach pursuant to this section.
(2) Public participation shall include, but need not be limited to, conducting stakeholder meetings and workshops to solicit relevant information, data, suggestions, and feedback for the development and implementation of the program.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 599, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 5 - ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY › CHAPTER 8 - California Environmental Contaminant Biomonitoring Program › ARTICLE 3 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 105453.

105453. Implementation of this chapter shall be contingent on a specific appropriation being provided for this purpose in the annual Budget Act or other measure.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 599, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 5 - ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY › CHAPTER 8 - California Environmental Contaminant Biomonitoring Program › ARTICLE 4 - Reporting › Section 105459.

105459. (a) By January 1, 2010, and every two years thereafter, the department, in collaboration with the agency, the office, and DTSC, shall submit a report to the Legislature containing the findings of the program, and shall include in the report additional activities and recommendations for improving the program based upon activities and findings to date. Copies of the report shall be made available via appropriate media to the public within 30 calendar days following its submission to the Legislature.
(b) The department shall provide the public access to information that they are required to release pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code).
(c) The department and the office shall disseminate biomonitoring findings to the general public via appropriate media, including governmental and other websites in a manner that is understandable to the average person.
(d) Any health and environmental exposure data made available to the general public shall be provided in a summary format to protect the confidentiality of program participants. The data shall be made available, after appropriate quality assurance and quality control, by July 1, 2010, and at least every two years thereafter.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615, Sec. 275. (AB 474) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Sec. 463 of Stats. 2021, Ch. 615.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 7 - URBAN COMMUNITY HEALTH INSTITUTE › Section 106000.

106000. The Urban Community Health Institute: Centers to Eliminate Health Disparities is hereby established at the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science to address the problem of disparate health care in the Los Angeles County Service Planning Area (SPA 6) and other multicultural communities that have the worst health care status indicators, medical outcomes, and death rates in Los Angeles County. The institute shall be organized into three clinical centers and a shared resource core.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 200, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 7 - URBAN COMMUNITY HEALTH INSTITUTE › Section 106010.

106010. (a) The clinical centers described in Section 106000 shall include the Stroke and Hypertension Center, the Obesity and Nutrition Center, and the HIV/AIDS Center.
(b) The centers shall target and address illnesses that are related biologically and clinically and are characterized by outcomes that are disparate between minority populations and that of the overall community.
(c) The centers shall initially focus on health promotion, disease prevention, health risk assessment, and health screening services in connection with target medical conditions in minority populations that are experiencing disparate outcomes in relation to the overall community in regard to target conditions. However, over time, each center shall develop a portfolio of projects that also address these target conditions in all racial, ethnic, and cultural groups.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 183, Sec. 227. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 7 - URBAN COMMUNITY HEALTH INSTITUTE › Section 106015.

106015. (a)  The Stroke and Hypertension Center shall initially work in partnership with the American Heart Association in developing culturally appropriate, communitywide stroke awareness and training programs.
(b)  The center shall also work towards providing additional services, including a stroke screening program directed by the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, using carotid ultrasound testing.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 200, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 7 - URBAN COMMUNITY HEALTH INSTITUTE › Section 106020.

106020. The Obesity and Nutrition Center shall work in partnership with local elementary and middle schools to conduct culturally appropriate antiobesity, diet, nutrition, and exercise education programs, coupled with structured exercise and weight reduction activities.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 200, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 7 - URBAN COMMUNITY HEALTH INSTITUTE › Section 106025.

106025. The HIV/AIDS Center shall conduct prevention, education, and counseling programs in high-risk populations identified through partnerships between the center and community-sponsored outreach programs in local neighborhoods and in local social gathering places of individuals with a high risk for HIV infection.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 200, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 7 - URBAN COMMUNITY HEALTH INSTITUTE › Section 106030.

106030. (a)  The shared resource core shall provide administrative, technical, educational, and health information dissemination services to multiple projects conducted, in collaboration, by the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science and community-based organizations.
(b)  The duties of the shared resource core shall include all of the following:
(1)  Helping to provide program administration services, project management, fiscal support, resource allocation, and program evaluation.
(2)  Assisting in the collection, management, and analysis of primary and secondary data, and providing methodological and computational support and training.
(3)  Helping implement community-focused health promotion, disease prevention, and health screening interventions and demonstration projects.
(4)  Aiding in the synthesis, interpretation, and dissemination of information on disparities in health indicators, medical outcomes, death rates, and other aspects of health inequalities.
(c)  The objectives of the shared resource core shall include both of the following:
(1)  To achieve economies of scale in effort, expertise, and equipment, and thereby build the capacity of the community and the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science to develop, implement, and evaluate community programs to reduce health disparities.
(2)  To pool services, expertise, equipment, and facilities to support several interrelated projects and collaborating organizations, thereby impacting health disparities with greater resources than those that would be provided separately to each project and without formal interaction among the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, community-based organizations, and public sector agencies.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 200, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 7 - URBAN COMMUNITY HEALTH INSTITUTE › Section 106035.

106035. (a)  The President of the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science shall appoint an external advisory committee, composed of nine individuals who are nationally or regionally recognized for their expertise in eliminating health disparities, to oversee and evaluate all institute activities.
(b)  The president shall appoint an internal steering committee, composed of leadership from the institute and members of community-based organizations, public sector agencies, and projects, to supervise the day-to-day activities of the institute.
(c)  The institute shall sponsor and conduct an annual Urban Community Health Forum as a communitywide symposium. The forum shall provide a report on the progress of the institute, offer technical assistance workshops, and provide an overview of local, regional, and national efforts concerning health disparities.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 200, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 7 - URBAN COMMUNITY HEALTH INSTITUTE › Section 106036.

106036. This part shall be implemented only to the extent that private or federal funding is received for this purpose.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 200, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 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.)