Professional statute overview
Enactment structure, operative effect and source provenance
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Purpose and legislative effect
“This section says the act is to be known as the Health and Safety Code.”
The Legislature states findings supporting a unified, single-payer-style health care financing system for all Californians. The State Department of Health Services is renamed the State Department of Health Care Services, and its retained functions continue with the renamed department. The Director of Health Care Services is appointed by the Governor with Senate confirmation, the director receives a salary set by law, and the Governor may appoint up to two chief deputies on the director’s recommendation. The director has the powers of a department head under the cited Government Code chapter. The Department of Health Services has a Division of Rural Health, and that division must administer specified chapters and sections.
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How the instrument operates
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Enacted 1939. The date shown identifies this source expression and should not be treated as proof that no later change exists.
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The bonds may be refunded under the referenced Government Code bond-law procedure.
Section 1179.99.
State departments must support facilities with training and data systems on seclusion and behavioral restraints, and certain facilities must report incidents; developmental-services facilities may not place individuals with developmenta…
Section 1180.2.
The enforcement agency must issue a medical waste permit if the applicant meets the compliance conditions, and it must decide whether to issue the permit within 180 days after the application is complete unless the applicant waives that deadline.
Section 118185.
If an application for certification is withdrawn after filing, the department may still proceed or deny the certification unless it consents in writing. The department also keeps disciplinary authority even if a certification is suspend…
Section 11832.16.
Small alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facilities serving six or fewer people are treated like single-family residences for local land-use purposes, and local rules may not single them out.
Section 11834.23.
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Source and current-law status
Source record view
Source record from leginfo.legislature.ca.gov · Enacted 1939
The source record does not state a definitive current-law status. Check the official publisher and later amendments before relying on this text.