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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Start with the recorded version
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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Locate the controlling provision
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Read conditions and exceptions together
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Verify currency and official wording
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Research entry points
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This section sets civil penalties for certain automatic garage door opener violations and allows specified parties to bring court proceedings.
Section 19891.
Section 17920.9 rules and related foam-building standards apply to factory-built housing involving foam building systems.
Section 19990.6.
The district may contract with a municipality in its county or with the county to have police protection services furnished by a police agency.
Section 20071.5.
This section says the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act applies to all districts, and a board of trustees may adopt an ordinance to set up an employee relations system.
Section 2048.
This section says the chapter does not apply to certain medical experimental treatment in a life-threatening emergency if specific procedural and consent-related conditions are met.
Section 24177.5.
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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.