S082325 Filed November 6, 2000 Appeal from Superior Court, San Diego County, No. 702204, Robert J. O'Neill, Judge, Ct.App. 4/1 D031041, Review Granted, 73 Cal.App.4th 1396. DeCuir Somach, Somach, Simmons Dunn, Michael E. Vergara; Blodgett, Makechnie Vetne, John H. Vetne; Landels Ripley Diamond, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes Lerach and Sanford Svetcov for Defendant and Appellant. Daniel E. Lungren and Bill Lockyer, Attorneys General, George Williamson, Roderick E. Walston and Richard M. Frank, Chief
Each health officer knowing or having reason to believe that any case of the diseases made reportable by regulation of the department, or any other contagious, infectious or communicable disease exists, or has recently existed, within the territory under his or her jurisdiction, shall take measures as may be necessary to prevent the spread of the disease or occurrence of additional cases. Ca. Health and Saf. Code § 120175 Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.
(a) The department shall establish a list of reportable diseases and conditions. For each reportable disease and condition, the department shall specify the timeliness requirements related to the reporting of each disease and condition, and the mechanisms required for, and the content to be included in, reports made pursuant to this section. The list of reportable diseases and conditions may include both communicable and noncommunicable diseases. The list may include those diseases that are either
Upon being informed by a health officer of any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease the department may take measures as are necessary to ascertain the nature of the disease and prevent its spread. To that end, the department may, if it considers it proper, take possession or control of the body of any living person, or the corpse of any deceased person. Ca. Health and Saf. Code § 120140 Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.
The department may destroy such objects as bedding, carpets, household goods, furnishings, materials, clothing, or animals, when ordinary means of disinfection are considered unsafe, and when the property is in its judgment, an imminent menace to the public health. Ca. Health and Saf. Code § 120150 Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.
The department may establish and maintain places of quarantine or isolation. Ca. Health and Saf. Code § 120135 Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.
The department may quarantine, isolate, inspect, and disinfect persons, animals, houses, rooms, other property, places, cities, or localities, whenever in its judgment the action is necessary to protect or preserve the public health. Ca. Health and Saf. Code § 120145 Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.
The department shall examine into the causes of communicable disease in man and domestic animals occurring or likely to occur in this state. Ca. Health and Saf. Code § 120125 Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.
The department may advise all local health authorities, and, when in its judgment the public health is menaced, it shall control and regulate their action. Ca. Health and Saf. Code § 131080 Renumbered from Ca. Health & Saf. Code §100180 by Stats 2006 ch 241 (SB 162),s 20, eff. 7/1/2007.
The rules in this title may be referred to as the Appellate Rules. All references in this title to "these rules" are to the Appellate Rules. Cal. R. Ct. 8.1 Rule 8.1 adopted effective 1/1/2007.