The division has the power, jurisdiction, and supervision over every employment and place of employment in this state, which is necessary adequately to enforce and administer all laws and lawful standards and orders, or special orders requiring such employment and place of employment to be safe, and requiring the protection of the life, safety, and health of every employee in such employment or place of employment. Ca. Lab. Code § 6307 Repealed and added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 993.
(a) The authority of any agency, department, division, bureau or any other political subdivision other than the Division of Occupational Safety and Health to assist in the administration or enforcement of any occupational safety or health standard, order, or rule adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be contained in a written agreement with the Department of Industrial Relations or an agency authorized by the department to enter into such agreement. (b) No such agreement shall deprive the Division
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 board shall, no later than January 15, 1999, adopt an emergency regulation revising the bloodborne pathogen standard currently set forth in Section 5193 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations in accordance with subdivision (b). Following adoption of the emergency regulation, the board shall complete the regulation adoption process and shall formally adopt a regulation embodying a bloodborne pathogen standard meeting the requirements of subdivision (b), which regulation shall become
It is the duty of the local health officers to use every available means to ascertain the existence of cases of infectious venereal diseases within their respective jurisdictions, to investigate all cases that are not, or probably are not, subject to proper control measures approved by the board, to ascertain so far as possible all sources of infection, and to take all measures reasonably necessary to prevent the transmission of infection. Ca. Health and Saf. Code § 120575 Added by Stats. 1995, Ch
The California Film Commission shall, with input from the media production industry and local and state government, develop and adopt a "model process for granting film permits." The process shall contain but not be limited to the following provisions: (a) A designated person to deal with industry whose responsibilities shall include, but not be limited to: (1) The attraction of media production to the jurisdiction. (2) Assistance in expediting to the greatest extent possible the issuances of all
(a) Scope and Application. This section applies to all occupational exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials as defined by subsection (b) of this section. EXCEPTION: This regulation does not apply to the construction industry. (b) Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following shall apply: "Biological Cabinet" means a device enclosed except for necessary exhaust purposes on three sides and top and bottom, designed to draw air inward by means of mechanical ventilation