SECTIONS 100325-100335 - California Statutes

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

SECTION 100325-100335

100325. The department shall cause special investigations of the
sources of morbidity and mortality and the effects of localities,
employments, conditions and circumstances on the public health and
the department shall perform other duties as may be required in
procuring information for state and federal agencies regarding the
effects of these conditions on the public health.

100330. All records of interviews, written reports, and statements
procured by the department or by any other person, agency, or
organization acting jointly with the department, in connection with
special morbidity and mortality studies shall be confidential insofar
as the identity of the individual patient is concerned and shall be
used solely for the purposes of the study. The furnishing of this
information to the department or its authorized representative, or to
any other co-operating individual, agency or organization in any
special study, shall not subject any person, hospital, sanitarium,
rest home, nursing home, or other organization furnishing this
information to any action for damages. This section shall not apply
to general morbidity and mortality studies customarily and
continuously conducted by the department that do not involve patient
identification.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit the publishing by the
department of statistical compilations relating to morbidity and
mortality studies that do not identify individual cases and sources
of information or religious affiliations.

100333. (a) The department shall annually compile and publish the
laws relating to the use, handling, transportation, storage, and
disposal of hazardous materials, including, but not limited to,
hazardous wastes, flammable materials, corrosives, explosives,
pesticides, and radioactive materials together with laws relating to
administration, enforcement, and emergency response. The compilation
shall reflect the amendments, additions, and deletions enacted each
year.
(b) The department may contract with the Legislative Counsel to
prepare the compilation of laws required by subdivision (a) and with
the Department of General Services to print and distribute the
compilation. Copies of the compilation shall be distributed at cost.
(c) During the 1985-86 fiscal year, the department shall absorb
the costs of preparing the compilation from existing appropriations.
It is the intent of the Legislature, commencing with the 1986-87
fiscal year, to appropriate revenues received from the distribution
of the compilation to the department for carrying out the purposes of
this section.

100335. The department may do all of the following activities:
(1) Make a continuing study of births, deaths, marriages, and
divorces, in order to provide a continuing analysis of trends to
state agencies and to the Legislature.
(2) Request and receive demographic and population data from the
Department of Finance.
(3) Make any additional collection of data necessary to describe
and analyze fertility, family formation and dissolution, abortion
practices, and other factors related to population dynamics, public
health, and the environment.
(4) Assess the health, environmental, and related effects of
current and projected population.
(5) Formulate recommendations for programs, consistent with
individual rights and the integrity of the environment, to respond to
projected trends.