SECTIONS 101450-101475 - California Statutes

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

SECTION 101450-101475

101450. The governing body of a city shall take measures necessary
to preserve and protect the public health, including the regulation
of sanitary matters in the city, and including if indicated, the
adoption of ordinances, regulations and orders not in conflict with
general laws.

101455. This article does not prevent the appointment by the
governing body of a board of health that shall be advisory to the
health officer.

101460. Every governing body of a city shall appoint a health
officer, except when the city has made other arrangements, as
specified in this code, for the county to exercise the same powers
and duties within the city, as are conferred upon city health
officers by law.

101465. Immediately after the appointment of the city health
officer the governing body shall notify the director of the
appointment and the name and address of the appointee.

101470. Each city health officer shall enforce and observe all of
the following:
(a) Orders and ordinances of the governing body of the city
pertaining to the public health.
(b) Orders, quarantine and other regulations, concerning the
public health, prescribed by the department.
(c) Statutes relating to the public health.

101475. The city health officer may take any preventive measure
that may be necessary to protect and preserve the public health from
any public health hazard during any "state of war emergency," "state
of emergency," or "local emergency," as defined by Section 8558 of
the Government Code, within his or her jurisdiction.
"Preventive measure" means abatement, correction, removal or any
other protective step that may be taken against any public health
hazard that is caused by a disaster and affects the public health.
Funds for these measures may be allowed pursuant to Sections 29127 to
29131, inclusive, and 53021 to 53023, inclusive, of the Government
Code and from any other money appropriated by a board of supervisors
of a county or governing body of a city to carry out the purposes of
this section.
The city health officer, with consent of the board of supervisors
of a county or the governing body of the city, may certify any public
health hazard resulting from any disaster condition if certification
is required for any federal or state disaster relief program.