SECTIONS 19881-19882 - California Statutes

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

SECTION 19881-19882

19881. (a) No person shall sell, or offer for sale, any new or used
unvented heater that is designed to be used inside any dwelling
house or unit, with the exception of an electric heater, or
decorative gas logs for use in a vented fireplace.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), natural-gas-fueled unvented
decorative gas logs and fireplaces may be sold if the Department of
Housing and Community Development and the State Department of Health
Services approve of their use, and all of the following are
satisfied:
(1) The Department of Housing and Community Development and the
State Department of Health Services consider and develop recommended
standards for their use. The cost of developing these standards may
not exceed one hundred forty-five thousand dollars ($145,000).
(2) Natural-gas-fueled unvented decorative gas logs and fireplaces
meet the standards developed in accordance with paragraph (1) by the
Department of Housing and Community Development and the State
Department of Health Services.
(3) The California Building Standards Commission adopts the
standards developed in accordance with paragraph (1) and pursuant to
Section 18930.
(4) Natural-gas-fueled unvented decorative gas logs and fireplaces
are listed by an agency approved by the Department of Housing and
Community Development.
(c) Installation of natural-gas-fueled unvented decorative gas
logs and fireplaces sold under standards developed pursuant to
subdivision (b) shall be in accordance with the California Building
Standards Code.

19882. Any violation of any provision of this chapter shall be a
misdemeanor.