Health and Safety Code: In 1939, the Legislature enacted an act to establish a Health and Safety Code, “consolidating and revising the law relating to the preservation of the public health and safety, including the health and safety of persons, the custody and disposition of dead bodies, and the safety and protection of property.” In 1995, after a year-long collaborative effort between health officials at various levels of the public and private sector, the 1939 Code was re-arranged into the following seven new sections: Administration of Public Health, Vital Records and Health Statistics, Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Environmental Health, Communicable Disease Prevention and Control, Personal Health Care, and Statewide Health Planning and Development.
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Health and Safety Code Sections
Section 445: Enacted in 1973.
Section 1206: Derived from former uncodified §§ 3, 5, 9, 10 and 115, enacted in 1933.
Section 1250.2: Added in 1978.
Section 1278.5: Added in 1999 and amended in 2007.
Section 1279.1: Added in 2006 and amended in 2007.
Section 1280: Enacted in 1973.
Sections 1317 through 1317.9a: Derived from former Health and Safety Code § 1407.5, enacted in 1968.
Section 1317.2a: Another section relating to a similar subject matter, added in 1987.
Section 1339.50: Enacted in 2003.
Section 1343: Derived from former Health and Safety Code § 1343, enacted in 1975.
Section 1367.01: Added in 1999.
Section 1367.15(c): Enacted in 1993.
Section 1367.18: Enacted in 1985.
Section 1367.22: Added in 1998 and amended in 2002.
Section 1368(c): Derived from former Civil Code § 1368, enacted in 1975.
Section 1368.01: Added in 1995.
Section 1371.4: Enacted in 1994.
Sections 1374.30 through 1374.36: Enacted in 1999.
Section 1375.4: Added in 1999 and amended in 2000 and 2009.
Section 1375.7: Added in 2002.
Section 1389.21 and 1389.3: Affected in 1993, 2009 and 2010.
Section 1418.8: Added in 1992 and amended four times thereafter.
Section 1424 and 1424.5: Section 1424 added in 1973 and section 1424.5 added in 2000.
Section 1430: Added to the Health and Safety Code in 1973.
Section 1566.3: Added in 1978.
Section 1569.884: Added in 2003 and amended in 2007 and 2013.
Section 1599.1: Enacted in 1979.
Sections 1725, et seq.: Enacted in the 1966 First Extraordinary Session.
Section 1771: Derived from former Welfare and Institutions Code § 16300.1, enacted in 1970.
Section 1771.7: Added in 2000; amended five times thereafter.
Section 1775: Derived from former Health and Safety Code § 1770.7, enacted in 1978.
Section 1788. Derived from former Welfare and Institutions Code § 2342, enacted in 1939.
Section 1797.196: Added in 1999.
Section 1799.102: Derived from former Health and Safety Code § 1767, enacted in 1978.
Section 1799.106: Derived from former Health and Safety Code § 1769, enacted in 1978.
Section 1799.108: Added in 1980 and amended in 1986.
Sections 1799.110: Derived from former Health and Safety Code § 1768, enacted in 1978.
Sections 5470 through 5472: Derived from former Health and Safety Code § 5470, enacted in 1945.
Section 6512: Derived from former uncodified § 5, enacted in 1891.
Section 7050.5: Added in 1982 and amended in 1987.
Section 7054: Derived from former Penal Code § 297, enacted by 1873-74 Code Amendments.
Section 7100: Derived from former uncodified § 21, enacted in 1931.
Section 7100.1: Enacted in 1997.
Section 7104.1: Added in 1992 and amended in 2001.
Sections 7180 and 7181: Section 7181 added as former Health and Safety Code § 7180 in 1974.
Sections 11100 through 11111: Derived in part from former Health and Safety Code §§ 11904, 11904.7 and 11904.9, enacted in 1970.
Section 11359: Derived from former Health and Safety Code § 11530.5, enacted in 1961.
Section 11362.5: The Compassionate Use Act of 1996, enacted by Proposition 215.
Sections 11362.7 through 11362.83: The Medical Marijuana Act, enacted in 2003.
Section 11362.768: Enacted in 2010.
Sections 11362.83: Enacted in 2003.
Section 11479: Derived from former Health and Safety Code § 11479, enacted in 1974.
Section 11571: Derived from former uncodified § 2, enacted in 1925.
Section 11834.23: Added in 1984 and amended in 1989 and 2014.
Sections 13009 and 13009.1: Added in 1931.
Sections 13108: Derived from former uncodified § 2, enacted in 1923.
Section 13113.7: Added in 1984 and amended in 2012.
Section 17920.5: Enacted in 1961.
Section 17920.6: Enacted in 1977.
Section 17958.5: Added in 1970 and amended nine times thereafter.
Section 18300: Derived from former Health and Safety Code § 18300, enacted in 1973.
Sections 18897: Enacted in 1961.
Section 18941.5: Enacted in 1979.
Sections 24171 through 24176: Derived from former Health and Safety Code §§ 24170 through 24176, enacted in 1978.
Sections 24178: Enacted in 1978.
Sections 25143.2: Enacted in 1985.
Section 25149.5: Added in 1981.
Section 25187: Added in 1977.
Section 25189 : Derived from former Health and Safety Code § 25190, enacted in 1977.
Section 25189.2 : Enacted in 1984.
Section 25197.2: Added in 1984.
Section 25249.7: Enacted by Proposition 65 of the General Election of November 4, 1986.
Section 25299 : Derived from former Health and Safety Code § 25287, enacted in 1983.
Section 25356: Derived from former Health and Safety Code § 25356, enacted in 1982.
Former Section 25359.2: Derived from former Health and Safety Code § 25359.2, enacted in 1992.
Section 25361 : Derived from former Health and Safety Code § 25361, enacted in 1981.
Section 25362 : Derived from former Health and Safety Code § 25362, enacted in 1981.
Section 25366 : Derived from former Health and Safety Code § 25366, enacted in 1981.
Section 25514: Enacted in 1985.
Section 25514.5: Enacted in 1990.
Section 32121: Enacted in 1945.
Section 32126: Enacted in 1945.
Section 32132: Enacted in 1955.
Section 33334.2: Derived from former Health and Safety Code § 33334.2, enacted in 1976.
Section 33459: Added in 1990.
Section 33676: Enacted in 1976.
Section 39018: Derived from former Health and Safety Code §§ 39085 and 39092, enacted in 1968.
Section 39616: Added in 1992.
Sections 40000, 40001 and 40002: Derived from former Health and Safety Code §§ 24200 and 24201, enacted in 1947.
Section 40424: Enacted in 1975 as section 40224.
Section 40426.7: Added in 1987 and amended in 1988.
Section 40440.2: Added in 1994; amended in 1995 and 2006.
Section 40512: Added in 1988 and amended in 1993 and 2008.
Section 40716: Enacted in 1988.
Section 40725: Enacted in 1986.
Section 40727: Enacted in 1986.
Section 40920.6: Enacted in 1995.
Section 41950: Derived from former Health and Safety Code § 39068.2, enacted in 1970.
Section 42300: Derived from former Health and Safety Code § 24264, enacted in 1947.
Section 42301: Added in 1974.
Section 42310: Derived from former Health and Safety Code § 24265, enacted in 1947.
Section 42311: Derived from former Health and Safety Code § 24267, enacted in 1947.
Section 42402.1: Enacted in 1986.
Section 42402.2: Enacted in 1986.
Section 43016: Enacted in 1976.
Section 43017: Enacted in 1986.
Sections 43151 through 43154: Enacted in 1976.
Sections 50800 through 50806.5: Derived from former Health and Safety Code §§ 50800 through 50804 and 50806, enacted in 1983.
Sections 53130 through 53136: This series of sections was originally enacted in 1988.
Section 103900: Derived from former Health and Safety Code § 211, enacted in 1941.
Section 105310: Derived from former Health and Safety Code § 372.7, enacted in 1991.
Section 109925: Derived from former Health and Safety Code §§ 26200 and 26201, enacted in 1939.
Sections 110045 through 110075: Derived from former Health and Safety Code §§ 26321 and 26544, enacted in 1939.
Sections 110390 through 110403: Derived from former Health and Safety Code §§ 26270, 26286, 26500 and 26516, enacted in in 1939.
Section 110422: Enacted in 2002.
Section 111330: Derived from former Health and Safety Code § 26240, enacted in 1939.
Sections 111440 through 111450: Derived from former Health and Safety Code §§ 26280, 26281, and 26285, enacted in 1939.
Section 111825: Derived from former uncodified § 10, enacted in 1907.
Sections 111840 through 111855: Derived from former uncodified § 10, enacted in 1907.
Sections 111900 through 111915: Derived from former Health and Safety Code § 26386, enacted in 1968.
Section 112895: Derived from former uncodified § 3, enacted in 1943.
Section 116365: Derived from former Health and Safety Code § 4023.1, enacted in 1989.
Section 116365.2: Enacted in 2004 and never amended.
Sections 118215: Enacted in 1990.
Section 120980: Derived from former Health and Safety Code § 199.21, enacted in 1985.
Section 121025: Derived from former Health and Safety Code § 199.45, enacted in 1986.
Section 123420: Derived from former Health and Safety Code § 25955, enacted in 1971.
Sections 123460 through 123469: Known as the Reproductive Privacy Act, enacted in 2002.
Sections 124975 et seq.: Hereditary Disorders Act, derived, in part, from former uncodified § 2, enacted in 1975.
Section 127405: Added in 2006 and amended numerous times thereafter.
Sections 127400 through 127446: The Hospital Fair Pricing Policies, enacted in 2006.
Sections 130100 through 130155: The California Children and Families Act of 1998 by Proposition 10.