Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 17, § 1276 - Basic Services
The health department shall offer at least the following basic services to the health jurisdiction which it serves:
(a) Collection, tabulation and analysis of
all public health statistics, including population data, natality, mortality
and morbidity records, as well as evaluation of service records.
(b) Health education programs including, but
not necessarily limited to, staff education, consultation, community
organization, public information, and individual and group teaching, such
programs to be planned and coordinated within the department and with schools,
public and voluntary agencies, professional societies, and civic groups and
individuals.
(c) Communicable
disease control, including availability of adequate isolation facilities, the
control of the acute communicable diseases, and the control of tuberculosis and
the venereal diseases, based on provision of diagnostic consultative services,
epidemiologic investigation and appropriate preventive measures for the
particular communicable disease hazards in the community.
(d) Medical, nursing, educational, and other
services to promote maternal and child health, planned to provide a
comprehensive program to meet community needs in these fields.
(e) Environmental health and sanitation
services and programs in accordance with an annual plan and program outline as
required in Title 17, Section
1328, and approved by the State
Department of Health and the applicable services and program standards as
specified in the State Department of Health "Services in a Local Environmental
Health and Sanitation Program," September 1976. The required services and
programs shall be as follows:
(1)
Food.
(2) Housing and
institutions.
(3) Radiological
health in local jurisdictions contracting with the State Department of Health
to enforce the Radiation Control Law pursuant to Section
25600-25654 and Sections
25800-
25876,
Health and Safety Code.
(4) Milk
and dairy products in local jurisdictions maintaining an approved milk
inspection service pursuant to Section
32503,
Food and Agricultural Code.
(5)
Water oriented recreation.
(6)
Safety.
(7) Vector
control.
(8) Wastes
management.
(9) Water
supply.
(10) Air
sanitation.
(11) Additional
environmentally related services and programs as required by the County Board
of Supervisors, City Council, or Health District Board.
(12) And may include land development and
use.
(f) Laboratory
services, provided by an approved public health laboratory in health
departments serving a population of 50,000 or more. Such laboratories shall
provide:
(1) Services necessary for the
various programs of the health department.
(2) Consultation and reference services to
further the development of improved procedures and practices in laboratories
employing such procedures related to the prevention and control of human
disease.
(g) Services in
nutrition, including appropriate activities in education and consultation for
the promotion of positive health, the prevention of ill health, and the dietary
control of disease.
(h) Services in
chronic disease, which may include case finding, community education,
consultation, or rehabilitation, for the prevention or mitigation of any
chronic disease.
(i) Services
directed to the social factors affecting health, and which may include
community planning, counseling, consultation, education, and special
studies.
(j) Services in
occupational health to promote the health of employed persons and a healthful
work environment, including educational, consultative and other activities
appropriate to local needs. Where the population of a health jurisdiction
exceeds 500 thousand, the program in occupational health shall include a
planned and organized service with trained staff.
(1) "Services in occupational health" shall
mean, as a minimum, a program of industrial sanitation and surveillance of
occupational health hazards to insure that places of employment are maintained
in a healthful and sanitary condition. For the purpose of this section,
"sanitary condition" is defined as equivalent to that described in the
"Recommended Standards of Sanitation in Places of Employment" issued by the
California State Department of Health Services. Such services shall be provided
by at least one Occupational Health Sanitarian as defined in Section
1307, or any one of the
occupational health disciplines in Section
1306, with medical, sanitation,
and public health nursing support available.
(2) "Planned and organized service" shall
include services in occupational health as defined above, and in addition the
prevention of work-induced illness and disability by recognizing, evaluating
and preventing unhealthful environmental conditions and practices in places of
work.
(3) "Trained staff" shall be
defined as follows:
(A) When the health
jurisdiction includes a population of 500,000 to 1,000,000, at least 1, and
after July 1, 1968, 2 full-time health professionals representing 1 or 2,
respectively, of the disciplines listed in part (4) hereof shall be
employed.
(B) When health
jurisdictions include more than 1,000,000 population at least 2, and after July
1, 1968, 3 full-time health professionals representing 2 or 3, respectively, of
the 5 disciplines listed in part (4) hereof shall be employed.
(C) When health jurisdictions include more
than 5,000,000 population, at least 10 full-time health professionals including
all 5 of the disciplines listed in part (4) hereof shall be
employed.
(4)
Occupational health disciplines include: Occupational Health Physician;
Occupational Health Nursing Consultant; Industrial Hygiene Engineer; Industrial
Hygienist (including sanitarians with appropriate training); and Industrial
Hygiene Chemist as defined in Section
1306.
(k) Appropriate services in the field of
family planning, which may include:
(1)
Promotion of availability of program elements such as:
(A) Assembling knowledge about family
planning, attitudes, values, and information held by population
groups.
(B) Public and professional
educational services about the health benefits of family planning and fertility
control methods.
(C) Professional
services for sterility correction,fertility control and genetic counseling for
all segments of the population, making available methods acceptable to families
of any religious persuasion.
(D)
Evaluation of the adequacy of the community's family planning
efforts.
(2) Provision of
program elements which are not otherwise likely to be made available, including
family planning services for those groups who cannot reasonably obtain
them.
(l) Public health
nursing services to provide for the preventive and therapeutic care of the
population served.
Notes
2. Amendment of subsection (f) filed 8-16-71; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 71, No. 34).
3. New subsection (l) filed 6-7-74; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 74, No. 23).
4. Amendment of subsection (e) filed 12-9-77; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 77, No. 50).
5. OAL Notice of Erroneous Filing filed 7-18-85; purported editorial correction of Section 1276 filed in error on 7-1-85 is null and void and text as filed with Secretary of State on 12-9-77 remains in effect uninterrupted (Register 85, No. 30).
6. Editorial correction filed 8-19-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No. 34).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 208, 1111 and 1130, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 1111, 1112, 1113, 1130, 1155, 1555.5 and 1155.6, Health and Safety Code.
2. Amendment of subsection (f) filed 8-16-71; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 71, No. 34).
3. New subsection (l) filed 6-7-74; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 74, No. 23).
4. Amendment of subsection (e) filed 12-9-77; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 77, No. 50).
5. OAL Notice of Erroneous Filing filed 7-18-85; purported editorial correction of Section 1276 filed in error on 7-1-85 is null and void and text as filed with Secretary of State on 12-9-77 remains in effect uninterrupted (Register 85, No. 30).
6. Editorial correction filed 8-19-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No. 34).
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