California Health and Safety Code

§ 101085

HSC § 101085 Effective Jan 1, 2007Div. 101 · Part 3 · Ch. 2 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)After the declaration of a health emergency or a local health emergency pursuant to Section 101080, the director or local health officer may do any or all of the following:

(1)Only in the case of a release, spill, escape, or entry of waste as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 101075, require any person or organization that the director or local health officer shall specify to furnish any information known relating to the properties, reactions, and identity of the material that has been released, spilled, or escaped. The director or local health officer may require information to be furnished, under penalty of perjury, by the person, company, corporation, or other organization that had custody of the material, and, if the material is being transferred or transported, by any person, company, corporation, or organization that caused the material to be transferred or transported. This information shall be furnished to the director or local health officer upon request in sufficient detail, as determined by the director or local health officer, as required to take any action necessary to abate the health emergency or local health emergency or protect the health of persons in the jurisdiction, or any area thereof, who are, or may be affected. However, the burden, including costs, of furnishing the information shall bear a reasonable relationship to the need for the information and the benefits to be obtained therefrom.

(2)Provide the information, or any necessary portions thereof, or any other necessary information available to the director or local health officer to state or local agencies responding to the health emergency or local health emergency or to medical and other professional personnel treating victims of the local health emergency.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 874, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2007.