California Health and Safety Code

§ 130002

HSC § 130002 Effective Jan 1, 2023Div. 107 · Part 7 · Ch. 1 · Art. 8

Statute text

(a)The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(1)Following a major earthquake, Californians will rely on their community hospitals to provide care to those who are injured, to continue to care for those already within the hospital, and to respond to the emergent needs of new patients.

(2)Under existing law, all hospital buildings providing acute care services in California are required to be fully functional to provide care following an earthquake as of 2030. This standard includes both structural performance categories (SPC) and nonstructural performance categories (NPC), such as for electricity, water, sewage, oxygen, and other mechanical and electrical systems.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 584, Sec. 1. (AB 1882) Effective January 1, 2023.