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Health & Saf. Code, § 113713 · Chapter 1. General Provisions

Health & Saf. Code, § 113713

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

(a) Primary responsibility for enforcement of this part shall be with the local enforcement agency. Nothing in this part shall prevent the department from taking any necessary program or enforcement actions for the protection of the public health and safety.

(b) The department shall provide technical assistance, training, standardization, program evaluation, and other services to local health agencies as necessary to ensure the uniform interpretation and application of this part, when an appropriation is made to the department for this purpose.

(c) Whenever the enforcement of the requirements of this part by any local enforcement agency is satisfactory to the department, the enforcement of this part shall not be duplicated by the department. The department shall investigate to determine satisfactory enforcement of this part by evaluating the program of each local enforcement agency at least once every three years and shall prepare a report of the evaluation and list any program improvements needed only when an appropriation is made to the department for these purposes.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 23, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007. Operative July 1, 2007, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 23.

Source of truth

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As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC&sectionNum=113713.
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