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Health & Saf. Code, § 116090.6 · Article 7. Fish and Shellfish Consumption Advisories

Health & Saf. Code, § 116090.6

Verbatim from the official edition

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

For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings:

(a) “Local health officer” means the legally appointed health officer or director of environmental health of the city, county, or city and county, having jurisdiction over the area in which a publicly accessible body of water is located, which may include a coastal area.

(b) “Office” means the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.

(c) “Site-specific fish or shellfish health advisory” means a consumption advisory regarding fish or shellfish in a specified body of water or area of that body of water, which may include a specified area of coastal waters.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 538, Sec. 1. (AB 762) Effective January 1, 2020.

Source of truth

Edition
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=116090.6.
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