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California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
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Health and Safety Code - HSC |
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Division 101. ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH |
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Part 3. LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS |
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Chapter 3. State Aid for Local Health Administration |
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ARTICLE 1. Definitions and General Policy |
Section 101185.
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For the purposes of this chapter a "local health department" shall be interpreted to mean any one of the following public health administrative organizations:
(a) A local health department serving one or more counties that shall provide services to all cities whose population is less than 50,000 in addition to the unincorporated territory of the county or counties.
(b) A county health department that does not serve all of the cities of less than 50,000 population, but that has the provisional approval of the department, in accordance with Section 101225.
(c) The health department of a city of 50,000 or greater population, except that the governing body of the city by resolution may declare its intention to be included under the jurisdiction of the county health department, as provided by existing statutes.
(d) The local health department of any county that had under its jurisdiction on September 19, 1947, a population in excess of 1,000,000, or the local health department of any city and county.