What Is in California’s Code of Regulations Title 17?

The California Code of Regulations (CCR) Title 17 is one of 27 Titles that contain state regulations. Title 17, called “Public Health,” contains 5 Divisions. There are also numerous chapters and articles containing regulatory sections, or individual regulations. The following is a broad overview of CCR Title 17.

Division 1. State Department of Health Services

Chapter 1. Administration

Subchapter 1. State Department of Health Services [Repealed] – 0

Subchapter 2. Hospital Districts – 4 Sections

Subchapter 3. Hospital Inspection [Repealed] – 0

Subchapter 4. Records and Statistics – 4 Sections

Subchapter 5. Home Health Agency Licensing Requirements [Repealed] – 0

Chapter 2. Laboratories

Subchapter 1. Service Laboratories – 281 Sections

Chapter 3. Local Health Service

Subchapter 1. Standards for State Aid for Local Health Administration – 24 Sections

Subchapter 2. Standards for State Aid for Comprehensive Environmental Agencies – 13 Sections

Subchapter 3. Standards for Maintaining County Health Services – 67 Sections

Chapter 3.1. Indian Health – 18 Sections

Chapter 3.5. Joint Regulations for Handicapped Children – 1 Section

Chapter 4. Preventive Medical Service

Subchapter 1. Reportable Diseases and Conditions – 113 Sections

Subchapter 2. Adult Health – 0

Subchapter 2.5. Disorders Characterized by Lapses of Consciousness – 7 Sections

Subchapter 3. Services for Physically Handicapped Children – 5 Sections

Subchapter 4. The Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program – 5 Sections

Subchapter 5. Public Health Nursing [Repealed] – 0

Subchapter 6. Tuberculosis Hospitals and Sanatoria Receiving State Subsidy [Repealed] – 0

Subchapter 7. Venereal Diseases – 1 Section

Subchapter 8. Immunization Against Poliomyelitis, Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Haemophilus Influenzae Type B (Hib), Hepatitis B, and Varicella – 12 Sections

Subchapter 8.1. Immunization Against Measles (Rubeola) [Repealed] – 0

Subchapter 8.2. Immunization Against Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis [Repealed] – 0

Subchapter 9. Testing for Heritable Disorders – 103 Sections

Subchapter 10. Tuberculosis Screening of Employees and Volunteers in Private, Parochial and Nursery Schools – 9 Sections

Subchapter 11. First Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training Standards for Public Safety Personnel [Repealed] – 0

Subchapter 12. Ambulance Personnel* [Repealed] – 0

Subchapter 13. Child Health and Disability Prevention Program – 33 Sections

Subchapter 14. Stop Tobacco Access to Kids Enforcement (STAKE) Act Program – 5 Sections

Subchapter 15. Syringe Exchange Program (SEP) Certification – 9 Sections

Chapter 5. Sanitation (Environmental)

Subchapter 1. Engineering (Sanitary) – 217 Sections

Subchapter 1.5. Regulations for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970 – 0

Subchapter 2. Foods and Drugs – 304 Sections

Subchapter 2.5. Ocal – 55 Sections

Subchapter 3. Vector Control – 22 Sections

Subchapter 3.1. Implementation of the Emergency Mosquito Abatement Funding Act of 1983 – 3 Sections

Subchapter 3.2. Importation of Wild Animals – 22 Sections

Subchapter 4. Radiation – 187 Section

Subchapter 4.5. Radiologic Technology – 60 Section

Subchapter 4.6. Requirements for Land Disposal of Radioactive Waste – 16 Section

Subchapter 4.7. Nuclear Medicine Technology – 25 Section

Subchapter 5. Air Sanitation – 1 Section

Subchapter 6. Organized Camps – 23 Section

Subchapter 7. Wiping Rags – 1 Section

Subchapter 8. Drinking Utensils and Ice Buckets – 9 Section

Chapter 6. Lead Poisoning Prevention Programs – 21 Sections

Chapter 7. Health Facilities Planning [Repealed] – 0

Chapter 7.5 Eminent Domain Procedures for Nonprofit Hospitals [Repealed] – 0

Chapter 7.7 Fire Protection Loans [Repealed] – 0

Chapter 8. Accreditation, Certification and Work Practices for Lead-Based Paint and Lead Hazards

Article 1. Definitions – 48 Sections

Article 2. Eligibility Requirements for Accreditation and Course Approval – 4 Sections

Article 3. Core Instruction – 1 Section

Article 4. Lead-Related Construction Inspection and Assessment Course – 1 Section

Article 5. Lead-Related Construction Supervision and Project Monitoring Course – 1 Section

Article 6. Lead-Related Construction Sampling Technician Course – 1 Section

Article 7. Lead-Related Construction Work Course – 1 Section

Article 8. Lead-Related Construction Supplemental Supervision and Project Monitoring Course – 1 Section

Article 9. Lead-Related Construction Certified Industrial Hygienist Course – 1 Section

Article 10. Continuing Education – 2 Sections

Article 11. Application Requirements and Procedures for Training Provider Accreditation, Renewal, or Course Approval – 2 Section

Article 12. Suspension or Revocation of Accreditation, Provisional Accreditation, or DHS Course Approval – 1 Section

Article 13. Eligibility Requirements and Application Procedures for Certification or Interim Certification – 11 Section

Article 14. Suspension or Revocation of Certification or Interim Certification – 1 Section

Article 15. Enforcement – 1 Section

Article 16. Work Practice Standards – 3 Section

Chapter 9. Screening for Childhood Lead Poisoning – 7 Sections

Chapter 11. Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention Program – 5 Sections

Chapter 12. Office of Problem and Pathological Gambling – 5 Sections

Chapter 13. Manufactured Cannabis Safety [Renumbered] – 0

Division 2. Health and Welfare Agency – Department of Developmental Services Regulations

Chapter 1. General Provisions

Subchapter 2. Monthly Parental Fee – 20 Sections

Subchapter 2.5. Family Cost Participation – 14 Sections

Subchapter 3. Department of Developmental Services – Conflict of Interest Code – 0

Subchapter 4. Rules for Conducting Research – 15 Sections

Subchapter 5. Clients’ Rights – 12 Sections

Subchapter 6. Service Provider Accountability – 12 Sections

Subchapter 7. Fiscal Audit Appeals – 30 Sections

Subchapter 8. Peer Review of Behavior Modification Interventions that Cause Pain or Trauma, and Electroconvulsive Therapy – 9 Sections

Subchapter 9. Fair Hearings – 19 Sections

Subchapter 10. End of Life Option Act – 3 Sections

Subchapter 11. Developmental Center Safe to Serve Evaluation Process – 6 Sections

Chapter 2. Early Intervention Services

Subchapter 1. General Provisions – 3 Sections

Subchapter 2. Program and Service Components – 5 Sections

Subchapter 3. Individualized Family Service Plan – 10 Sections

Subchapter 4. Service Coordination and Interagency Agreements – 4 Sections

Subchapter 5. Procedural Safeguards – 15 Sections

Chapter 3. Community Services

Subchapter 1. General – 4 Sections

Subchapter 2. Vendorization – 34 Sections

Subchapter 3. Regional Center Administrative Practices and Procedures – 18 Sections

Subchapter 3.5. Regional Center Budget Deficit Controls [Repealed] – 0

Subchapter 4. Residential Services and Quality Assurance Regulations – 52 Sections

Subchapter 4.1. Family Home Agency (FHA) Regulations – 25 Sections

Subchapter 4.2. Intermediate Care Facility (Icf); Intermediate Care Facility/Developmentally Disabled (Icf/DD); Intermediate Care Facility/Developmentally Disabled-Habilitative (Icf/DD-H); Intermediate Care Facility/Developmentally Disabled-Nursing (Icf/DD-N); Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Monitoring Requirements – 12 Sections

Subchapter 5. Standards for Nonresidential Services – 48 Sections

Subchapter 6. Ratesetting Procedures for Residential Services – 26 Sections

Subchapter 7. Nonresidential Service Vendor Rate-Setting Provisions – 8 Sections

Subchapter 8. Rate-Setting Procedures for Community-Based Day Programs – 12 Sections

Subchapter 9. Rate-Setting Methodology for Community-Based Day Programs – 16 Sections

Subchapter 10. Schedule of Payment Rates for Community-Based Day Programs – 18 Sections

Subchapter 11. Reporting Requirements for Community-Based Day Programs – 4 Sections

Subchapter 12. Rate Adjustments, Audit Adjustments and Rate Appeals for Community-Based Day Programs – 11 Sections

Subchapter 13. Rate-Setting Procedures for in-Home Respite Services Agency Vendors – 13 Sections

Subchapter 14. Rate-Setting Methodology for in-Home Respite Services Agency Vendors – 15 Sections

Subchapter 15. Schedule of Payment Rates for in-Home Respite Services Agency – 18 Sections

Subchapter 16. Reporting Requirements for in-Home Respite Services Agency Vendors – 4 Sections

Subchapter 17. Rate Adjustments, Audit Adjustments and Rate Appeals for in-Home Respite Services Agency Vendors – 11 Sections

Subchapter 18. Transportation Service – 35 Sections

Subchapter 19. Supported Living Service – 33 Sections

Subchapter 21. Habilitation Services Program – 36 Sections

Subchapter 22. Participant-Directed Services – 5 Sections

Subchapter 23. Community Crisis Homes – 29 Sections

Subchapter 24. Enhanced Behavioral Supports Homes – 23 Sections

Chapter 4. Case Management [Repealed] – 0

Division 3. Air Resources

Chapter 1. Air Resources Board

Subchapter 1. Administrative Procedures – 18 Sections

Subchapter 1.25. Administrative Procedures – Hearings – 169 Sections

Subchapter 1.5. Air Basins and Air Quality Standards – 48 Sections

Subchapter 1.6. Local Air Pollution Control District Regulations [Repealed] – 0

Subchapter 2. Smoke Management Guidelines for Agricultural and Prescribed Burning – 35 Sections

Subchapter 2.5. Compliance Schedule Regarding Visible Emissions from Specified Vessels – 1 Section

Subchapter 2.6 Air Pollution Control District Rules – 1 Section

Subchapter 2.7. Large Confined Animal Facilities – 2 Sections

Subchapter 3. Subventions – 11 Sections

Subchapter 3.5. Acid Deposition Fee Program – 28 Sections

Subchapter 3.6. Air Toxics ”Hot Spots” Fee Regulation – 6 Sections

Subchapter 3.8. Nonvehicular Source, Consumer Products, and Architectural Coatings Fee Regulations – 17 Sections

Subchapter 4. Disclosure of Public Records – 5 Sections

Subchapter 4.1. Advance Payments – 5 Sections

Subchapter 5. Emission Data, Sampling, and Credentials for Entry – 22 Sections

Subchapter 5.5. – 1 Section

Subchapter 5.6. Interchangeable Air Pollution Emission Reduction Credits – 9 Sections

Subchapter 6. Abrasive Blasting – 11 Sections

Subchapter 7. Toxic Air Contaminants – 2 Sections

Subchapter 7.5. Airborne Toxic Control Measures – 100 Sections

Subchapter 7.6. Emission Inventory Criteria and Guidelines – 2 Sections

Subchapter 7.7. Regulation for the Reporting of Criteria Air Pollutants and Toxic Air Contaminants – 13 Sections

Subchapter 8. Compliance with Nonvehicular Emission Standards – 95 Sections

Subchapter 8.5. Consumer Products – 45 Sections

Subchapter 8.6. Maximum Incremental Reactivity – 2 Sections

Subchapter 8.7. Indoor Air Cleaning Devices – 11 Sections

Subchapter 9. Conflict of Interest Code – 1 Section

Subchapter 10. Climate Change – 290 Sections

Division 3.5. Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment

Chapter 2. Pesticide Program

Subchapter 1. Pesticide-Related Illness and Injury – 1 Section

Subchapter 2. Medical Supervisors – 3 Sections

Division 4. California Institute for Regenerative Medicine – 5 Sections

Chapter 2. Scientific and Medical Accountability Standards – 25 Sections

Chapter 4. Intellectual Property and Revenue Sharing Requirements for for-Profit Organizations – 16 Sections

Chapter 6. Intellectual Property and Revenue Sharing Requirements for Non-Profit and for-Profit Grantees – 15 Sections

Chapter 8. Loan Administration – 2 Sections

Chapter 9. Repository for Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells and Embryonic Stem Cells – 5 Sections

Title 17 contains 3,486 Sections.