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Administered by the California Department of Industrial Relations, Cal/OSHA's mission is to protect public health and safety through research and regulation related to hazards on the job in California workplaces as well as on elevators, amusement rides, and ski lifts, and related to the use of pressure vessels such as boilers and tanks.
Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board (DIR, OSHAB) Occupational Therapy, California Board of (BOT) Ocean Protection Council (OPC) Optometry, Board of; Osteopathic Medical Board of California (OMBC) Parks and Recreation, California Department of; Parks and Recreation Commission, California State (PARKS) Parole Hearings, Board of (CDCR, BOPH)
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is the state department responsible for public health in California. It is a subdivision of the California Health and Human Services Agency . It enforces some of the laws in the California Health and Safety Codes , notably the licensing of some types of healthcare facilities.
Outbreak policies are a new friction point in California state government offices where COVID-19 infections are on the rise. In shift, some California state departments keep employees in offices ...
From 2017 to 2023, the number of field inspections conducted by the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, known as Cal/OSHA, dropped by nearly 30%, according to agency data.
CalHR represents the Governor as the "employer" in all matters pertaining to California State personnel employer-employee relations. [3] It is responsible for all issues related to salaries and benefits, job classifications, and training. For most employees, these matters are determined through the collective bargaining process.
The Hazardous Waste Control Act of 1972 [3] established legal standards for hazardous waste. Accordingly, in 1972, the Department of Health Services (now called the California Health and Human Services Agency) created a hazardous waste management unit, staffing it in 1973 with five employees concerned primarily with developing regulations and setting fees for the disposal of hazardous waste.
The Emergency Medical Services System and Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act (California Health and Safety Code sections 1797 et seq.) created the Emergency Medical Services Authority in 1980. This legislation (SB 125) was the culmination of several years of effort by local administrators, health care providers, consumer groups ...