California Health and Safety Code

§ 129048

HSC § 129048 Effective Jan 1, 2000Div. 107 · Part 6 · Ch. 1 · Art. 1.5

Statute text

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a)The State of California has a compelling interest in ensuring that adequate health facilities that are able to withstand seismic events are available to care for patients, especially in the event of a disaster.

(b)Hospitals are required, under the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983 (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 129675) of Part 7), to improve, or remove from acute care service, buildings that pose a significant safety risk of collapse and danger to the public by January 1, 2008.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 825, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.