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                <ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Senator Laird</ns0:AuthorText>
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                <ns0:Title> An act to amend Section 100295 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to local health departments.</ns0:Title>
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                        <ns0:Subject>Local health departments: standards.</ns0:Subject>
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                        <html:p>Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to establish by regulation, after consultation with and approval by the California Conference of Local Health Officers, standards of education and experience for professional and technical personnel employed in local health departments and for the organization and operation of the local health departments, as specified.</html:p>
                        <html:p>This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.</html:p>
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                <ns0:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</ns0:Preamble>
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                                Section 100295 of the
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                                 is amended to read:
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                                                        <html:p>The department, after consultation with and approval by the California Conference of Local Health Officers, shall by regulation establish standards of education and experience for professional and technical personnel employed in local health departments and for the organization and operation of the local health departments. These standards may include standards for the maintenance of records of services, finances, and expenditures, that shall be reported to the director in a manner and at times as the
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