Chapter 16 — STRUCTURAL DESIGN
Section 1601 — GENERAL
2025 California Building Code (Title 24, Part 2) · 2025 edition · ingested 2026-07-07 · California
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1601.1 Scope. ¶
1601.1 Scope. The provisions of this chapter shall govern the structural design of buildings, structures and portions thereof. 1601.1.1 Application. [DSA-SS/CC, OSHPD] The scope of application of Chapter 16 is as follows: 1. Structures regulated by the Division of the State Architect-Structural Safety/Community Colleges (DSA-SS/CC), which include those applications listed in Section 1.9.2.2. 2. Hospital buildings removed from general acute care service, skilled nursing facility buildings, intermediate care facility buildings and acute psychiatric hospital buildings regulated by the Department…
1601.2 Enforcement agency approval. ¶
1601.2 Enforcement agency approval. [DSA-SS/CC, OSHPD 1R, 2 & 5] In addition to requirements of the California Administrative Code and the California Building Code, any aspect of project design, construction, quality assurance or quality control programs for which this code requires approval by the Registered Design Professional (RDP), are also subject to approval by the enforcement agency.