1801A General — 2025 California Building Code

1801 A .1 Scope. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to building and foundation systems.

1801A.1.1 Application. The scope of application of Chapter 18A is as follows: 1. Structures regulated by the Division of the State Architect—Structural Safety, which include those applications listed in Section 1.9.2.1 (DSA-SS) and 1.9.2.2 (DSA-SS/CC). These applications include public elementary and secondary schools, community colleges and state-owned or state-leased essential services buildings 2. Applications listed in Section 1.10.1 and 1.10.4 regulated by the Department of Health Care Access and Information/Office of Statewide Hospital Planning and Development (OSHPD).These applications include hospitals and correctional treatment

centers.

1801A.1.2 Amendments in this chapter. OSHPD adopt this chapter and all amendments.

Exception: Amendments adopted by only one agency appear in this chapter preceded with the appropriate acronym of the adopt- ing agency, as follows: 1. Division of the State Architect-Structural Safety:

[DSA-SS] For applications listed in Section 1.9.2.1.

[DSA-SS/CC] For applications listed in Section 1.9.2.2. 2. Office of Statewide Hospital Planning and Development:

[OSHPD 1] - For applications listed in Section 1.10.1.

[OSHPD 4] - For applications listed in Section 1.10.4.

1801A.1.3 Reference to other chapters.

1801A.1.3.1 [DSA-SS/CC] Where reference within this chapter is made to sections in Chapters 16A, 19A, 21A and 22A, the provisions in Chapters 16, 19, 21 and 22, respectively shall apply instead as defined in Section 1.9.2.2. Referenced sections may not directly correlate, but the corresponding DSA-SS/CC sections to such references still apply.