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DIVISION 101. ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH 100100-101997›PART 1. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES 100100-100922›CHAPTER 2. General Powers of the Department 100150-100335›ARTICLE 1. General Provisions 100150-100236

§ 100170

California Health and Safety Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) The department may commence and maintain all proper and necessary actions and proceedings for any or all of the following purposes:

(1) To enforce its regulations.

(2) To compel the performance of any act specifically enjoined upon any person, officer, or board, by any law of this state relating to its powers and duties.

(b) It may defend all actions and proceedings involving its powers and duties.

(c) In all actions and proceedings it shall sue and be sued under the name of the department.

(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 241, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 2007. Operative July 1, 2007, by Sec. 37 of Ch. 241.)

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