Orange County Municipal Code Art. 3 Health Services Fee

The following terms used in this article shall have the meaning indicated below:

(a) Health Department or Department shall mean the Orange County Health Care Agency.

(b) Health Officer shall mean the County Health Officer or his or her duly authorized representative.

(c) Person shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation or other legal entity.

(d) Receipt shall mean a County public health services fee receipt.

(Code 1961, § 44.031; Ord. No. 3832, § 2, 8-13-91)

The purpose of this article is to establish fees sufficient to meet the reasonable expenses of the Health Officer in enforcing State statutes, orders, quarantines and rules and regulations of State officers and departments relating to public health, which expenses are hereby found not to be met by the fees prescribed by the State. The authority for this article is contained in section 510 of the Health and Safety Code.

(Code 1961, § 44.032; Ord. No. 3832, § 2, 8-13-91)

This article shall be enforceable within the territory in which the Health Officer enforces any State statute, order, quarantine or rule or regulation of any State office or department relating to public health, including incorporated as well as unincorporated territory.

(Code 1961, § 44.033; Ord. No. 3832, § 2, 8-13-91)

It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct any activity enumerated in this article without a valid receipt.

(Code 1961, § 44.034; Ord. No. 3832, § 2, 8-13-91)

If a person shall conduct more than one of the activities for which a receipt is required, he must obtain a separate receipt for each activity, except as otherwise provided herein.

(Code 1961, § 44.035; Ord. No. 3832, § 2, 8-13-91)

Editor's note— Section 3 of Ord. No. 3557, adopted Dec. 3, 1985, repealed former §§ 4-4-50 and 4-4-51, pertaining to period of receipt and penalties and deriving from Code 1961, § 44.036; Ord. No. 3318, § 2, enacted Apr. 13, 1982; and Code 1961, § 44.037; Ord. No. 2886, § 1, enacted Jan. 6, 1976; and Ord. No. 3318, § 3, enacted Apr. 13, 1982, respectively.

Applications for a receipt shall be filed with the Health Department on a form to be provided by that Department. The applications shall be accompanied by payment of the required fee. An applicant for or recipient of a receipt shall provide the Health Officer with any information requested by him or her.

(Code 1961, § 44.038; Ord. No. 3832, § 2, 8-13-91)

The Health Officer shall administer this article and may issue regulations and prepare application and identification forms pertaining thereto.

(Code 1961, § 44.039; Ord. No. 3832, § 2, 8-13-91)

The Board of Supervisors may, by resolution, establish fees required to recover costs of administration incurred pursuant to state law and the Codified Ordinances of the County of Orange, upon the payment of which fees a receipt shall be granted.

(Code 1961, § 0310; Ord. No. 2886, § 1, 1-16-76; Ord. No. 3097, § 1, 11-21-78, Ord. No. 3557, § 4, 12-3-85; Ord. No. 3832, § 2, 8-13-91)

Editor's note— Section 3 of Ord. No. 3557, enacted Dec. 3, 1985, repealed former § 4-4-55, pertaining to proration of health service fees and derived from Code 1961, § 44.0311, and Ord. No. 3318, § 4, enacted Apr. 13, 1982.

A person may obtain a temporary receipt from the Health Department authorizing him to conduct an activity covered by this article for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days in any calendar year, upon payment of a fee equal to one-fourth of the annual fee for such activity or ten dollars ($10.00), whichever is greater.

(Code 1961, § 44.0312)