Section 12996.5 - Exposure to pesticide that causes acute illnesses or injury; definitions(a) For the purposes of this chapter: (1) "Office" means the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.(2) "Department" means the Department of Pesticide Regulation.(3) "Certified Unified Program Agency" or "CUPA" means the agency certified by the Secretary for Environmental Protection to implement the unified program specified in Chapter 6.11 (commencing with Section 25404) of Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code within a jurisdiction.(4) "Agency" means the California Environmental Protection Agency.(5) "Nonoccupational" means that the person exposed to the pesticide was not at the time of the exposure performing work as an employee.(6) "Acute" means a medical condition that involves a sudden onset of symptoms due to an illness, injury, or other medical problem that requires prompt medical attention and that has a limited duration.(7) "Uncompensated medical care" means the cost of care not covered by any other program, including, but not limited to copayments for medical insurance, Healthy Families Program, or Medi-Cal. Reimbursed medical costs shall not exceed 125 percent of the Medi-Cal reimbursement rates.(b) The exposure of each person to a pesticide resulting from the violation of Section 12972 or 12973, or any regulation adopted pursuant to Section 12976, 12981, or 14005, that causes acute illnesses or injury, shall constitute a separate violation of the statute or regulation.Ca. Food and Agric. Code § 12996.5
Added by Stats 2004 ch 913 (SB 391),s 1, eff. 1/1/2005.