Section 18897.2 Of Part 2.4. Camps From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 13. >> Part 2.4.
18897.2
. (a) Except as provided in Section 18930, the Director of
Public Health shall adopt, in accordance with the provisions of
Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3
of Title 2 of the Government Code, rules and regulations establishing
minimum standards for organized camps and regulating the operation
of organized camps that the director determines are necessary to
protect the health and safety of the campers. Organized camps also
shall comply with the building standards of the jurisdiction in which
the camp is located, to the extent that those standards are not
contrary to, or inconsistent with, the building standards adopted by
the Director of Public Health. The Director of Public Health shall
adopt and submit building standards for approval pursuant to Chapter
4 (commencing with Section 18935) of Part 2.5 for the purposes
described in this section. The State Department of Public Health
shall enforce building standards published in the State Building
Standards Code relating to organized camps and such other rules and
regulations adopted by such director pursuant to the provisions of
this section as the director determines are necessary to protect the
health and safety of campers. In adopting building standards for
approval pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18935) of
Part 2.5 and in adopting such other rules and regulations pursuant to
the provisions of this section, the Director of Public Health shall
consider the Camp Standards of the American Camping Association.
(b) The Director of Public Health shall adopt and submit building
standards for approval pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section
18935) of Part 2.5 and shall adopt such other rules and regulations
pursuant to the provisions of this section establishing minimum
standards for intermittent short-term organized camps operated by a
city or a county as the director deems necessary to protect the
health and safety of campers. For purposes of this subdivision,
"intermittent short-term organized camps" means a site for camping by
any group of people for a period of not more than 72 consecutive
hours for that group.