Section 5701 Of Article 2.5. Purification Of Mollusks From California Fish And Game Code >> Division 6. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 2.5.

. The State Department of Health Services may make sanitary surveys of mollusk-growing areas or may use sanitary surveys of mollusk-growing areas made by qualified state or county agencies, and based on such information may classify such areas for purposes of harvesting and moving mollusks which are to be purified for human consumption in accordance with Section 5700. The State Department of Health Services shall adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement this section.