2007 California Health and Safety Code Article 5. Building Safety Board

CA Codes (hsc:129925-129960)

129925.  There is in the office a Hospital Building Safety Board
that shall be appointed by the director.  The board shall advise the
director and, notwithstanding Section 13142.6 and except as provided
in Section 18945, shall act as a board of appeals in all matters
relating to the administration and enforcement of building standards
relating to the design, construction, alteration, and seismic safety
of hospital building projects submitted to the office pursuant to
this chapter.
   Further, notwithstanding Section 13142.6, the board shall act as
the board of appeals in matters relating to all fire and panic safety
regulations and alternate means of protection determinations for
hospital building projects submitted to the office pursuant to this
chapter.


129930.  The board shall consist of 16 members appointed by the
director of the office.  Of the appointive members, two shall be
structural engineers, two shall be architects, one shall be an
engineering geologist, one shall be a geotechnical engineer, one
shall be a mechanical engineer, one shall be an electrical engineer,
one shall be a hospital facilities manager, one shall be a local
building official, one shall be a general contractor, one shall be a
fire and panic safety representative, one shall be a hospital
inspector of record, and three shall be members of the general
public.



129932.  (a) Each member shall be appointed by the director for a
term of four years and shall hold office until the appointment and
qualification of his or her successor or until one year has elapsed
since the expiration of the term for which he or she was appointed,
whichever first occurs.  No person shall serve as a member of the
board for more than two consecutive terms.  The director may remove
any member of the board for neglect of duty or other just cause.
   (b) The terms of the appointive members of the board who are in
office before January 1, 1994, shall expire as follows:
   (1) The terms of two members shall expire January 1, 1994.
   (2) The terms of two members shall expire January 1, 1995.
   (3) The terms of two members shall expire January 1, 1996.
   (4) The terms of two members shall expire January 1, 1997.
   (5) The terms of three members shall expire January 1, 1998.
   (6) The terms of three members shall expire January 1, 1999.
The terms shall expire in the same relative order as the original
appointment dates.
   (c) Vacancies occurring during a term shall be filled by
appointment for the unexpired term.



129935.  Appointive members, except for the public members, shall be
qualified by close connection with hospital design and construction
and highly knowledgeable in their respective fields with particular
reference to seismic safety.  Appointive members, except for the
public members, shall be appointed from nominees recommended by the
governing bodies of the Structural Engineers Association of
California; the American Institute of Architects; the Earthquake
Engineering Research Institute; the Association of Engineering
Geologists; the Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors of
California; the California Association of Local Building Officials;
the American Society for Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning
Engineers, Inc.; the California Association of Hospitals and Health
Systems; the Associated General Contractors of California; the
American Construction Inspectors' Association; and the California
Fire Chiefs' Association.  Board members shall be residents of
California.



129940.  (a) There shall be six ex officio members of the board, who
shall be the director of the office, the State Fire Marshal, the
State Geologist, the Executive Director of the California Building
Standards Commission, the State Director of Health Services, and the
Deputy Director of the Division of Facilities Development in the
office, or their officially designated representatives.
   (b) The director may also appoint up to three additional ex
officio members, with the advice of the chair.  On January 1, 1994,
director-appointed ex officio members may continue to serve until
appointment of their successors by the director.



129942.  (a) Only appointed members shall vote at board meetings.
   (b) Appointed members, ex officio members, and others appointed to
a committee, including an appeal committee, by the chair, may vote
at committee meetings.


129945.  The chair of the board shall be an appointive member and
shall be elected by a majority of the appointive members.



129950.  The board shall be served by an executive director who
shall be a member of the office staff.



129955.  The Building Safety Board shall convene upon request of the
chairperson thereof.  The chairperson may convene a meeting of the
board whenever it may be necessary, in the chairperson's judgment,
for the board to meet.  The board shall adopt rules of procedure as
necessary to enable it to perform its duties.  The chairperson shall,
at his or her discretion, or upon instructions from the board,
designate subcommittees to study and report back to the board upon
any technical subject or matter for which an independent review or
further study is desired.



129960.  Members of the board shall be reimbursed from the Hospital
Building Account in the Architecture Public Building Fund for their
reasonable actual expenses in attending meetings conducted to carry
out the provisions of this chapter, and they shall receive from that
account per diem of one hundred dollars (0) for each day actually
spent in the discharge of official duties where attendance at one or
more publicly scheduled meetings or hearings of the board is required
by the board's chairperson.  However, they shall receive no other
compensation from that account for their services.