18897. (a) "Organized camp" means a site with program and
facilities established for the primary purposes of providing an
outdoor group living experience with social, spiritual, educational,
or recreational objectives, for five days or more during one or more
seasons of the year.
(b) The term "organized camp" does not include a motel, tourist
camp, trailer park, resort, hunting camp, auto court, labor camp,
penal or correctional camp and does not include a child care
institution or home-finding agency.
(c) The term "organized camp" also does not include any charitable
or recreational organization that complies with the rules and
regulations for recreational trailer parks.
18897.1. "Camper" means any person in an organized camp on a fee or
nonfee basis who is a participant in the regular program and
training of an organized camp, and who may take on duties relating to
such program and training.
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.
18897.3. Except as provided in Section 18930, the State Fire
Marshal shall adopt minimum fire safety regulations for organized
camps 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. The State Fire Marshal shall adopt and submit
building standards for approval pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing
with Section 18935) of Part 2.5 of this division for the purposes
described in this section.
18897.4. Every local health officer shall enforce within his or her
jurisdiction the building standards published in the State Building
Standards Code relating to organized camps and the other rules and
regulations adopted by the Director of Public Health pursuant to
Section 18897.2.
18897.5. The building standards published in the State Building
Standards Code relating to fire and panic safety and the other
regulations adopted by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to Section
18897.3 shall be enforced in the same manner as is prescribed by
Sections 13145, 13146, and 13146.5 of this code for the enforcement
of building standards published in the State Building Standards Code
relating to fire and panic safety and the other regulations that have
been formally adopted by the State Fire Marshal for the prevention
of fire or for the protection of life and property against fire or
panic.
18897.6. Organized camps shall not be subject to regulation by any
state agency other than the State Department of Public Health,
California regional water quality control boards, the State Water
Resources Control Board, and the State Fire Marshal; provided, that
this section shall not affect the authority of the Department of
Industrial Relations to regulate the wages or hours of employees of
organized camps and this section shall not be construed to limit the
application of building standards published in the State Building
Standards Code to structures in organized camps.
18897.7. No organized camp shall be operated in this state unless
each site or location in which the camp operates satisfies the
minimum standards for organized camps prescribed in building
standards published in the State Building Standards Code relating to
organized camps, and in other rules and regulations adopted by the
Director of Public Health and the State Fire Marshal. Any violation
of this section or of any building standard published in the State
Building Standards Code relating to organized camps or any other rule
or regulation adopted pursuant to Section 18897.2 or 18897.3 in the
operation of organized camps is a misdemeanor.
18897. (a) "Organized camp" means a site with program and
facilities established for the primary purposes of providing an
outdoor group living experience with social, spiritual, educational,
or recreational objectives, for five days or more during one or more
seasons of the year.
(b) The term "organized camp" does not include a motel, tourist
camp, trailer park, resort, hunting camp, auto court, labor camp,
penal or correctional camp and does not include a child care
institution or home-finding agency.
(c) The term "organized camp" also does not include any charitable
or recreational organization that complies with the rules and
regulations for recreational trailer parks.
18897.1. "Camper" means any person in an organized camp on a fee or
nonfee basis who is a participant in the regular program and
training of an organized camp, and who may take on duties relating to
such program and training.
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.
18897.3. Except as provided in Section 18930, the State Fire
Marshal shall adopt minimum fire safety regulations for organized
camps 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. The State Fire Marshal shall adopt and submit
building standards for approval pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing
with Section 18935) of Part 2.5 of this division for the purposes
described in this section.
18897.4. Every local health officer shall enforce within his or her
jurisdiction the building standards published in the State Building
Standards Code relating to organized camps and the other rules and
regulations adopted by the Director of Public Health pursuant to
Section 18897.2.
18897.5. The building standards published in the State Building
Standards Code relating to fire and panic safety and the other
regulations adopted by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to Section
18897.3 shall be enforced in the same manner as is prescribed by
Sections 13145, 13146, and 13146.5 of this code for the enforcement
of building standards published in the State Building Standards Code
relating to fire and panic safety and the other regulations that have
been formally adopted by the State Fire Marshal for the prevention
of fire or for the protection of life and property against fire or
panic.
18897.6. Organized camps shall not be subject to regulation by any
state agency other than the State Department of Public Health,
California regional water quality control boards, the State Water
Resources Control Board, and the State Fire Marshal; provided, that
this section shall not affect the authority of the Department of
Industrial Relations to regulate the wages or hours of employees of
organized camps and this section shall not be construed to limit the
application of building standards published in the State Building
Standards Code to structures in organized camps.
18897.7. No organized camp shall be operated in this state unless
each site or location in which the camp operates satisfies the
minimum standards for organized camps prescribed in building
standards published in the State Building Standards Code relating to
organized camps, and in other rules and regulations adopted by the
Director of Public Health and the State Fire Marshal. Any violation
of this section or of any building standard published in the State
Building Standards Code relating to organized camps or any other rule
or regulation adopted pursuant to Section 18897.2 or 18897.3 in the
operation of organized camps is a misdemeanor.
18897. (a) "Organized camp" means a site with program and
facilities established for the primary purposes of providing an
outdoor group living experience with social, spiritual, educational,
or recreational objectives, for five days or more during one or more
seasons of the year.
(b) The term "organized camp" does not include a motel, tourist
camp, trailer park, resort, hunting camp, auto court, labor camp,
penal or correctional camp and does not include a child care
institution or home-finding agency.
(c) The term "organized camp" also does not include any charitable
or recreational organization that complies with the rules and
regulations for recreational trailer parks.
18897.1. "Camper" means any person in an organized camp on a fee or
nonfee basis who is a participant in the regular program and
training of an organized camp, and who may take on duties relating to
such program and training.
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.
18897.3. Except as provided in Section 18930, the State Fire
Marshal shall adopt minimum fire safety regulations for organized
camps 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. The State Fire Marshal shall adopt and submit
building standards for approval pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing
with Section 18935) of Part 2.5 of this division for the purposes
described in this section.
18897.4. Every local health officer shall enforce within his or her
jurisdiction the building standards published in the State Building
Standards Code relating to organized camps and the other rules and
regulations adopted by the Director of Public Health pursuant to
Section 18897.2.
18897.5. The building standards published in the State Building
Standards Code relating to fire and panic safety and the other
regulations adopted by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to Section
18897.3 shall be enforced in the same manner as is prescribed by
Sections 13145, 13146, and 13146.5 of this code for the enforcement
of building standards published in the State Building Standards Code
relating to fire and panic safety and the other regulations that have
been formally adopted by the State Fire Marshal for the prevention
of fire or for the protection of life and property against fire or
panic.
18897.6. Organized camps shall not be subject to regulation by any
state agency other than the State Department of Public Health,
California regional water quality control boards, the State Water
Resources Control Board, and the State Fire Marshal; provided, that
this section shall not affect the authority of the Department of
Industrial Relations to regulate the wages or hours of employees of
organized camps and this section shall not be construed to limit the
application of building standards published in the State Building
Standards Code to structures in organized camps.
18897.7. No organized camp shall be operated in this state unless
each site or location in which the camp operates satisfies the
minimum standards for organized camps prescribed in building
standards published in the State Building Standards Code relating to
organized camps, and in other rules and regulations adopted by the
Director of Public Health and the State Fire Marshal. Any violation
of this section or of any building standard published in the State
Building Standards Code relating to organized camps or any other rule
or regulation adopted pursuant to Section 18897.2 or 18897.3 in the
operation of organized camps is a misdemeanor.
