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Public Health Rules in Pico Rivera, CA (2026)

2 verified public health rules for Pico Rivera, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Rodent Control

In the City of Pico Rivera, the local Property Maintenance Code requires every structure to be kept free of rodents and other pests, and lets the code official force an owner to hire a licensed exterminator once an infestation is reported. Owners of rental and multi-unit buildings carry ongoing responsibility for keeping the property pest-free.

Pico Rivera Rodent Infestation Rules

Some Restrictions

Pico Rivera Municipal Code Section 15.60.020

Section 309.1 of the International Property Maintenance Code is amended to read as follows: 309.1 Infestation. All structures shall be kept free from insect, rodent, vermin, or other infestations. When an insect, rodent, vermin or other infestation is brought to the attention of the code official, he or she may require the owner or owner's authorized agent having charge or control of the buildi...

Syringe Disposal

Chapter 8.56 of the Pico Rivera Municipal Code bars pharmacists, physicians, veterinarians, nurses, clinics, and similar medical custodians from discarding used syringes, hypodermic needles, or other medical sharps outside a building's exterior walls. Section 8.56.020 requires those sharps to go into locked, flytight metal trash containers or be incinerated at a facility approved by the Air Pollution Control District.

Pico Rivera Used Syringe Disposal Rules

Some Restrictions

Pico Rivera Municipal Code § 8.56.020

§ 8.56.020. Disposal restrictions for designated medical supplies. A. No pharmacist, physician, surgeon, dentist, podiatrist, veterinarian, nurse, nurse's aid or helper, or the agent or employee of the foregoing or of any clinic or hospital, or other person or custodian responsible for the disposal of the following, shall dispose of, leave or discard outside the exterior walls of the building w...

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