Placer County, CA Public Health Rules: Syringe Disposal (2026)

090 to the county's general regulations chapter. ' Subsection B defines a 'syringe services program' by cross-reference to Chapter 18 of Part 4 of Division 105 of the California Health and Safety Code, the state law that otherwise authorizes such programs and shields participants and operators from criminal prosecution for needle possession. Subsection C is the operative prohibition: it is unlawful and a public nuisance for any person to create, establish, operate, conduct, or participate in a syringe services program in the unincorporated county, which forecloses any siting of a needle exchange or harm-reduction distribution site regardless of location or sponsor.

Subsection D adds a conformance clause, stating the section will be interpreted consistent with applicable state and federal law and will not apply if the county determines enforcement would violate such law, an acknowledgment that state health law otherwise authorizes these programs. The ban applies only to the unincorporated county; it does not reach programs operating inside incorporated cities such as Roseville, Rocklin, or Lincoln, which set their own policy.