Pesticide Reporting Requirements Region California Required to Report Yes What to Report Any Pesticide-Related Exposure State Office Local Health Department Phone 1 Poison Control Center: 1-800-222-1222 or 1-87PestLine (1-877-378-5463) Timeframe to Report Injury or Exposure 24 Hours Web reference https://oehha.ca.gov/pesticides/pesticide-illness-surveillance-pesticide-illnes… Reporting Notes Physicians report by phone to the local health officer. Each county has designated a phone number for pesticide illness reporting. See this form for the correct contact number in your area: https://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/pur/forms/purforms.htm For occupational cases, physicians must also send a "Doctor's First Report" to the local health office and the State Department of Industrial Relations.“Community Guide to Recognizing and Reporting Pesticide Problems” (ENGLISH AND SPANISH)http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/dept/comguide/index.htm Mandated to report PhysiciansOther health professionals SENSOR partnership with NIOSH CA Occupational Pesticide Illness Prevention Program (funding and technical support from NIOSH):www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CCDPHP/DEODC/OHB/OPIPP/Pages/OPIPP.aspx Worker's Compensation Coverage for Farmworkers Required Limitations farmworkers are not separately mentioned. Statute Cal. Labor Code § 3352 (2009) (section on exclusions does not exclude farm laborers). Coverage for Undocumented Workers Yes Case Law Cal. Labor Code § 3351 (2009) (defining employee to include aliens "whether lawfully or unlawfully employed"). See also Farmers Bros. Coffee v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd., 133 Cal.App.4th 533 (Cal. Ct. App. 2005) (holding that worker was an employee under workers' compensation law even where he used a fraudulent Social Security card and fraudulent green card to obtain employment). Benefits Available for Undocumented Workers Undocumented workers can receive all remedies available under state law, except any reinstatement remedy prohibited by federal law. Cal. Labor Code § 1171.5(a). A worker's immigration status does not affect his entitlement to temporary disability payments. Del Taco v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd., 79 Cal.App.4th 1437, 1441 (Cal. Ct. App. 2000). However, employers do not have to provide vocational rehabilitation to undocumented workers, because it is not the worker's disability that is preventing employment. Id., 79 Cal. App. 4th at 1441-42. State Workers’ Compensation Website State of California Department of Industrial Relations Online forms Forms WP Enforcement Worker Protection Standard Enforcement Agency California Department of Pesticide Regulation: http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/whs/worker_protection.htm Legal Services Referral for Violations California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. (many locations throughout the state - find location at http://www.crla.org) California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation (Sacramento) at 916-446-7904 (http://www.crlaf.org)