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CA Bus & Prof Code § 1269.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology|ARTICLE 4 - Licensing|Section 1269.3.

1269.3.  (a) Notwithstanding Sections 1206.5 and 1269, within the specialty of pathology, a person certified as a pathologists’ assistant by the American Association of Pathologists’ Assistants, the Board of Registry of the American Society for Clinical Pathology, or another national accrediting agency approved by the department, who demonstrates competency to perform all job duties and responsibilities before an assignment to those duties and responsibilities, at the completion of six months of performing those duties and responsibilities, and annually thereafter, may perform the following activities under the supervision and control of a pathologist:(1) Prepare human surgical specimens for gross description and dissection, including, but not limited to, description of gross features and selection of tissues for histological examination.(2) Prepare and perform human postmortem examinations, including, but not limited to, selection of tissues and fluids for further examination.(3) Gather other information necessary for an autopsy report.(4) Prepare a body for release.(b) Notwithstanding Section 1206.5 or subdivisions (b), (c), and (d) of Section 1269, the following persons may prepare human surgical specimens for gross description and dissection under the direct supervision of a qualified pathologist, including, description of gross features and selection of tissues for histological examination, if they meet the requirements specified in subdivision (a) of Section 1269 and the minimum education and training requirements for high complexity testing personnel under the CLIA:(1) A pathologists’ assistant who does not meet the certification requirements of subdivision (a).(2) A histologic technician.(3) A histotechnologist.(c) For the purposes of subdivision (b), direct supervision means that a qualified pathologist shall be physically present onsite in the vicinity of the clinical laboratory where the specialty of pathology is performed and shall be available for consultation and direction during the time the personnel specified in subdivision (b) are engaged in the processing of specimens that involve dissection. For tissue processing that does not involve dissection, a qualified pathologist may be available by telephone or other electronic means.(d) A histologic technician or histotechnologist who meets the requirements specified in subdivision (a) of Section 1269, may accession specimens, perform maintenance of equipment, stain, cover slip, label slides, and process tissues by embedding in paraffin or performing microtomy.(e) On and after January 1, 2011, the department may adopt regulations establishing additional qualification requirements to perform the duties described in this section.(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 319, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2007.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 1269.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology|ARTICLE 4 - Licensing|Section 1269.5.

1269.5.  The department may deny, suspend, or revoke any license, registration, or certificate issued under this chapter for performance by unlicensed laboratory personnel of any activity that is not authorized by Section 1269.(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 322, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 1270.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology|ARTICLE 4 - Licensing|Section 1270.5.

1270.5.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 1301, an application for the renewal of, and payment of the renewal fees for, a cytotechnologist license shall be governed by this section.(b) Application for renewal of a cytotechnologist license, accompanied by the fee set forth in Section 1300, shall be filed with the department not less than 30 days prior to the expiration date.(c) If the renewal fee is not paid during the 30 days prior to the expiration date, the license shall automatically expire at midnight on the expiration date. However, a cytotechnologist who has failed to timely pay a renewal fee may have his or her license reinstated, without completing a competency testing program, provided that he or she mails to the department a written request for reinstatement postmarked no later than the 60th day after the expiration date of the license and a reinstatement fee equal to two times the annual renewal fee set forth in Section 1300. The license shall be reinstated on the date the request for reinstatement and fee are received by the department. If the request for reinstatement and fee are received prior to the expiration date of the license, there shall be no lapse in licensure. No cytotechnologist shall perform services for which a license or certification is required under this chapter during any period for which licensure or certification has lapsed.(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1019, Sec. 2.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 1271.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology|ARTICLE 4 - Licensing|Section 1271.1.

1271.1.  (a) Clinical laboratories which are licensed pursuant to this chapter and provide cytology services shall, if the licensee ceases operation, preserve records, reports, cytology slides, and cell blocks as prescribed in subdivision (g) of Section 1271 and Section 1274. (b) Any person injured as a result of the licensee’s abandonment of records may bring an action in any court of competent jurisdiction for the amount of any damages suffered as a result. In the event the licensee was a corporation or partnership which has been dissolved, the person injured may bring an action against that corporation’s or partnership’s principal officers of record at the time of the dissolution. (c) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Abandonment of records” means violating subdivision (a) and thereby leaving patients and physicians and surgeons without access to information to which they are entitled pursuant to this chapter. (2) “Principal officers” means: (A) In the case of a partnership other than a limited partnership, any partner. (B) In the case of a limited partnership, any general partner, as defined in subdivision (i) of Section 15611 of the Corporations Code. (C) In the case of a corporation, the chairperson of the board, the chief executive officer, and the president of the corporation.(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 243, Sec. 2. Effective July 29, 1991.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 1272 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology|ARTICLE 4 - Licensing|Section 1272.

1272.  A clinical laboratory shall participate in a state-approved proficiency testing program and demonstrate satisfactory performance in all of the laboratory specialities that include tests performed in the laboratory. Proficiency shall be tested in the following specialties: microbiology, serology, clinical chemistry, hematology, cytology, and immunohematology.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 927, Sec. 7.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 1272.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology|ARTICLE 4 - Licensing|Section 1272.4.

1272.4.  The department shall establish standards for the evaluation of cytologic slides, for reporting the adequacy of cytologic slides, for a cytotechnologist competency program, and for a proficiency testing program for clinical laboratories providing cytology services.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 927, Sec. 8.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 1272.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology|ARTICLE 4 - Licensing|Section 1272.6.

1272.6.  The department shall, on or before January 1, 1992, develop or adopt a proficiency testing program for laboratories providing cytology services which may be administered by the department or by a proficiency testing service or program approved by the department. The proficiency program established pursuant to this section shall include announced and unannounced onsite proficiency testing, with that testing to take place, to the extent practicable, under normal working conditions.(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1019, Sec. 5.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 1274 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology|ARTICLE 4 - Licensing|Section 1274.

1274.  (a) A laboratory shall document to persons submitting cytologic samples for evaluation, on a quarterly basis, informational letters on all cases of HSIL (high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions), adenocarcinoma, or other malignant neoplasm. Documentation may consist of followup correspondence, telephone calls, or requests included in the report. Copies of that documentation, and any responses received to those letters, shall be maintained on file by the laboratories for a period of five years.(b) Whenever it becomes known to a clinical laboratory that an abnormality of HSIL (high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions, adenocarcinoma, or other malignant neoplasm) has been identified for a patient for whom the clinical laboratory earlier reported a normal finding, all previous available cytologic slides on that patient shall be reexamined by the clinical laboratory.(c) Records of the review of previous slides required by subdivision (b) shall be maintained by the clinical laboratory, including the name of the individual performing the earlier examination.(d) A clinical laboratory shall maintain records of all false positive and false negative cases.When any errors in the reporting of a smear evaluation are discovered, a corrected report shall be immediately sent, when medically applicable. Copies of corrected reports shall be maintained in the laboratory records for a period of 10 years.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 695, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 1275 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology|ARTICLE 4 - Licensing|Section 1275.

1275.  The department shall develop and implement regulations for continuing education for persons licensed pursuant to this chapter on or before January 1, 1992, after consulting with the multidisciplinary committee established pursuant to Section 1228, and other appropriate organizations. On and after January 1, 1994, the department shall require not more than 12 hours of continuing education completed within a 12-month period or not more than 24 hours of continuing education completed within a 24-month period as a condition for renewal of a license issued under this chapter. The department may establish a fee for the implementation of this section, the total fees collected not to exceed the total costs to the program for the implementation of this requirement.(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 319, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 1280 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology|ARTICLE 5 - Offenses Against the Chapter|Section 1280.

1280.  It is unlawful for any person to represent himself or act as a licensed individual under this chapter unless he is, in fact, duly licensed under this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1377.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 1281 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology|ARTICLE 5 - Offenses Against the Chapter|Section 1281.

1281.  It is unlawful for any person to own, operate, maintain, direct, or engage in the business of operating a clinical laboratory, as defined in this chapter, unless he or she possesses a valid clinical laboratory license issued by the department. In the event a health facility does not perform clinical laboratory services, but provides laboratory services to its patients under an agreement with another person or entity that holds and is operating under a valid clinical laboratory license, the health facility shall not be required to obtain a clinical laboratory license.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 261, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 1281.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology|ARTICLE 5 - Offenses Against the Chapter|Section 1281.1.

1281.1.  It is unlawful for any person, including a person who owns, operates, or directs a clinical laboratory, to provide, offer, or solicit, any form of payment or gratuity for human blood or any other biological specimen provided for the purpose of clinical laboratory testing or clinical laboratory practice, unless the person is serving as an agent of a clinical laboratory or another facility legally utilizing those specimens only for purposes of research or teaching or for quality assurance purposes, or is an entity licensed under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1600) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code.(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 322, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 1282 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology|ARTICLE 5 - Offenses Against the Chapter|Section 1282.

1282.  It is unlawful for any person to engage in clinical laboratory practice in a clinical laboratory unless he or she is a duly licensed physician and surgeon or is duly authorized to do so under this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 195, Sec. 9. Effective July 9, 1990.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 1282.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology|ARTICLE 5 - Offenses Against the Chapter|Section 1282.2.

1282.2.  It is unlawful for any person to perform venipuncture, skin puncture, or arterial puncture to collect a biological specimen unless he or she is authorized to do so under this chapter, the regulations adopted thereunder, or under other provisions of law.(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 322, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 1282.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology|ARTICLE 5 - Offenses Against the Chapter|Section 1282.3.

1282.3.  (a) It is unlawful for any person to act with willful or wanton disregard for a person’s safety that exposes the person to a substantial risk of, or that causes, great bodily injury by affecting the integrity of a clinical laboratory test or examination result through improper collection, handling, storage, or labeling of the biological specimen or the erroneous transcription or reporting of clinical laboratory test or examination results.(b) Notwithstanding Section 1287, a violation of this section shall be punished as follows:(1) A first conviction is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for a period of not more than one year, or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months, or two or three years, by a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), or by both this imprisonment and fine.(2) A second or subsequent conviction is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for two, four, or six years, or by a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), or by both this imprisonment and fine.(c) The enforcement remedies provided under this section are not exclusive, and shall not preclude the use of any other criminal or civil remedy. However, an act or omission punishable in different ways by this section and any other provision of law shall not be punished under more than one provision. Under those circumstances, the penalty to be imposed shall be determined as set forth in Section 654 of the Penal Code.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 7. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 1283 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology|ARTICLE 5 - Offenses Against the Chapter|Section 1283.

1283.  It is unlawful for any person to conduct, maintain, or operate a clinical laboratory unless he is a duly licensed physician and surgeon or is duly authorized to do so under the provisions of this chapter.(Added by renumbering Section 1284 by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1377.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 1284 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology|ARTICLE 5 - Offenses Against the Chapter|Section 1284.

1284.  It is unlawful for a duly licensed physician and surgeon, or any person authorized to serve as director under this chapter, to serve only as a nominal director.(Added by renumbering Section 1285 by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1377.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 1285 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology|ARTICLE 5 - Offenses Against the Chapter|Section 1285.

1285.  It is unlawful for any person conducting, maintaining, or operating a clinical laboratory to employ any person to perform clinical laboratory procedures unless the person is a duly licensed physician and surgeon or is duly authorized to do so under the provisions of this chapter.(Added by renumbering Section 1286 by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1377.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 1286 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology|ARTICLE 5 - Offenses Against the Chapter|Section 1286.

1286.  It is unlawful for any person to operate a school or conduct any course for the purpose of training or preparing persons to perform duties, as defined under this chapter and regulations of the department, without having first secured the approval of the department as herein provided.(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 429.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 1287 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology|ARTICLE 5 - Offenses Against the Chapter|Section 1287.

1287.  (a) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable upon conviction by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding six months or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by both.(b) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a violation of Section 1281.1 is a public offense and is punishable upon conviction by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine.(2) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a violation of Section 1282.2 is a public offense and is punishable upon conviction by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine.(3) The enforcement remedies provided under this section are not exclusive, and shall not preclude the use of any other criminal or civil remedy. However, an act or omission punishable in different ways by this section and any other provision of law shall not be punished under more than one provision. Under those circumstances, the penalty to be imposed shall be determined as set forth in Section 654 of the Penal Code.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 322, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 1288 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology|ARTICLE 5 - Offenses Against the Chapter|Section 1288.

1288.  Any person conducting or operating a clinical laboratory may accept assignments for tests only from and make reports only to persons licensed under the provisions of law relating to the healing arts or their representatives. This section does not prohibit the acceptance of evaluation specimens for proficiency testing or referral of specimens or such assignment from one clinical laboratory to another clinical laboratory, either licensed or exempt under this chapter, providing the report indicates clearly the laboratory performing the test. A report of results issuing from a clinical laboratory shall show clearly the name and address of the laboratory and the name of the director.(Added by renumbering Section 1292 by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1377.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 1288.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology|ARTICLE 5 - Offenses Against the Chapter|Section 1288.3.

1288.3.  (a) If a clinical laboratory employee, agent, or courier retrieves biological specimens located in a public place outside of the custodial control of a licensee, or his or her employee, agent, or contractor, and those specimens are not secured in a locked container, the clinical laboratory employee, agent, or courier, utilizing the form provided by the State Department of Health Services pursuant to Section 1220.5, shall (1) notify the licensee by attaching the appropriate copy of the form to the unlocked storage container, and (2) mail the appropriate copy of the form to the Department of Consumer Affairs. The Department of Consumer Affairs shall forward all forms received to the appropriate licensing entity.(b) This section shall not apply where the biological specimens have been received by mail in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.(c) For purposes of this section: (1) “locked container” means a secure container that is fully enclosed and locked by a padlock, key lock, combination lock, or similar locking device.(2) “Licensee” means a person licensed pursuant to this division 2 (commencing with Section 500), who collects human biological specimens for clinical testing or examination.(d) A violation of this section is not subject to Section 1287.(e) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2001. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require clinical laboratory employees, agents, or couriers to notify licensees or the Department of Consumer Affairs of an unsecured specimen if the State Department of Health Services has not provided the appropriate forms.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 748, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2000. Section operative January 1, 2001, by its own provisions.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 1288.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology|ARTICLE 5 - Offenses Against the Chapter|Section 1288.5.

1288.5.  No person may solicit or accept any biological specimen for clinical laboratory testing or examination unless there is in effect for the clinical laboratory where the test or examination is to be performed a license or registration issued pursuant to this chapter applicable to the category of test or examination which includes that testing or examination, and the person performing the test or examination is authorized to perform the test or examination under this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 510, Sec. 31. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 1289 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology|ARTICLE 5 - Offenses Against the Chapter|Section 1289.

1289.  The violating or attempting to violate, directly or indirectly, or assisting in or abetting the violation of or conspiring to violate any provision or term of this chapter or regulations promulgated thereunder constitutes unprofessional conduct within the meaning of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1377.)