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2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 2 - Chiropractors › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 1007.

1007. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), the board shall require a licensee to provide a separate disclosure that includes the licensee’s probation status, the length of the probation, the probation end date, all practice restrictions placed on the licensee by the board, the board’s telephone number, and an explanation of how the patient can find further information on the licensee’s probation on the licensee’s profile page on the board’s online license information internet website, to a patient or the patient’s guardian or health care surrogate before the patient’s first visit following the probationary order while the licensee is on probation pursuant to a probationary order.
(b) A licensee required to provide a disclosure pursuant to subdivision (a) shall obtain from the patient, or the patient’s guardian or health care surrogate, a separate, signed copy of that disclosure.
(c) A licensee shall not be required to provide a disclosure pursuant to subdivision (a) if any of the following applies:
(1) The patient is unconscious or otherwise unable to comprehend the disclosure and sign the copy of the disclosure pursuant to subdivision (b) and a guardian or health care surrogate is unavailable to comprehend the disclosure and sign the copy.
(2) The visit occurs in an emergency room.
(3) The licensee does not have a direct treatment relationship with the patient.
(d) The board shall provide the following information, with respect to licensees on probation and licensees practicing under probationary licenses, in plain view on the licensee’s profile page on the board’s online license information internet website.
(1) For probation imposed pursuant to a stipulated settlement, the causes alleged in the operative accusation along with a designation identifying those causes by which the licensee has expressly admitted guilt and a statement that acceptance of the settlement is not an admission of guilt.
(2) For probation imposed by an adjudicated decision of the board, the causes for probation stated in the final probationary order.
(3) For a licensee granted a probationary license, the causes by which the probationary license was imposed.
(4) The length of the probation and end date.
(5) All practice restrictions placed on the license by the board.
(e) “Board” for purposes of this section means the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 623, Sec. 5. (SB 1434) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 2 - Chiropractors › ARTICLE 2 - Chiropractic Corporations › Section 1050.

1050. A chiropractic corporation is a corporation which is registered with the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners with reference to corporations rendering professional services as chiropractors and has a currently effective certificate of registration from the board pursuant to the Professional Corporation Act, as contained in Part 4 (commencing with Section 13400) of Division 3 of Title 1 of the Corporations Code, and this article. Subject to all applicable statutes, rules and regulations, such chiropractic corporation is entitled to practice chiropractic. With respect to a chiropractic corporation, the governmental agency referred to in the Professional Corporation Act is the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners with reference to corporations rendering professional services as chiropractors. As used in this article, the “board” refers to the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1110.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 2 - Chiropractors › ARTICLE 2 - Chiropractic Corporations › Section 1051.

1051. An applicant for registration as a chiropractic corporation shall supply to the board all necessary and pertinent documents and information requested by the board concerning the applicant’s plan of operations. The board may provide forms of application. If the board finds that the corporation is duly organized and existing pursuant to the General Corporation Law, that each officer as provided in Section 1055, director, shareholder and each employee who will render professional services is a licensed person as defined in the Professional Corporation Act, and that from the application it appears that the affairs of the corporation will be conducted in compliance with law and the rules and regulations of the board, the board shall upon payment of the registration fee in such amount as it may determine issue a certificate of registration.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1110.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 2 - Chiropractors › ARTICLE 2 - Chiropractic Corporations › Section 1053.

1053. Each chiropractic corporation shall file with the board a report containing such information relating to professional corporations as may be required by board regulations as well as information required by law. The fee for filing such a report shall be fixed by the board. All reports shall be signed and verified by an officer of the corporation.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1110.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 2 - Chiropractors › ARTICLE 2 - Chiropractic Corporations › Section 1054.

1054. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the name of a chiropractic corporation and any name or names under which it may be rendering professional services, shall contain the name or the last name of one or more of the present, prospective, or former shareholders, and shall include the word “chiropractic” and the word “corporation” or wording or abbreviations denoting corporate existence.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 695, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 2 - Chiropractors › ARTICLE 2 - Chiropractic Corporations › Section 1055.

1055. Except as provided in Section 13403 of the Corporations Code, relating to the Professional Corporation Act, each director and each officer of a chiropractic corporation, except an assistant secretary and an assistant treasurer, shall be a licensed person as defined in the Professional Corporation Act.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1110.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 2 - Chiropractors › ARTICLE 2 - Chiropractic Corporations › Section 1056.

1056. The income of a chiropractic corporation attributable to professional services rendered while a shareholder is a disqualified person (as defined in the Professional Corporation Act) shall not in any manner accrue to the benefit of such shareholder or his shares in the chiropractic corporation.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1110.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 2 - Chiropractors › ARTICLE 2 - Chiropractic Corporations › Section 1057.

1057. A chiropractic corporation shall not do or fail to do any act the doing of which or the failure to do which would constitute unprofessional conduct under any statute, rule or regulation now or hereafter in effect. In the conduct of its practice, it shall observe and be bound by such statutes, rules and regulations to the same extent as a person holding a license under the Chiropractic Act. The board shall have the same powers of suspension, revocation and discipline against a chiropractic corporation as are now or hereafter authorized by the initiative measure mentioned in Section 1000 or by any other similar statute against individual licensees, provided, however, that proceedings against a chiropractic corporation shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and the board shall have all the powers granted therein.
The board may formulate and enforce rules and regulations to carry out the purposes and objectives of this article, including rules and regulations requiring (a) that the articles of incorporation or bylaws of a chiropractic corporation shall include a provision whereby the capital stock of such corporation owned by a disqualified person (as defined in the Professional Corporation Act), or a deceased person, shall be sold to the corporation or to the remaining shareholders of such corporation within such time as such rules and regulations may provide, and (b) that a chiropractic corporation as a condition of obtaining a certificate pursuant to the Professional Corporation Act and this article shall provide adequate security by insurance or otherwise for claims against it by its patients arising out of the rendering of professional services.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1110.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 2 - Chiropractors › ARTICLE 2 - Chiropractic Corporations › Section 1058.

1058. Moneys received by the board pursuant to this article shall be used to carry out the purposes of this article.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1110.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 1201.

1201. As used in this chapter, “person” includes firm, association, partnership, individual, limited liability company, and corporation.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1010, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 1202.

1202. As used in this chapter, “department” means the State Department of Public Health.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 76, Sec. 1. (AB 383) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 1202.5.

1202.5. (a) For purposes of this chapter “CLIA” means the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 263a; P.L. 100-578) and the regulations adopted thereunder by the federal Health Care Financing Administration and effective on January 1, 1994, or any later date, when adopted in California pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1208.
(b) For purposes of this chapter “HCFA” means the Health Care Financing Administration of the federal Department of Health and Human Services.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 510, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 1203.

1203. As used in this chapter, “clinical laboratory bioanalyst” or “bioanalyst” means a person licensed under Section 1260 to engage in clinical laboratory practice and direction of a clinical laboratory.
(a) A person licensed as a clinical laboratory bioanalyst or bioanalyst and qualified under CLIA, who is not the CLIA laboratory director, may perform clinical laboratory tests or examinations classified as of high complexity under CLIA and the duties and responsibilities of a laboratory director in the specialties of histocompatibility, microbiology, diagnostic immunology, chemistry, hematology, immunohematology, genetics, reproductive biology, or other specialty or subspecialty specified in regulations adopted by the department.
(b) A person licensed as a clinical laboratory bioanalyst or bioanalyst and qualified under CLIA may perform the duties and responsibilities of a CLIA laboratory director, technical consultant, clinical consultant, technical supervisor, and general supervisor, as specified under CLIA, in the specialties of histocompatibility, microbiology, diagnostic immunology, chemistry, hematology, immunohematology, genetics, reproductive biology, or other specialty or subspecialty specified in regulations adopted by the department.
(c) A person licensed as a clinical laboratory bioanalyst or bioanalyst may perform any clinical laboratory test or examination classified as waived or of moderate complexity under CLIA.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 473, Sec. 1. (SB 1267) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 1204.

1204. As used in this chapter, “clinical laboratory scientist” means a person, other than a licensed clinical laboratory bioanalyst or trainee, who is licensed under Sections 1261 and 1262 to engage in clinical laboratory practice under the overall operation and administration of a laboratory director, unless serving as a director of a waived laboratory as provided in Section 1209. A person licensed as a clinical laboratory scientist and qualified under CLIA may perform clinical laboratory tests or examinations classified as of high complexity under CLIA and the duties and responsibilities of a waived laboratory director, as specified under CLIA, technical consultant, clinical consultant, technical supervisor, and general supervisor, as specified under CLIA, in the specialties of histocompatibility, microbiology, diagnostic immunology, chemistry, hematology, immunohematology, reproductive biology, genetics, or other specialty or subspecialty specified by regulation adopted by the department. A person licensed as a “clinical laboratory scientist” may perform any clinical laboratory test or examination classified as waived or of moderate complexity under CLIA.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 473, Sec. 2. (SB 1267) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 1205.

1205. As used in this chapter, “trainee” means a person licensed under this chapter for the purpose of receiving comprehensive practical experience and instruction in clinical laboratory procedures in one of the sciences or in general clinical laboratory science under the direct and responsible supervision of a person authorized to direct a laboratory under the provisions of this chapter, clinical laboratory scientist, clinical chemist scientist, clinical microbiologist scientist, clinical toxicologist scientist, clinical immunohematologist scientist, clinical genetic molecular biologist scientist, clinical cytogeneticist scientist, clinical histocompatibility scientist, clinical laboratory geneticist scientist, clinical reproductive biologist scientist, or other equivalent licensee in the science or specialty or subspecialty for which the person is licensed in a clinical laboratory certified for this purpose by the department under this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 473, Sec. 3. (SB 1267) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 1206.6.

1206.6. Subdivision (a) of Section 1206.5 shall not apply to a pharmacist at a community pharmacy who, upon customer request, performs only blood glucose, hemoglobin A1c, or cholesterol tests that are classified as waived under CLIA and are approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for sale to the public without a prescription in the form of an over-the-counter test kit, provided that all of the following requirements are satisfied:
(a) The pharmacy obtains a valid CLIA certificate of waiver and complies with all other requirements for the performance of waived clinical laboratory tests under applicable federal regulations. For purposes of CLIA, the person identified as responsible for directing and supervising testing oversight and decisionmaking shall be the pharmacist-in-charge, as defined in Section 4036.5.
(b) The pharmacy obtains a registration from the department pursuant to Section 1265 and complies with this chapter.
(c) The tests are performed only by a pharmacist, as defined in Section 4036, in the course of performing routine patient assessment procedures in compliance with Section 4052.4.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 874, Sec. 2. (SB 1481) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 1206.7.

1206.7. (a) Notwithstanding Section 1206.5, a person may perform an analysis of samples to test for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in a clinical laboratory if they meet the requirements under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments in Section 493.1489 of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations for high complexity testing.
(b) This section shall remain in effect only until July 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 276, Sec. 1. (AB 1341) Effective September 30, 2023. Repealed as of July 1, 2028, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 1208.

1208. (a) For the purposes of this chapter whenever the department determines that a new category of license is necessary, either to direct a laboratory, or to perform clinical laboratory tests or examinations in specific specialties or subspecialties, or that the specialties or subspecialties authorized under an existing license category should be modified, it shall adopt regulations identifying the license category or modification, the education, training, and examination necessary to obtain the license, and the specialty or subspecialty, or both, included within the new license category, or within the existing category as modified.
(b) Any CLIA regulation adopted by HCFA as a final rule after January 1, 1994, shall be evaluated by the department in consultation with the multidisciplinary committee appointed pursuant to Section 1228. Any new federal regulation that is deemed by the department to be equivalent to or more stringent than California laws or regulations, shall become effective by operation of law as a regulation adopted under this chapter, 90 days after adoption by HCFA and the department publishes the notice required by subdivision (c), or on January 1, 1996, whichever is later. After publishing the notice required by subdivision (c), any new federal regulation deemed by the department to be less stringent than current California law or regulation shall be noticed by the department as a comparable state regulation for a rulemaking proceeding in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, which shall result in the adoption, amendment, or rejection of that noticed state regulation.
(c) The department shall publish a notice in the California Regulatory Notice Register indicating that a CLIA regulation has been adopted by HCFA as a final rule. The notice shall include the citation to the Federal Register or the Code of Federal Regulations for the CLIA regulation. The notice shall also include the department’s determination regarding whether the regulation is more stringent, equivalent to, or less stringent than current California law or regulation.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 510, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 1209.1.

1209.1. (a) As used in this chapter, “histocompatibility laboratory director” means a physician and surgeon licensed to practice medicine pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000) who is qualified pursuant to Section 1209, a bioanalyst licensed pursuant to Section 1260 who is qualified pursuant to Sections 1203 and 1209, or a person who has earned a doctoral degree in a biological science, who has completed, subsequent to graduation, four years of experience in immunology, two of which have been in histocompatibility testing.
(b) On and after January 1, 2007, in order to be eligible for licensure as a histocompatibility laboratory director, an applicant who is not a duly licensed physician and surgeon or a duly licensed bioanalyst shall provide evidence of satisfactory performance on a written examination in histocompatibility administered by the American Board of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, and have demonstrated satisfactory performance on an oral examination administered by the department regarding this chapter and Part 493 (commencing with Section 493.1) of Subchapter G of Chapter IV of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(c) A person licensed under Section 1260.1 as a histocompatibility laboratory director and qualified under CLIA may perform clinical laboratory tests or examinations classified as of high complexity under CLIA and the duties and responsibilities of a laboratory director, technical consultant, clinical consultant, technical supervisor, and general supervisor, as specified under CLIA, in the specialty of histocompatibility, immunology, or other specialty or subspecialty specified by regulation adopted by the department. A person licensed as a “histocompatibility laboratory director” may perform any clinical laboratory test or examination classified as waived or of moderate complexity under CLIA.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 319, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 1209.5.

1209.5. (a) “Autoverification” means the use of a computer algorithm in conjunction with automated clinical laboratory instrumentation to review and verify the results of a clinical laboratory test or examination for accuracy and reliability.
(b) The laboratory director or authorized designee shall establish, validate, and document explicit criteria by which the clinical laboratory test or examination results are autoverified.
(c) The laboratory director or authorized designee shall annually revalidate the explicit criteria by which the clinical laboratory test or examination results are autoverified. The laboratory director shall approve and annually reapprove the computer algorithm.
(d) An authorized designee may be appointed by the laboratory director for the purposes of this section. The authorized designee shall be licensed to engage in clinical laboratory practice pursuant to this chapter and shall be qualified as a clinical consultant, technical supervisor, general supervisor, or technical consultant pursuant to regulations adopted by the department.
(e) A person licensed to perform the applicable type and complexity of testing pursuant to Section 1206.5 shall be physically present onsite in the clinical laboratory and shall have documented competency pursuant to Section 1209 in all tests being autoverified, and shall be responsible for the accuracy and reliability of the results of the clinical laboratory test or examination when the results are autoverified and reported.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 61, Sec. 1. Effective July 12, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 1211.

1211. (a) As used in this chapter, “owner” means any person with an ownership or control interest in a clinical laboratory.
(b) “Person with an ownership or control interest” means a person, partnership, or corporation that meets any of the following descriptions:
(1) Has an ownership interest totaling 5 percent or more in a clinical laboratory.
(2) Has an indirect ownership interest equal to 5 percent or more in a clinical laboratory.
(3) Has a combination of direct and indirect ownership interests equal to 5 percent or more in a clinical laboratory.
(4) Owns an interest of 5 percent or more in any mortgage, deed of trust, note, or other obligation secured by the clinical laboratory if that interest equals at least 5 percent of the value of the property or assets of the clinical laboratory.
(5) Is an officer or director of a clinical laboratory that is organized as a corporation.
(6) Is a partner in a clinical laboratory that is organized as a partnership with no more than 25 partners, general or limited.
(7) Is a partner who exercises any operational or managerial control over a clinical laboratory organized as a partnership with more than 25 partners, general or limited.
(c) As used in this chapter “ownership interest” means the possession of equity in capital, stock, or profits.
(d) “Indirect ownership interest” means an ownership interest in an entity that has an ownership interest in a clinical laboratory, and includes an ownership interest in any entity that has an indirect ownership interest in a clinical laboratory.
(e) “Change in ownership” means any change in the persons who are owners.
(f) “Major change in ownership” means a change in ownership where 50 percent or more of the ownership interest is owned by persons other than the owners to whom the current clinical laboratory license or registration is issued.
(g) “Change in name” means any change in the name under which the laboratory operates or is doing business.
(h) “Change in location” means any change in the street and city address, or the site or place within the street and city address, for which a license or registration is issued.
(i) “Change in laboratory director” means any change in the laboratory director or directors to whom the current license or registration is issued.
(j) “Major change in laboratory directorship” means a change in laboratory director or directors resulting in the situation where less than 50 percent of the laboratory directors to whom the current laboratory license or registration is issued remain after the change.
(k) For purposes of this section, in the case of a pharmacy that applies for a registration pursuant to Section 1206.6, “laboratory director” means the pharmacist-in-charge identified pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1206.6.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 874, Sec. 3. (SB 1481) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 1211.5.

1211.5. For the purposes of this chapter, “cytological slides” shall refer to cellular materials submitted for preliminary cytologic examination.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 927, Sec. 1.5.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 1212.

1212. (a) As used in this chapter, “unlicensed laboratory personnel” means a laboratory aide, histocompatibility technician, cardiopulmonary technician, or other person performing the activities authorized by Section 1269.
(b) Any person who is authorized under California law or regulation to perform a clinical laboratory test or examination, or to engage in clinical laboratory practice, shall not come within the definition of “unlicensed laboratory personnel” when performing the clinical laboratory test or examination or engaging in the clinical laboratory practice authorized.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 510, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 1213.

1213. As used in this chapter, “school” means any place, establishment, or institution organized and operated to offer training for one or more of the personnel classifications included in this chapter or the regulations pertaining thereto.
(Added by renumbering Section 1208 (as added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1377) by Stats. 1971, Ch. 438.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 1214.

1214. As used in this chapter, “health fair” means a program of health assessment procedures offered to the general public that may include screening, self-ordered, or diagnostic clinical laboratory tests or examinations performed by a clinical laboratory licensed or registered under subdivision (a) of Section 1265 that meets all the requirements of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 450, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology › ARTICLE 2 - Administration and Regulation › Section 1220.5.

1220.5. (a) The Department of Health Services shall develop, and provide to all licensed clinical laboratories, a form in triplicate to be used by employees, agents, and couriers of licensed clinical laboratories to give notice when a specimen storage container has been improperly secured pursuant to Section 681.
(b) The three copies of the triplicate form shall each contain instructions so that one copy is to be attached to the unlocked specimen storage container, one copy is mailed to the Department of Consumer Affairs to be forwarded to the appropriate licensing entity pursuant to Section 1288.3, and one copy is kept by the licensed clinical laboratory for its records.
(c) This form shall be provided to all licensed clinical laboratories on and after January 1, 2001.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 748, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology › ARTICLE 2 - Administration and Regulation › Section 1222.

1222. The department may approve schools that are accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 510, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology › ARTICLE 2 - Administration and Regulation › Section 1222.5.

1222.5. (a) The department may approve any of the following seeking to provide clinical laboratory scientist programs for instruction in clinical laboratory technique that, in the judgment of the department, will provide instruction adequate to prepare individuals to meet the requirements for licensure or performance of duties under this chapter and regulations of the department:
(1) A California licensed clinical laboratory.
(2) An accredited college or university in the United States of America.
(3) A United States military medical laboratory specialist program of at least 52 weeks duration.
(4) A laboratory owned and operated by the United States government.
(b) Upon approval by the department, clinical laboratory scientist programs approved by the department may use multiple clinical laboratories to provide training in clinical laboratory technique, provided the following conditions are met:
(1) The program may apportion the clinical training among multiple clinical laboratories in any percentage as long as the total training meets the requirements established by the department.
(2) Each clinical laboratory has been approved by the department as part of the program in accordance with regulations. The program shall notify the department in writing within 30 days of a change in clinical laboratories used by the program to provide training.
(3) The director of the approved program shall be responsible for notifying the department in advance of the start and end date of training for each trainee. The program shall coordinate with the department in meeting established requirements.
(4) The director of the approved program shall ensure that all of the department’s requirements for training and affiliation are met.
(5) The program has submitted an application on forms provided by the department for approval.
(c) The department shall establish by regulation the ratio of licensed clinical laboratory scientists to licensed trainees on the staff of the clinical laboratory and the minimum requirements for training in any specialty or in the entire field of clinical laboratory science or practice. Application for approval shall be made on forms provided by the department.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 352, Sec. 2. (SB 289) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology › ARTICLE 2 - Administration and Regulation › Section 1224.

1224. The department may, pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, adopt, amend, or repeal any regulations necessary for the administration or enforcement of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 510, Sec. 17. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology › ARTICLE 2 - Administration and Regulation › Section 1224.5.

1224.5. The department shall conduct a study to determine whether the persons conducting tests in physician office laboratories under paragraph (12) of subdivision (b) of, and paragraph (10) of subdivision (c) of Section 1206.5, produce accurate, reliable, and necessary test results comparable to those produced by other persons performing moderate complexity or high complexity testing, or both.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 510, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology › ARTICLE 2 - Administration and Regulation › Section 1225.

1225. (a) In order to carry out this chapter, any duly authorized representative of the department may do any of the following:
(1) Enter or inspect on an announced or unannounced basis any building, premise, equipment, materials, records, or information at any reasonable time to secure compliance with, or prevent a violation of this chapter or the regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
(2) Inspect, photograph, or copy any records, reports, test results, test specimens, or other information related to the requirements of this chapter or the regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
(3) Secure any sample, photograph, or other evidence from any building or premise for the purpose of enforcing this chapter or the regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
(b) The department may cooperate with, or assist persons licensed under this chapter, or other qualified persons, in evaluating laboratory procedures and techniques necessary to achieve and maintain high quality performance in clinical laboratories.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 927, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology › ARTICLE 2 - Administration and Regulation › Section 1226.

1226. Annually the department may compile and may thereafter publish and sell a directory of persons within the state licensed under the provisions of this chapter who hold unsuspended, unforfeited and unrevoked licenses. The directory may also contain a copy of the provisions of this chapter and regulations relating thereto and such other information as the department may determine advisable.
(Added by renumbering Section 1227 by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1377.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology › ARTICLE 2 - Administration and Regulation › Section 1227.

1227. Every person or clinical laboratory licensed or registered under this chapter shall report to the department, within 30 days thereof, any change of name or address.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 510, Sec. 19. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology › ARTICLE 2 - Administration and Regulation › Section 1228.

1228. The department shall appoint a multidisciplinary committee to assist, advise, and make recommendations for the establishment of rules and regulations necessary to insure proper administration and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and to assist and advise the department in matters concerning examinations for licensees of this chapter. Appointments shall be made from lists of nominees solicited by the department and shall provide adequate and proper representation of all persons affected by this chapter. Subcommittees of the committee may be appointed consisting of committee members and consultants having particular knowledge in a subject area for the purpose of assisting the department on special administrative problems and in making recommendations to the committee for consideration in the establishment of rules and regulations. The terms of office of the members shall be determined by the department.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1125.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology › ARTICLE 3 - Application of the Chapter › Section 1240.

1240. This chapter does not authorize any person to practice medicine and surgery or to furnish the services of physicians for the practice of medicine and surgery. This chapter does not repeal or in any manner affect any provision of this code relating to the practice of medicine. This chapter does not prohibit the performance of tests not covered in Section 1206.
(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1377.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology › ARTICLE 3 - Application of the Chapter › Section 1241.1.

1241.1. (a) A primary care clinic, licensed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1204 of the Health and Safety Code, that is operating within a network of primary care clinics, may be issued a license to operate a clinical laboratory pursuant to Section 1265, which authorizes the conduct of clinical laboratory tests and examinations from its network of primary care clinics, if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The central laboratory’s sole purpose is performing moderate or high complexity clinical laboratory tests and examinations, or both, for the patients of the clinics in the network.
(2) Prior to performing any tests or examinations, the central laboratory obtains a certificate under the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 263a) (CLIA) and a state laboratory license for the appropriate complexity level of clinical laboratory testing pursuant to Section 1265.
(b) For purposes of this section, “network of primary care clinics” means two or more primary care clinics operated by the same nonprofit corporation with the same board of directors and the same corporate officers, and operating under the same procedures and protocols.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 795, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology › ARTICLE 3 - Application of the Chapter › Section 1242.

1242. Any person duly licensed under the provisions of this chapter to perform tests called for in a clinical laboratory may perform skin tests for specific diseases, arterial puncture, venipuncture, or skin puncture for purposes of withdrawing blood or for clinical laboratory test purposes as defined by regulations established by the department and upon specific authorization from any person in accordance with the authority granted under any provisions of law relating to the healing arts.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 695, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology › ARTICLE 3 - Application of the Chapter › Section 1242.5.

1242.5. Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 1241, the department may by regulation authorize laboratory personnel certified pursuant to Section 1246 to perform venipuncture, arterial puncture, or skin puncture for the purposes of withdrawing blood or for clinical laboratory test purposes, as defined by regulations established by the department.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 695, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology › ARTICLE 3 - Application of the Chapter › Section 1242.6.

1242.6. (a) Any registered nurse licensed under the provisions of Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 2700) of Division 2 may perform arterial puncture, venipuncture, or skin puncture for the purposes of withdrawing blood or for test purposes upon authorization from any licensed physician and surgeon or any licensed dentist.
(b) Any licensed vocational nurse licensed under the provisions of Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 2840) of Division 2 may perform arterial puncture, venipuncture, or skin puncture for the purposes of withdrawing blood or for test purposes upon authorization from any licensed physician and surgeon, or any licensed dentist if prior thereto the licensed vocational nurse has been instructed by a physician and surgeon and has demonstrated competence to the physician and surgeon in the proper procedure to be employed when withdrawing blood, or has satisfactorily completed a prescribed course of instruction approved by the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians or has demonstrated competence to the satisfaction of that board.
(c) Any respiratory care practitioner certified under the provisions of Chapter 8.3 (commencing with Section 3700) of Division 2 may perform arterial puncture, venipuncture, or skin puncture for the purposes of withdrawing blood or for test purposes upon authorization from any licensed physician and surgeon.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 759, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology › ARTICLE 3 - Application of the Chapter › Section 1243.

1243. A student regularly matriculated in any college or university accredited by an accrediting agency acceptable to the department, or in any legally chartered school approved by the department for training purposes may perform arterial puncture, venipuncture, or skin puncture as a part of the necessary training program when done under the direct and responsible supervision of a person licensed to perform tests under the provisions of this chapter or a licensed physician and surgeon.
(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1377.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology › ARTICLE 3 - Application of the Chapter › Section 1244.1.

1244.1. Thirty days prior to operating a program of nondiagnostic general health assessment, the entity or person operating that program shall file the following documentation with the local health officer in each county in which the program shall operate:
(a) The location of the program, the type and kind of nondiagnostic general health assessments being conducted, the dates and times of operation of programs, and evidence that the program shall be operated in compliance with Section 1244.
(b) The local health officer shall be notified in writing of any changes to occur in locations, dates, or times indicated in the documentation required in subdivision (a). The local health officer shall be notified of any changes at least 24 hours prior to the program operating at the different locations, dates, or times.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 195, Sec. 5. Effective July 9, 1990.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology › ARTICLE 3 - Application of the Chapter › Section 1244.3.

1244.3. Responsibility for enforcement of Sections 1244 and 1244.1 shall be with the local health officer or his or her authorized designee, including public health laboratory directors. Nothing in this section shall prevent the department from using any necessary enforcement actions for the protection of the public health and safety.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 195, Sec. 6. Effective July 9, 1990.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology › ARTICLE 3 - Application of the Chapter › Section 1244.4.

1244.4. Any fee for the filing of documentation and related enforcement activities pursuant to Section 1244, 1244.1, and 1244.3 shall be determined by the local enforcement agency and shall not exceed one hundred dollars ($100) except that those fees shall be adjusted annually by any annual increase in the California Consumer Price Index as determined pursuant to Section 2212 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. All moneys collected as fees pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the appropriate city, county, or city and county treasury and shall only be expended in carrying out Sections 1244, 1244.1, and 1244.3.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 195, Sec. 7. Effective July 9, 1990.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology › ARTICLE 3 - Application of the Chapter › Section 1245.

1245. (a) Any individual may perform a blood gas analysis if all the following conditions exist:
(1) He or she has earned a high school diploma or equivalent, as determined by HCFA pursuant to CLIA.
(2) He or she performs the blood gas analysis in a clinic or a general acute care hospital, as defined respectively in Sections 1202 and 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.
(3) He or she has been instructed by a physician and surgeon licensed in this state, who is in charge of a department of pulmonary physiology or clinical pathology in licensed clinics or hospitals, as defined respectively in Sections 1202 and 1250 of the Health and Safety Code, in the proper procedure to be employed when performing a blood gas analysis.
(4) He or she performs the blood gas analysis under the direction and supervision of the physician and surgeon.
(5) He or she submits the analysis for interpretation to the physician and surgeon under whose direction and supervision he or she performed the analysis.
(b) After September 1, 1997, any person may perform a blood gas analysis classified as of high complexity under CLIA, if, in addition to the requirements of subdivision (a), he or she has earned an associate degree related to pulmonary function from an accredited institution as determined by HCFA pursuant to CLIA.
(c) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as authorizing any individual, not otherwise authorized, to withdraw blood.
(d) Nothing contained in this section is applicable to a person licensed as a respiratory care practitioner under Chapter 8.3 (commencing with Section 3700). Those persons are authorized to perform those functions set forth in that chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 510, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 1996.)