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California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 3 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL LABORATORIES › Article 1 - OFFICIAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE REQUIRED › Section 1078 - Minimum Requirements Specified

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Any laboratory approved under Section
						  1076 shall meet the following minimum
						  requirements:
(a) Maintain adequate
						equipment and facilities and sufficient personnel to carry on dependable public
						health laboratory work.
(b) Employ
						procedures, technics, and reporting practices approved by the Department.
(c) Establish and maintain for a minimum of two
						years adequate record systems and files of laboratory work done.
(d) Conduct, maintain, and operate programs,
						acceptable to the Department, for controlling the quality of test
						performance.
(e) Demonstrate
						satisfactory performance in a proficiency testing program approved by the
						Department.
(f) Maintain and conduct the
						laboratory in a manner approved by the Department.
(g) Employ personnel as provided in this
						article.
(h) Accept specimens for
						examination as an aid to patient management only from, and issue reports only to,
						persons licensed under the provisions of the law relating to the healing arts or
						their representatives.
(i) Employ
						procedures and precautions to provide for the safety and health protection of all
						persons in the laboratory.
1. Amendment
						  filed 8-16-71; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 71, No.
						  34).
2. Amendment filed 1-21-77; effective thirtieth day thereafter
						  (Register 77, No. 4).
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 3 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL LABORATORIES › Article 1 - OFFICIAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE REQUIRED › Section 1079 - Professional Personnel to Be Certified

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(a) No
						person may act as a Public Health Microbiologist in any laboratory certified under
						Section 1076 who is not in possession of a
						Public Health Microbiologist's Certificate issued by the Department.
(b) The Department may issue temporary
						certificates to applicants who meet the requirements for admission to the next
						scheduled examination when this is deemed to be reasonably necessary for the
						provision of public health laboratory services. Temporary certificates may not be
						issued to applicants who have failed to pass certification examinations.
(c) Examinations, either written or oral, or both,
						for the certificate of Public Health Microbiologist shall be held as needed and
						where designated by the Department. Such examinations shall be under the supervision
						of the Department.
(d) The minimum
						requirements for admission to the examinations for a certificate as Public Health
						Microbiologist shall be as follows:
(1) Holds an
						earned doctoral degree from an accredited institution with a chemical, physical or
						biological science as a major, and has completed at least one year of postdoctoral
						laboratory training in medical and public health microbiology approved by the
						Department; or
(2) A baccalaureate or
						higher degree with a major in Medical or Public Health Microbiology, or equivalent
						major as determined by the Department, with courses acceptable to the Department,
						from a college or university accredited by the Western Association of Schools and
						Colleges or an essentially equivalent accrediting agency, as determined by the
						Department; and experience represented by at least six months as a Public Health
						Microbiologist-trainee in a public health laboratory approved by the Department for
						such training; or experience equivalent to this training as determined by the
						Department in a laboratory acceptable to the Department.
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 3 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL LABORATORIES › Article 1 - OFFICIAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE REQUIRED › Section 1080 - Professional Training

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) For
						purposes of this section a person receiving professional training required for
						certification as a Public Health Microbiologist shall be designated as a Public
						Health Microbiologist-trainee.
(b) The
						credentials of a Public Health Microbiologist-trainee shall be approved by the
						Department prior to appointment.
(c) The
						appointment or separation of a Public Health Microbiologist-trainee shall be
						reported within 5 days to the Department giving the date of appointment or
						separation.
(d) Laboratories which
						accept personnel for training as Public Health Microbiologist-trainees shall be
						specifically approved for such training by the Department. The minimum requirements
						for approval as training laboratories shall be established by the
						Department.
(e) A Public Health
						Microbiologist-trainee shall not be entrusted with any microbiological examination
						except under the supervision of qualified personnel, nor shall he issue or sign a
						laboratory report for any test which he is scheduled for training for certification
						as a Public Health Microbiologist.
1. Amendment
						  filed 3-25-57; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 57, No.
						  5).
2. Renumbering of Section
						  1081 and amendment filed 8-16-71;
						  effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 71, No. 34).
3. Amendment of
						  subsection (e) filed 1-21-77; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 77, No.
						  4).
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 3 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL LABORATORIES › Article 1 - OFFICIAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE REQUIRED › Section 1081 - Certain Cultures and Specimens to Be Sent to the State Laboratory

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(a) All laboratories making examinations for
						identification of typhoid carriers shall, in all positive cases, forward to the
						Department a culture of the organism, the isolation of which established the
						diagnosis.
(b) Whenever a laboratory
						receives a specimen for the laboratory diagnosis of suspected human cases of plague
						or botulism such laboratory shall communicate immediately by telephone or telegraph
						with the Department for instructions.
(c) Any other specimens or cultures shall be
						submitted as required by the communicable disease regulations, Sections
						2500 to
						2699.
1.
						  Renumbering of Section
						  1079 and amendment filed 8-16-71;
						  effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 71, No. 34).
2. Amendment of
						  subsection (c) filed 1-21-77; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 77, No.
						  4).
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 3 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL LABORATORIES › Article 1 - OFFICIAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE REQUIRED › Section 1082 - Certain Specimens to Be Sent to Approved Laboratories

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Whenever specimens are taken for laboratory diagnosis of
						  rabies or botulism, or for release from isolation of cases of diphtheria, typhoid
						  fever, salmonellosis, or shigellosis, they shall be sent by the physician to a
						  Public Health Laboratory approved for such work by the Department in accordance with
						  Section 1076.
1. Amendment
						  filed 3-25-57; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 57, No.
						  5).
2. Amendment filed 8-16-71; effective thirtieth day thereafter
						  (Register 71, No. 34).
3. Amendment filed 1-21-77; effective thirtieth
						  day thereafter (Register 77, No. 4).
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 3 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL LABORATORIES › Article 1 - OFFICIAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE REQUIRED › Section 1083 - Inspections to Be Made

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Laboratories approved under Section
						  1076 shall be inspected by a duly
						  authorized representative of the Department, for maintenance and conduct in
						  conformity with these regulations. When deemed advisable, the Department may send
						  check specimens to local laboratories to evaluate the accuracy and precision of
						  specific test performance.
1. Amendment
						  filed 8-16-71; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 71, No.
						  34).
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 3 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL LABORATORIES › Article 1 - OFFICIAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE REQUIRED › Section 1084 - Health Departments May Contract with Private Laboratories

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
A health officer of a municipality or county may designate
						  any laboratory as an official public health laboratory to perform any of the basic
						  services, as defined under Section
						  1276(f). Any such
						  laboratory shall be subject to the same requirements as an official public health
						  laboratory as heretofore provided under Sections
						  1075 to
						  1083, inclusive.
1. Amendment
						  filed 8-16-71; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 71, No.
						  34).
2. Amendment filed 1-21-77; effective thirtieth day thereafter
						  (Register 77, No. 4).
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 4 - TESTS FOR SYPHILIS UNDER THE PREMARITAL AND PRENATAL LAWS › Article 1 - SEROLOGIC TESTS › Section 1125 - Application Required

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The director of any laboratory in which performance of
						  serologic tests is planned in connection with premarital and prenatal examinations,
						  as required by Sections
						  4300-
						  4309 of the Civil
						  Code and Sections
						  3220-
						  3229 of
						  the Health and Safety Code, shall apply to the State Department of Health for
						  approval to perform these tests. The laboratory director shall submit to the State
						  Department of Health, on forms provided by the department, such information as may
						  be required by the department to satisfactorily evaluate the personnel, equipment,
						  and scope of activity in relation to these tests.
1. Amendment
						  filed 10-5-71 as procedural and organizational; effective upon filing (Register 71,
						  No. 41). For prior history, see Register 60, No. 19.
2. Amendment filed
						  6-28-73; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 73, No.
						  26).
Note: §§
														1125 to
							 1134, inclusive, originally issued
							 under authority contained in Section
							 79.04, Civil Code,
							 and Deering's General Laws, Act 6265. Source of §§
														1125 to
							 1134, inclusive, is the Rules and
							 Regulations issued by State Department of Health. Additional authority cited for
							 revision of Article 1: Sections
							 102 and
							 208,
							 Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections
							 3180-
							 3199 and
							 3220-
							 3229,
							 Health and Safety Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 4 - TESTS FOR SYPHILIS UNDER THE PREMARITAL AND PRENATAL LAWS › Article 1 - SEROLOGIC TESTS › Section 1126 - Approved Tests

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The serologic tests for syphilis approved by the Department
						  for use in connection with legally required premarital and prenatal examinations are
						  as follows: VDRL slide, Automated Reagin, Fluorescent Treponemal Antibody
						  (absorption), Reagin Screen, and the Rapid Plasma Reagin (circle) Card. Any one of
						  these tests shall constitute the "standard test" as required by the California Civil
						  Code and California Health and Safety Code.
The serologic tests for rubella approved by the department
						  for use in connection with legally required premarital examinations shall be the
						  hemagglutination-inhibition (HI) test performed according to the standard method of
						  the U.S. Public Health Service, Center for Disease Control, or modifications thereof
						  approved by the Center for Disease Control and the Department, and such other tests
						  approved by the Center for Disease Control and Food and Drug Administration, U.S.
						  Public Health Service, as the Department may evaluate and determine to be equal in
						  reliability and specificity to the approved hemagglutination-inhibition test.
Commercially prepared antigens and diagnostic kits utilized
						  for the approved rubella tests shall have been evaluated by, and shown to meet
						  specifications of the U.S. Public Health Service and such evaluation shall be
						  evidenced by a statement on the label of, or accompanying, the
						  product.
1. Amendment
						  filed 6-28-73; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 73, No. 26). For prior
						  history, see Register 71, No. 34.
2. Amendment filed 8-17-78; effective
						  thirtieth day thereafter (Register 78, No. 33).
Note: Authority cited: Section
							 11426,
							 Government Code; Sections
							 4300,
							 4301,
							 4302 and
							 4304, California
							 Civil Code; Sections
							 102 and
							 208,
							 Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections
							 3180-
							 3199 and
							 3220-
							 3229,
							 Health and Safety Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 4 - TESTS FOR SYPHILIS UNDER THE PREMARITAL AND PRENATAL LAWS › Article 1 - SEROLOGIC TESTS › Section 1127 - Method of Conducting Tests

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
All tests for syphilis must be conducted exactly as outlined
						  by the author of the test. All equipment recommended by the author of the test must
						  be available in the laboratory before approval can be granted.
For syphilis serology, the latest United States Department
						  of Health, Education and Welfare, Public Health Service publication pertaining to
						  the performance of these tests, or its replacement, shall be the reference on
						  equipment and methods.
All tests for rubella must be conducted exactly according to
						  the protocols for each method or modification that has been approved by the Center
						  for Disease Control and the Department. All necessary equipment for the approved
						  rubella test to be performed must be available in the laboratory before approval to
						  perform legally required tests can be granted.
The references for approved rubella test methods and
						  equipment shall be protocols issued by the Center for Disease Control, or the
						  Department, or provided by manufacturers for use with commercially distributed
						  diagnostic kits or components which have been approved by the Center for Disease
						  Control and the Department.
1. Amendment
						  filed 8-24-60; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 60, No. 19). See history
						  note to Section
						  1125.
2. Amendment filed
						  6-28-73; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 73, No. 26).
3.
						  Amendment filed 8-17-78; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 78, No.
						  33).
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 4 - TESTS FOR SYPHILIS UNDER THE PREMARITAL AND PRENATAL LAWS › Article 1 - SEROLOGIC TESTS › Section 1128 - Evaluation Sera

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Any laboratory approved to perform premarital and prenatal
						  serologic tests must accept and test, evaluation sera provided by the department or
						  a proficiency testing service approved by the department, and report test results to
						  the department. Any laboratory showing unsatisfactory performance shall make changes
						  as recommended by the department or discontinue the testing of legally required
						  premarital and prenatal blood specimens, and return all outstanding "Marriage Health
						  Certificates."
1. Amendment
						  filed 8-24-60; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 60, No. 19). See history
						  note to Section
						  1125.
2. Amendment filed
						  3-15-66; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 71, No. 7).
3.
						  Amendment filed 8-16-71; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 66, No.
						  34).
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 4 - TESTS FOR SYPHILIS UNDER THE PREMARITAL AND PRENATAL LAWS › Article 1 - SEROLOGIC TESTS › Section 1129 - Marriage Health Certificates

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Marriage Health Certificates" shall be assigned by the
						  State Department of Public Health to an individual laboratory at a specified
						  location, and shall be used by no other. These certificates must not be transmitted
						  to the physician until the tests have been performed.
1. Amendment
						  filed 6-28-73; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 73, No. 26). For prior
						  history, see Register 66, No. 7.
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 4 - TESTS FOR SYPHILIS UNDER THE PREMARITAL AND PRENATAL LAWS › Article 1 - SEROLOGIC TESTS › Section 1130 - Persons Permitted to Perform Tests

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Only a person who is duly licensed as a physician and
						  surgeon pursuant to Sections
						  2000-
						  2497
						  of the Business and Professions Code, or duly authorized under the provisions of
						  Chapter 3, Division 2 (commencing with Section
						  1200) of the Business and Professions
						  Code, or who is certified under the provisions of Sections
						  1075-1084 of Title 17 of the California
						  Administrative Code, shall be permitted to conduct premarital and prenatal serologic
						  tests.
1. Amendment
						  filed 2-18-58; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 58, No. 3). See history
						  note to Section
						  1125.
2. Amendment filed
						  6-28-73; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 73, No.
						  26).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
							 102 and
							 208,
							 Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections
							 3220,
							 4300 and
							 4302,
							 Health and Safety Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 4 - TESTS FOR SYPHILIS UNDER THE PREMARITAL AND PRENATAL LAWS › Article 1 - SEROLOGIC TESTS › Section 1131 - Change of Personnel

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Within 30 days after new personnel are employed to perform
						  legally required prenatal and premarital serologic tests, their names shall be
						  transmitted to the State Department of Health. This rule does not apply to the
						  rotation of staff members from one phase of laboratory work to
						  another.
1. Amendment
						  filed 8-24-60; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 60, No. 19). See history
						  note to Section
						  1125.
2. Amendment filed
						  6-28-73; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 73, No.
						  26).
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 4 - TESTS FOR SYPHILIS UNDER THE PREMARITAL AND PRENATAL LAWS › Article 1 - SEROLOGIC TESTS › Section 1132 - Change of Director or Location

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Reapplication for approval to perform legally required
						  premarital and prenatal serologic tests shall be made when there is a change of
						  laboratory director or location.
1. Amendment
						  filed 6-28-73; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 73, No.
						  26).
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 4 - TESTS FOR SYPHILIS UNDER THE PREMARITAL AND PRENATAL LAWS › Article 1 - SEROLOGIC TESTS › Section 1133 - Advertising Prohibited

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Laboratories shall not be approved to perform premarital and
						  prenatal serologic tests if they advertise the performance of these tests to the lay
						  public.
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 4 - TESTS FOR SYPHILIS UNDER THE PREMARITAL AND PRENATAL LAWS › Article 1 - SEROLOGIC TESTS › Section 1134 - Withdrawal of Approval

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Approval granted under this article may be withdrawn
						  following violation of any of the provisions of Sections
						  1125-1134 of Title 17 of the California
						  Administrative Code, Sections
						  3220-
						  3229 of
						  the Health and Safety Code, Sections
						  4300-
						  4309 of the Civil
						  Code pertaining to the performance of premarital and prenatal serologic tests and
						  all outstanding "marriage health certificates" shall be returned to the State
						  Department of Public Health.
1. Amendment
						  filed 8-24-60; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 60, No. 19). See history
						  note to Section
						  1125.
2. Amendment filed
						  3-15-66; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 66, No. 7).
3.
						  Amendment filed 10-5-71 as procedural and organizational; effective upon filing
						  (Register 71, No. 41).
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 5 - CARE OF LABORATORY ANIMALS › Article 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 1150 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) For purposes of
						these regulations, "person" includes: laboratory, firm, association, corporation,
						copartnership, and educational institution.
(b) For purposes of these regulations, "board"
						means: the State Department of Health Services.
(c) For purposes of these regulations,
						"department" means: the State Department of Public Health.
(d) For purposes of these regulations, "animal"
						means: any live, warm-blooded animal kept or used by any person for the purposes
						defined herein.
(e) For purposes of
						these regulations, "individual" means: the one whom the laboratory, firm,
						association, corporation, copartnership or educational institution designates as
						being responsible for proper care of the animals kept or used for experimentation,
						demonstration, or test; the propriety of the procedures used; and the scientific
						justification for the use of the animals in experiments, demonstrations, or
						tests.
1. New Group
						  5 (§§
													1150 through
						  1159) filed 3-28-52; effective
						  thirtieth day thereafter (Register 28, No. 1). For history of previous Group 5, see
						  Register 26, No. 7.
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 5 - CARE OF LABORATORY ANIMALS › Article 2 - CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS › Section 1152 - Fees

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(a) The application and
						renewal fees must be in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 of Chapter 5 of
						Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) For the purpose of these regulations the
						fiscal year shall be from January 1st to December 31st.
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 5 - CARE OF LABORATORY ANIMALS › Article 2 - CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS › Section 1153 - Application for Renewal of Certificate of Approval

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(a) Application for renewal of certificates of
						approval shall be on forms provided by the department.
(b) Each holder of a certificate applying for
						renewal of his certificate of approval shall be subject to a review of his
						activities during the previous licensing period and to such inspections of his
						records, premises, equipment, and animals as may be determined by the department for
						consideration by the board in passing upon the application for renewal.
(c) Similarly, such licensees shall submit such
						data and records as may be designated by the department.
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 5 - CARE OF LABORATORY ANIMALS › Article 2 - CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS › Section 1154 - Records

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Holders of certificates of approval shall keep the following
						  records:
(a) Monthly census of animals kept
						according to type;
(b) Total number of
						animals used per month according to type;
(c) Use and disposition of the animals.
Such records may be open to inspection by authorized agents
						  of the department during the normal working hours of operation.
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 5 - CARE OF LABORATORY ANIMALS › Article 3 - MINIMUM STANDARDS › Section 1155 - Care and Treatment of Animals

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Careful
						consideration shall be given to the bodily comfort of such animals. They shall be
						kindly treated, properly fed, and their quarters shall be clean, properly lighted
						and maintained at the proper temperature. Exception may be made to this rule only
						with expressed permission of the responsible individual. This permission may be
						granted only when the foregoing considerations would defeat the purpose of the
						work.
(b) Any operation likely to cause
						greater discomfort than the attending anesthetization shall not be undertaken until
						the animal be first rendered incapable of perceiving pain. The animals shall be
						maintained in that condition until the operation is completed. Exceptions to this
						rule may be made only when provisions for maximum comfort including anesthesia would
						defeat the object of the experiment, and then only with the expressed permission of
						the responsible individual.
(c) At the
						conclusion of experiments, the animals must be killed painlessly or given care to
						minimize discomfort which is essentially equivalent, as determined by the
						department, to that rendered human beings following an operation. In any event,
						animals which have been used for any purpose described herein shall not be disposed
						of as pets, except with the expressed permission of the responsible individual. Due
						consideration in this master shall be given to public health and to the animal's
						welfare.
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 5 - CARE OF LABORATORY ANIMALS › Article 3 - MINIMUM STANDARDS › Section 1156 - Quarters

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The animal quarters shall be provided with proper lighting,
						  ventilation, and heating to maintain comfort of the animal except where the
						  provisions of Section
						  1155 otherwise provide. Equipment must
						  be adequate for the proper care and treatment of all animals kept or used. Cages, or
						  other enclosures, shall be large enough to permit reasonable freedom of movement.
						  Adequate facilities shall be provided for keeping animal quarters and equipment
						  clean. Overcrowding must be avoided in order to limit the transmission of animal
						  diseases. The animals shall be maintained in a room separate from any other activity
						  of the establishment, or under other physical conditions satisfactory to the
						  department.
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 5 - CARE OF LABORATORY ANIMALS › Article 3 - MINIMUM STANDARDS › Section 1157 - Personnel

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Capable personnel shall be employed for the adequate care
						  and feeding of the animals. In small, as well as in extensive animal facilities, one
						  individual shall be in complete charge of, and therefore, responsible for, the
						  entire operation of the unit. Selection of animal caretakers shall be made with
						  care. Nonprofessional personnel shall be chosen for their dependability and their
						  liking for animals. The training should include a knowledge of the means of
						  transmission of disease and an understanding of the precautions necessary to prevent
						  this. Caretakers should be trained in recognizing early symptoms of the common
						  diseases of the animals under their care.
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 5 - CARE OF LABORATORY ANIMALS › Article 3 - MINIMUM STANDARDS › Section 1158 - Feeding

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(a) The animals shall be
						well fed and shall receive wholesome food suitable to the species and shall receive
						sufficient clean water except where special studies require specified diet for the
						animal.
(b) Rules and regulations
						adopted by the board with reference to shelter, food, sanitation, and the care and
						treatment of animals shall be prominently displayed in all animal rooms.
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 5 - CARE OF LABORATORY ANIMALS › Article 4 - FILING OF COMPLAINT › Section 1159 - Filing of a Complaint

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Anyone who files a complaint to the department against an
						  individual, or person, violating this law shall supply in writing specific
						  information regarding the alleged violation, or violations. Such complaint shall
						  include the time, date, place, individual, or person involved; and the names of
						  other witnesses who may be called to testify. This statement must be in the form of
						  a sworn affidavit and must be notarized.
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 5.5 - METHADONE DRUG ANALYSIS LABORATORIES › Article 1 - APPLICATION › Section 1160 - Application of Subchapter

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Group 5.5 shall apply to all laboratories performing urine
						  testing or other body fluids analysis for methadone programs operating in
						  California.
1. New Group
						  5.5 (Articles 1-8, Sections
						  1160-1196) filed 11-30-81; effective
						  thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No. 49).
2. Editorial correction
						  of NOTE filed 11-6-84 (Register 84, No. 45).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
							 208,
							 11881
							 and
							 11885,
							 Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section
							 11885,
							 Health and Safety Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 5.5 - METHADONE DRUG ANALYSIS LABORATORIES › Article 2 - DEFINITIONS › Section 1161 - Methadone Drug Analysis

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"Methadone drug analysis" means the practical application of
						  specialized devices, instruments and methods by trained laboratory personnel to
						  detect the presence of chemical substances named in Section
						  1186 in samples of urine or other body
						  fluids obtained from persons receiving treatment from a methadone
						  program.
1. Editorial
						  correction of NOTE filed 11-6-84 (Register 84, No.
						  45).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
							 208,
							 11881
							 and
							 11885,
							 Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section
							 11885,
							 Health and Safety Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 5.5 - METHADONE DRUG ANALYSIS LABORATORIES › Article 2 - DEFINITIONS › Section 1162 - Methadone Drug Analysis Laboratory

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"Methadone drug analysis laboratory" means a place at which
						  specialized apparatus, instruments and methods are used by trained laboratory
						  personnel to detect the presence of chemical substances named in Section
						  1186 in urine or other body fluids
						  obtained from persons receiving treatment from a methadone
						  program.
1. Editorial
						  correction of NOTE filed 11-6-84 (Register 84, No.
						  45).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
							 208,
							 11881
							 and
							 11885,
							 Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section
							 11885,
							 Health and Safety Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 5.5 - METHADONE DRUG ANALYSIS LABORATORIES › Article 2 - DEFINITIONS › Section 1163 - Methadone Drug Analysis Supervisor

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"Methadone drug analysis supervisor" means a person,
						  employed by a methadone drug analysis laboratory, who is directly responsible for
						  all aspects of the performance of methadone drug analysis and for the supervision of
						  personnel who perform such analysis.
1. Editorial
						  correction of NOTE filed 11-6-84 (Register 84, No.
						  45).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
							 208,
							 11881
							 and
							 11885,
							 Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section
							 11885,
							 Health and Safety Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 5.5 - METHADONE DRUG ANALYSIS LABORATORIES › Article 2 - DEFINITIONS › Section 1164 - Method

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"Method" means the steps used by a trained person to
						  determine the presence of drugs in urine or other body fluids.
1. Editorial
						  correction of NOTE filed 11-6-84 (Register 84, No.
						  45).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
							 208,
							 11881
							 and
							 11885,
							 Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section
							 11885,
							 Health and Safety Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 5.5 - METHADONE DRUG ANALYSIS LABORATORIES › Article 2 - DEFINITIONS › Section 1165 - Instrument or Device

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"Instrument" or "device" means any item or combination of
						  items of equipment used to determine the presence of drugs; simple and complex
						  devices are included in this meaning.
1. Editorial
						  correction of NOTE filed 11-6-84 (Register 84, No.
						  45).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
							 208,
							 11881
							 and
							 11885,
							 Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section
							 11885,
							 Health and Safety Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 5.5 - METHADONE DRUG ANALYSIS LABORATORIES › Article 2 - DEFINITIONS › Section 1166 - Sample or Specimen

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"Sample" or "specimen" means a representative portion of
						  urine or other body fluid or of an artificially constituted material, taken for the
						  purpose of determining the presence of drugs.
1. Editorial
						  correction of NOTE filed 11-6-84 (Register 84, No.
						  45).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
							 208,
							 11881
							 and
							 11885,
							 Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section
							 11885,
							 Health and Safety Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 5.5 - METHADONE DRUG ANALYSIS LABORATORIES › Article 2 - DEFINITIONS › Section 1167 - Department

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"Department" means the State Department of Health
						  Services.
1. Editorial
						  correction of NOTE filed 11-6-84 (Register 84, No.
						  45).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
							 208,
							 11881
							 and
							 11885,
							 Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section
							 11885,
							 Health and Safety Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 5.5 - METHADONE DRUG ANALYSIS LABORATORIES › Article 2 - DEFINITIONS › Section 1168 - May, Shall

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"May" is permissive; "Shall" is mandatory.
1. Editorial
						  correction of NOTE filed 11-6-84 (Register 84, No.
						  45).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
							 208,
							 11881
							 and
							 11885,
							 Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section
							 11885,
							 Health and Safety Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 5.5 - METHADONE DRUG ANALYSIS LABORATORIES › Article 2 - DEFINITIONS › Section 1169 - Methadone

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"Methadone" means the substance that can be described as
						  6-dimethyl-amino-4, 4-diphenyl-3-heptanone. Methadone doses are usually administered
						  as methadone chloride.
1. Editorial
						  correction of NOTE filed 11-6-84 (Register 84, No.
						  45).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
							 208,
							 11881
							 and
							 11885,
							 Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section
							 11885,
							 Health and Safety Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 5.5 - METHADONE DRUG ANALYSIS LABORATORIES › Article 2 - DEFINITIONS › Section 1170 - Primary Metabolite of Methadone

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"Primary Metabolite of Methadone" means: 2-ethylidene-1,
						  5-dimethyl-3, 3-diphenylpyrrolidine.
1. Editorial
						  correction of NOTE filed 11-6-84 (Register 84, No.
						  45).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
							 208,
							 11881
							 and
							 11885,
							 Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section
							 11885,
							 Health and Safety Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 5.5 - METHADONE DRUG ANALYSIS LABORATORIES › Article 3 - REQUIREMENTS FOR METHADONE DRUG ANALYSIS LABORATORIES › Section 1171 - Licensing Requirement

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Every methadone drug analysis laboratory performing urine
						  testing or other body fluid analysis for any methadone program operating in
						  California shall have a valid license issued by the Department in accordance with
						  these regulations.
1. Editorial
						  correction of NOTE filed 11-6-84 (Register 84, No.
						  45).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
							 208,
							 11881
							 and
							 11885,
							 Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections
							 11886
							 and
							 11887,
							 Health and Safety Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 5.5 - METHADONE DRUG ANALYSIS LABORATORIES › Article 3 - REQUIREMENTS FOR METHADONE DRUG ANALYSIS LABORATORIES › Section 1172 - Qualifications for Licensing

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A methadone drug analysis laboratory meets the
						  qualifications for licensing if it:
(a)
						Employs at least one methadone drug analysis supervisor.
(b) Furnishes the Department with detailed,
						written descriptions of each method it uses for drug analysis. Such description
						shall clearly describe the initial test and confirmatory test methods.
(c) Maintains an internal quality control
						program.
(d) Demonstrates satisfactory
						performance in an initial proficiency testing program conducted by the
						Department.
(e) Demonstrates
						satisfactory performance in a continuing external proficiency testing program
						conducted by or approved by the Department.
(f) Passes such on-site inspections as the
						Department may require.
(g) Demonstrates
						an ability to meet the requirements of these regulations.
1. Editorial
						  correction of NOTE filed 11-6-84 (Register 84, No.
						  45).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
							 208,
							 11881
							 and
							 11885,
							 Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections
							 11885,
							 11886
							 and
							 11890,
							 Health and Safety Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 5.5 - METHADONE DRUG ANALYSIS LABORATORIES › Article 3 - REQUIREMENTS FOR METHADONE DRUG ANALYSIS LABORATORIES › Section 1173 - Qualifications of Methadone Drug Analysis Supervisor

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A methadone drug analysis supervisor shall have the
						  following qualifications:
(a) Possesses a
						baccalaureate or higher degree, or an equivalent in chemistry, biochemistry, or
						other appropriate discipline as determined by the Department.
(b) Has two years practical experience in
						performing drug analysis on biological fluids or tissues, such experience to include
						experience in interpretation of chromatographic, spectrophotometric and
						immunochemical testing results.
1. Editorial
						  correction of NOTE filed 11-6-84 (Register 84, No.
						  45).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
							 208,
							 11881
							 and
							 11885,
							 Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section
							 11885,
							 Health and Safety Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 5.5 - METHADONE DRUG ANALYSIS LABORATORIES › Article 3 - REQUIREMENTS FOR METHADONE DRUG ANALYSIS LABORATORIES › Section 1174 - Use or Access of Patients

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A methadone drug analysis laboratory shall not employ or
						  utilize the services of a patient of any methadone program in, nor permit any such
						  patient access to, any of its activities involving urinalysis or other body fluids
						  testing for any methadone program.
1. Editorial
						  correction of NOTE filed 11-6-84 (Register 84, No.
						  45).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
							 208,
							 11881
							 and
							 11885,
							 Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section
							 11885,
							 Health and Safety Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 2 - Laboratories › Subchapter 1 - Service Laboratories › Group 5.5 - METHADONE DRUG ANALYSIS LABORATORIES › Article 4 - LICENSING PROCEDURES › Section 1175 - Qualifying for License

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Upon receipt of a completed application and upon payment of
						  the required fee, the Department shall submit such proficiency test samples and
						  perform such examinations as are required for that laboratory to complete the
						  qualifications. Upon the laboratory's successfully completing all the
						  qualifications, the Department shall issue to the applicant laboratory a methadone
						  drug analyses laboratory license.
1. Editorial
						  correction of NOTE filed 11-6-84 (Register 84, No.
						  45).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
							 208,
							 11881
							 and
							 11885,
							 Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections
							 11885,
							 11886
							 and
							 11887,
							 Health and Safety Code.