ARTICLE 4. Licensing
Article 4 added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1727.
§§ 1260–1275 · 29 sections
- § 1260 The department shall issue a clinical laboratory bioanalyst’s license to each person who is a lawful holder of a degree of master of arts, master of science,…
- § 1260.1 The department shall issue a histocompatibility laboratory director’s license to each person who meets the qualifications specified in Section 1209.1.
- § 1260.3 (a) The department shall issue a medical laboratory technician license to each person who meets the following requirements: (1) Has met the requirements of…
- § 1261 (a) (1) The department shall issue a clinical laboratory scientist’s or a limited clinical laboratory scientist’s license to each person who is a lawful holder…
- § 1261.5 (a) The department may issue limited clinical laboratory scientist’s licenses in chemistry, microbiology, toxicology, histocompatibility, immunohematology,…
- § 1261.6 The department may issue a limited clinical laboratory scientist’s license in cytogenetics to any person with a minimum of seven years of work experience in…
- § 1262 No clinical laboratory scientist’s or limited clinical laboratory scientist’s license shall be issued by the department except after examination; provided,…
- § 1262.5 Notwithstanding Section 135, an applicant for a clinical laboratory or limited technologist license who fails to pass the written examination two times shall…
- § 1263 The department shall license as trainees those individuals desiring to train for either a clinical laboratory scientist’s license or a limited clinical…
- § 1264 (a) (1) The department shall issue a clinical chemist, clinical microbiologist, clinical toxicologist, clinical genetic molecular biologist, clinical…
- § 1265 (a) (1) A clinical laboratory performing clinical laboratory tests or examinations classified as of moderate or of high complexity under CLIA shall obtain a…
- § 1265.1 (a) A primary care clinic that submits an application to the State Department of Public Health for clinic licensure pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1204…
- § 1265.2 (a) For purposes of this section, “digital materials” means digital laboratory data, digital results, and digital images that do not require a microscope or…
- § 1265.3 (a) On or before June 30, 2025, the department shall consult with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for the purpose described in…
- § 1266 The clinical laboratory license and the license or current renewal permit of each person performing tests shall be conspicuously posted in the clinical…
- § 1267 Any denial, suspension, or revocation of a license under this chapter shall be conducted in compliance with Section 100171 of the Health and Safety Code.
- § 1268 Upon filing application therefor, containing such information as the department may require, and the payment of the license fee, the department shall issue to…
- § 1269 (a) Unlicensed laboratory personnel may perform any of the activities identified in subdivision (b), in a licensed clinical laboratory, under the direct and…
- § 1269.3 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 1206.5 and 1269, within the specialty of pathology, a person certified as a pathologists’ assistant by the American Association of…
- § 1269.5 The department may deny, suspend, or revoke any license, registration, or certificate issued under this chapter for performance by unlicensed laboratory…
- § 1270 (a) On and after January 1, 1991, no person may perform examinations of cytological slides without first obtaining a license as a cytotechnologist from the…
- § 1270.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 1301, an application for the renewal of, and payment of the renewal fees for, a cytotechnologist license shall be governed by this…
- § 1271 (a) A cytotechnologist shall not examine more than 80 gynecologic slides in a 24-hour period when performing a manual review of slides. (b) The maximum…
- § 1271.1 (a) Clinical laboratories which are licensed pursuant to this chapter and provide cytology services shall, if the licensee ceases operation, preserve records,…
- § 1272 A clinical laboratory shall participate in a state-approved proficiency testing program and demonstrate satisfactory performance in all of the laboratory…
- § 1272.4 The department shall establish standards for the evaluation of cytologic slides, for reporting the adequacy of cytologic slides, for a cytotechnologist…
- § 1272.6 The department shall, on or before January 1, 1992, develop or adopt a proficiency testing program for laboratories providing cytology services which may be…
- § 1274 (a) A laboratory shall document to persons submitting cytologic samples for evaluation, on a quarterly basis, informational letters on all cases of HSIL…
- § 1275 The department shall develop and implement regulations for continuing education for persons licensed pursuant to this chapter on or before January 1, 1992,…