CHAPTER 4.1. Tissue Banks [1635. - 1643.2.]

Chapter 4.1 added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 801, Sec. 2.

§§ 1635–1643.2 · 19 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Definitions, Licensure, and Exceptions §§ 1635–1635.2 · 3 sections

   • § 1635 (a) “Department” means the State Department of Public Health. (b) “Donor” means an individual, living or deceased, from whom tissue is removed. (c) “Gamete…
   • § 1635.1 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), every tissue bank operating in California on or after July 1, 1992, shall have a current and valid tissue bank…
   • § 1635.2 The Legislature hereby declares its intent that the collection, processing, storage, or distribution of tissue for the purpose of transplantation, as regulated…
2. ARTICLE 2. Regulation of Tissue Banks §§ 1639–1641.1 · 13 sections

   • § 1639 (a) The department may adopt rules and regulations governing the administration and enforcement of this chapter. (b) Regulations adopted by the department may…
   • § 1639.01 (a) Notwithstanding Section 1639, the state department shall adopt, on or before July 1, 2004, rules and regulations governing licensed tissue banks engaged in…
   • § 1639.1 Any person desiring a license issued pursuant to Section 1639.3 shall file with the state department a verified application on forms prescribed by the state…
   • § 1639.2 (a) Each license issued pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1639.3 before July 1, 1992, shall expire July 1, 1993. Every other license issued pursuant to…
   • § 1639.3 (a) Upon the filing of the verified application for licensure required by Section 1639.1, payment of the application fee in the amount required in Section…
   • § 1639.35 Any person, when submitting an application for a license, including the renewal thereof, pursuant to this chapter, shall also submit, with the application, a…
   • § 1639.4 Immediately upon the denial of any application for a license, the state department shall notify the applicant in writing. Within 20 days after the state…
   • § 1639.5 (a) The application and annual renewal fee for a tissue bank license shall be nine hundred fifty dollars ($950). Upon application for renewal of a license…
   • § 1639.55 (a) There is hereby established in the State Treasury the Tissue Bank License Fund. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if, at the end of any fiscal…
   • § 1639.56 The department shall submit a report to the Legislature no later than January 1, 2003, including, but not limited to, examining and evaluating all of the…
   • § 1639.6 (a) In order to carry out the purpose of this chapter, any duly authorized representative of the department may do any of the following: (1) Enter or inspect…
   • § 1641 Any person who violates this chapter or who willfully and repeatedly violates any rule or regulation adopted under this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor and…
   • § 1641.1 The state department may bring an action to enjoin the violation or threatened violation of Section 1635.1 in the superior court in and for the county in which…
3. ARTICLE 3. Suspension or Revocation of License §§ 1643–1643.2 · 3 sections

   • § 1643 The state department may suspend or revoke any license issued under this chapter for any of the following reasons: (a) Violation by the licensee of this…
   • § 1643.1 Proceedings for the suspension or revocation of licenses under this chapter shall be conducted in accordance with Section 100171.
   • § 1643.2 The state department may temporarily suspend any license issued under this chapter prior to any hearing, when it has determined that the action is necessary to…