California Business and Professions Code

§ 1220

BPC § 1220 Effective Jun 24, 2015Div. 2 · Ch. 3 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)(1) Each clinical laboratory shall maintain records, equipment, and facilities that are adequate and appropriate for the services rendered.

(2)(A) Except for tests or examinations classified as waived under CLIA, each clinical laboratory shall enroll, and demonstrate successful participation, as defined under CLIA, for each specialty and subspecialty in which it performs clinical laboratory tests or examinations, in a proficiency testing program approved by the department or by HCFA, to the same extent as required by CLIA in Subpart H (commencing with Section 493.801) of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations. This requirement shall not be interpreted to prohibit a clinical laboratory from performing clinical laboratory tests or examinations in a specialty or subspecialty for which there is no department or HCFA approved proficiency testing program.

(B)Each clinical laboratory shall authorize its proficiency test results to be reported to the department in an electronic format that is compatible with the department’s proficiency testing data monitoring system and shall authorize the release of proficiency tests results to the public to the same extent required by CLIA.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 18, Sec. 2. (SB 75) Effective June 24, 2015.