California Business and Professions Code

§ 1269.3

BPC § 1269.3 Effective Jan 1, 2007Div. 2 · Ch. 3 · Art. 4

Statute text

(a)Notwithstanding Sections 1206.5 and 1269, within the specialty of pathology, a person certified as a pathologists’ assistant by the American Association of Pathologists’ Assistants, the Board of Registry of the American Society for Clinical Pathology, or another national accrediting agency approved by the department, who demonstrates competency to perform all job duties and responsibilities before an assignment to those duties and responsibilities, at the completion of six months of performing those duties and responsibilities, and annually thereafter, may perform the following activities under the supervision and control of a pathologist:

(1)Prepare human surgical specimens for gross description and dissection, including, but not limited to, description of gross features and selection of tissues for histological examination.

(2)Prepare and perform human postmortem examinations, including, but not limited to, selection of tissues and fluids for further examination.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 319, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2007.