Clinical laboratories.

Existing law provides for the licensure, registration, and regulation of clinical laboratories and various clinical laboratory personnel by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law prescribes various fees applicable to clinical laboratories and laboratory personnel, and requires the deposit of those fees in the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Fund. Existing law authorizes the department to collect application fees, annual renewal fees, and fees associated with enforcements, and to establish the fees for licensing examinations and for medical laboratory technician licenses. This bill would authorize the department to charge appropriate license fees whenever it determines that a new category of licensure is necessary. This bill would also make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these provisions.