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 requires the State Department of Public Health to develop and provide to all licensed clinical laboratories a form in triplicate to be used by employees, agents, and couriers of licensed clinical laboratories to give notice when a specimen storage container has been improperly secured. Existing law requires the notice to be provided to the licensee by attaching the appropriate copy of the form to the unlocked storage container and mailed to the Department of Consumer Affairs. This bill would also require the notice of improper storage to be emailed to the Department of Consumer Affairs. The bill would require the Department of Consumer Affairs to make a copy of the form available on its internet website.