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 specifies what duties the various clinical laboratory personnel can perform. A violation of these provisions is a crime. This bill would add geneticists and reproductive biologists to the types of clinical laboratory personnel that are licensed and regulated by the department and would define their subspecialities and duties. By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Sections 1206 and 1210 of the Business and Professions Code proposed by AB 1328 and AB 2107, respectively, to be operative only if this bill and AB 1328 or AB 2107 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.