§ 51137.1. Clinical Laboratory or Laboratory.

“Clinical Laboratory” or “Laboratory” means any place used, organized, or operated, for the examination, detection, identification, measurement, or enumeration of any particular entity or substance, which consists of materials derived from the human body for the purpose of providing information for diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of any disease or impairment of, or the assessment of the health of, human beings, or used as an aid in the prevention, prognosis, monitoring, or treatment of a physiological or pathological condition in a human being.

HISTORY

1. New section filed 9-27-72; designated effective 11-1-72 (Register 72, No. 40).

2. Amendment filed 8-6-76; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 76, No. 32).

3. Change without regulatory effect adding NOTE (Register 86, No. 49).

4. Amendment of section heading, text and Note filed 1-20-94 as an emergency; operative 1-20-94 (Register 94, No. 3). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 5-20-94 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

5. Certificate of Compliance as to 1-20-94 order transmitted to OAL 5-19-94 and filed 7-1-94 (Register 94, No. 26).

Note

Note: Authority cited: Sections 10725, 14105 and 14124.5, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Section 14132, Welfare and Institutions Code; Section 1206, Business and Professions Code; and Title 42 United States Code, Section 263a.