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 prohibits the performance of a clinical laboratory test or examination classified as waived under the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) unless the test or examination is performed under the overall operation and administration of a laboratory director. Existing law defines "laboratory director," for purposes of a clinical laboratory test or examination classified as waived, as an individual who, among others, is a duly licensed naturopathic doctor. Existing law defines "laboratory scientist" and authorizes a person licensed as a clinical laboratory scientist and qualified under CLIA to perform the duties and responsibilities of a technical consultant, clinical consultant, technical supervisor, and general supervisor, as specified under CLIA, in certain specialties.
California AB 1215 (20132014) — 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 prohibits the performance of a clinical laboratory test or examination classified as waived under the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) unless the test or examination is performed under the overall operation and administration of a laboratory director. Existing law defines "laboratory director," for purposes of a clinical laboratory test or examination classified as waived, as an individual who, among others, is a duly licensed naturopathic doctor. Existing law defines "laboratory scientist" and authorizes a person licensed as a clinical laboratory scientist and qualified under CLIA to perform the duties and responsibilities of a technical consultant, clinical consultant, technical supervisor, and general supervisor, as specified under CLIA, in certain specialties.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Consent Calendar 2nd — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 19–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1215 HAGMAN Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Health. — 10–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Hagman — primary (person)
Holden — author (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2013-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
2013-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
2013-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
2013-03-07 Referred to Coms. on B.,P. & C.P. and HEALTH. referral-committee
2013-04-09 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2013-04-10 Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. referral-committee
2013-04-16 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-04-17 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2013-04-22 From consent calendar.
2013-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. pursuant to Assembly Rule 97. referral-committee
2013-05-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-05-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1264.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-05-06 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2013-05-15 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and HEALTH. referral-committee
2013-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2013-07-08 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-07-09 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2013-08-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1844.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-08-15 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2013-08-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2013-08-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2013-08-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 199, Statutes of 2013.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/99fc0bd5-ae88-4c0a-87b3-d30e38a9f4b6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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