Section 60.9 Of Chapter 1. General Powers And Duties From California Labor Code >> Division 1. >> Chapter 1.
60.9
. There is within the Division of Occupational Safety and
Health an occupational health unit and an occupational safety unit,
which shall assist in the performance of occupational health
functions and occupational safety functions, respectively, assigned
to the division by law. There is also within the occupational health
unit an occupational carcinogen control unit responsible for
implementing the division's obligations pursuant to the Occupational
Carcinogens Control Act of 1976 (Part 10 (commencing with Sec.
9000)). The division, in performing its responsibilities under this
code, shall provide for laboratory services and service personnel
with respect to occupational health matters by interagency agreement
with the State Department of Health Services or another public
entity, by contract with a private sector laboratory, or by
establishment of a laboratory within the division, or by a
combination thereof. In the event that the division contracts with
the private sector for laboratory services, the division shall enter
into an interagency agreement with the State Department of Health
Services for quality control and performance evaluation of the
contract laboratory as well as analysis of nonroutine laboratory
samples.