Section 100700 Of Article 2. Licensing Of Laboratories From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 101. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 2.
100700
. (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), laboratories
engaged in the performance of forensic alcohol analysis tests by or
for law enforcement agencies on blood, urine, tissue, or breath for
the purposes of determining the concentration of ethyl alcohol in
persons involved in traffic accidents or in traffic violations shall
comply with Group 8 (commencing with Section 1215) of Subchapter 1 of
Chapter 2 of Division 1 of Title 17 of the California Code of
Regulations, as they exist on December 31, 2004, until the date when
those regulations are revised pursuant to Section 100703.
(2) (A) Laboratories that are accredited in forensic alcohol
analysis by the American Society of Crime Laboratory
Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board shall not be required to
establish the concentration of each lot of secondary alcohol
standards it uses, whether prepared or acquired, by an oxidimetric
method that employs a primary standard.
(B) Laboratories that are accredited in forensic alcohol analysis
by the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory
Accreditation Board are not limited to reporting analytical results
to the second decimal place.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the department shall not
require laboratories to be licensed.