California Business and Professions Code 1245 – (a) Any individual may perform a blood gas analysis if all the …
(a) Any individual may perform a blood gas analysis if all the following conditions exist:
(1) He or she has earned a high school diploma or equivalent, as determined by HCFA pursuant to CLIA.
Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 1245
- department: means the State Department of Public Health. See California Business and Professions Code 1202
- person: includes firm, association, partnership, individual, limited liability company, and corporation. See California Business and Professions Code 1201
- school: means any place, establishment, or institution organized and operated to offer training for one or more of the personnel classifications included in this chapter or the regulations pertaining thereto. See California Business and Professions Code 1213
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Business and Professions Code 21
- Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs, unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Business and Professions Code 15
(2) He or she performs the blood gas analysis in a clinic or a general acute care hospital, as defined respectively in Sections 1202 and 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.
(3) He or she has been instructed by a physician and surgeon licensed in this state, who is in charge of a department of pulmonary physiology or clinical pathology in licensed clinics or hospitals, as defined respectively in Sections 1202 and 1250 of the Health and Safety Code, in the proper procedure to be employed when performing a blood gas analysis.
(4) He or she performs the blood gas analysis under the direction and supervision of the physician and surgeon.
(5) He or she submits the analysis for interpretation to the physician and surgeon under whose direction and supervision he or she performed the analysis.
(b) After September 1, 1997, any person may perform a blood gas analysis classified as of high complexity under CLIA, if, in addition to the requirements of subdivision (a), he or she has earned an associate degree related to pulmonary function from an accredited institution as determined by HCFA pursuant to CLIA.
(c) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as authorizing any individual, not otherwise authorized, to withdraw blood.
(d) Nothing contained in this section is applicable to a person licensed as a respiratory care practitioner under Chapter 8.3 (commencing with Section 3700). Those persons are authorized to perform those functions set forth in that chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 510, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 1996.)