{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-12314","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 12314","heading":"","body":"The department, by regulation, may establish criteria and procedures for certification of laboratories to perform measurement services that are determined by the secretary to be beyond the existing equipment capabilities of the department, or when warranted by financial or workload considerations.\nThe department shall recover actual costs for the certification of any laboratory from that laboratory.\nThe secretary may revoke or suspend any certification issued pursuant to this section for good cause. The secretary shall establish by regulation criteria to be used when revoking or suspending any certification on the basis of good cause. Any proceeding to revoke or suspend any certification shall be conducted pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and the secretary shall have all the powers granted therein.\nMeasurements performed and standards certified by laboratories certified under the provisions of this section shall qualify as prima facie evidence.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 5. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES [12001. - 13800.]","CHAPTER 3. Standards of Weights and Measures [12300. - 12314.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"380dd2b864e307e0d72b5f524ec71533a9ce611e255bf552500f9f3028cf5535","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-12313","next":"us-ca/bpc-12500"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}