{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-1281","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 1281","heading":"","body":"It is unlawful for any person to own, operate, maintain, direct, or engage in the business of operating a clinical laboratory, as defined in this chapter, unless he or she possesses a valid clinical laboratory license issued by the department. In the event a health facility does not perform clinical laboratory services, but provides laboratory services to its patients under an agreement with another person or entity that holds and is operating under a valid clinical laboratory license, the health facility shall not be required to obtain a clinical laboratory license.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS [500. - 4999.202.]","CHAPTER 3. Clinical Laboratory Technology [1200. - 1327.]","ARTICLE 5. Offenses Against the Chapter [1280. - 1291.]"],"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":"9bd09c92f26b9ad0de091a30acbab77e759ca37c602028b41db29d4d04d4713f","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-1280","next":"us-ca/bpc-1281.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}