{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-116390","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 116390","heading":"","body":"(a) No laboratory, other than a laboratory operated by the department, shall perform tests required pursuant to this chapter for any public water system without first obtaining a certificate issued by the department pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 100825) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 101.\n(b) No person or public entity of the state shall contract with a laboratory for environmental analyses for which the state department requires certification pursuant to this section, unless the laboratory holds a valid certificate.","path":["Health and Safety Code - HSC","DIVISION 104. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH [106500. - 119406.]","PART 12. DRINKING WATER [116270. - 117130.]","CHAPTER 4. California Safe Drinking Water Act [116270. - 116755.]","ARTICLE 3. Operations [116350. - 116407.]"],"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":"880d73841c3a3f20a818ad348fdf734159659be26c3bbdf898ef064dabcc24b9","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-116385","next":"us-ca/hsc-116395"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}