(a) Timeframes for approval of training programs to train clinical laboratory personnel for licensure pursuant to Chapter 3 shall be as follows:
(1) Submission of an application for approval shall be deemed to occur on the date the application is received by the department.
(2) Written notification by the department to the applicant program shall be considered to occur on the date the documents are postmarked.
(3) The department shall notify the applicant within 60 days of submission of an application for training program approval, of one of the following:
(A) That the application is complete and acceptable for processing by the department; or
(B) That the application is incomplete and not accepted for processing. This notification shall include the specific information or documentation that the applicant shall submit within 30 days in order for the department to consider the application acceptable; or
(C) That the application has been reviewed and does not meet the requirements of this section and that approval is denied.
(4) The department shall consider an application to have been abandoned by any applicant program which fails to respond to the department's request to submit specific information or documentation within 30 days of notification pursuant to Section 1035.10(a)(3)(B).
(b) Timeframes for processing applications for renewal of approval to train clinical laboratory personnel for licensure pursuant to Chapter 3 shall be as follows:
(1) The training program shall submit a renewal application at least 120 days prior to the end of the approval period.
(2) Within 30 days of receipt of a renewal application, the department shall inform the training program in writing that the application is complete and accepted for review, or deficient and what specific information or documentation is required to complete the application.
(3) Within 30 days of submitting a completed renewal application, the department shall inform the training program in writing whether its application has been approved or denied.
(4) The department may authorize a training program to extend its approval during the time its application is being reviewed when that training program is in good standing and its application was submitted at least 120 days prior to the end of the approval period.
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Note: Authority cited: Section 1224, Business and Professions Code; and Section 100275, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 1261.5, 1263, 1264, 1286 and 1302, Business and Professions Code.
1. Change without regulatory effect renumbering former section 1035.4 to section 1035.10, including amendment of subsection (a)(4), filed 10-6-2022 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2022, No. 40).
This database is current through 4/19/24 Register 2024, No. 16.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 17, § 1035.10, 17 CA ADC § 1035.10
