§ 100700 Forensic Alcohol Testing Standards

(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), laboratories engaged in the performance of forensic alcohol analysis tests by or for law enforcement agencies on blood, urine, tissue, or breath for the purposes of determining the concentration of ethyl alcohol in persons involved in traffic accidents or in traffic violations shall comply with Group 8 (commencing with Section 1215) of Subchapter 1 of Chapter 2 of Division 1 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations, as they exist on December 31, 2004, until the date when those regulations are revised pursuant to Section 100703. (2) (A) Laboratories that are accredited in forensic alcohol analysis by the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board shall not be required to establish the concentration of each lot of secondary alcohol standards it uses, whether prepared or acquired, by an oxidimetric method that employs a primary standard. (B) Laboratories that are accredited in forensic alcohol analysis by the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board are not limited to reporting analytical results to the second decimal place. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the department shall not require laboratories to be licensed. (Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 570, Sec. 1. (AB 2425) Effective January 1, 2015.)