(a) There is hereby established in the State Treasury, the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Fund.
(b) All fees established under this chapter and Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1600) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code shall be collected by and paid to the department, and shall be deposited by the department in the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Fund, along with any other moneys received by the department for the purpose of licensing, certification, inspection, proficiency testing, or other regulation of clinical laboratories, blood banks, or clinical laboratory personnel. Notwithstanding Section 16305.7 of the Government Code, all interest earned on moneys deposited in the fund shall be maintained in the fund.
(c) Moneys deposited in the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Fund that are appropriated in the annual Budget Act, or any other appropriation, for support of, or expenditure by, the state department shall, upon appropriation, be expended by the state department to administer this chapter and Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1600) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code. All fees collected pursuant to this chapter shall, upon appropriation, be expended to administer this chapter and shall not be redirected for any other purpose. All fees collected pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1600) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code shall, upon appropriation, be expended to administer that chapter and shall not be redirected for any other purpose.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 201, Sec. 7. (SB 744) Effective October 11, 2009.)