(a) The bureau shall adopt, and may amend, rules and regulations prescribing standards for applicants for reduction facility licenses. In reviewing an application for a reduction facility license, the bureau may consider acts of the applicant, including acts of the incorporators, officers, directors, and stockholders of the applicant, that constitute grounds for the denial of a reduction facility license pursuant to Division 1.5 (commencing with Section 475).

(b) (1) The State Department of Public Health shall adopt, and may amend, rules and regulations prescribing the standards for reduction chambers to preserve the public health and safety and to ensure the destruction of pathogenic microorganisms. A reduction chamber manufacturer shall apply to the State Department of Public Health for approval of a reduction chamber for sale and use in the state.

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(2) The department, to cover the reasonable regulatory costs of the department, shall charge an application fee for evaluation of a reduction chamber, not to exceed the reasonable regulatory costs of the evaluation, including time that the department spends on processing the application.

(3) A reduction facility and its employees shall not use a reduction chamber unless it has been approved by the State Department of Public Health pursuant to this subdivision.

(c) The bureau shall grant reduction facility licenses only to applicants that will employ a reduction chamber approved by the State Department of Public Health pursuant to subdivision (b).

(d) A reduction facility shall ensure or conduct annual maintenance of all reduction chambers in use by the facility.

(e) The bureau shall not renew a reduction facility license without proof of annual maintenance of all reduction chambers in use by the facility.

(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 399, Sec. 26. (AB 351) Effective January 1, 2023.)