(a) A primary care clinic that submits an application to the State Department of Public Health for clinic licensure pursuant to subdivision (a) of § 1204 of the Health and Safety Code may submit prior to that submission, or concurrent therewith, an application for licensure or registration of a clinical laboratory to be operated by the clinic.

(b) An application for licensure of a clinical laboratory submitted pursuant to this section shall be subject to all applicable laboratory licensing laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, any statutory or regulatory timelines and processes for review of a clinical laboratory application.

(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 179, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2009.)