2025 California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS
CHAPTER 11 - Veterinary Medicine
ARTICLE 7 - Community Blood Banks for Animals
Section 4920.3.

Universal Citation:
CA Bus & Prof Code § 4920.3 (2025)
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4920.3. (a) A veterinarian or a community blood bank operating under this article shall not provide payment to a person who provides an animal for the purpose of donating that animal’s blood and blood component products for use in their practice or for retail sale and distribution.

(b) For purposes of this section, “payment” means the transfer to any person of money or other valuable consideration that can be converted to money by the recipient. For purposes of this section, “payment” does not include fees for veterinary tests, medications, vaccinations, screenings, or other services that benefit the health of the animal from which the blood or blood component products were taken.

(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 752, Sec. 4. (AB 1282) Effective January 1, 2022.)

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