2024 California Code
Food and Agricultural Code - FAC
DIVISION 5 - ANIMAL AND POULTRY QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL
PART 1 - DISEASED ANIMALS AND POULTRY
CHAPTER 1.5 - Commercial Blood Banks for Animals and Biologics
ARTICLE 3 - Licenses
Section 9221.
9221. An application for a license for any establishment that produces, or proposes to produce, animal blood and blood component products from a closed-colony blood bank shall be made on forms issued by the secretary. The application shall contain all of the following:
(a) The name and address of the person who owns the property, establishment, or institution in which it is proposed to produce animal blood and blood component products.
(b) The name and address of the person who shall oversee the production of animal blood and blood component products.
(c) The type of animal blood and blood component products that shall be produced.
(d) A full description of the building, including its address, facilities, equipment, and apparatus, to be used in the production of animal blood and blood component products.
(e) A written protocol, consistent with current standards of care and practice for the field of veterinary transfusion medicine, that addresses all of the following:
(1) Maximum length of time for donation by animal donors, or minimum health parameters for animal donors.
(2) Frequency and amount of blood collected from animal blood donors in estimated milliliters based on weight in grams.
(3) Socialization and exercise programs for animal blood donors.
(4) Method of identification of each animal, including microchip or tattoo.
(5) Ongoing veterinary care, including an annual physical exam and vaccination schedule for animals held in blood donor facilities.
(6) Husbandry standards for feeding, watering, sanitation, housing, handling, and care in transit, with minimums based on the standards set forth pursuant to the federal Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. Sec. 2131 et seq.) in Part 3 (commencing with Section 3.1) of Subchapter A of Chapter 1 of Title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(7) Implementation of a permissive adoption program.
(8) Bloodborne pathogen testing for all canine and feline blood donors in accordance with the best clinical practices in the veterinary field, which may include the most recent Consensus Statement on blood donor infectious disease screening by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine.
(f) An oversight letter identifying the oversight veterinarian who will be responsible for oversight of the facility. The letter shall be from the oversight veterinarian, and shall be maintained on file by the secretary. Oversight veterinarians shall be licensed to practice veterinary medicine in California. In the event of a change of the oversight veterinarian, it is the oversight veterinarian’s responsibility to give notice to the secretary of the termination of the oversight veterinarian within 30 days of the termination date of the oversight veterinarian. An oversight letter from the incoming oversight veterinarian shall be submitted to the secretary within 30 days of the termination date of the prior oversight veterinarian.
(g) Additional information that the secretary finds is necessary for the proper administration and enforcement of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 752, Sec. 14. (AB 1282) Effective January 1, 2022.)
