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W M CHAPMAN

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PubMed1964

COMMERCIALLY ORIENTED CLINICAL LABORATORIES.

Out-of-state flat-rate mail order contract laboratories operating from states which have little or no legal control over them can do business in California without obedience to regulations that govern laboratories located within the state. The flat-rate contract principle under which some out-of-state laboratories operate is illegal in California. The use of such laboratories increases physician liability. Legislation for the control of these laboratories is difficult to construct, and laws which might result would be awkward to administer. The best remedy is for California physicians not to use an out-of-state laboratory offering contracts or conditions that it could not legally offer if it were located in California.

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PubMed1960

Human tissue preservation: development of regulations and removal of some legal barriers.

Human tissue must be obtained promptly postmortem if it is to be successfully preserved. Legal assistance toward this goal has been established by the California Legislature. To implement this legislation the State Board of Public Health has established regulations relating to human tissue preservation. These are the first such regulations in the nation. Tissue preservation is not yet fully developed. Much research is in progress to overcome many problems. The future may hold interesting developments. Present laws and regulations will implement them.

California↗
PubMed1955

Laboratory technicians; the Clinical Laboratory Law and its meaning to private physicians.

The present laws and regulations relating to clinical laboratories in California are the outcome of over a quarter century of cooperative development. The medical profession, public health department, laboratory workers, and the legislature have worked together in this development.At first the system of certifying technicians and laboratories was on a voluntary basis. The clinical laboratory law in effect legalized and made generally applicable a system which had already been accepted voluntarily. The application of the clinical laboratory law provides physicians a reasonable assurance that competence and reliability will prevail in clinical laboratory operation. Of great importance is the conduct of proper training programs by approved laboratories. Since modern medical practice is so dependent on accurate clinical laboratory work it is essential that special effort be directed by physicians toward influencing young people to enter the profession of medical technology.

Biomedical Technology↗
PubMed1953

The 1952 outbreak of encephalitis in California; long term neurologic and psychiatric studies of sequelae.

For fuller understanding of the nature of infectious encephalitis, continuing study must be made of patients with regard to possible neurological sequelae or aberrations in behavior. The large outbreak of encephalitis in California in 1952 having offered opportunity for follow-up observation of a large series of patients, many of them children who had convulsions during the acute phase of the disease, pilot studies already have been started and funds are being sought for extending the scope of the investigation over a period of years. In early observations of patients included in the pilot study, changes in emotional and behavior patterns were noted in some instances. Thus far, with the exception of two infants who had recurrence of convulsions, patients who recovered apparently free of residual effects have remained so. Further neurological and psychiatric investigation should be carried out.

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