Health and Safety Code section 1616.5

(a)

The fee required pursuant to Section 1616 for the calendar year commencing January 1, 1992, and for each fiscal year thereafter unless adjusted pursuant to subdivision (b), shall not exceed the following:
One thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) for a blood bank and no more than one blood collection center operated at the same location as the blood bank. In addition and irrespective of the location of the blood collection center, a fee of five hundred dollars ($500) for each additional blood collection center operated by the blood bank up to a maximum of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) for three or more blood collection centers.

(b)

The maximum application and renewal fees for blood bank licenses pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be adjusted annually in the manner specified in Section 100450. The adjustments shall be rounded off to the nearest whole dollar.

(c)

This chapter shall not be interpreted to exempt the state, a district, city, county, or city and county, from payment of fees or from meeting the requirements established pursuant to this chapter or regulations adopted thereunder.

Source: Section 1616.5, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=1616.­5.­ (accessed May 9, 2025).

Last Updated

Apr. 24, 2025

§ 1616.5’s source at ca​.gov