Background
Health and Safety Code Section 100703 requires the California Department
of Public Health (CDPH) to establish a review committee that will evaluate
current CDPH regulations pertaining to forensic and breath alcohol analysis and
consider revisions to these regulations necessary to ensure the competence of
the forensic alcohol laboratories and employees. After its initial meeting, the
Committee will meet at least once every three years, or within 60 days of
receipt of a request by a member of the Committee (cf. HSC§100703(c)].
The Department formed the committee in 2005 and the committee conducted 29 full
meetings.
The content of the Forensic Alcohol Review Committee website,
which included the complete record of the committees' activities of the
committee since its formation in 2004, was not transferred to the Department of
Public Heath's new website. Information concerning future meetings of the
review committee can be obtaining by contacting the Food and Drug Laboratory
Branch.
Phone and Fax:
Phone: (510) 412-6220
Fax: (510) 412-6280
Mailing Address:
California Department of Public Health
Food and Drug Laboratory Branch
850 Marina Bay Parkway, G365
Richmond, CA 94804-6403