§ 124996

(a) The Genetic Disease Testing Fund is continued in existence as a special fund in the State Treasury. The department may charge a fee for any activities carried out pursuant to the Hereditary Disorders Act, including licensing activities conducted pursuant to Section 124980. All moneys collected by the department under the act shall be deposited in the Genetic Disease Testing Fund, that is continuously appropriated to the department to carry out the purposes of the act.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the program carried out pursuant to the act be fully supported from fees collected under the act.

(c) The director shall adopt regulations establishing the amount of fees for activities carried out pursuant to the act.

(d) The “Hereditary Disorders Act” or “act” referred to in this section is the act described in subdivision (b) of Section 27.

(Added by renumbering Section 125005 by Stats. 2000, Ch. 941, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2001.)