Health & Saf. Code, § 1600.1 · Article 1. Definitions
Health & Saf. Code, § 1600.1
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
“Biologics” includes the following products which are offered for sale or distribution for the prevention or treatment of disease, except biologics which are registered pursuant to Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 9201), Part 1, Division 5 of the Food and Agricultural Code:
(a) Human whole blood.
(b) Human whole blood derivatives specified by regulations.
(c) Serum, vaccine, live vaccine, killed vaccine, tissue vaccine, autogenous vaccine, live virus, killed virus, live bacterial culture, killed bacterial culture, bacterin, hormone, tissue extract, gland extract, gland preparation, insulin, and similar products made from human or animal tissues or micro-organisms.
The amendments to this section enacted at the 1973–74 Regular Session of the Legislature shall become operative on July 1, 1975.
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History
Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 776.
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