NEW LAW REQUIRES LOCKING LAB BOXES.Byline: Robert Robert, Henry Martyn 1837-1923. American army engineer and parliamentary authority. He designed the defenses for Washington, D.C., during the Civil War and later wrote Robert's Rules of Order (1876). Noun 1. Monroe Staff Writer Gov. Gray Davis signed into law legislation to keep medical specimens awaiting transport to labs locked, its author, Sen. Adam Schiff
Adam B. Schiff (born June 20 1960) is an American politician. He first served in the California State Senate. , said Thursday. Schiff wrote Senate Bill 765 after a February incident in Burbank in which four boys ages 7 to 13 found and played with blood, urine urine, clear, amber-colored fluid formed by the kidneys that carries metabolic wastes out of the body (see urinary system). As the blood circulates it collects excretory products from the tissues and these substances are separated from the blood by the kidneys and and tissue samples left in unlocked containers outside a medical clinic. The boys were unharmed by the exposure to the samples. ``I think we were very fortunate in Burbank when those children got into those boxes of samples that they weren't exposed, but we can't always be so lucky,'' Schiff said. The legislation requires health care professionals to lock and identify human biological specimens when placed in a public location. Medical couriers must notify the Department of Consumer Affairs if the specimens are not properly secured. Burbank sponsored the bill, which was supported by the California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). Medical Association, the state's trade organization for physicians. In response to opposition to the bill from medical clinics, Schiff said he left the punishment they could face up to the boards that certify cer·ti·fy v. cer·ti·fied, cer·ti·fy·ing, cer·ti·fies v.tr. 1. a. To confirm formally as true, accurate, or genuine. b. various medical professions. Fines up to $1,000 are among the disciplines possible under the bill. The governor also signed a bill that Schiff carried at the request of the Glendale Police Department. That bill requires convicted sex offenders sex offender n. generic term for all persons convicted of crimes involving sex, including rape, molestation, sexual harassment and pornography production or distribution. to disclose their place of employment to local law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). . They will be required to update the information annually or when changing employment. The current law requires a registered sex offenders to provide their home addresses to the Department of Justice but not their place of employment. ``It is prudent to collect this information to assist law enforcement investigators and to deter repeat offenders from taking employment at those locations where persons are likely to be victimized,'' said Glendale Police Chief Russell Siverling. |
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