# California requires unlicensed laboratory staff who draw blood to hold a state phlebotomy certificate and to be checked for competence by a licensed supervisor every year

Page: https://flyvolo.ai/en/changes/ev-20250917-phlebotomist-6
Date: 2025-09-17 · Stage: Constraint
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## Scope

California, United States. The statute says any unlicensed person employed by a clinical laboratory to perform the duties it describes shall hold a valid certificate as a certified phlebotomy technician, working under a licensed physician, registered nurse or other licensee, whose supervisor must determine that the technician is competent to perform venipuncture or skin puncture before the first blood withdrawal and annually after, and that the technician collects blood with devices approved by the facility and the FDA. Read as amended effective 17 September 2025. It says which people may draw blood; it is silent on whether a supervised robotic device is lawful.

## Source

- California Legislative Information — Business and Professions Code section 1246 (as amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 105, effective September 17, 2025) — https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&sectionNum=1246 (primary source)

## What this means

In California, drawing blood stays the work of a certified, supervised person, checked every year.

## What it does not show yet

One state's certification rule; it does not say whether supervised robotic draws are allowed.

## How to verify it yourself

Open California Business and Professions Code section 1246 and find "certification as a certified phlebotomy technician".


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