AB 2892: Pesticide poisoning.

Existing law, until January 1, 2017, requires, among other things, any laboratory that performs cholinesterase testing on human blood for an employer to enable the employer to satisfy his or her responsibilities for medical supervision of his or her employees who regularly handle pesticides pursuant to specified regulations or to respond to alleged exposure to cholinesterase inhibitors or known exposure to the inhibitors that resulted in illness, to electronically report specified information in its possession on every person tested to the Department of Pesticide Regulation. The department is required to share the information in an electronic format with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) and the State Department of Public Health on an ongoing basis, as specified.

This bill would extend these requirements until January 1, 2021. The bill would require that an employer satisfying his or her responsibilities for medical supervision of employees who regularly handle pesticides contract with a medical supervisor registered with the OEHHA. The bill would require the OEHHA to establish a procedure for registering and deregistering medical supervisors and to establish requirements for their performance. The bill would additionally make specified changes to the information a laboratory is required to report to the Department of Pesticide Regulation.