discussed at our March 28 meeting.
 
One such example is the introduction of AB 2107, a CSP sponsored bill that seeks to bring California into conformity with federal law by allowing Pathologists to review digital clinical laboratory materials at a remote location under a primary location’s Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) certificate. This issue was brought to CSP leadership late last year and Dr. Anne Deucher of UCSF and her new Advocacy and Practice Management Committee worked diligently with CSP lobbyist Ryan Spencer to develop appropriate language, find a bill author, gather support, and introduce the bill in February. AB 2107 received its first hearing on April 2 and passed out of the Assembly Business and Professions Committee by a 16-0 vote! See more details in Dr. Deucher’s comments below.
 
CSP’s Education Committee, chaired by Dr. Manju Aron of USC-Keck, met on April 1 to finalize plans for CSP’s Annual Meeting December 3-7 in San Francisco. Dr. Aron and her colleagues are planning informative, engaging sessions for attendees, including at least one plenary session of keen interest to all attendees and new opportunities for resident engagement, including an interactive poster session. Also new this year will be the first CSP Awards and Recognition Dinner, allowing CSP members the opportunity to recognize outstanding achievements in the field of pathology, past and present...