Ch. 13 LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Health - General

17-502.

[Notwithstanding Section 17-503] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED UNDER § 17-503
of this subtitle, any person, including any medical laboratory issued a permit under
Subtitle 2 of this title, shall obtain a permit from the Department before:

(1) Offering to provide a test to detect the amount of cholesterol in an
individual's blood; and

(2) Conducting the cholesterol test outside a permanently located medical
laboratory issued a permit or excepted from a permit under Subtitle 2 of this title.

17-503.

(a) Any local or county health department may submit to the Secretary its
cholesterol testing plan for review.

(b) (1) The Secretary shall review all submissions under this section as soon as
reasonably possible after the submission in order to determine whether it meets the
standards necessary for adequate off-site cholesterol testing in accordance with this
subtitle.

(2) If a plan submitted under this section meets the standards of this
subtitle, the Secretary may waive the permit requirements of the subtitle and permit the
submitting local or county health department to conduct cholesterol testing under this
subtitle for a period of 12 months, provided that:

(i) The submission adequately describes the cholesterol testing plan
for the effective 12 months;

(ii) The local or county health department provides all information
that the Secretary may reasonably require to determine compliance with this section;

(iii) The local or county health department agrees to make records
available and submit reports to the Secretary as the Secretary may require;

(iv) Changes and amendments to the plan are submitted 60 days prior
to proposed implementation; and

(v) All changes and amendments to the plan are approved by the
Secretary.

(3) If a plan submitted under this section does not meet the standards of
this subtitle, or if the information supplied in the submission is considered by the
Secretary to be insufficient for a determination, the submitting local or county health
department shall apply for a permit in accordance with this subtitle.

(c) The Secretary may cancel a waiver granted under this section at any time if

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