Ch. 34 LAWS OF MARYLAND
11-302.

(a) Any weight and measure conforming with the standards of the United States
for primary standards or otherwise obtained by the State for use as primary standards
shall be the State primary standards of the weights and measures if approved by the
[National Bureau of Standards] NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND
TECHNOLOGY.

(c) The traceability of the State primary standards to the United States
prototype standards kept by the [National Bureau of Standards] NATIONAL
INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY shall be verified at least once

every ten years.

11-408.

(a) When testing milk or other fluid dairy products, a person required to have a
license under this subtitle may not use any testing equipment which does not conform to
the specifications, tolerances, and other technical requirements of the [National
Bureau of Standards] NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND
TECHNOLOGY Handbook 44, as amended, or the official publication of the
Association of Official Analytical Chemists as amended, and which is not inspected,
tested, and approved by the Secretary. The Secretary may charge a reasonable fee for
each item of equipment inspected.

(b) When a producer's weighing or measuring device is used to determine the
quantity affecting payment for milk or other fluid dairy products, the device and its use
shall conform to the specifications, tolerances, and other technical requirements of the
[National Bureau of Standards] NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND
TECHNOLOGY Handbook 44, as amended. These requirements shall remain in effect
unless the Secretary modifies or rescinds the requirements, by rule or regulation.

Article - Health - General

18-704.

The Center shall:

(1) Study the long and short term health effects of exposure to fire;

(2) Gather and analyze information concerning the morbidity and
mortality of fire-related injury or death;

(3) Establish and maintain a registry of individuals who suffer fire-related
injury or death;

(4) Establish a computerized data base concerning injuries and health
effects of fire;

(5) Be a common repository for information routinely collected concerning
fires;

(6) Communicate with national data bases of scientific literature in

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