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7.    "Test" means an official procedure, approved by the Asso-
ciation of Official Agricultural Chemists or American Public Health
Association as published in the latest edition of their official pub-
lication and adopted by the State Board of Agriculture or its author-
ized agent, which is used to determine the amount of any milk con-
stituent in any sample of milk or other fluid dairy products. The
results of the analysis shall also be referred to as a test.

8.    "Cooperative" shall mean a corporation or association as de-
fined and construed in Section 349, Article 23, Cooperative Associa-
tions, of the Annotated Code of Maryland. A Cooperative shall be
deemed a producer within the provisions of this subtitle and shall
be entitled to its benefits.

86.

Every person who is engaged in any business in the conduct of
which he buys or receives milk or other fluid dairy products from
the producer or from a cooperative association representing such
producer and every cooperative engaged in making collective sales
of or marketing milk or its products for its members shall hold a
permit for each receiving station [.] and shall be responsible for all
the records pertaining to the weights, measures and tests which are
used as a basis for payment of milk or other fluid dairy products. The
permits are to be issued by the Maryland State Board of Agricul-
ture or its authorized agent upon receipt and approval of an appli-
cation. Any person who, on June 1, 1965, holds a valid permit under
the previous law shall not be required to obtain another permit for
the same station under the provisions of this section unless the
earlier permit has expired or has been revoked.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1970.

Approved May 21, 1970.

CHAPTER 736

(Senate Bill 257)

AN ACT to repeal Sections 119 through 149D, inclusive, of Article 43
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition, 1965 Replace-
ment Volume and 1969 Supplement), title "Health," subtitle
"Practitioners of Medicine," and to enact new Sections 119
through 136A, inclusive, in lieu thereof, to stand in the place of
the sections repealed, and to renumber Sections 149E through
149G of the same article, and title, subtitle , SUBHEADING
"Abortion" as Sections 137 through 139; and to renumber Sections
149H through 149S of the same article and title, subtitle "Anatom-
ical Gift Act," as Sections 140 through 151 of this article, generally
revising the law concerning medical practices in the State, and
providing for the recodification of the subtitles SUBHEADING
"Abortion" and THE SUBTITLE "Uniform Anatomical Gift Act."