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813.

(A)   THE SECRETARY MAY CAUSE TO BE PUBLISHED FROM TIME
TO TIME REPORTS SUMMARIZING ANY JUDGMENTS, DECREES, OR
COURT ORDERS RENDERED UNDER THIS SUBTITLE, INCLUDING
THE NATURE OF THE CHARGE AND THE DISPOSITION THEREOF.

(B)    THE SECRETARY ALSO MAY CAUSE TO BE DISSEMINATED
INFORMATION REGARDING HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES IN
SITUATIONS INVOLVING IMMINENT DANGER TO HEALTH.
NOTHING IN THIS SECTION MAY BE CONSTRUED TO PROHIBIT THE
SECRETARY FROM COLLECTING, REPORTING, AND ILLUSTRATING
THE RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE.

(C)      THE RESULTS OF ANY INVESTIGATION MADE BY THE
DEPARTMENT SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF
MATERIAL EVIDENCE IN ANY CIVIL OR CRIMINAL PROCEEDING
INSTITUTED BY ANY PERSON INJURED IN ANY MANNER BY
CONTACT WITH A HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE AGAINST THE
MANUFACTURER OR RETAILER OF THE SUBSTANCE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if any provision of
this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid for
any reason, the invalidity shall not affect the other provisions or any other
application of this Act which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or
application, and to this end all the provisions of this Act are declared to be
severable.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.

Approved May 7, 1973.

CHAPTER 232
(Senate Bill 639)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 162 of Article 56 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1972 Replacement Volume), title "Licenses,"
subtitle "Fee-Charging Employment Agencies," to modify the definition of
employment agency to include those engaged in the business of furnishing
information for a fee to persons seeking employment.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 162 of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1972 Replacement Volume), title "Licenses," subtitle "Fee-Charging
Employment Agencies," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

162.

"Employment agency" means any individual, [[p]] partnership, association,
corporation, contractor or subcontractor who, for a fee, procures or offers or
attempts to procure employees for persons seeking the service of employees, or
employment for persons, seeking employment, OR ENGAGES IN THE
BUSINESS OF FURNISHING INFORMATION TO PERSONS SEEKING