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Ch. 454
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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CHAPTER 454
(House Bill 597)
AN ACT concerning
Health - Cancer Reports
FOR the purpose of providing requirements for reports of
cancer diagnoses to the Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene.
BY adding to
Article 43 - Health
Section 133A to be under the new subtitle "Cancer
Reporting"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Replacement Volume and 1976 Supplement)
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 133A to be under the new
subtitle "Cancer Reporting" be and it is hereby added to
Article 43 - Health, of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Replacement Volume and 1976 Supplement) to read as
follows:
Article 43 - Health
CANCER REPORTING
133A.
(A) IN THIS SUBTITLE, THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE
MEANINGS INDICATED.
(1) "DEPARTMENT" MEANS THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE.
(2) "SECRETARY" MEANS THE SECRETARY OF
HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE.
(3) "LABORATORY" MEANS ANY PUBLIC, PRIVATE,
HOSPITAL, OR INSTITUTIONAL LABORATORY.
(B) (1) THE INDIVIDUAL IN CHARGE OF A LABORATORY
SHALL REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT EVERY POSITIVE
TISSUE-BASED DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER DERIVED FROM A HUMAN
BODY. ANY PHYSICIAN SUBMITTING TISSUE__TO A LABORATORY
FOR DIAGNOSIS SHALL PROVIDE ALL INFORMATION NECESSARY TO
ALLOW THE INDIVIDUAL IN CHARGE OF THE LABORATORY TO
COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
(2) EACH REPORT SHALL BE ON A FORM PROVIDED
BY THE DEPARTMENT AND SHALL INCLUDE: (1) THE NAME AND
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