HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1980, and shall apply to all
taxable years beginning after December 31, 1979.

Approved May 6, 1980.

CHAPTER 511

(Senate Bill 223)

AN ACT concerning

Health - Laboratory Examination - Reports

FOR the purpose of requiring, that with respect to reports
of tests of gonorrhea and syphilis, the name and
address of the person from whom a specimen was obtained
will be placed on certain reports.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 43 - Health

Section 31A(d)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1979 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND; That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 43 - Health

31A.

(d) (1) With respect to reports of tests of evidence
of gonorrhea and syphilis only, each report shall be in
writing on a form provided by the Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene and shall include: (i) the date, type, and
results of the test performed, and the case number; (ii) the
age, sex, NAME, and [political subdivision] ADDRESS of
residence of the person from whom the specimen was obtained;
and (iii) the name and address of the physician for whom the
examination was performed.

(2) With respect to reports of tests of evidence
of the other diseases enumerated in subsection (b) of this
section, each report shall be in writing on a form provided
by the Department and shall include: (i) the date, type, and
results of the test performed; (ii) the name, age, sex, and
address of the person from whom the specimen was obtained;
and (iii) the name and address of the physician for whom the