2810                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                                      Ch. 740

programs; and generally relating to hereditary and
congenital disorders.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

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Section 13-101 through 13-104 and 13-107 through 13-110 to

be under the amended subtitle "Subtitle 1.

Hereditary and Congenital Disorders Programs"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1982 Volume and 1985 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

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Section 13-105, 13-106, and 13-111
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1982 Volume and 1985 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

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Subtitle 1. Hereditary AND CONGENITAL [Disorder]
DISORDERS Programs

13-101.

(a)  In this subtitle the following words have the meanings
indicated.

(b)  "Commission" means the State Commission on Hereditary
AND CONGENITAL Disorders.

(C) (1) "CONGENITAL DISORDER" MEANS A SIGNIFICANT
STRUCTURAL OR FUNCTIONAL ABNORMALITY OF THE BODY THAT IS PRESENT
AT BIRTH.

(2) "CONGENITAL DISORDER" DOES NOT INCLUDE A
CONDITION THAT RESULTS FROM:

(I)  AN INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; OR

(II)  A BIRTH INJURY.

[(c)] (D) "Hereditary disorder" means any disorder that
[is]:

(1) IS transmitted through the genetic material
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA); OR