Ch. 465                                    1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Secretary as meeting certain State standards; requiring medical laboratories to
submit certain reports to the Secretary; authorizing the Secretary to inspect certain
medical laboratories under certain circumstances; allowing the Secretary to set a fee
for the cytology proficiency testing program; defining a license and requiring the
Secretary to issue a letter of exception under certain circumstances; requiring
persons to hold a license issued by the Secretary of DHMH before the person may
offer or perform certain medical laboratory tests or examinations or represent or
service medical laboratories in the State; defining the scope of an exception;
requiring proficiency testing for a laboratory with a license; requiring the Secretary
to adopt certain standards for proficiency testing; prohibiting operation of a medical
laboratory without a license; prohibiting any holder of a license from performing a
complexity of testing not authorized by the license; requiring a certain study;
providing for the effective date of this Act; and generally relating to the regulation
of medical laboratories.

BY repealing

Article - Health - General

Section 17-209

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1994 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health - General

Section 17-201, 17-202, 17-203, 17-203, 17-204, 17-205, 17-206, 17-207, 17-208,
17-210, 17-211, 17-212, 17-213, and 17-214

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1994 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

BY renumbering

Article - Health - General

Section 17-214.1

to be Section 17-214

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1994 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

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

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