PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 202

17-208.

(a)     The Secretary shall issue a license to any applicant who meets the standards
and requirements of this subtitle and in regulations adopted pursuant to this subtitle.

(b)     A medical laboratory license shall include the name of the:

(1)     Medical laboratory;

(2)     Laboratory director; and

(3)     Owner of the laboratory.

(c)     A medical laboratory license shall designate the:

(1)     Complexity of testing that the laboratory may offer or perform;

(2)     Classes of services that may be offered;

(3)     Tests or examinations that may be offered or performed by the
laboratory; or

(4)     Any combination of (1), (2), and (3).

(d)     A medical laboratory may not operate in any manner beyond what is
designated by its license.

(e)     A medical laboratory license issued by the Secretary under this subtitle is not
transferable.

17-502.

(A)    Except as provided under SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION AND § 17-503
of this subtitle, [any person, including any medical laboratory issued a permit under
Subtitle 2 of this title,] A PERSON shall obtain a permit from the Department before:

(1)     Offering to provide a test to detect the amount of cholesterol in an
individual's blood; and

(2)     Conducting the cholesterol test outside a permanently located medical
laboratory issued a permit or excepted from a permit under Subtitle 2 of this title.

(B)     A CHOLESTEROL TESTING PERMIT IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER THIS
SUBTITLE FOR A MEDICAL LABORATORY THAT:

(1)     IS LICENSED UNDER SUBTITLE 2 OF THIS TITLE; AND

(2)     AS SET FORTH IN THE LICENSE, PROVIDES TESTS OR SERVICES IN
THE DISCIPLINE OF CHEMISTRY OR HEALTH AWARENESS.

17-506.

(a) An applicant for a permit shall submit an application to the Secretary on the
form that the Secretary requires.

[ (b) An application shall require the following information from the applicant:

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