PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                            Ch. 594

SECTION 5. 12. 19. 18. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, subject to the
provisions of Sections 9 and 11 18 17 of this Act, this Act shall take effect July 1, 1997.
Section 4 of this Act shall remain effective for a period of 2 years and, at the end of June
30. 1999. with no further action required by the General Assembly. Section 4 of this Act
shall be abrogated and of no further force and effect.

Approved May 22, 1997.

CHAPTER 594
(Senate Bill 503)

AN ACT concerning

Job-Related Drug Testing

FOR the purpose of clarifying that job related drug testing is not limited to testing of
urine or blood samples; authorizing certain hair specimen the use of certain hair
specimen testing only for pre-employment drug testing; requiring employers that use
hair specimens for pre-employment drug testing to adhere to certain standards;
prohibiting employers that use hair specimens for pre-employment drug testing from
using the specimens to determine certain information; clarifying that independent
testing applies to all types of job-related drug testing; clarifying that certain
laboratory standards be in accordance with regulations for similar laboratory
certification; providing for the effective date of this Act; defining a term; and
generally relating to job-related drug testing.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health - General
Section 17-214(a), (b), (d), and (e)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1994 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

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

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17-214.

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

(1)     "Alcohol or controlled dangerous substance testing" means a procedure
used to determine whether or not a specimen contains a controlled dangerous substance
or alcohol.

(2)     "Certification" means the approval granted by the Department for a
laboratory to engage in job-related alcohol or controlled dangerous substance testing.

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