§ 13-112
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§13–112.
(a)The Secretary may contract or delegate the screening required under § 13–111 of this subtitle to another entity with the approval of the State Advisory Council on Hereditary and Congenital Disorders.
(b)Subject to subsection
(c)of this section, a laboratory other than the Department’s public health laboratory may perform postscreening confirmatory or diagnostic tests on newborn infants for hereditary and congenital disorders.
(c)Before offering or performing a postscreening test on a newborn infant for hereditary and congenital disorders under subsection
(b)of this section, a laboratory shall:
(1)Obtain and maintain a license issued by the Secretary as required by Title 17 of this article; and
(2)Meet all the standards and requirements for a laboratory to perform tests on newborn infants for hereditary and congenital disorders that are established by the Secretary.