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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="17-104" title_number="17" title_name="Forensic Genealogy" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Office of Health Care Quality shall establish:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a licensing program for laboratories performing SNP or other sequencing–based testing on evidence in support of FGGS on or before October 1, 2022; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a licensing program for individuals performing genetic genealogy on or before October 1, 2024.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Office of Health Care Quality shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>develop a training program on obtaining informed consent under §§ 17–102 and 17–103 of this title; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>identify and approve one or more genetic counselors to administer the training.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Maryland Forensic Laboratory Advisory Committee shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>establish best practices for laboratories performing SNP or other sequencing–based methods; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>recommend regulations that establish minimum qualifications for individuals performing genetic genealogy.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Prohibitions may not be placed on any laboratory conducting SNP or other sequencing–based testing or on genetic genealogists participating in an FGGS before the relevant licensing program is established under subsection (a) of this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Within 1 year after the Office of Health Care Quality establishes the relevant licensing program under subsection (a) of this section, laboratories conducting SNP or other sequencing–based testing and genetic genealogists participating in an FGGS shall apply for the license required.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Neither the laboratory conducting SNP or other sequencing–based testing, nor a law enforcement official, may disclose genetic genealogy information without authorization.</text>
  </level>
</section>
