# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 13. Miscellaneous Health Care Programs

### Subtitle 1. Hereditary and Congenital Disorders Programs

#### Section 13-112

(a) The Secretary may contract or delegate the screening required under Sec. 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.

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Md. Code Ann., Health-Gen. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)