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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="13-112" title_number="13" title_name="Miscellaneous Health Care Programs" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Hereditary and Congenital Disorders Programs">
  <level label="a">
    <text>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.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>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.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>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:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Obtain and maintain a license issued by the Secretary as required by Title 17 of this article; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>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.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
