# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 17. Laboratories

### Subtitle 1. Public Health and Clinical Laboratories

#### Section 17-101

The Secretary shall determine the number and location of public health laboratories and maintain those laboratories as needed to provide testing, consulting, and regulatory support of infectious disease, epidemiology, environmental, and regulatory public health programs.

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