# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 17. Laboratories

### Subtitle 1. Public Health and Clinical Laboratories

#### Section 17-103

(a) Except as otherwise provided, the Secretary may set a fee for any service of a public health and clinical laboratory in accordance with Sec. 2-104 of this article.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the Secretary may not impose any fee for any service of a public health and clinical laboratory in connection with:

  (1) An examination or analysis of a water supply;

  (2) An examination or analysis of milk; or

  (3) An inquiry that any health officer or physician makes about a communicable disease.

(c) Subsection (b)(2) of this section does not apply to the production of farmstead cheese.

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