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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="17-2A-09" title_number="17" title_name="Laboratories" subtitle_number="2A" subtitle_name="Forensic Laboratories">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Secretary may deny a license to an applicant or suspend, revoke, or limit a license or the authority of a licensee to offer or perform tests that a license sets forth, if the forensic laboratory or its director or other personnel fail to meet the standards and requirements of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the Secretary finds that a forensic laboratory  licensed under this subtitle no longer meets the standards and  requirements of this subtitle, the Secretary may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Revoke the license of the forensic laboratory;  or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Suspend the license of the forensic  laboratory.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a deficiency exists, the Secretary may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Impose a directed plan of correction;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Regularly inspect the forensic laboratory to  assure compliance with the directed plan of correction; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Limit the testing authorized by the license.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If the Secretary finds that a forensic laboratory  provided erroneous or questionable test results, the Secretary  may order the laboratory to provide written notification to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The person or agency that ordered the tests;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Office of the Public Defender or counsel of  record; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The State’s Attorney.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A State’s Attorney who receives notification from a  laboratory under subsection (c) of this section shall notify the  victim of the criminal act or the victim’s representative of the  erroneous or questionable test results.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A forensic laboratory that fails to comply with an order issued by the Secretary under subsection (c) of this section is subject to a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for each day of noncompliance after the deadline for compliance stated in the  Secretary’s order, not to exceed a maximum penalty of $50,000.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in the Administrative Procedure Act, before the Secretary denies, suspends, or revokes a license, or imposes a civil penalty under this section, the Secretary shall give the applicant or licensee notice and an opportunity for a hearing.</text>
  </level>
</section>
