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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="17-301" title_number="17" title_name="Laboratories" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Tissue Banks">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Permit” means a permit issued by the Secretary:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>To operate a tissue bank in this State; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>To represent or service in this State a tissue bank that is outside this State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Tissue bank” means an establishment that obtains, stores, processes, distributes, or sells human blood or other human tissue for use in the human body.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Tissue bank” includes a blood bank.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
