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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="17-302" title_number="17" title_name="Laboratories" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Tissue Banks">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Secretary shall adopt rules and regulations that set standards for tissue banks.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The rules and regulations shall contain the standards that the Secretary considers necessary to assure the citizens of this State that tissue banks provide safe and reliable services.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>To assure compliance with the standards adopted under this subtitle, the Secretary shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Have an inspection made of each tissue bank for which a permit to operate is sought; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Have an inspection made periodically or make an agreement with an organization to do, at no cost to this State, a periodic inspection of each tissue bank for which a permit has been issued.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
