# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 17. Laboratories

### Subtitle 5. Cholesterol Testing

#### Section 17-501

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) "Cholesterol testing" includes collecting a test specimen, testing to detect the amount of cholesterol in an individual's blood, and the reporting of test results.

(c) "Permit" means a permit issued by the Secretary to a person who:

  (1) Offers to provide, with or without charge, a test to detect the amount of cholesterol in an individual's blood; and

  (2) Conducts the test outside a permanently located medical laboratory issued a permit or excepted from a permit under Subtitle 2 of this title.

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