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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="17-504" title_number="17" title_name="Laboratories" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Cholesterol Testing">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Secretary shall adopt regulations to implement the provisions of this subtitle, including regulations that assure the citizens of this State that cholesterol testing conducted outside a permanently located medical laboratory meets appropriate national standards of quality assurance.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The regulations shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Personnel training standards, including requirements for reasonable training, experience, and competency in:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Simple procedures used in drawing blood for cholesterol testing; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The operation of blood chemical analyzers used for cholesterol screening;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Quality assurance standards;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Standards for counseling and referral procedures;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Standards for releasing and reporting test results; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>A prohibition on the payment of any sum to any person for bringing or referring a patient.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Secretary may not require that cholesterol testing personnel that conduct cholesterol tests under this subtitle be certified in a medical laboratory specialty.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>All cholesterol testing conducted under this subtitle shall be overseen by a supervisor knowledgeable in all aspects of cholesterol testing services.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
