# COMAR 10.10.01.02: COMAR 10.10.01.02. Scope

> Maryland · Regulations · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MD_COMAR_10_10_01_02

## Section

- **Citation:** COMAR 10.10.01.02
- **Heading:** COMAR 10.10.01.02. Scope
- **Jurisdiction:** Maryland
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Code of Maryland Regulations / Title 10 MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH / Subtitle 10 LABORATORIES / Chapter 01 General / COMAR 10.10.01.02

## Text

A. This subtitle contains the standards and requirements that a medical laboratory shall meet to:
(1) Obtain and retain a license to offer to perform or perform tests on human specimens; and
(2) Certify chemists and analysts in crime laboratories to perform approved testing procedures for controlled dangerous substances.
B. This subtitle does not apply to:
(1) A research facility that tests human specimens and does not:
(a) Report any patient-specific test results for use in connection with the diagnosis and control of human disease or the assessment of the health, nutritional, or medical condition or job-related alcohol and controlled dangerous substances evaluation of individual patients or clients, or
(b) Provide test results to the patient, the patient's family, or a health care provider;
(2) A medical laboratory operated by the federal government, unless the laboratory or tissue bank is directed by a federal agency to meet the requirements of this subtitle; and
(3) A crime laboratory operated by the federal government.

## Nearby sections

- [COMAR 10.10.01.01 COMAR 10.10.01.01. Purpose](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MD_COMAR_10_10_01_01.md)
- [COMAR 10.10.01.02 COMAR 10.10.01.02. Scope](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MD_COMAR_10_10_01_02.md)
- [COMAR 10.10.01.03 COMAR 10.10.01.03. Definitions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MD_COMAR_10_10_01_03.md)
- [COMAR 10.10.01.04 COMAR 10.10.01.04. Incorporation by Reference](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MD_COMAR_10_10_01_04.md)

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