Section 17-104 - Licensing programs; practices(a) The Office of Health Care Quality shall establish:(1) a licensing program for laboratories performing SNP or other sequencing-based testing on evidence in support of FGGS on or before October 1, 2022; and(2) a licensing program for individuals performing genetic genealogy on or before October 1, 2024.(b) The Office of Health Care Quality shall: (1) develop a training program on obtaining informed consent under §§ 17-102 and 17-103 of this title; and(2) identify and approve one or more genetic counselors to administer the training.(c) The Maryland Forensic Laboratory Advisory Committee shall:(1) establish best practices for laboratories performing SNP or other sequencing-based methods; and(2) recommend regulations that establish minimum qualifications for individuals performing genetic genealogy.(d)(1) Prohibitions may not be placed on any laboratory conducting SNP or other sequencing-based testing or on genetic genealogists participating in an FGGS before the relevant licensing program is established under subsection (a) of this section.(2) Within 1 year after the Office of Health Care Quality establishes the relevant licensing program under subsection (a) of this section, laboratories conducting SNP or other sequencing-based testing and genetic genealogists participating in an FGGS shall apply for the license required.(e) Neither the laboratory conducting SNP or other sequencing-based testing, nor a law enforcement official, may disclose genetic genealogy information without authorization.Amended by 2022 Md. Laws, Ch. 135, Sec. 1, eff. 4/12/2022.Added by 2021 Md. Laws, Ch. 682, Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2021.Added by 2021 Md. Laws, Ch. 681, Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2021.