| E. Laboratories operated and maintained for research and | teaching purposes which that are recognized by the | department or involve no patient or public health service; |
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| F. The practice of radiology by a radiologist; and |
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| G. Laboratory services performing health screening tests as | defined and regulated by rule adopted by the department. | Services exempted under this paragraph include, but are not | limited to, the performance of screening tests for | cholesterol and colon cancer. |
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| | Sec. 22. 22 MRSA §2013-A, sub-§3 is enacted to read: |
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| | 3.__Public health reporting requirements.__Notwithstanding | subsection 1, any facility, regardless of location, that | receives, forwards or analyzes specimens of material from the | human body or referred cultures of specimens from the human body | and reports the results to health care providers who use the data | for purposes of patient care must comply with chapter 250. |
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| | Sec. 23. 26 MRSA c. 7, sub-c. 10 is enacted to read: |
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| EMPLOYMENT DURING EXTREME PUBLIC |
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| §875.__Employment leaves for caregivers and persons affected by |
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| extreme public health emergency |
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| | 1.__Required leave.__An employer shall grant reasonable and | necessary leave from work, with or without pay, for an employee | for the following reasons related to an extreme public health | emergency: |
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| A.__The employee is unable to work because the employee is | under individual public health investigation, supervision or | treatment related to an extreme public health emergency; |
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| B.__The employee is unable to work because the employee is | acting in accordance with an extreme public health emergency | order; |
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| C.__The employee is unable to work because the employee is | in quarantine or isolation or is subject to a control | measure in accordance with extreme public health emergency | information or directions issued to the public, a part of | the public or one or more individuals; |
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