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Public Health - Office of the Chief Medical Examiner - Perinatal Autopsies (Lung Float Test Ban)

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Prohibiting, for a certain period of time, the Chief Medical Examiner, deputy chief medical examiners, assistant medical examiners, and pathologists authorized by the Chief Medical Examiner from using a hydrostatic lung test, also known as a lung float test, if performing a certain perinatal autopsy; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to report, by December 1, 2027, to certain committees of the General Assembly on the usefulness and efficacy of the hydrostatic lung test and certain …

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