PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1567
PRINTER'S NO. 1900
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1443
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY HERSHEY, COX, KLUNK, ROZZI, SNYDER, STEPHENS,
ZIMMERMAN AND ROAE, MAY 20, 2021
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
AS AMENDED, JUNE 23, 2021
AN ACT
Amending the act of September 26, 1951 (P.L.1539, No.389),
entitled "An act defining clinical laboratory; regulating the
operation of the same; requiring such laboratories to obtain
permits, and to be operated under the direct supervision of
qualified persons; imposing certain duties upon the
Department of Health; and providing penalties," providing for
advertisements for laboratory tests.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of September 26, 1951 (P.L.1539, No.389),
known as The Clinical Laboratory Act, is amended by adding a
section to read:
Section 13.3. Advertisements for Laboratory Tests.--(a) A
clinical laboratory certified under section 353 of the Public
Health Service Act (58 Stat. 682, 42 U.S.C. § 263a) or AND a
clinical laboratory operating under this act may directly or
indirectly advertise or solicit business for diagnostic
laboratory testing or ancestry testing if all of the following
apply:
(1) The FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, THE testing is ordered by a
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