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Proposed Draft Regulations To Reduce Storage of Newborn Infant Blood Spot Cards from Twenty-five Years to One Year – COMAR 10.10.13.15

**THIS LANGUAGE IS POSTED FOR INFORMAL COMMENT AND FEEDBACK ONLY**
**THIS IS NOT FOR PROMULGATION**
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The Maryland Department of Health, Laboratories Administration is seeking informal comments and feedback from the publi​c on the proposed draft language to amend COMAR 10.10.13.15. The proposed draft seeks to reduce the retention period for newborn blood-spot cards from twenty-five years, as currently required, to one year for specimens not as​sociated with a confirmed disorder in COMAR 10.10.13.12.

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Please submit your informal comments and feedback no later than August 17, 2026, to [email protected]














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Meena Seshamani, MD, Ph.D
Secretary, Maryland Department of Health​
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