[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 126, 112th Congress, 2nd Session]
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Public Law 112-202
112th Congress

An Act


 
To amend section 353 of the Public Health Service Act with respect to
suspension, revocation, and limitation of laboratory
certification. <>

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, <>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Taking Essential Steps for Testing
Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. SUSPENSION, REVOCATION, AND LIMITATION OF LABORATORY
CERTIFICATION.

Section 353 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 263a) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (d)(1)(E), by inserting ``, except that no
proficiency testing sample shall be referred to another
laboratory for analysis as prohibited under subsection (i)(4)''
before the period at the end; and
(2) in subsection (i)--
(A) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the period
at the end of the first sentence the following: ``,
except that if the revocation occurs pursuant to
paragraph (4) the Secretary may substitute intermediate
sanctions under subsection (h) instead of the 2-year
prohibition against ownership or operation which would
otherwise apply under this paragraph''; and
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ``shall'' the
first place it appears and inserting ``may''.

Approved December 4, 2012.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 6118 (S. 3391):
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 158 (2012):
Sept. 19, considered and passed House.
Nov. 14, considered and passed Senate.