[112th Congress Public Law 202] [From the U.S. Government Printing Office] [[Page 126 STAT. 1483]] 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. <<NOTE: Dec. 4, 2012 - [H.R. 6118]>> Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Taking Essential Steps for Testing Act of 2012. 42 USC 201 note.>> 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): --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 158 (2012): Sept. 19, considered and passed House. Nov. 14, considered and passed Senate. <all>