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§ 20-2206. Health literacy criteria

West's Annotated Code of MarylandHealth--GeneralEffective: July 1, 2022

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Health--General
Title 20. Miscellaneous Health Provisions (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 22. Consumer Health Information (Refs & Annos)
Effective: July 1, 2022
MD Code, Health - General, § 20-2206
§ 20-2206. Health literacy criteria
Currentness
In general
(a) The Hub shall develop and publish criteria for evaluating whether media or a media campaign follows best practices for the promotion of health literacy.
Use of criteria to evaluate media or media campaign
(b)(1) If a person submits its media or media campaign to the Hub for review, the Hub shall use the criteria developed under subsection (a) of this section to evaluate whether the media or media campaign follows best practices for the promotion of health literacy.
(2) The Department and the Hub shall encourage persons that promote public health, health education, or health awareness to submit media for evaluation by the Hub under this section.
Special consideration given entities meeting health literacy criteria when awarding grants
(c) When awarding grants, the Department and local health departments shall give special consideration, in a manner determined to be appropriate by the department awarding the grant, to entities that are designated by the Hub to meet health literacy criteria under subsection (b) of this section.

Credits

Added by Acts 2022, c. 679, § 1, eff. July 1, 2022.
MD Code, Health - General, § 20-2206, MD HEALTH GEN § 20-2206
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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