Public Health Laws are regulations created by executive branch agencies. These agencies have the authority to make laws based on statutes passed by legislatures. Agencies can only make regulations on subjects dictated by the statutes.

Regulations explain the details necessary to implement public health laws. Generally, you may read regulations together with the statutes under which they were made. Regulations are published in subject arrangements called codes. You can find regulations in print and online.

The Annotated Code of Maryland and the Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) are the two main sources of public health laws in Maryland.

To learn more, here is a reference list of public health laws and regulations (PDF) in Maryland.