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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

PROCLAIMING APRIL 20-26 OF 2025 TO BE "MEDICAL LABORATORY

PROFESSIONALS WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

     Introduced By: Representatives Shallcross Smith, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Boylan, J.
Brien, Chippendale, Bennett, Perez, Carson, and Fellela

     Date Introduced: April 24, 2025

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Medical Laboratory Professionals Week began in 1975 as National Medical

Laboratory Week under the auspices of the American Society for Medical Technology; and

     WHEREAS, The 2025 theme for Medical Laboratory Professionals Week “The Mystery

Machine of Diagnostics”, playfully compares the Scooby-Doo van to a diagnostic laboratory,

emphasizing the vital role of lab professionals in solving medical mysteries through diagnostics;

and

     WHEREAS, The health of all Rhode Islanders depends upon educated minds and trained

hands; and

     WHEREAS, The practice of modern medicine at the exacting standards we now enjoy

would be impossible without the scientific tests performed daily in a medical laboratory; and

     WHEREAS, Maintenance of these standards and progress toward improvement in the

quality of laboratory services depends on the dedicated efforts of professional clinical laboratory

science practitioners; and

     WHEREAS, Through this dedication, the medical laboratories of the United States have

made vital contributions to the quality of our nation's health care; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

proclaims April 20-26 of 2025 to be "Medical Laboratory Professionals Week" in the State of

Rhode Island; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That this House furthermore thanks all of the dedicated laboratory

professionals in the State of Rhode Island who work tirelessly to protect the health and well-being

of our State's residents; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the Director of the Rhode Island Department of

Health, Dr. Jerome Larkin, MD, Maddie Josephs, Chair, Allied and Rehabilitative Health at

CCRI, Leslie Martineau, Director, Laboratory Services, Wound Clinic and Sleep Disorder Center

at CharterCARE Health Partners, and Betsy Reilly, Retired Cytotecnologist and Laboratory

Manager at Women & Infants Hospital.

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