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| 2025 -- H 6259 Enacted 04/24/2025 |
| 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 |
| 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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