The state department may prepare in the state bacteriological laboratory culture media, stains, solutions, cultures, cultural products, and other laboratory supplies which may be useful to the county or municipal laboratories, physicians, or pharmacists in this state.
Such materials may be sold at prices fixed by the state department to county and municipal laboratories, physicians, and pharmacists in this state under rules and regulations adopted by the department.
N.J.S. § 26:4-96