Section 18-108 – Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Food instrument” means a voucher, check, coupon, or other document that is used by a participant to obtain supplemental foods. (3) “Local agency” means a public or private, nonprofit health or human service agency that: (i) Provides health services either directly or through contract; and (ii) By written […]
Section 18-212 – Health Officer Records
(a) The health officer shall keep a record of each report that is submitted to the health officer under § 18-201 of this subtitle. (b) The record shall: (1) Be on the form that the Secretary provides; (2) State the date of the report; (3) State the name of the physician who submits the report; (4) State the disease identified in […]
Section 18-109 – Immunet Program
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Authorized user” means: (i) A child care facility; (ii) A health care provider; (iii) A health insurer; (iv) A health maintenance organization; (v) An institution of higher learning; (vi) A local health department; (vii) A long–term care facility; (viii) A managed care organization; (ix) A nonprofit health service plan; (x) A patient; (xi) A school; (xii) A […]
Section 18-110 – Public Health Outreach Programs Regarding Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Other Types of Dementia
The Department, in partnership with the Department of Aging, the Virginia I. Jones Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Council, and the Greater Maryland Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, shall incorporate information into relevant public health outreach programs administered by the Department to: (1) Educate health care providers regarding: (i) The importance of early detection and timely diagnosis […]
Section 18-201 – Infectious or Contagious Disease Reports — by Physicians
(a) A physician with reason to suspect that a patient under the physician’s care has a condition or an infectious or contagious disease, except human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, that endangers public health and that has been designated by the Secretary as reportable shall submit immediately a report to the health officer for the […]
Section 18-201.1 – Aids Reports — by Physicians
(a) A physician who has diagnosed a patient under the physician’s care with human immunodeficiency virus infection or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome according to the current definition published in the morbidity and mortality weekly report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the Department of Health and Human Services shall submit immediately a report to […]
Section 18-202 – Infectious or Contagious Disease Reports — by Institutions
(a) In this section, “institution” includes: (1) A hospital; and (2) A lodging facility. (b) When the administrative head of an institution has reason to believe that an individual on the premises of the institution has a condition or an infectious or contagious disease, except human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, that has been designated by the Secretary […]
Section 18-202.1 – Duties of Institutions to Report Hiv-Positive Patients
(a) In this section, “institution” includes: (1) A hospital; (2) A nursing home; (3) A hospice facility; (4) A medical clinic in a correctional facility; (5) An inpatient psychiatric facility; and (6) An inpatient drug rehabilitation facility. (b) When an institution has an individual in the care of the institution with a diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome according to […]
Section 18-203 – Information Provided to a Cancer Control Agency in Another State
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department may provide patient-identifying information for patients treated in this State for cancer to a cancer control agency in another state if: (1) The patient is a resident of the other state; (2) The Department determines that the agency will preserve the confidentiality of the information; and (3) The other state […]
Section 18-204 – Cancer or a Central Nervous System Tumor
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Cancer report” means a 1–time abstract of the medical record of a patient diagnosed or treated for cancer or a central nervous system tumor which contains: (i) Reasonably obtained patient demographic information, including risk factors; (ii) Relevant information on the: 1. Initial histologically precise diagnosis; 2. Initial treatment; 3. Extent […]