Section 18-507 – Power to Provide Services
(a) The Department may, in consultation with the Statewide Steering Committee on Services for Adults with Sickle Cell Disease, provide services relating to sickle cell disease, including: (1) Educational programs on sickle cell disease for individuals affected by the disease, including: (i) Individuals with sickle cell disease; (ii) Families of individuals with sickle cell disease; (iii) Caregivers of individuals with […]
Section 18-601 – Exposure of Other Individuals — by Infected Individual Generally
(a) An individual who has an infectious disease that endangers public health may not willfully: (1) Be in a public place without taking proper precautions against exposing other individuals to the disease; or (2) Transfer to another individual any article that has been exposed to the disease without thoroughly disinfecting the article. (b) A person who violates any provision […]
Section 18-601.1 – Exposure of Other Individuals — by Individual With Human Immunodeficiency Virus
(a) An individual who has the human immunodeficiency virus may not knowingly transfer or attempt to transfer the human immunodeficiency virus to another individual. (b) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $2,500 or imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or […]
Section 18-602 – Exposure of Other Individuals — by Other Person
(a) A person may not: (1) Willfully or knowingly take an individual who has an infectious disease that endangers public health to the home of another individual; (2) Carelessly expose an individual to another who has an infectious disease that endangers public health; or (3) Permit a child who has an infectious disease that endangers public health to be […]
Section 18-604 – Violations of Rules and Regulations
A person who violates any rule or regulation that the Secretary adopts under § 18-102 of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $500.
Section 18-701 – Definitions
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Advisory Council” means the Advisory Council to the Center for the Study of the Health Effects of Fire. (c) “Center” means the Center for the Study of the Health Effects of Fire.
Section 18-702 – Center Established
There is a Center for the Study of the Health Effects of Fire.
Section 18-703 – Director; Staff
(a) The Chief Medical Examiner is the Director of the Center. (b) The Chief Medical Examiner shall employ a staff for the Center in accordance with the State budget.
Section 18-333 – Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Aids) Research and Information Program
(a) (1) The Secretary shall establish and promote a statewide public information program on acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). (2) The public information program shall: (i) Attempt to reach individuals at risk for contracting AIDS; (ii) Encourage those individuals at risk for contracting AIDS to take the necessary precautions to prevent transmission of the HTLV-III virus; and (iii) Include any other […]
Section 18-4A-04 – Health Care Provider’s Responsibility to Provide Information
The responsibility of a health care provider to provide information to a person consenting to the immunization of a minor under § 18-4A-02 or § 18-4A-03 of this subtitle is the same as the health care provider’s responsibility to a parent.