Section 18-502 – Test; Prenatal Education Program
(a) After securing the written approval of one of the parents or guardian of an infant at risk, the person in charge of the institution in which the infant is born, or the person who is required to prepare and register the certificate of birth for an infant born outside an institution, shall have administered a […]
Section 18-337 – Positive Test Results
(a) In this section, “health care provider” means a physician, a physician’s designee, or a designee of a health care facility licensed or otherwise authorized to provide health care services. (b) If an individual informed of the individual’s HIV positive status under § 18-336 of this subtitle refuses to notify the individual’s sexual and needle-sharing partners, the […]
Section 18-338 – Inmates of Correctional Institutions
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Correctional employee” means: (i) A person who is employed by a correctional institution; or (ii) A person who performs duties in a correctional institution by virtue of federal, State, or local government employment. (3) “Correctional institution” means a place of detention or correctional confinement operated by or for […]
Section 18-338.1 – Health Care Providers
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) (i) “Body fluids” means: 1. Any fluid containing visible blood, semen, or vaginal secretions; or 2. Cerebrospinal fluid, synovial, or amniotic fluid. (ii) “Body fluid” does not include saliva, stool, nasal secretions, sputum, tears, urine, or vomitus. (3) “Exposure” means as between a patient and a health care provider: (i) Percutaneous […]
Section 18-338.2 – Pregnant Women
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Health care facility” means a facility or office where health or medical care is provided to patients by a health care provider, including: (i) A hospital as defined in § 19–301 of this article; (ii) A facility operated by the Department or a health officer; and (iii) The […]
Section 18-338.3 – Hiv Testing — Health Care Workers or First Responders
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) (i) “Body fluids” means: 1. Any fluid containing visible blood, semen, or vaginal secretions; or 2. Cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid, or amniotic fluid. (ii) “Body fluids” does not include saliva, stool, nasal secretions, sputum, tears, urine, or vomitus. (3) “Exposure” means: (i) Percutaneous contact with blood or body fluids; (ii) Mucocutaneous contact […]
Section 18-401 – Drugs and Vaccines
(a) A person lawfully administering a drug or vaccine shall have the immunity from liability described under § 5-629(b) of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article. (b) If the Secretary or a designee of the Secretary finds that a proposed immunization project would conform to good medical and public health practice and gives written approval for the […]
Section 18-402 – Liabilities and Warranties for Human Blood, Tissue, Organs, or Bones
A legally authorized person who obtains, processes, stores, distributes, or uses whole human blood, tissue, organs, or bones or any substance derived from human blood, tissue, organs, or bones shall have the immunity from liability described under § 5-630 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article.
Section 18-328 – Definitions
(a) In Part V of this subtitle, the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Health care provider” means any licensed health care professional, organization, or institution, whether public or private, under whose authority pertussis vaccine is administered. (c) “Major adverse reaction” means: (1) Any serious illness, disability, or impairment of mental, emotional, behavioral, or physical functioning or development, […]
Section 18-308 – Gonococcal Ophthalmia Neonatorum
(a) Immediately after the birth of a child, the attending physician or attending nurse midwife shall use in the eyes of the child a prophylactic, approved by the Department, against gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum. (b) If, within 2 weeks after the birth of a child, an eye of the child becomes inflamed or swollen: (1) The attending physician shall […]