Section 18-324 – Control of Communicable Tuberculosis
(a) The Secretary or a health officer may have an individual examined, if the Secretary or the health officer knows or is notified in writing by a physician that the individual is suspected of having tuberculosis. (b) (1) If, after the examination, the Secretary or the health officer finds that the individual has tuberculosis and that the condition […]
Section 18-325 – Prohibited Acts; Penalty
(a) An individual may not refuse to comply with the placement ordered under § 18-324 of this subtitle. (b) While an individual is in any placement for tuberculosis treatment, the individual may not: (1) Behave in a disorderly manner; or (2) Leave the placement before being discharged properly. (c) An individual who violates any provision of this section is guilty […]
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 […]
Section 18-329 – Required Information
(a) (1) Prior to the administration of pertussis vaccine, the health care provider shall provide to the individual’s parent or guardian written information, satisfying the requirements of this subsection, and by appropriate inquiries attempt to elicit the information necessary to make the determinations required by § 18-332(b) of this subtitle. (2) The information required under paragraph (1) of […]
Section 18-309 – Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Public Awareness Campaign
(a) (1) To the extent that funds are available for this purpose, the Secretary, in collaboration with other State agencies, shall establish and promote a statewide public information, awareness, and education campaign on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and other effects of prenatal alcohol exposure. (2) The campaign shall: (i) Reach out to the general public and specific populations determined to […]
Section 18-330 – Records
(a) At the time of administration of pertussis vaccine to an individual, the health care provider shall record in a permanent record to which the patient or the patient’s parent or guardian shall have access on request: (1) The date of each vaccination; (2) The manufacturer and lot number of the vaccine used for each; (3) Any other identifying […]
Section 18-312 – “Public Health Veterinarian” Defined
In Part III of this subtitle, “public health veterinarian” means the veterinarian whom the Secretary designates as responsible for the veterinary public health program of the Department.
Section 18-331 – Collection of Data
(a) By guideline, the Department shall establish a system, sufficient for the purposes of subsections (b) and (c) of this section, to collect data from the local health officers, from public and private health care providers, and from parents on the incidence of pertussis and major adverse reactions to pertussis vaccine. (b) On the basis of information […]
Section 18-313 – Statewide System
The Secretary of Health shall provide a statewide system: (1) To control rabies; (2) To grant authority to the public health veterinarian and the local health officer in matters pertaining to the disposition of animals that bite or otherwise expose rabies to an individual; (3) To assist local political subdivisions regarding the laboratory testing of rabid animals; (4) To […]