Ch. 5 LAWS OF MARYLAND

facility who receives the patient, the chief medical examiner, or the chief medical
examiner's designee shall notify the fire fighter, emergency medical technician, or
rescue squadman, and the employer or employer's designee of the individual's possible
exposure to the contagious disease or virus.

(c) If, while treating or transporting an ill or injured patient to a medical care
facility or while acting in the performance of duty, a law enforcement officer comes into
contact with a patient who is subsequently diagnosed, as a result of information
obtained in conjunction with the services provided during the visit to the facility, as
having a contagious disease or virus, the attending physician, medical examiner, a
designee of the medical care facility who receives the patient, the chief medical
examiner or the chief medical examiner's designee shall notify the law enforcement
officer and the officer's employer or employer's designee of the officer's possible
exposure to the contagious disease or virus.

(d) If, while treating or transporting an ill or injured inmate to a medical care
facility or while acting in the performance of duty, a correctional officer comes into
contact with an inmate who is subsequently diagnosed, as a result of information
obtained in conjunction with the services provided during the visit to the facility, as
having a contagious disease or virus, the attending physician, medical examiner, a
designee of the medical care facility that receives the inmate, the chief medical
examiner, or the chief medical examiner's designee shall notify the correctional officer
and the correctional officer's correctional institution or the correctional institution's
designee of the officer's possible exposure to the contagious disease or virus.

(e) The notification required under subsection (b), (c), or (d) of this section
shall:

(1) Be made within 48 hours, or sooner, of confirmation of the patient's
diagnosis;

(2) Include subsequent written confirmation of possible exposure to the
contagious disease or virus;

(3) Be conducted in a manner that will protect the confidentiality of the
patient; and

(4) To the extent possible, be conducted in a manner that will protect the
confidentiality of the fire fighter, emergency medical technician, rescue squadman, law
enforcement officer, or correctional officer.

(f) The written confirmation required under subsection (e)(2) of this section
shall constitute compliance with this section.

(g) Each medical care facility shall develop written procedures for the
implementation of this section, and, upon request, make copies available to the local
fire authority, the local fire authority's designee, the local law enforcement authority,
the local law enforcement authority's designee, the correctional officer, or the
correctional institution's designee having jurisdiction.

(h) A medical care facility, physician, chief medical examiner or the chief

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