1632                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 759

(b) No person PHYSICIAN OR PERSON ACTING UNDER
THE DIRECTION OF A PHYSICIAN treating a minor pursuant
to the minor's consent shall be liable civilly or subject to any penalty,
criminal or disciplinary, solely by reason of the minor's lack of
capacity to consent under the provisions of subsection (a) hereof.

(C) IF THE MINOR IS FOUND NOT TO BE PREGNANT OR
NOT AFFLICTED WITH A VENEREAL DISEASE, NO INFOR-
MATION WITH RESPECT TO ANY APPOINTMENT, EXAMI-
NATION, TEST, OR OTHER MEDICAL PROCEDURE SHALL
BE GIVEN TO THE SPOUSE, PARENT CUSTODIAN, OR
GUARDIAN OF THE MINOR WITHOUT THE MINOR'S PER-
MISSION. NOTHING HEREIN CONTAINED IS INTENDED TO
IMPLY THAT IF PREGNANCY OR VENEREAL DISEASE IS
FOUND THE PHYSICIAN SHOULD NOTIFY THE SPOUSE,
PARENT, CUSTODIAN, OR GUARDIAN OF THE MINOR.
UPON THE ADVICE AND DIRECTION OF A TREATING PHY-
SICIAN OR IF MORE THAN ONE, ANY ONE OF THEM, MEM-
BER OF THE MEDICAL STAFF OF A HOSPITAL, PUBLIC
CLINIC OR PHYSICIAN LICENSED TO PRACTICE MEDICINE
MAY, BUT SHALL NOT BE OBLIGATED TO, INFORM THE
SPOUSE, PARENT, CUSTODIAN, OR GUARDIAN OF A MINOR
IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES ENUMERATED IN SUBSECTION
(A) HEREOF, AS TO THE TREATMENT GIVEN OR NEEDED,
AND THE INFORMATION MAY BE GIVEN TO OR WITHHELD
FROM THE SPOUSE, PARENT, CUSTODIAN OR GUARDIAN
WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE MINOR PATIENT AND
OVER THE EXPRESS REFUSAL OF THE MINOR PATIENT
PROVIDING THE INFORMATION; THE PROVIDING OR WITH-
HOLDING OF THE INFORMATION RESTS IN THE SOLE DIS-
CRETION OF A MEMBER OF THE MEDICAL STAFF OF THE
HOSPITAL OR PUBLIC CLINIC OR THE PHYSICIAN LI-
CENSED TO PRACTICE MEDICINE, AS THE CASE MAY BE.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1971.

Approved May 28, 1971.

CHAPTER 759

(Senate Bill 263)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 1 and 2
of Chapter 457 of the Acts of 1969, to increase the amount of
State loan from six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000.00) to
eight hundred thousand dollars ($800,000.00), for the purpose of
aiding in the construction of jail facilities in Harford County, and
providing generally for the issuance and sale of certificates of
indebtedness evidencing such loan. AND TO MAKE CERTAIN
CHANGES IN SAID LOAN PROVISIONS.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 1 and 2 of Chapter 457 of the Acts of 1969 be and
they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows: