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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 524

officer, or the Commissioner of Health of Baltimore City,
[or any health officer,] or their representatives, to
restrict in any manner a person's right to select the mode
of treatment of his choice nor to require other than X-ray
of the chest, any physical examination or medical treatment
of a patient who in good faith relies upon spiritual means
or prayer for healing, nor shall such reliance or treatment
be considered a danger or menace to others under any
provision of this section, provided that the sanitary and
quarantine laws, rules and regulations relating to
infectious, contagious and communicable diseases are
complied with.

387D.

(a) In [those districts of the State of Maryland,
established by the Commissioner of Health with the approval
of the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene under § 6 of
this Article 43, which follow the county lines of and
embrace the counties of] Prince George's and Montgomery
COUNTIES, neither the State Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene, any [deputy state] health officer, or local health
department may issue or approve a permit for the
installation and utilization of an individual septic tank or
private septic system unless the application therefor has
first been submitted to the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission for its review and comment, but the submission of
the application to the Commission for review and comment
shall not be required if the septic tank permit application
is for property in an area shown on the pertinent county's
ten-year sewerage plan, adopted pursuant to § 387C of
Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as an area in
which a public sewerage system is not contemplated within 10
years, such area currently being denominated Area 5 in the
Prince George's County ten-year sewerage plan and Category
III in the current Montgomery County ten-year sewerage plan,
nor shall the permit issue unless the other conditions for
issuance specified in this section have been met. The
Commission shall review and comment in writing to the health
officer submitting an application for septic tank or for
connection to private septic tank systems, with the review
and comments to include a determination of the location of
the nearest public sewer collection line, capacity,
feasibility, cost, and engineering conditions or
requirements for extension thereof, and an estimate of time
of extension, if available. If more than one property in an
area or subdivision is proposed for development, or
reasonably expected to be developed, with the use of private
septic tank or a private septic system, the health officer
shall indicate that fact to the Commission with the
submission of the initial septic tank permit, or with the
submission of such permit after that knowledge reasonably
becomes known to the health officer, and in such cases the
Commission may group the applications for review and comment
purposes. If the Commission does not respond in writing to
the submitting health officer within 30 days of the
Commission's receipt of the health officer's submittal, the