HARRY HUGHES, Governor
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(C) (1) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REPORT TO THE UNITED STATES
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL ALL INFORMATION COLLECTED UNDER §
18-331(A), INCLUDING THAT RECEIVED UNDER § 18-330(B) OF THIS
SUBTITLE.
(2) SUBJECT TO § 2-1312 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT
ARTICLE, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REPORT ANNUALLY TO THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY ON THE INCIDENCE OF PERTUSSIS AND OF MAJOR ADVERSE
REACTIONS TO PERTUSSIS VACCINE.
18-332.
(A) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS GUIDELINES,
AFTER NOTICE AND PUBLIC HEARING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT, SETTING FORTH:
(1) THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH PERTUSSIS VACCINE
SHOULD NOT BE ADMINISTERED;
(2) THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH ADMINISTRATION OF
THE VACCINE SHOULD BE DELAYED; AND
(3) ANY CATEGORIES OF POTENTIAL RECIPIENTS WHO ARE
SIGNIFICANTLY MORE VULNERABLE TO MAJOR ADVERSE REACTIONS THAN IS
THE GENERAL POPULATION . ; AND
(4) PROCEDURES TO NOTIFY ALL PHYSICIANS OF THE
CONTENT OF THE FINAL GUIDELINES AND ALL UPDATES ISSUED
THEREAFTER.
(B) THE ADMINISTRATION OF PERTUSSIS VACCINE TO AN
INDIVIDUAL MAY NOT BE REQUIRED BY ANY PROVISION OF LAW IF, IN
THE PHYSICIAN'S MEDICAL JUDGMENT:
(1) THE CIRCUMSTANCES SPECIFIED UNDER SUBSECTION
(A)(1) OR (2) OF THIS SECTION ARE PRESENT; OR
(2) THE POTENTIAL RECIPIENT IS IN ONE OF THE
CATEGORIES SPECIFIED UNDER SUBSECTION (A)(3) OF THIS SECTION; AND
(2) TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE INFORMATION SPECIFIED
UNDER SUBSECTION (A)(3) OF THIS SECTION AS WELL AS ALL OTHER
RELEVANT INFORMATION, AND THE RISK TO THE POTENTIAL RECIPIENT
OUTWEIGHS THE BENEFITS BOTH TO THE POTENTIAL RECIPIENT AND TO THE
PUBLIC IN ADMINISTERING THE VACCINE.
(C) NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO AFFECT
ANY EMERGENCY AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY UNDER ANY OTHER
PROVISION OF LAW TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
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