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HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                    1581

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1982 Volume and 1985 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF

MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Health - General

20-108.

(a) (1) In this section the following words have the
meanings indicated.

(2)  "Disabled individual" means an individual with
actual or potential limitations in self-care, mobility, hygiene,
vocation, family role, or coping mechanisms.

(3)  "Reportable condition" means a:

(i) Spinal cord injury;
(ii) Stroke;
(iii) Amputation; or
(iv) Head injury.

(b)  (1) Each HOSPITAL [public and private health and social
agency and attending physician] shall report to the Department
within 7 days of [identifying a disabled individual with] THE
OCCURRENCE OF a reportable condition.

(2) (i) [If the report is with the consent of the
disabled individual, the] THE report shall contain the
individual's name, age, residence, the type of disability, and
any additional information that the Department requires.

(ii) [If the report is without the consent of
the disabled individual, the report shall contain the type of
disability and any additional information that the Department
requires, excluding any information that would identify the
disabled individual.

(iii)] The information collected under this
section is confidential and not open to inspection nor considered
a public record. The information shall only be used
statistically for the use of the Department in the performance of

its duties, EXCEPT THAT THE IDENTITIES OF INDIVIDUALS REPORTED
MAY BE DISCLOSED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
CRITERIA SET FORTH IN § 10-624(C) OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT
ARTICLE.

(c)  The report form shall be developed by the Department
with input from physicians, disabled individuals, and consumer