3774

VETOES

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1982 Replacement 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

18-213.

(A) IN THIS SECTION "CONTAGIOUS DISEASE" MEANS;

(1) HEPATITIS;

(2) MENINGITIS;

(3) TUBERCULOSIS;

(4) MALARIA;

(5) RABIES; OR

(6) MONONUCLEOSIS.

(A) (B) WHILE TREATING OR TRANSPORTING AN ILL OR INJURED
PATIENT TO A MEDICAL CARE FACILITY, IF A PAID OR VOLUNTEER FIRE
FIGHTER OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN COMES INTO CONTACT WITH A
PATIENT WHO IS SUBSEQUENTLY DIAGNOSED AS HAVING AN INFECTIOUS A
CONTAGIOUS DISEASE, THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN OR PHYSICIAN'S
DESIGNEE WHO RECEIVES THE PATIENT SHALL NOTIFY THE FIRE FIGHTER
OR, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, OR RESCUE SQUADMAN AND EMPLOYER
OR EMPLOYER'S DESIGNEE OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S EXPOSURE TO THE
PATIENT.

(B) (C) THE NOTIFICATION REQUIRED UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF
THIS SECTION SHALL:

(1)  BE MADE WITHIN 48 HOURS, OR SOONER, OF
CONFIRMATION OF THE PATIENT'S DIAGNOSIS;

(2)  INCLUDE WRITTEN PROTOCOL CONFIRMATION FOR THE
APPROPRIATE TREATMENT OR MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE FOR THE EXPOSED
INDIVIDUAL; AND

(3)  BE CONDUCTED IN A MANNER THAT WILL PROTECT THE
CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE PATIENT AND FIRE FIGHTER OR, EMERGENCY
MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, OR RESCUE SQUADMAN.

Article - 38A - Fires and Investigations

7B.

(A)(1) AN ACTIVE PAID OR VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTER OR

EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN IS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE OCCUPATIONAL
DISABILITY BENEFITS AS PROVIDED BY THE EMPLOYER FOR ON DUTY