WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

GOVERNMENTAL BODIES, AT THE EMPLOYERS', ASSOCIATIONS', OR LOCAL
GOVERNMENTAL BODIES' EXPENSE, EQUIPMENT RECOMMENDED BY THE
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL TO PROTECT A FIRE FIGHTER, EMERGENCY
MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, RESCUE SQUADMAN, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, OR
CORRECTIONAL OFFICER FROM EXPOSURE TO HIV AND HEPATITIS B WHILE
RENDERING EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE.

(K) (L) (1) THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR ASSOCIATION, LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, AND ALL OTHER AGENCIES OR ORGANIZATIONS
EMPLOYING A FIRE FIGHTER, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, RESCUE
SQUADMAN, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, OR CORRECTIONAL OFFICER SHALL
DEVELOP WRITTEN PROCEDURES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS
SECTION.

(2) ON REQUEST, COPIES OF THE PROCEDURES DEVELOPED IN
THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO EMPLOYEES, EMPLOYEE
UNIONS, VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATIONS, AND THE SECRETARY.

(M) A PERSON UNDER THIS SECTION MAY NOT REFUSE TO TREAT OR
TRANSPORT AN INDIVIDUAL BECAUSE THE INDIVIDUAL IS HIV POSITIVE.

18-601.

(a)  An individual who has an infectious disease that
endangers public health may not willfully:

(1)  Be in a public place without taking proper
precautions against exposing other individuals to the disease;
[or]

(2)  Transfer to another individual any article that
has been exposed to the disease without thoroughly disinfecting
the article; OR

(3) KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY TRANSFER OR ATTEMPT
TO TRANSFER THE INFECTIOUS DISEASE TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL.

(b)  A person who violates any provision of this section is
guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine
not exceeding [$500] $2,500 or imprisonment not exceeding [l
year] 3 YEARS or both.

18-601.1.

(A)  AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS THE HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
MAY NOT KNOWINGLY TRANSFER OR ATTEMPT TO TRANSFER THE HUMAN
IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL.

(B)  A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION IS
GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND ON CONVICTION IS SUBJECT TO A FINE
NOT EXCEEDING $2,500 OR IMPRISONMENT NOT EXCEEDING 3 YEARS OR
BOTH.

- 4997 -