WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 212

(vi) The police department, bureau, or force of any bicounty agency or
constituent institution of the University of Maryland System, Morgan State University, St.
Mary's College, or of any institution under the jurisdiction of the Maryland Higher
Education Commission;

(vii) The Maryland Aviation Administration police force of the
Department of Transportation, the Mass Transit Administration police force of the
Department of Transportation, the Maryland Toll Facilities police force of the Maryland
Transportation Authority, and the Maryland Port Administration police force of the
Department of Transportation;

(viii) The law enforcement officers of the Department of Natural
Resources; or

(ix) The Maryland Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Enforcement Unit.

(4) "Correctional institution" means a place of detention or correctional
confinement operated by or for the State or a local government.

(5) (i) "Correctional officer" means a member of a correctional unit who
is charged with and actually performs those duties that relate to the investigation, care,
custody, control, or supervision of persons confined to places of incarceration.

(ii) "Correctional officer" includes any sheriff, warden,

superintendent, or any other person having an equivalent title.

(6) "Medical care facility" means a hospital as defined in § 19-301 of this
title or a health care facility of a correctional institution.

(b) While treating or transporting an ill or injured patient to a medical care
facility or while acting in the performance of duty, if a paid or volunteer fire fighter,
emergency medical technician, or rescue squadman comes into contact with a patient who
is subsequently diagnosed as having a contagious disease or virus, as a result of
information obtained in conjunction with the services provided during the visit to the
facility, the attending physician, medical examiner, a designee of the medical care facility
who receives the patient, the chief medical examiner, or the chief medical examiner's
designee shall notify the fire fighter, emergency medical technician, or rescue squadman,
and the employer or employer's designee of the individual's possible exposure to the
contagious disease or virus.

(c) If, while treating or transporting an ill or injured patient to a medical care
facility or while acting in the performance of duty, a law enforcement officer comes into
contact with a patient who is subsequently diagnosed, as a result of information obtained
in conjunction with the services provided during the visit to the facility, as having a
contagious disease or virus, the attending physician, medical examiner, a designee of the
medical care facility who receives the patient, the chief medical examiner or the chief
medical examiner's designee shall notify the law enforcement officer and the officer's
employer or employer's designee of the officer's possible exposure to the contagious
disease or virus.

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