Ch. 212                                         1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

18-213.1.

(A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.

(2)      (I) "BODY FLUIDS" MEANS:

1. ANY FLUID CONTAINING VISIBLE BLOOD, SEMEN, OR
VAGINAL SECRETIONS; OR

2. CEREBRAL SPINAL FLUID, SYNOVIAL, OR AMNIOTIC
FLUID.

(II) "BODY FLUID" DOES NOT INCLUDE SALIVA, STOOL, NASAL
SECRETIONS, SPUTUM, TEARS, URINE, OR VOMITUS.

(3)      "CONTAGIOUS DISEASE OR VIRUS" MEANS:

(I)      HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV);

(II)     HEPATITIS B;

(III)   MENINGOCOCCAL MENINGITIS;

(IV)    TUBERCULOSIS; OR

(V)     MONONUCLEOSIS.

(4)      "CONTACT EXPOSURE" MEANS AS BETWEEN A PATIENT AND A
SWORN MEMBER OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE:

(I)       PERCUTANEOUS CONTACT WITH BLOOD OR BODY FLUIDS;

(II)     MUCOCUTANEOUS CONTACT WITH BLOOD OR BODY FLUIDS;

(III) OPEN WOUND, INCLUDING DERMATITIS, EXUDATIVE LESIONS,
OR CHAPPED SKIN, CONTACT WITH BLOOD OR BODY FLUIDS FOR A PROLONGED
PERIOD; OR

(IV) INTACT SKIN CONTACT WITH LARGE AMOUNTS OF BLOOD OR
BODY FLUIDS FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD.

(5)      "MEDICAL CARE FACILITY" MEANS A HOSPITAL AS DEFINED IN §
19-301 OF THIS ARTICLE OR A HEALTH CARE FACILITY OF A CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTION.

(D) (B) IF, WHILE TREATING OR TRANSPORTING AN ILL OR INJURED
PATIENT TO A MEDICAL CARE FACILITY OR WHILE ACTING IN THE PERFORMANCE
OF DUTY, A SWORN MEMBER OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE COMES INTO
CONTACT WITH IS EXPOSED TO COMES INTO CONTACT EXPOSURE 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

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