Ch. 213                                         1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(I) A SWORN MEMBER OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE SHALL
RECEIVE FROM THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE, AT THE STATE FIRE
MARSHAL'S EXPENSE, EQUIPMENT RECOMMENDED BY THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE
CONTROL TO PROTECT A SWORN MEMBER OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE
FROM EXPOSURE TO HIV AND HEPATITIS B WHILE RENDERING EMERGENCY
MEDICAL CARE.                                                                                                                

(J) (1) THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE SHALL DEVELOP WRITTEN
PROCEDURES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SECTION.

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

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

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1993.                                                  

Approved May 11, 1993.

CHAPTER 213

(Senate Bill 122)

AN ACT concerning

Civil Penalties - Standards

FOR the purpose of establishing standards for the imposition of civil monetary penalties
by State and local administrative agencies; governmental units; defining certain terms;
providing for certain exceptions; and generally relating to civil monetary penalties
imposed by administrative agencies governmental units.

BY adding to

Article 24 - Political Subdivisions - Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 13-101 to be under the new title "Title 13. Civil Penalties"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1990 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - State Government

Section 10-1001 to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 10. Civil Penalties"

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Volume and 1992 Supplement)                                                     

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

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