Ch. 64                                          1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(I) MEDICAL ISOLATION AT HOME;                               

(II)     DOMICILIARY CARE, NURSING HOME CARE, OR HOSPITAL
CARE; OR

(III)    OTHER MEDICALLY APPROPRIATE LIVING ARRANGEMENT.

(3) THE ORDER OF THE HEALTH OFFICER MAY ALSO CONTAIN SUCH
OTHER CONDITIONS AS THE HEALTH OFFICER BELIEVES ARE NECESSARY TO
PROTECT EITHER THE HEALTH OF THE INFECTED INDIVIDUAL OR THE PUBLIC
HEALTH.

(c) A health officer may not require an individual to have a physical examination,
other than a chest X ray[, or] AND TO RENDER SPUTUM SAMPLES. A HEALTH
OFFICER MAY NOT restrict the right of the individual to select a treatment method, if the
individual:

(1) In good faith relies on spiritual means through prayer for healing; and

(-2) Complies with the laws, rules, and regulations that relate to sanitation
for and quarantine of infectious, contagious, and communicable diseases.

18-325.

(a)      An individual may not refuse to [enter a health facility if the individual has
been ordered taken to the health facility] COMPLY WITH THE PLACEMENT ORDERED
under § 18-324 of this subtitle.

(b)     While an individual is in any [health facility] PLACEMENT for tuberculosis
treatment, the individual may not:

(1)      Behave in a disorderly manner; or                                               

(2)      Leave the [health facility] PLACEMENT before being discharged
properly.

(c)      An individual who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a
misdemeanor and on conviction shall be imprisoned in a penal institution with facilities
for tuberculosis treatment until the Secretary or the Health Department of Baltimore
City finds that the condition of the individual no longer endangers the health of the
community.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1994.

Approved April 12, 1994.

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