Ch. 534                                        1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(I) THE DECEDENT'S ATTENDING PHYSICIAN;

(II) A DESIGNEE OF THE MEDICAL CARE FACILITY THAT RECEIVES
THE DECEDENT;                             

(III) (I) THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER; OR

(IV) (II) THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER'S DESIGNEE.

(B)      IF, WHILE TRANSPORTING A DECEDENT PERSON TO A MEDICAL CARE
FACILITY OR WHILE ACTING IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY A FIRST RESPONDER
COMES INTO CONTACT EXPOSURE WITH A DECEASED WHILE TREATING OR
TRANSPORTING A PERSON WHO DIES AT THE SCENE OR WHILE BEING
TRANSPORTED AND WHO IS SUBSEQUENTLY DETERMINED, AS A RESULT OF
INFORMATION OBTAINED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION
AT THE MEDICAL CARE FACILITY BY THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER OR A
DESIGNEE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER TO HAVE HAD A CONTAGIOUS
DISEASE OR VIRUS AT THE TIME OF DEATH, THE PHYSICIAN PERFORMING THE
POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION SHALL NOTIFY THE FIRST RESPONDER AND THE FIRST
RESPONDER'S EMPLOYER OR THE EMPLOYER'S DESIGNEE OF THE FIRST
RESPONDER'S POSSIBLE CONTACT EXPOSURE TO THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASE OR
VIRUS.

(C)      THE NOTIFICATION REQUIRED UNDER SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION
SHALL:

(1)      BE MADE WITHIN 48 HOURS OF CONFIRMATION OF THE
DETERMINATION THAT THE DECEASED PERSON HAD A CONTAGIOUS DISEASE OR
VIRUS AT THE TIME OF DEATH;

(2)      INCLUDE SUBSEQUENT WRITTEN CONFIRMATION OF POSSIBLE
CONTACT EXPOSURE TO THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASE OR VIRUS;

(3)      BE CONDUCTED IN A MANNER THAT WILL PROTECT THE
CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE DECEASED PERSON; AND

(4)      TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, BE CONDUCTED IN A MANNER THAT
WILL PROTECT THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE FIRST RESPONDER.

(D)     THE WRITTEN CONFIRMATION REQUIRED UNDER SUBSECTION (C) (2) OF
THIS SECTION SHALL CONSTITUTE COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SECTION.

(E)     A MEDICAL CARE FACILITY OR PHYSICIAN PERFORMING A POSTMORTEM
EXAMINATION ACTING IN GOOD FAITH TO PROVIDE NOTIFICATION IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION IS NOT LIABLE IN ANY CAUSE OF ACTION
RELATED TO A BREACH OF PATIENT CONFIDENTIALITY.

(F)      A MEDICAL CARE FACILITY OR PHYSICIAN PERFORMING A POSTMORTEM
EXAMINATION ACTING IN GOOD FAITH TO PROVIDE NOTIFICATION IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION IS NOT LIABLE IN ANY CAUSE OF ACTION FOR:

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