WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                            Ch. 535

(1)      THE FAILURE TO GIVE THE REQUIRED NOTICE IF THE FIRST
RESPONDER FAILS TO PROPERLY INITIATE THE NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES
DEVELOPED BY THE MEDICAL CARE FACILITY AND THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER
UNDER SUBSECTION (E) (G) OF THIS SECTION; OR

(2)      THE FAILURE OF THE EMPLOYER OR THE EMPLOYER'S DESIGNEE
TO SUBSEQUENTLY NOTIFY THE FIRST RESPONDER OF THE POSSIBLE CONTACT
EXPOSURE TO A CONTAGIOUS DISEASE OR VIRUS.

(G) (1) THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL, THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER, AND
EACH FIRE DEPARTMENT, RESCUE SQUAD COMPANY, MEDICAL CARE FACILITY,
CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IN THE STATE
SHALL DEVELOP WRITTEN PROCEDURES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS
SECTION.

(2) ON REQUEST, THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL AND EACH FIRE
DEPARTMENT, RESCUE SQUAD COMPANY, MEDICAL CARE FACILITY,
CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SHALL MAKE
COPIES OF THE PROCEDURES DEVELOPED IN THIS SUBTITLE AVAILABLE TO
EMPLOYEES, EMPLOYEE UNIONS, VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATIONS, AND THE
SECRETARY.

(H) A PERSON COVERED UNDER SUBSECTION (A)(5), (6), (7), (8), (9), AND (10) OF
THIS SECTION MAY NOT REFUSE TO TREAT OR TRANSPORT A DECEASED PERSON
BECAUSE THE DECEASED PERSON WAS HIV POSITIVE AT THE TIME OF DEATH.

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

Approved May 26, 1994.

CHAPTER 535
(House Bill 170)

AN ACT concerning

Uniform Commercial Code - Leases

FOR the purpose of enacting the Maryland Uniform Commercial Code - Leases; defining
certain terms; providing for the applicability of certain laws to leases subject to the
provisions of this Act; establishing requirements governing the formation and
construction of certain lease contracts; providing for the effect and enforceability of
certain lease contracts; establishing certain requirements governing the
performance of certain parties under certain lease contracts; establishing certain
procedures, 'rights, and remedies applicable to certain defaults under certain lease
contracts; making certain conforming changes in certain provisions of Titles 1 and 9
of the Commercial Law Article; altering a certain definition; clarifying that a
"terminal rental adjustment clause" in a vehicle lease does not create a sale or

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