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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor Ch. 2
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Medical Society, and interested parties on the implementation of this Act. In
implementing the requirements of this Act, the Secretary shall use every attempt to
build on existing health and medical disaster preparedness plans.
SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Secretary shall adopt
regulations to ensure that any individual subject to isolation or quarantine under the
provisions of this Act shall receive appropriate and adequate care which may include
daily monitoring of the individual's care, and to the extent feasible, provisions for
communication of information and recognition of cultural and religious beliefs.
SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene shall adopt regulations for health care facilities to follow
in providing for the needs of pediatric patients, related to:
(1) staff training needs;
(2) stockpiling of equipment, medication, and supplies necessary to
address a catastrophic health emergency;
(3) treatment and decontamination protocols; and
(4) the coordination of services with other public and private entities.
SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if any provision of this
Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid for any
reason in a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity does not affect other
provisions or any other application of this Act which can be given effect without the
invalid provision or application, and for this purpose the provisions of this Act are
declared severable.
SECTION 3. 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an
emergency measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health
or safety, has been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the
members elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take
effect from the date it is enacted.
Approved April 9, 2002.
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CHAPTER 2
(Senate Bill 239)
AN ACT concerning
Maryland Emergency Management Assistance Compact
FOR the purpose of establishing the Maryland Emergency Management Assistance
Compact; authorizing certain jurisdictions to adopt the Compact for the purpose
of providing intrastate mutual aid between jurisdictions in Maryland during an
emergency; authorizing member jurisdictions to request assistance under the
terms of the Compact; providing for certain limitations, liability, supplementary
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