|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ch. 5
|
|
|
|
|
|
PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18-102.
(a) The Secretary shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to prevent:
(1) The introduction of an [infectious or contagious] INFECTIOUS,
CONTAGIOUS, OR COMMUNICABLE disease into this State OR OTHER CONDITION OR
ACTION DISEASE THAT ENDANGERS PUBLIC HEALTH IN THIS STATE; or
(2) The spread of an [infectious or contagious]—INFECTIOUS,
CONTAGIOUS, OR COMMUNICABLE disease OR OTHER CONDITION OR ACTION
DISEASE THAT ENDANGERS PUBLIC HEALTH in this State.
(B) WHEN THE SECRETARY HAS REASON TO BELIEVE THAT AN INFECTIOUS;
CONTAGIOUS, OR COMMUNICABLE OR CONTAGIOUS DISEASE OR OTHER CONDITION
OR ACTION DISEASE THAT ENDANGERS PUBLIC HEALTH EXISTS WITHIN THE STATE,
THE SECRETARY SHALL:
(1) INVESTIGATE THE SUSPECTED DISEASE, CONDITION, OR ACTION
DISEASE; AND
(2) ACT PROPERLY TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE,
CONDITION, OR ACTION DISEASE.
[(b)] (C) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, an
individual enrolled in an institution of higher education who resides in on-campus
student housing shall be vaccinated against meningococcal disease.
(2) An individual is exempt from the vaccination requirement in
paragraph (1) of this subsection if:
(i) The institution of higher education provides detailed
information on the risks associated with meningococcal disease and the availability
and effectiveness of any vaccine to:
1. The individual, if the individual is 18 years of age or older;
or
2. The individual's parent or guardian, if the individual is a
minor; and
(ii) 1. The individual is 18 years of age or older and the individual
signs a written waiver in a form approved by the Secretary stating that the individual
has received and reviewed the information provided and has chosen not to be
vaccinated against meningococcal disease; or
2. The individual is a minor and the individual's parent or
guardian signs a written waiver in a form approved by the Secretary stating that the
parent or guardian has received and reviewed the information provided and has
chosen to not have the individual vaccinated against meningococcal disease.
(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require any
institution of higher education to provide or pay for vaccinations against
meningococcal disease.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- 35 -
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
