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<baltimore-city-law heading="Part II – By Others">
  <section prefix="§" num="4-207" heading="Lodging facilities.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="“Lodging facility” defined.">In this section, “lodging facility” means any:<para num="(1)">hotel or motel;</para>
      <para num="(2)">rooming house;</para>
      <para num="(3)">apartment house;</para>
      <para num="(4)">dwelling house; or</para>
      <para num="(5)">public or private institution in which individuals abide temporarily or permanently.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Duty to report.">The individual in charge of a lodging facility must report to the Commissioner anyone in the lodging facility who is suffering from any disease or condition that the Commissioner specifies by rule or regulation adopted under &lt;cite data-path="|health|§2-106"&gt;§ 2-106 {“Rules and regulations”} of this article&lt;/cite&gt; for purposes of this section.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="When to report.">Unless a different time is set by the Commissioner or by State law, the report must be made within 24 hours of the individual’s being told or otherwise becoming aware of the disease or condition.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 11, §§188, 189</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Text Conformed 03/10/21</annotation>
    <annotation type="Editor's Notes">Text of subsection (b) conformed to include express cross-reference to § 2-106.  Cf. Editor’s Note to that section.</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="4-208" heading="Vessels in harbor.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Scope of section.">This section does not apply to a vessel that is in medical isolation.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Duty to report.">The master, chief officer, or consignee of a vessel must report to the Commissioner anyone on board who is suspected of suffering from a communicable disease.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="When to report.">The report must be made immediately on the vessel’s coming within ¼ mile of any dock, wharf, or building in the City.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Contents of report.">In addition to the information required by &lt;cite data-path="|health|§4-102"&gt;§ 4-102 {“Form and contents of reports”} of this title&lt;/cite&gt;, the report must contain the following information:<para num="(1)">the name and location of the vessel;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the name of the suspected communicable disease; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">the name and condition of all individuals on board suffering from the disease.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 11, §190</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
