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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 4-303 Physician’s contact investigation.">
  <section prefix="§" num="4-303" heading="Physician’s contact investigation.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Duty to conduct.">A physician who treats a patient with tuberculosis must:<para num="(1)">thoroughly investigate all individuals who might have been exposed to the patient at home, work, or otherwise; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">request the Commissioner to undertake this investigation.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Duty to report.">If the physician undertakes the investigation required by this section, the physician must report the results to the Commissioner.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Contents of report.">In addition to any other information that the Commissioner requires, the report must contain:<para num="(1)">evidence that an investigation has been thoroughly conducted;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the identity of the source case; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">the following information about each individual tested:<para num="(i)">the date and type of test performed;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">the results of the test; and</para>
        <para num="(iii)">the personal information listed in &lt;cite data-path="|health|§4-102"&gt;§ 4-102 {“Form and contents of reports”} of this title&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 11, §207(a), (b)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
