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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="11-113" title_number="11" title_name="Victims and Witnesses" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>After conviction or a finding of a prohibited exposure, a finding of probable cause under § 11–110(3) of this subtitle, or a granting of probation before judgment under § 11–112 of this subtitle, the State’s Attorney shall within 3 days notify the local health officer of the written request by the victim or victim’s representative for testing.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On receipt of a court order for testing issued under § 11–110(3) or § 11–112 of this subtitle, the local health officer or the local health officer’s designee from any other governmental unit shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>collect the blood sample within 7 days from the person who is charged with, convicted of, or found to have committed a prohibited exposure;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>test the blood sample; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>if the test is conducted for the presence of HIV, give pretest and posttest counseling to the victim or victim’s representative and the person subject to testing in accordance with Title 18, Subtitle 3, Part VI of the Health – General Article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>After receiving the results of a test conducted under subsection (a) of this section, the local health officer shall promptly send notice of the test results to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the victim or victim’s representative; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the person charged with, convicted of, or found to have committed a prohibited exposure.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The local health officer may not disclose positive test results to a victim or victim’s representative or a person charged with, convicted of, or found to have committed a prohibited exposure without also giving, offering, or arranging for appropriate counseling to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the victim or victim’s representative; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the person.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The following shall notify a victim of prohibited exposure or the victim’s representative of the provisions of Part II of this subtitle:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a sexual assault crisis program established under § 11–923 of this title when a victim or victim’s representative contacts the program;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>an intake officer who receives a complaint for the alleged prohibited exposure under § 3–8A–10 of the Courts Article; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>on the filing of a charging document or delinquency petition for the alleged prohibited exposure:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the Department of State Police;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the Police Department of Baltimore City;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the police unit of a county;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the police unit of a municipal corporation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>the office of the sheriff of a county;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>the office of the State’s Attorney of a county;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>the Office of the Attorney General;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>the Office of the State Prosecutor;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>the Department of Juvenile Services; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>the police unit of a bicounty unit or the University System of Maryland.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
