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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="18-107" title_number="18" title_name="Disease Prevention" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Responsibilities of Secretary">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Secretary shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Devise and institute means to prevent and control morbidity and mortality associated with:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Pregnancy;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Childbirth;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Infancy; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Early childhood; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Promote the welfare and hygiene of maternity and infancy.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Secretary shall establish a Morbidity, Mortality, and Quality Review Committee in the Department.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Committee shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Conduct confidential and anonymous case reviews of morbidity and mortality associated with pregnancy, childbirth, infancy, and early childhood; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Develop and implement interventions to improve the system of care for pregnancy, childbirth, infancy, and early childhood based on the findings from case reviews conducted under item (i) of this paragraph.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The Secretary shall adopt regulations to implement the requirements of this section.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The regulations shall include:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>The types of case reviews conducted by the Committee;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The confidentiality of case reviews;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>A description of the types of records and information needed by the Committee to conduct the case reviews under this section; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>The process for obtaining records, including patient medical records, and any other necessary information in accordance with § 4–305(b) of this article.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>This section does not enable the Secretary:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>To take charge of a child if the parent, guardian, or other person who has custody of the child objects; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>To treat the child for a disease without the consent of the parent, guardian, or other person who has custody of the child.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
