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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="18-202.1" title_number="18" title_name="Disease Prevention" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Reports; Preventive Actions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “institution” includes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A hospital;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A nursing home;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A hospice facility;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A medical clinic in a correctional facility;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>An inpatient psychiatric facility; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>An inpatient drug rehabilitation facility.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>When an institution has an individual in the care of the institution with a diagnosis of HIV or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome according to the current definition published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a clinical or infection control practitioner shall submit a report within 48 hours to the health officer for the county where the institution is located.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The report shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Be on the form that the Secretary provides;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Identify the disease;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>State the name, age, race, sex, and residence address of the individual with the disease;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>State the pregnancy status of the individual, if applicable;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>State the name of the administrative head of the institution; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>State the address of the institution.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>All institution reports required under this section are:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Confidential and subject to Title 4, Subtitle 1 of this article; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Not medical records under Title 4, Subtitle 3 of this article, but are subject to the confidentiality requirements of Title 4, Subtitle 1 of this article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The reports and any proceedings, records, or files relating to the reports required under this section are not discoverable and are not admissible in evidence in any criminal, civil, or administrative action.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>This subsection does not apply to a disclosure by the Secretary to another governmental agency performing its lawful duties in accordance with State or federal law where the Secretary determines the agency to whom the information is disclosed will maintain the confidentiality of the disclosure.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
