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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="18-207" title_number="18" title_name="Disease Prevention" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Reports; Preventive Actions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Designated anonymous HIV test site” means an HIV counseling and testing site approved by the Maryland Department of Health as a site where a patient may have an anonymous HIV test.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“HIV/AIDS case report” means an abstract of the medical record of a patient diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome which contains:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Reasonably obtained patient demographic information, including name and risk factors;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Relevant information on the:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Initial diagnosis;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Treatment and referral; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Clinical condition; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Facility and other provider identification information.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Report” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A laboratory examination report for HIV or CD 4+ count as required by § 18–205 of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A report for HIV or AIDS as required by § 18–201.1, § 18–202,  or § 18–202.1 of this subtitle; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>An HIV/AIDS case report.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except for a designated anonymous HIV test site, a facility or office that orders a test for HIV and receives a test result that documents the presence of HIV as defined by the CDC laboratory criteria shall, upon the Secretary’s request,  make available to the Secretary, or an agent of the Secretary, the information necessary to compile an HIV/AIDS case report.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A report or information assembled or obtained under this section:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Is confidential and subject to Title 4, Subtitle 1 of this article; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Is not a medical record under Title 4, Subtitle 3 of this article, but is subject to the confidentiality requirements of Title 4, Subtitle 1 of this article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>This subsection does not apply to a disclosure by the Secretary to another governmental agency performing its lawful duties pursuant to State or federal law where the Secretary determines that the agency to which the information is disclosed will maintain the confidentiality of the disclosure.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The report 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 civil action.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
