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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="18-334" title_number="18" title_name="Disease Prevention" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Specific Diseases">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“HIV” means the human immunodeficiency virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Institution” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>An ambulatory surgical facility or center, as defined in § 19-114 of this article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A health maintenance organization, as defined in § 19-701 of this article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A hospital or related institution, as defined in § 19-301 of this article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>A tissue bank; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>The office of 1 or more physicians.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Laboratory” means a public laboratory, medical laboratory, or medical test unit as those terms are defined in Title 17 of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>“Physician” means a person licensed to practice under Title 14 of the Health Occupations Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Tissue bank” means an establishment that obtains, stores, processes, distributes, or sells human blood or other human tissue for use in the human body.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Tissue bank” includes a blood bank or sperm bank.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this subsection, an institution that obtains or processes semen, blood, or tissue shall obtain and send a blood sample from each potential donor of semen, blood, or tissue to a laboratory approved by the Department to test for HIV antibodies.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Before obtaining a blood sample from a potential semen, blood, or tissue donor the institution shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Inform the potential donor, in layman’s terms, that a blood sample of the donor will be tested for HIV antibodies and if the donor’s blood sample tests positive for HIV antibodies the result will be reported to the Department; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Obtain written consent from the potential donor on a form provided by the Department for the administration of the HIV antibody tests and for the disclosure of a positive test result to the Department.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An institution that obtains a positive HIV antibody test result under subsection (b) of this section shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Notify the potential donor from whom the blood sample was obtained of the positive result;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Inform the individual of available counseling; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Report the result to the Department on the form the Department provides.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A test result reported by an institution under subsection (c) of this section may not contain any information that identifies the subject of the test.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>An institution may not use a semen, blood, or tissue specimen from a donor with a positive HIV antibody test result obtained under the provisions of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
