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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="18-338" 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>“Correctional employee” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A person who is employed by a correctional institution; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A person who performs duties in a correctional institution by virtue of federal, State, or local government employment.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Correctional institution” means a place of detention or correctional confinement operated by or for the State or a local government.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Court” means a district or circuit court of the State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>“Exposure” means, as between a correctional employee and an incarcerated individual:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Percutaneous contact with blood, semen, or blood contaminated fluids;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Mucocutaneous contact with blood, semen, or blood contaminated fluids;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Open wound, including dermatitis, exudative lesions, or chapped skin, contact with blood, semen, or blood contaminated fluids; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Intact skin contact with large amounts of blood, semen, or blood contaminated fluids for a prolonged period.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>“Health care provider” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Any person, including a physician or hospital, who is licensed or otherwise authorized in this State to provide health care services and is under contract with or operated by the correctional facility; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>An employee’s private physician.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An incarcerated individual shall furnish to the correctional institution a blood sample or buccal (cheek) swab to be tested for the presence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) when:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>There has been an exposure involving the incarcerated individual;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The exposure occurred in connection with the incarcerated individual’s violation of institutional regulations;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The incarcerated individual has been found guilty of the violation of institutional regulations described in paragraph (2) of this subsection;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The correctional employee involved in the exposure has given written notice of the exposure to the managing official of the correctional institution, or the official’s designee; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The exposure is confirmed by a health care provider.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The correctional institution shall collect the blood sample from the incarcerated individual, and shall have the sample tested for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) by a test and test procedure approved by the Department.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the incarcerated individual refuses to furnish to the correctional institution a blood sample or buccal (cheek) swab to be tested for the presence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as required under subsection (b) of this section, a court may order the incarcerated individual to furnish the blood sample or buccal (cheek) swab if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The correctional employee involved in the exposure or the correctional employee’s representative requests the testing in writing to the State’s Attorney in the county where the exposure occurred; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The court finds probable cause to believe that the exposure occurred.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Before ordering a test under paragraph (1) of this subsection and subject to the provisions of paragraph (6) of this subsection, the court shall hold a hearing at which the correctional employee or the correctional employee’s representative and the incarcerated individual or the incarcerated individual’s representative have the right to be present.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The correctional employee or the correctional employee’s representative and the incarcerated individual or the incarcerated individual’s representative shall be notified of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The date, time, and location of the hearing; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Their right to be present at the hearing.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>During the hearing, the court may admit into evidence only affidavits, counter–affidavits, and medical records that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Relate to the material facts of the case; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Support or rebut a finding of probable cause to issue a court order.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The written request of the correctional employee or the correctional employee’s representative shall be:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Filed by the State’s Attorney with the court; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Sealed by the court.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Except for good cause, the court shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Hold the hearing within 15 days after the State’s Attorney’s presentment to the court of the written request of the correctional employee or the correctional employee’s representative; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Issue an order granting or denying the request within 3 days after the conclusion of the hearing.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The correctional employee shall be notified of the results of the test for the presence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) conducted under the provisions of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The notification required under subsection (e) of this section shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Be made within 48 hours of confirmation of the incarcerated individual’s diagnosis;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Include subsequent written confirmation of the possible exposure to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>To the extent possible, be made in a manner that will protect the confidentiality of the correctional employee and the incarcerated individual.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>If the results of the blood sample test are positive for the presence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), then the correctional employee and the incarcerated individual shall be provided appropriate counseling.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>All correctional institutions shall develop written procedures to carry out the provisions of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>A health care provider acting in good faith to provide notification in accordance with this section may not be held liable in any cause of action related to a breach of patient confidentiality.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>A health care provider acting in good faith to provide notification in accordance with this section may not be held liable in any cause of action for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The failure to give the required notice, if the correctional employee fails to properly initiate the notification procedures developed by the correctional institution under subsection (h) of this section; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The failure of the managing official of the correctional institution within which the correctional employee is employed to subsequently notify the correctional employee of the possible exposure to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <text>A health care provider may not be held liable in any cause of action related to obtaining a blood sample or performing and interpreting an approved HIV test without the incarcerated individual’s informed consent.</text>
  </level>
</section>
