# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 18. Disease Prevention

### Subtitle 6. Prohibited Acts; Penalties

#### Section 18-601

(a) An individual who has an infectious disease that endangers public health may not willfully:

  (1) Be in a public place without taking proper precautions against exposing other individuals to the disease; or

  (2) Transfer to another individual any article that has been exposed to the disease without thoroughly disinfecting the article.

(b) A person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or both.

#### Section 18-602

(a) A person may not:

  (1) Willfully or knowingly take an individual who has an infectious disease that endangers public health to the home of another individual;

  (2) Carelessly expose an individual to another who has an infectious disease that endangers public health; or

  (3) Permit a child who has an infectious disease that endangers public health to be in a public place while in charge of the child.

(b) A person who violates any provision of this section is subject to a fine not exceeding $100.

#### Section 18-604

A person who violates any rule or regulation that the Secretary adopts under Sec. 18-102 of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $500.

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Md. Code Ann., Health-Gen. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)