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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".18" citation="COMAR 10.15.08.18" title_num="10" subtitle_num="15" chapter_num="08" heading="Procedure When Infection or High Risk of Infection is Suspected or Discovered.">
  <text>In accordance with Health-General Article, §§18-102, 21-253, 21-254, and 21-435, Annotated Code of Maryland, when an individual working at a plant has a communicable disease or is a carrier of a communicable disease the Department:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Shall immediately exclude the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Individual from handling milk, milk products, milk containers, and milk equipment; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Milk supply that is handled by the infected individual from distribution and use; and</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>May require medical and biological examination of the individual and the individual’s bodily discharges.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>