# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 30 — Maryland Commission on Kidney Disease

### Chapter 03 — Transmissible Diseases

#### Regulation .02 Unrestricted Access to Care.

*COMAR 10.30.03.02*

A. An end stage kidney disease patient with any transmissible disease, may not be denied dialysis or transplantation by a certified Maryland dialysis or transplantation facility solely because of the potential for transmission of the transmissible disease, to other patients or treatment personnel.

B. If tours of the dialysis facility take place, the facility shall inform visitors of the risk of transmissible disease exposure and encourage thorough hand washing at the end of the tour.