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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 10.30.03.02" title_num="10" subtitle_num="30" chapter_num="03" heading="Unrestricted Access to Care.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>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.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>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.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>