Md. Code Ann., Health-Gen. § 18-601
Exposure of others to infectious disease prohibited
Effective Jul 1, 1989Added by Acts 1982, c. 21, § 2, eff. July 1, 1982. Amended by Acts 1985, c. 258, § 1, eff. July 1, 1985; Acts 1989, c. 789, § 2, eff. July 1, 1989.State of Maryland
(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.
Added by Acts 1982, c. 21, § 2, eff. July 1, 1982. Amended by Acts 1985, c. 258, § 1, eff. July 1, 1985; Acts 1989, c. 789, § 2, eff. July 1, 1989.
Formerly Art. 43, § 58.