Md. Code Ann., Health-Gen. § 24-802
HIV Prevention Syringe Services Program
Effective Oct 1, 2025Added by Acts 1994, c. 360, § 1, eff. June 1, 1994. Amended by Acts 2014, c. 396, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2014; Acts 2025, c. 758, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.State of Maryland
- (a) There is an HIV Prevention Syringe Services Program in the Baltimore City Health Department.
(b) The Program shall:
- (1) Distribute syringes and provide for the exchange by participants of used hypodermic needles and syringes for sterile hypodermic needles and syringes as needed; and
- (2) Operate in accordance with the procedures approved, with the advice and approval of the oversight committee, by the Commissioner of Health.
Added by Acts 1994, c. 360, § 1, eff. June 1, 1994. Amended by Acts 2014, c. 396, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2014; Acts 2025, c. 758, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.