When an individual has a positive test result with the rapid HIV antibody test or rapid hepatitis C virus test, a person seeking or holding a public health testing license to offer or perform testing shall:

1. A. Offer to perform a confirmatory test;
2. B. Collect a specimen to refer to a laboratory to perform a confirmatory test; or
3. C. Refer that individual to a health care provider to have a confirmatory test performed.

Authority: Health-General Article, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date:

Regulations .01—.10 adopted as an emergency provision effective January 19, 2005 (32:3 Md. R. 287); adopted permanently effective March 14, 2005 (32:5 Md. R. 580)

Regulation .01A, B amended effective April 1, 2013 (40:6 Md. R. 473)

Regulation .02B amended effective April 1, 2013 (40:6 Md. R. 473); March 1, 2026 (52:24 Md. R. 1198)

Regulation .03 amended effective April 1, 2013 (40:6 Md. R. 473)

Regulation .04 amended effective April 1, 2013 (40:6 Md. R. 473)

Regulation .04D amended effective March 1, 2026 (52:24 Md. R. 1198)

Regulation .04E amended effective August 29, 2016 (43:17 Md. R. 953)

Regulation .06D, E amended effective April 1, 2013 (40:6 Md. R. 473)

Regulation .07B amended effective April 1, 2013 (40:6 Md. R. 473); March 1, 2026 (52:24 Md. R. 1198)

Regulation .09 amended effective April 1, 2013 (40:6 Md. R. 473)

Regulation .10 amended effective April 1, 2013 (40:6 Md. R. 473)