- A. If, while treating or transporting an ill or injured inmate to a medical care facility, or while acting in the performance of duty, a correctional officer comes into contact with an inmate who is subsequently diagnosed, as a result of information obtained in conjunction with the services provided during the visit to the facility, as having a contagious disease or virus, the correctional officer and the Institution are entitled to receive the notification specified in Health-General Article, §18-213(d) and (e), Annotated Code of Maryland.
- B. As part of a correctional officer's training, the education specified in Health-General Article, §18-213(j), Annotated Code of Maryland, concerning the human immunodeficiency virus and the hepatitis B virus, shall be provided by the Institution.
- C. A correctional officer shall receive the equipment specified in Health-General Article, §18-213(k), Annotated Code of Maryland, that is recommended to protect the officer from exposure to the human immunodeficiency virus and the hepatitis B virus while rendering emergency medical care.
- D. As specified in Health-General Article, §18-213(m), a correctional officer may not refuse to treat or transport an inmate because the inmate is human immunodeficiency virus positive.
- E. The Institution shall develop written procedures for the implementation of these regulations and shall make copies of these procedures available, upon request, to the individuals specified in Health-General Article, §18-213(l), Annotated Code of Maryland.
Authority: Correctional Services Article, §4-208, Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date: February 3, 1992 (19:2 Md. R. 155)