Md. Code, Health - General § 18-602
This is the official text of Md. Code, Health - General § 18-602, part of Maryland’s Code, Health - General — covers public health regulation.
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§18–602.
Official statutory text
(a) A person may not:
(1) Willfully or knowingly take an individual who has an infectious disease that endangers public health to the home of another individual;
(2) Carelessly expose an individual to another who has an infectious disease that endangers public health; or
(3) Permit a child who has an infectious disease that endangers public health to be in a public place while in charge of the child.
(b) A person who violates any provision of this section is subject to a fine not exceeding $100.
(1) Willfully or knowingly take an individual who has an infectious disease that endangers public health to the home of another individual;
(2) Carelessly expose an individual to another who has an infectious disease that endangers public health; or
(3) Permit a child who has an infectious disease that endangers public health to be in a public place while in charge of the child.
(b) A person who violates any provision of this section is subject to a fine not exceeding $100.
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