Section 18-601 - Exposure of other individuals - By infected individual generally. - Maryland Statutes

§ 18-601. Exposure of other individuals - By infected individual generally.
 

(a)  Prohibited act.- 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)  Penalty.- 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. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 43, § 58; 1982, ch. 21, § 2; 1985, ch. 258, § 1; 1989, ch. 789, § 2.]