Sec. 12.12.22.05. Exposure of Correctional Officer to Contagious Disease or Virus

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.