Authority of Secretary; investigation and prevention of actual or potential exposure

  1. Law
  2. Maryland Code
  3. General
  4. Disease Prevention
  5. Catastrophic Health Emergency Disease Surveillance and Response Program
  6. Authority of Secretary; investigation and prevention of actual or potential exposure

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    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may exercise the authority granted in this subtitle to:

        (1)    Continuously evaluate and modify existing disease surveillance procedures in order to detect a catastrophic health emergency;

        (2)    Investigate actual or potential exposures to a deadly agent; and

        (3)    Treat, prevent, or reduce the spread of the disease or outbreak believed to have been caused by the exposure to a deadly agent.


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