Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 10 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Part 1
Subtitle 06 - DISEASES
Chapter 10.06.01 - Communicable Diseases and Related Conditions of Public Health Importance
Section 10.06.01.14 - Rabies

Universal Citation: MD Code Reg 10.06.01.14

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 19, September 20, 2024

A. Control of a Case (Human). A health care provider shall apply contact isolation to the case for the period of communicability.

B. Control of Contacts. A health officer or health care provider shall evaluate individually a close contact or hospital contact to determine the need for post-exposure rabies prophylaxis. A health care provider shall warn an immediate attendant of the hazard of infection.

C. Infection Control. A health care provider shall practice contact isolation.

D. Confinement or Examination of Animals. A health officer or the Maryland Public Health Veterinarian shall direct the quarantine, examination, control, and disposition of any animal that bites or otherwise potentially exposes a human to rabies, according to COMAR 10.06.02.

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