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

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   (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.

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

                    
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