§ 18-902. Authority of Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene; 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.

HISTORY: 2002, ch. 1.

                    
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