§ 4-202. Health care facilities.

(a) Reporting officer.

The chief administrative officer of each hospital, related institution, clinic, pharmacy, or other health care facility must appoint an individual from the facility's full-time staff to serve as the facility's reporting officer.

(b) Duty to report.

The reporting officer must report to the Commissioner every confirmed or suspected diagnosis of any disease or condition that the Commissioner specifies by rule or regulation adopted under § 2-106 {"Rules and regulations"} of this article for purposes of this section.

(c) When to report.

Except for specified diseases or conditions that the Commissioner or State law requires to be reported on a more timely basis, the report must be made within 48 hours for all patients who have been:

(1) newly admitted to the facility;

(2) admitted to an isolation ward;

(3) treated on an emergency or out-patient basis; or

(4) discharged without having been previously reported.

(d) Contents of report.

In addition to the information required by § 4-102 {"Form and contents of reports"} of this title, the report must contain the following information:

(1) the identity of the disease or condition; and

(2) the date of its onset.

(e) Nature of report.

The reporting of a disease or condition under this section does not absolve the attending physician of the duty to report the same disease or condition under § 4-201 {"Physicians"} of this subtitle.