Section 18-902 - Authority of Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene; investigation and prevention of actual or potential exposure.

§ 18-902. Authority of Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene; investigation and prevention of actual or potential exposure.
 

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. 
 

[2002, ch. 1.]