Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 807 – Control of communicable diseases
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 807
- Communicable disease: means an illness or condition due to a specific infectious agent or its toxic products which arises through transmission of that agent or its products from a reservoir to a susceptible host. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 801
- Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 801
- Public health threat: means any condition or behavior that can reasonably be expected to place others at significant risk of exposure to a toxic agent or environmental hazard or infection with a notifiable disease or condition. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 801
The department may establish procedures for agents of the department to use in the detection, contacting, education, counseling and treatment of individuals having or reasonably believed to have a communicable disease. The procedures shall be adopted in accordance with the requirements of this chapter and with the rules adopted under section 802. [PL 1989, c. 487, §11 (NEW).]
For purposes of carrying out this chapter, the department may designate facilities and private homes for the confinement and treatment of infected persons posing a public health threat. The department may designate any such facility in any hospital or other public or private institution, other than a jail or correctional facility. Designated institutions must have necessary clinic, hospital or confinement facilities as may be required by the department. The department may enter into arrangements for the conduct of these facilities with public officials or persons, associations or corporations in charge of or maintaining and operating these institutions. [PL 2005, c. 383, §11 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1989, c. 487, §11 (NEW). PL 2005, c. 383, §11 (AMD).