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LR 602
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A. A condition poses a public health threat if an
infectious or toxic agent or environmental hazard is present
in the environment under circumstances which that would
place persons at significant risk of becoming infected an
adverse effect on a person's health from exposure to or
infection with a communicable notifiable disease or
condition.

 
B. Behavior by an infected person poses a public health
threat if:

 
(1) The infected person engages in behavior that has
been demonstrated epidemiologically to create a
significant risk of transmission of a communicable
disease;

 
(2) The infected person's past behavior indicates a
serious and present danger that the infected person
will engage in behavior that creates a significant risk
of transmission of a communicable disease to another;

 
(3) The infected person fails or refuses to cooperate
with a departmental contact notification program; or

 
(4) The infected person fails or refuses to comply
with any part of either a cease and desist order or a
court order issued to the infected person to prevent
transmission of a communicable disease to another.

 
C. Behavior described in paragraph B, subparagraphs (1) and
(2), shall may not be considered a public health threat if
the infected person demonstrates that any other person
placed at significant risk of becoming infected with a
communicable disease was informed of the risk and consented
to it.

 
Sec. 5. 22 MRSA §801, sub-§11 is enacted to read:

 
11.__Toxic agent.__"Toxic agent" means a chemical or physical
substance that, under certain circumstances of exposure, may
cause harmful effects to living organisms.

 
Sec. 6. 22 MRSA §802, sub-§1, ¶¶A to D, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 487,
§11, are amended to read:

 
A. Designate and classify communicable, environmental and
occupational diseases;

 
B. Establish requirements for reporting and other surveillance
methods for measuring the occurrence of


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