Maryland Health - General Section 18-313

      The Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene shall provide a statewide system:

            (1)      To control rabies;

            (2)      To grant authority to the public health veterinarian and the local health officer in matters pertaining to the disposition of animals that bite or otherwise expose rabies to an individual;

            (3)      To assist local political subdivisions regarding the laboratory testing of rabid animals;

            (4)      To treat each individual who is exposed or suspected of having been exposed to rabies; and

            (5)      To distribute, in accordance with the conditions set by the Secretary of Agriculture, the biological products that are needed to prevent and treat rabies.