Sec. 3. 22 MRSA §801, sub-§7, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 487, §11, is amended to read:

7. Notifiable disease or condition. "Notifiable disease or condition" means any communicable disease or, occupational disease or environmental disease, the occurrence or suspected occurrence of which is required to be reported to the department pursuant to sections 821 to 825 or section 1493.

Sec. 4. 22 MRSA §801, sub-§10, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 487, §11, is amended to read:

10. Public health threat. "Public health threat" means any condition or behavior which that can reasonably be expected to place others at significant risk of exposure to a toxic agent or environmental hazard or infection with a communicable notifiable disease or condition.

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.