§ 14-3A-01
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§14–3A–01.
(a)In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b)“Catastrophic health emergency” means a situation in which extensive loss of life or serious disability is threatened imminently because of exposure to a deadly agent.
(c)“Deadly agent” means:
(1)anthrax, ebola, plague, smallpox, tularemia, or other bacterial, fungal, rickettsial, or viral agent, biological toxin, or other biological agent capable of causing extensive loss of life or serious disability;
(2)mustard gas, nerve gas, or other chemical agent capable of causing extensive loss of life or serious disability; or
(3)radiation at levels capable of causing extensive loss of life or serious disability.
(d)“Exposure to a deadly agent” means a threat to human health caused by the release, distribution, or transmission of a deadly agent in:
(1)this State; or
(2)another jurisdiction because of movement into the State of the deadly agent or of individuals exposed to the deadly agent.
(e)“Health care provider” means:
(1)a health care facility as defined in § 19–114(d)(1) of the Health – General Article;
(2)a health care practitioner as defined in § 19–114(e) of the Health – General Article; and
(3)an individual licensed or certified as an emergency medical services provider under § 13–516 of the Education Article.
(f)“Secretary” means the Secretary of Health.