§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.