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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 54-1 Definitions.">
  <section prefix="§" num="54-1" heading="Definitions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Abuse.">“Abuse” has the meaning stated in Title 5, Subtitle 7 of the State Family Law Article {“Definitions: Abuse”}.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Automated external defibrillator.">“Automated external defibrillator” means a medical device, approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration that:<para num="(1)">is capable of recognizing the presence or absence in an individual of ventricular fibrillation and rapid ventricular tachycardia;</para>
      <para num="(2)">is capable of determining, without intervention, whether defibrillation should be performed on an individual;</para>
      <para num="(3)">on determining that defibrillation should be performed, automatically charges and requests delivery of an electrical impulse to an individual’s heart; and</para>
      <para num="(4)">delivers an appropriate electrical impulse to a patient’s heart to perform defibrillation.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Coach.">“Coach” means an individual over the age of 18 who, whether paid or unpaid:<para num="(1)">is responsible for leading or assisting in leading a youth sports program; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">has routine and consistent contact throughout an athletic season with youth athletes participating in a youth sports program.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Concussion.">“Concussion” means a traumatic injury to the brain causing an immediate, short-lived change in mental status or an alteration of normal consciousness resulting from:<para num="(1)">a fall;</para>
      <para num="(2)">a violent blow to the head or body; or</para>
      <para num="(3)">the shaking or spinning of the head or body.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(f)" heading="Department.">“Department” means the Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks.</para>
    <para num="(g)" heading="Facility.">“Facility” means any outdoor or indoor athletic space under the management of the Department.</para>
    <para num="(h)" heading="Heat Exhaustion.">“Heat exhaustion” means a reaction to excessive heat marked by prostration, weakness, and collapse resulting from dehydration.</para>
    <para num="(i)" heading="Heat stroke.">“Heat stroke” means a severe illness caused by exposure to excessively high temperatures and characterized by:<para num="(1)">severe headache;</para>
      <para num="(2)">high fever with a dry, hot skin;</para>
      <para num="(3)">tachycardia; and</para>
      <para num="(4)">in serious cases, collapse, coma, or death.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(j)" heading="Neglect.">“Neglect” has the meaning stated in Title 5, Subtitle 7 of the State Family Law Article {“Definitions: Neglect”}.</para>
    <para num="(k)" heading="Sudden cardiac arrest.">“Sudden cardiac arrest” means a condition in which the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating.</para>
    <para num="(l)" heading="Youth athlete.">“Youth athlete” means any individual under the age of 18 who participates in a youth sports program in a non-supervisory role.</para>
    <para num="(m)" heading="Youth sports program.">“Youth sports program” means a program or event, including instruction, practice, or competition, organized for youth athletes under the age of 18 years:<para num="(1)">conducted by the Department; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">conducted by a recreational athletic organization or any other person required to obtain a permit to use a Department facility.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord.19-305</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-125</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
