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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="5-116" title_number="5" title_name="Limitations, Prohibited Actions, and Immunities" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Limitations">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An action for damages for an injury or death caused by the effects of a breast implant or breast implant materials shall be filed within the later of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>180 days after the date of completion of any opt-out period in a class action in which the claimant is a member of the class, including an opt-out period provided for in a settlement agreement;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>180 days after the completion of any nonbinding mediation in a class action in which the claimant is a member of the class; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A period of limitations that would otherwise apply.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section does not apply to an action for medical injuries subject to the provisions of Title 3, Subtitle 2A of this article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
