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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="5-644" title_number="5" title_name="Limitations, Prohibited Actions, and Immunities" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Immunities and Prohibited Actions -- Health and Public Safety">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Institution of higher education” has the meaning stated in § 10–101 of the Education Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Law enforcement officer” has the meaning stated in § 3–101 of the Public Safety Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section applies only to a claim or suit arising in Baltimore City.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>For a claim or suit asserting misconduct in the performance of duties by a law enforcement officer of a law enforcement agency of an institution of higher education, a settlement agreement or any general release of liability between the parties may not contain, and a court may not enforce, a nondisparagement clause.</text>
  </level>
</section>
