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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="11-107" title_number="11" title_name="Victims and Witnesses" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In Part II of this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Charged” means to be the subject of an indictment, an information, or a petition alleging a delinquent act.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Health officer” has the meaning stated in § 1–101 of the Health – General Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“HIV” means any human immunodeficiency virus that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Prohibited exposure” means a crime or delinquent act that may have caused or resulted in exposure to HIV or hepatitis C.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Prohibited exposure” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>contact that occurs on penetration, however slight, between the penis and the vulva or anus; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>contact between the mouth and the penis, vulva, or anus.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Victim” means the victim of a prohibited exposure.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Victim” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a law enforcement officer who is exposed to HIV or hepatitis C while acting in the performance of duty;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a paid or volunteer firefighter, an emergency medical technician, or rescue squad member who is exposed to HIV or hepatitis C while acting in the performance of duty;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a forensic scientist, working under the direction of a law enforcement agency, who is exposed to HIV or hepatitis C while acting in the performance of duty; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>an individual who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized to provide health care under the Health Occupations Article who is exposed to HIV or hepatitis C while working under the direction of a law enforcement agency or while performing a sexual assault medical evidence collection examination.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Victim’s representative” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the parent of a victim who is a minor;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the legal guardian of a victim; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the person authorized to give consent for the victim under § 5–605 of the Health – General Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
