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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="11-801" title_number="11" title_name="Victims and Witnesses" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Criminal Injuries Compensation Board">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Board” means the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Claimant” means the person filing a claim under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Crime” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a criminal offense under state, federal, or common law that is committed in:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>this State; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>another state against a resident of this State; or</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>an act of international terrorism as defined in Title 18, § 2331 of the United States Code that is committed outside of the United States against a resident of this State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Crime” does not include an act involving the operation of a vessel or motor vehicle unless the act is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a violation of § 20–102, § 20–104, § 21–706, § 21–901.3, § 21–902, § 21–904, or § 21–1124.3 of the Transportation Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a violation of § 8–738 of the Natural Resources Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a violation of the Criminal Law Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>operating a motor vehicle or vessel that results in an intentional injury; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>a violation of federal law or the law of another state that is substantially equivalent to a violation under this paragraph, as required under 34 U.S.C. § 20102(b)(5) and (6).</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Dependent” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a surviving spouse, domestic partner, or child of a person; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a person who is dependent on another person for principal support.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Executive Director” means the Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Qualified third party” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a licensed physician, dentist, or psychologist authorized to practice under the Health Occupations Article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a social worker or caseworker of any public or private health or social services agency or provider; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>an advocate or victim service provider from a domestic violence or sexual assault prevention or assistance program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>“Victim” means a person:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>who suffers physical or psychological injury or death as a result of a crime or delinquent act; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>who suffers physical injury or death as a direct result of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>trying to prevent a crime or delinquent act or an attempted crime or delinquent act from occurring in the person’s presence;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>trying to apprehend an offender who had committed a crime or delinquent act in the person’s presence or had committed a felony or a delinquent act that would be a felony if committed by an adult; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>helping a law enforcement officer in the performance of the officer’s duties or helping a member of a fire department or an agency that provides emergency medical services who is being obstructed from performing the member’s duties.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
