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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="10-204" title_number="10" title_name="Crimes Against Public Health, Conduct, and Sensibilities" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Disturbing the Peace, Disorderly Conduct, and Related Crimes">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Medical facility” means:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>a facility as defined in § 10–101 of the Health – General Article; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a health care facility as defined in § 19–114 of the Health – General Article.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Medical facility” includes an agency, clinic, or office operated under the direction of the local health officer or under the regulatory authority of the Maryland Department of Health.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This section does not apply to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the chief executive officer of the medical facility;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a designee of the chief executive officer of the medical facility;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>an agent of the medical facility; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a law enforcement officer.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This section does not prohibit:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>speech; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>picketing in connection with a labor dispute as defined in § 4–301 of the Labor and Employment Article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person may not intentionally act, alone or with others, to prevent another from entering or exiting a medical facility by physically:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>detaining the other; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>obstructing, impeding, or hindering the other’s passage.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.</text>
  </level>
</section>
