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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="3-201" title_number="3" title_name="Other Crimes Against the Person" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Assault, Reckless Endangerment, and Related Crimes">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Assault” means the crimes of assault, battery, and assault and battery, which retain their judicially determined meanings.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Law enforcement officer” has the meaning stated in § 1–101(c) of the Public Safety Article without application of § 3–101(e)(2).</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Law enforcement officer” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a correctional officer at a correctional facility; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>an officer employed by the WMATA Metro Transit Police, subject to the jurisdictional limitations under Article XVI, § 76 of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact, which is codified in § 10–204 of the Transportation Article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Serious physical injury” means physical injury that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>creates a substantial risk of death; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>causes permanent or protracted serious:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>disfigurement;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>loss of the function of any bodily member or organ; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
