# General Provisions (GGP)

## Title 1. Rules of Interpretation

### Subtitle 1. Definitions

#### Section 1-117

(a) "Veteran" has the meaning stated in Sec. 9-901 of the State Government Article.

(b) With respect to any State program of benefits, rights, or privileges applicable to a veteran under this Code, "veteran" includes, if the individual is eligible under 38 U.S.C. Sec. 101, a member of the commissioned corps of:

  (1) the Public Health Service; or

  (2) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or its predecessor, the Coast and Geodetic Survey.

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Md. Code Ann., Gen. Prov. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)