<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="1-101" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions"> <level label="a"> <text>In this article the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="a–1"> <text>“Active service member” has the meaning stated in § 9–901 of the State Government Article.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“County” means a county of this State and, unless expressly provided otherwise, Baltimore City.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“Department” means the Maryland Department of Health.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>“Domestic partner” means an individual who meets the requirements of § 6–101 of this article.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>“Health officer” means, unless expressly provided otherwise, the Baltimore City Commissioner of Health or the health officer of a county.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>“Includes” or “including” means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation.</text> </level> <level label="g"> <text>“Local health planning agency” means the health department of a jurisdiction or a body designated by the local health department to perform health planning functions.</text> </level> <level label="h"> <text>“Medical examiner” means:</text> <level label="1"> <text>The Chief Medical Examiner;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Deputy Chief Medical Examiner;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Any assistant medical examiner; or</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>Any deputy medical examiner.</text> </level> </level> <level label="i"> <text>“Person” means an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, or representative of any kind and any partnership, firm, association, corporation, or other entity.</text> </level> <level label="j"> <text>“Physician” means an individual who is authorized under the Maryland Medical Practice Act to practice medicine in this State.</text> </level> <level label="k"> <text>“Secretary” means the Secretary of Health.</text> </level> <level label="k–1"> <text>“Service member” has the meaning stated in § 9–901 of the State Government Article.</text> </level> <level label="l"> <text>“State” means:</text> <level label="1"> <text>A state, possession, or territory of the United States;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The District of Columbia; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.</text> </level> </level> <level label="m"> <text>“Uniformed services” has the meaning stated in § 9–901 of the State Government Article.</text> </level> <level label="n"> <text>“Veteran” has the meaning stated in § 9–901 of the State Government Article.</text> </level> </section> <section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="1-201" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>A requirement in this article that a document be verified means that the document shall be verified by a declaration made under the penalties of perjury that the matters and facts contained in the document are true to the best of the knowledge, information, and belief of the individual making the declaration.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The verification shall be made:</text> <level label="1"> <text>Before an individual authorized to administer oaths; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>By a signed statement of verification that:</text> <level label="i"> <text>Is in the document or attached to and made part of the document; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>States that the statement is made under the penalties for perjury.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>If the procedures provided in subsection (b)(2) of this section are used, the statement of verification subjects the individual making the statement to the penalties for perjury to the same extent as if the statement had been verified under oath before an individual authorized to administer oaths.</text> </level> </section> <section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="1-202" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions"> <text>Before any license or permit may be issued under this article to an employer to engage in an activity in which the employer may employ a covered employee, as defined in § 9-101 of the Labor and Employment Article, the employer shall file with the issuing authority:</text> <level label="1"> <text>A certificate of compliance with the Maryland Workers’ Compensation Act; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The number of a workers’ compensation insurance policy or binder.</text> </level> </section>