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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="3-532" title_number="3" title_name="Law Enforcement" subtitle_number="5">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Interested party” means a health care practitioner, as defined in § 19–144(3) of the Health – General Article, or another interested person who has sufficient information to inform a law enforcement agency of another individual’s health–related condition or circumstance that represents a safety concern of the individual.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Qualified request” means an oral or written request that includes credible information regarding a specific safety concern.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Wellness check” means an in–person visit by a law enforcement officer concerning the well–being of an individual.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to subsection (c) of this section, if a law enforcement agency receives a qualified request from an interested party for a wellness check of an individual located in the law enforcement agency’s jurisdiction, the law enforcement agency shall conduct a wellness check of the individual without unreasonable delay.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Subject to subsection (c) of this section, if a law enforcement agency receives a qualified request from an interested party for a wellness check of an individual who is not located in the law enforcement agency’s jurisdiction, the law enforcement agency shall submit a request to the relevant law enforcement agency in the State or another state to conduct a wellness check of the individual without unreasonable delay.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If the interested party states in the qualified request that there is a concern for a life–threatening condition, then a fire, rescue, or emergency medical services entity shall conduct the wellness check simultaneously with the law enforcement agency.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A law enforcement agency and, if applicable, a fire, rescue, or emergency medical services entity, that receives a qualified request under this section shall meet the requirements of this section regardless of where the interested party making the qualified request is located.</text>
  </level>
</section>
