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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="5-601" title_number="5" title_name="Firearms" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Extreme Risk Protective Orders">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Ammunition” has the meaning stated in § 5–133.1 of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Extreme risk protective order” means a civil interim, temporary, or final protective order issued in accordance with this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Firearm” has the meaning stated in § 5–101 of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Petitioner” means an individual who files a petition for an extreme risk protective order under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Petitioner” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a physician, psychologist, clinical social worker, licensed clinical professional counselor, clinical nurse specialist in psychiatric and mental health nursing, psychiatric nurse practitioner, licensed clinical marriage or family therapist, or health officer or designee of a health officer who has examined the individual;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a law enforcement officer;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the spouse of the respondent;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a cohabitant of the respondent;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>a person related to the respondent by blood, marriage, or adoption;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>an individual who has a child in common with the respondent;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>a current dating or intimate partner of the respondent; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>a current or former legal guardian of the respondent.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Respondent” means a person against whom a petition for an extreme risk protective order is filed.</text>
  </level>
</section>
