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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="12-101" title_number="12" title_name="Immunity and Liability" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Maryland Tort Claims Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, “State personnel” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a State employee or official who is paid in whole or in part by the Central Payroll Bureau in the Office of the Comptroller of the Treasury;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>an employee or official of the:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Maryland Transportation Authority;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Maryland Stadium Authority;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Maryland Environmental Service;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>overseas programs of the University College of the University System of Maryland;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Maryland Economic Development Corporation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Maryland Technology Development Corporation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>Maryland African American Museum Corporation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>Maryland Agricultural and Resource–Based Industry Development Corporation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xi">
        <text>Somers Cove Marina Commission;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xii">
        <text>Maryland Underground Facilities Damage Prevention Authority; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xiii">
        <text>Maryland Clean Energy Center;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a person who:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is a member of a State board, commission, or similar State entity; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>is providing a service to or for the State;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>is not paid in whole or in part by the State; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>satisfies all other requirements for designation as State personnel as may be set forth in regulations adopted by the Treasurer pursuant to Title 10 of this article;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>an individual who, without compensation, exercises a part of the sovereignty of the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>a student enrolled in a State educational institution:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>who is providing services to third parties in the course of participation in an approved clinical training or academic program;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>who, as determined by the Treasurer, is required to have liability insurance covering claims arising from services to third parties performed by the student in the course of the approved clinical training or academic program;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>who, as determined by the Treasurer, cannot obtain commercial liability insurance at an affordable cost; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>who, as determined by the Treasurer, may be required to contribute to an insurance program for claims arising from services to third parties performed by the student in the course of the approved clinical training or academic program;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <level label="i">
        <text>a sheriff or deputy sheriff of a county or Baltimore City; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>an employee of the office of a sheriff of a county or Baltimore City;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>an employee of a county who is assigned to a local department of social services, including a Montgomery County employee who carries out State programs administered under Title 3, Subtitle 4 of the Human Services Article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>a State’s Attorney of a county or Baltimore City, or an employee of an office of a State’s Attorney;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>a member of a board of license commissioners of a county or Baltimore City appointed under the provisions of the Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis Article, or an employee of a board of license commissioners;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>a member of a local board of elections, or an employee of a local board of elections;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>a judge of a circuit court of a county or Baltimore City, or an employee of a circuit court;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>a judge of an orphans’ court of a county or Baltimore City, or an employee of an orphans’ court;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="13">
      <text>to the extent of a nonprofit organization’s activities as a third party payee, and to the extent the nonprofit organization has no other insurance for this purpose, a nonprofit organization that has been approved by the Department of Human Services or its designee to serve as a third party payee for purposes of providing temporary cash assistance, transitional assistance, or child–specific benefits to Family Investment Program recipients; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="14">
      <text>a student, faculty, or staff member of an institution of higher education who is providing a service under the Family Investment Program in accordance with § 5–305, § 5–306, or § 5–317 of the Human Services Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In this subtitle, a unit of the State government includes the Montgomery County government to the extent that Montgomery County administers a State program under Title 3, Subtitle 4 of the Human Services Article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
