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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="6-301" title_number="6" title_name="Attorney General" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="People's Insurance Counsel">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Commissioner” means the Maryland Insurance Commissioner.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Division” means the People’s Insurance Counsel Division in the Office of the Attorney General.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Health care provider” has the meaning stated in § 3-2A-01 of the Courts Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Homeowner’s insurer” means an insurer that issues or delivers a policy or contract of homeowner’s insurance in the State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Insurance consumers” means persons insured under policies or contracts of medical professional liability insurance, and homeowner’s insurance issued or delivered in the State by a medical professional liability insurer or a homeowner’s insurer.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Insurer” means a medical professional liability insurer or a homeowner’s insurer authorized to engage in the insurance business in the State under a certificate of authority issued by the Commissioner.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>“Medical injury” has the meaning stated in § 3-2A-01 of the Courts Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>“Medical professional liability insurer” means an insurer that issues or delivers a policy in the State that insures a health care provider against damages due to medical injury.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>“Premium” has the meaning stated in § 1-101 of the Insurance Article to the extent it is allocable to this State.</text>
  </level>
</section>
