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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 10.52.10.02" title_num="10" subtitle_num="52" chapter_num="10" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“County” means Baltimore City or a Maryland county.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Department” means the Maryland Department of Health.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Exposure.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Exposure” means one of the following:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Percutaneous contact of a victim with blood or body fluids of an offender;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Mucocutaneous contact of a victim with blood or body fluids of an offender;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Open wound, including dermatitis, exudative lesions, or chapped skin, contact of a victim with blood or body fluids of an offender for a prolonged period; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Intact skin contact of a victim with large amounts of blood or body fluids of an offender for a prolonged period.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Exposure” includes a prohibited exposure as defined by Criminal Procedure Article, §11-107(e), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Health officer” means the Baltimore City Commissioner of Health or the health officer of a county.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“HIV” means a human immunodeficiency virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Intact skin contact of a victim with large amounts of blood or body fluids of an offender for a prolonged period” means that a large volume of blood or bloody body fluid of an offender has been in direct contact with unbroken skin of a victim for at least 60 minutes.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Local health department” means the official public health agency in Baltimore City or a Maryland county.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“Mucocutaneous contact of a victim with blood or body fluids of an offender” means that blood or bloody body fluid of an offender has splashed into the eye, mouth, or nose of a victim.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>“Offender” means one of the following:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>An individual convicted of an offense and ordered by a court to furnish a sample to be tested for the presence of HIV or hepatitis C under Criminal Procedure Article, §§11-107—11-117, Annotated Code of Maryland;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>An individual being granted probation before judgment and ordered by a court to furnish a sample to be tested for the presence of HIV or hepatitis C under Criminal Procedure Article, §§11-107—11-117, Annotated Code of Maryland; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>An individual charged with an offense and ordered by a court to furnish a sample to be tested for the presence of HIV or hepatitis C under Criminal Procedure Article, §§11-107—11-117, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>“Offense” means any criminal offense or delinquent act the commission of which may have caused or resulted in an exposure.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>“Open wound contact of a victim with blood or body fluids of an offender for a prolonged period” means that blood or bloody body fluid of an offender has contacted an already existing open wound, sore, or chapped or non-intact skin of a victim for at least 5 minutes.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>“Percutaneous contact of a victim with blood or body fluids of an offender” means that a sharp object has penetrated the skin of a victim and allowed the blood or bloody body fluid of an offender to enter the victim's body.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>Residence.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Residence” means the location where an individual normally resides.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Residence” includes a facility where an offender is incarcerated, operated by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services or a Maryland county.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(14)">
      <text>“Secretary” means the Secretary of Health.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(15)">
      <text>Victim.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Victim” means an individual, other than the offender, injured during the commission of an offense.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Victim” includes the:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Parent of a victim who is a minor;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Legal guardian of a victim;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Individual authorized to give surrogate consent for the victim under Health-General Article, §5-605, Annotated Code of Maryland; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Victim as defined by Criminal Procedure Article, §11-107(f), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>