§ 5-1101. Definitions.

MD Lab & Emp Code § 5-1101 (2019) (N/A)
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(a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b)    (1)    “Health care facility” means:

(i)    a hospital; or

(ii)    a State residential center.

(2)    “Health care facility” includes:

(i)    a subacute care unit of a hospital; and

(ii)    a State–operated hospital.

(c)    “Health care worker” means an individual employed by a health care facility.

(d)    “Hospital” has the meaning stated in § 19–301 of the Health – General Article.

(e)    “State residential center” has the meaning stated in § 7–101 of the Health – General Article.

(f)    “Workplace safety” means the prevention of any physical assault or threatening behavior against a health care worker in a health care facility.