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WomensLaw.org | Maryland Statutes: § 5-701. Definitions
back to top§ 5-701. Definitions
(1) the physical or mental injury of a child by any parent or other person who has permanent or temporary care or custody or responsibility for supervision of a child, or by any household or family member, under circumstances that indicate that the child's health or welfare is harmed or at substantial risk of being harmed; or
Centralized confidential database
(d) “Centralized confidential database” means the Department's confidential computerized data system that contains information regarding child abuse and neglect investigations and assessments.
(f) Repealed by Acts 2005, c. 464, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
(g)(1) “Educator or human service worker” means any professional employee of any correctional, public, parochial or private educational, health, juvenile service, social or social service agency, institution, or licensed facility.
(i)(1) “Health practitioner” includes any person who is authorized to practice healing under the Health Occupations Article or § 13-516 of the Education Article.
(l) Repealed by Acts 2015, c. 245, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2015.
(n)(1) “Law enforcement agency” means a State, county, or municipal police department, bureau, or agency.
(ii) a sheriff's office;
(iii) a State's Attorney's office; and
(iv) the Attorney General's office.
Local department case file
(p) “Local department case file” means that component of the Department's confidential computerized database that contains information regarding child abuse and neglect investigations to which access is limited to the local department staff responsible for the investigation.
(q) “Local State's Attorney” means the State's Attorney for the county:
(r) “Mental injury” means the observable, identifiable, and substantial impairment of a child's mental or psychological ability to function.
(1) that the child's health or welfare is harmed or placed at substantial risk of harm; or
(t) “Police officer” means any State or local officer who is authorized to make arrests as part of the officer's official duty.
(x)(1) “Sexual abuse” means any act that involves sexual molestation or exploitation of a child by a parent or other person who has permanent or temporary care or custody or responsibility for supervision of a child, or by any household or family member.
Added by Acts 1987, c. 635, § 2, eff. July 1, 1988. Amended by Acts 1989, c. 395, § 1, eff. July 1, 1989; Acts 1989, c. 730, §§ 1, 2, eff. July 1, 1989; Acts 1993, c. 318, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1993; Acts 1994, c. 728, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1994; Acts 1998, c. 46, § 1, eff. Dec. 31, 1998; Acts 1999, c. 214, § 1, eff. June 1, 1999; Acts 2001, c. 414, § 1, eff. March 1, 2002; Acts 2002, c. 279, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2002; Acts 2003, c. 308, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2003; Acts 2005, c. 464, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2006; Acts 2005, c. 464, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2006; Acts 2006, c. 44, § 6, eff. April 8, 2006; Acts 2012, c. 342, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2012; Acts 2012, c. 343, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2012; Acts 2015, c. 245, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2015.