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Md. Code Ann., Lab. & Empl. § 5-1101

Known as the Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Act

The act spans §§ 5–5 (113 sections).

(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.

Official source: Maryland General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Maryland statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.