WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

(a) [No policy of motor vehicle liability insurance shall
be issued, sold or delivered in this State after January 1, 1973,
unless the policy also affords the minimum medical, hospital and
disability benefits set forth herein; or unless equivalent
medical, hospital, and disability benefits are provided by a
policy issued to the insured by a nonprofit health service plan
or by an authorized insurer with the policy in each case subject
to approval by the Commissioner. The benefits, or their
equivalent, shall cover the named insured and members of his
family residing in his household (except such persons as may be
specifically excluded in accordance with § 240C-1 of this
article) injured in any motor vehicle accident (including an
accident involving an uninsured motor vehicle or a motor vehicle
whose identity cannot be ascertained), other persons injured
while occupying the insured motor vehicle as a guest or
passenger, or while using it with the express or implied
permission of the named insured (except as provided in § 240C-1
of this article), and pedestrians injured in an accident in which
the insured motor vehicle is involved or individuals injured in,
on, or alighting from any other vehicle operated by animal or
muscular power in an accident in which an insured vehicle is
involved. The] UNLESS WAIVED BY THE FIRST NAMED INSURED UNDER
SUBSECTION (F) OF THIS SECTION, EVERY INSURER PROPOSING TO ISSUE,
SELL, OR DELIVER ANY MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE POLICY IN THIS STATE
SHALL PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR THE MEDICAL, HOSPITAL, AND DISABILITY
BENEFITS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION.

(B) THE MEDICAL, HOSPITAL, AND DISABILITY BENEFITS SHALL
COVER:

(1)  EXCEPT FOR PERSONS SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED UNDER §
240C-1 OF THIS ARTICLE:

(I)  THE FIRST NAMED INSURED AND MEMBERS OF THE
FIRST NAMED INSURED'S FAMILY RESIDING IN THE FIRST NAMED
INSURED'S HOUSEHOLD WHO ARE INJURED IN ANY MOTOR VEHICLE
ACCIDENT, INCLUDING:

1.  AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING AN UNINSURED
MOTOR VEHICLE; OR

2.  A MOTOR VEHICLE THE IDENTITY OF WHICH
CANNOT BE ASCERTAINED; AND

(II)  OTHER PERSONS INJURED WHILE USING THE
INSURED MOTOR VEHICLE WITH THE EXPRESS OR IMPLIED PERMISSION OF
THE NAMED INSURED;

(2)  OTHER PERSONS INJURED WHILE OCCUPYING THE INSURED
MOTOR VEHICLE AS A GUEST OR A PASSENGER;

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