Ch. 366                                    1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(d) Subject to the authority of the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional
Services, the Commission is vested with the following authority, responsibility and duty:

(6) To certify persons as police officers who have:

(i) Satisfactorily met the Commission's standards; or

(ii) Provided the Commission with sufficient evidence that he or she
has satisfactorily completed a training program in another state of equal quality and
content as required by the Commission;

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(a) (3) "Law enforcement officer" means any person who, in an official
capacity, is authorized by law to make arrests and who is a member of one of the following
law enforcement agencies:

(i)     The Maryland State Police;

(ii)    The Baltimore City Police Department;

(iii)   The police department, bureau, or force of any county;

(iv)    The police department, bureau, or force of any incorporated city

or town;

(v) The office of the sheriff of any. county;

(vi) The police department, bureau, or force of any bicounty agency or
constituent institution of the University of Maryland System, Morgan State University, St.
Mary's College, or of any institution under the jurisdiction of the Maryland Higher
Education Commission;

(vii) The Maryland Aviation Administration police force of the
Department of Transportation, the Mass Transit Administration police force of the
Department of Transportation, the Maryland Transportation Authority police force, and
the Maryland Port Administration police force of the Department of Transportation;

(viii) The law enforcement officers of the Department of Natural
Resources; [or]

(ix) The Maryland Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Enforcement Unit; OR

(X) THE CROFTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.

(c) If, while treating or transporting an ill or injured patient to a medical care
facility or while acting in the performance of duty, a law enforcement officer comes into
contact with a patient who is subsequently diagnosed, as a result of information obtained
in conjunction with the services provided during the visit to the facility, as having a
contagious disease or virus, the attending physician, medical examiner, a designee of the

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