Ch. 311 1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

for treatment and assistance for crime victims and witnesses described in [§848] §§ 848
AND 851 of this subtitle and other laws adopted to benefit victims and witnesses of
[crime] CRIMES AND DELINQUENT ACTS.

(2) Any cost for the administration of the Fund may be paid from the Fund.

(3) The Fund shall be administered by the State Board of Victim Services
under §§ 837 through 844 of this subtitle.

855.

(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.

(2) "Agency" means any of the following:

(i) The Department of 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 office of the State's Attorney of any county;

(vii) The office of the Attorney General;

(viii) The office of the State Prosecutor;

(ix) The Department of Juvenile Justice; or

(x) The police department, bureau, or force of any bicounty agency or
the University of Maryland.

(3) "Body fluids" has the meaning stated in § 18-338.1 of the Health -
General Article.

(4) "Charged" means the filing of an indictment, information, or petition
alleging a delinquent act.

(5) "Convicted" means:

(i) In receipt of a verdict or finding of guilt in a criminal proceeding;

(ii) Found to have committed a delinquent act in a juvenile proceeding
conducted in accordance with Title 3, Subtitle 8 of the Courts Article; or

(iii) Having accepted a plea of guilt or nolo contendere.

(6) "Department" means the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

(7) "Exposure" means, as between a victim and a person charged:
(i) Percutaneous contact with blood or body fluids;

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