(vi) Sworn member of the State Fire Marshal's office.

(8) "Law enforcement officer" means any individual 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 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 police department, bureau, or force of any bicounty agency
or constituent institution of the University System of Maryland, 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 Investigative Services Unit of the Comptroller's Office; OR

(X) THE INTERNAL INVESTIGATIVE UNIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES.

(9) "Medical care facility" means a hospital, or a health care facility of a
correctional institution.

(10) "Physician performing a postmortem examination" means any of the
following persons who perform a postmortem examination on a decedent:

(i) The Chief Medical Examiner; or

(ii) The Chief Medical Examiner's designee.

(b) If, while transporting a person to a medical care facility or while acting in
the performance of duty, a first responder comes into contact exposure while treating
or transporting a person who dies at the scene or while being transported and who is
subsequently determined, as a result of information obtained in conjunction with a
postmortem examination by the Chief Medical Examiner or a designee of the Chief
Medical Examiner to have had a contagious disease or virus at the time of death, the
physician performing the postmortem examination shall notify the first responder