Terms Used In Maryland Code, HEALTH - GENERAL 11-105

  • Administrator: includes an executor and a personal representative. See
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
(a) The Compact Administrator may enter into supplementary agreements with appropriate officials of other states under Articles VII and XI of the Interstate Compact on Mental Health.

(b) If a supplementary agreement requires or contemplates the use of any institution or facility of this State or the provision of any service by this State, the agreement is not effective until approved by the head of the agency under whose jurisdiction the institution or facility is operated or whose agency will be charged with providing the service.