Maryland Code, HEALTH – GENERAL 13-101

state: means :

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

(2) the District of Columbia. See

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

(b) “Advisory Council” means the State Advisory Council on Hereditary and Congenital Disorders.

(d) (1) “Congenital disorder” means a significant structural or functional abnormality of the body that is present at birth.

(2) “Congenital disorder” does not include a condition that results from:

(i) An intrauterine infection; or

(ii) A birth injury.

(e) “Hereditary disorder” means any disorder that:

(1) Is transmitted through the genetic material deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA); or

(2) Arises through the improper processing of the information in the genetic material.