Terms Used In Maryland Code, HEALTH - GENERAL 5-1006

  • including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
  • state: means :

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

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
(a) Meetings of the State team shall be closed to the public and are not subject to the Open Meetings Act.

(b) A member of the State team or an attendee of a State team meeting may not:

(1) Release to the public or the news media information discussed at meetings; or

(2) Except as provided in § 5-1007 of this subtitle, testify in any proceeding about details of a State team meeting, including any information presented at the meeting, or about opinions formed by the individual because of the meeting.

(c) Each member of the State team and any attendee of a meeting of the State team shall sign a statement indicating an understanding of and adherence to the State team’s confidentiality requirements, including any potential civil or criminal consequences for a breach of confidentiality under this section.