§ 20-2201 Definitions
§ 20-2202 Legislative findings
§ 20-2204 The University of Maryland Herschel S. Horowitz Center for Health Literacy designated as the Consumer Health Information Hub.
§ 20-2205 Consistent State and local government use of health literacy and plain-language criteria
§ 20-2206 Criteria for best practices
§ 20-2207 Judicial review
§ 20-2208 Regulations

Terms Used In Maryland Code > HEALTH - GENERAL > Title 20 > Subtitle 22 - Consumer Health Information

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
  • Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
  • state: means :

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

    (2) the District of Columbia. See