Md. Code Regs. 13B.08.13.02

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 22, November 1, 2024

Section 13B.08.13.02 - Definitions

A. In this chapter, the following terms have the meaning indicated.

B. "Child" means a son, daughter, stepson, or stepdaughter.

C. "Conroy-Cryor scholarship " means the Edward T. and Mary A. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program and the Jean B. Cryor Memorial Scholarship Program administered under this chapter.

D. "Disabled public safety employee " means a State or local public safety employee who sustains an injury in the line of duty that:

(1) Precludes the individual from continuing to serve or be employed as a State or local public safety employee; and

(2) In the case of a volunteer member of a fire department, ambulance, or rescue squad or company, precludes the member from continuing to be employed in the nonpublic safety occupation in which the member was engaged at the time of injury.

E. "OSFA" means the Office of Student Financial Assistance within the Maryland Higher Education Commission.

F. "School employee" includes an employee of a public or nonpublic school in the State.

G. "Service connected" means with respect to disability or death, that such disability was incurred or aggravated, or that the death resulted from a disability incurred or aggravated, in the line of duty in the active military.

H. "State or local public safety employee " means a person who is a:

(1) Career or volunteer member of a fire department, ambulance, or rescue squad or company;

(2) Law enforcement officer;

(3) Correctional officer; or

(4) Member of the Maryland National Guard who was a resident of this State at the time of death.

I. "Surviving spouse " means a person who has not remarried.

J. "Victim of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks" means a Maryland resident who was killed as a result of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, the attack on the Pentagon in Virginia, or the crash of United Airlines flight #93 in Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001.

Md. Code Regs. 13B.08.13.02

Regulation .02 adopted effective 44:8 Md. R. 406, eff. 4/24/2017