Section 14-3A-01 - Definitions(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.(b) "Catastrophic health emergency" means a situation in which extensive loss of life or serious disability is threatened imminently because of exposure to a deadly agent.(c) "Deadly agent" means:(1) anthrax, ebola, plague, smallpox, tularemia, or other bacterial, fungal, rickettsial, or viral agent, biological toxin, or other biological agent capable of causing extensive loss of life or serious disability;(2) mustard gas, nerve gas, or other chemical agent capable of causing extensive loss of life or serious disability; or(3) radiation at levels capable of causing extensive loss of life or serious disability.(d) "Exposure to a deadly agent" means a threat to human health caused by the release, distribution, or transmission of a deadly agent in: (2) another jurisdiction because of movement into the State of the deadly agent or of individuals exposed to the deadly agent.(e) "Health care provider" means:(1) a health care facility as defined in § 19-114(d)(1) of the Health - General Article;(2) a health care practitioner as defined in § 19-114(e) of the Health - General Article; and(3) an individual licensed or certified as an emergency medical services provider under § 13-516 of the Education Article.(f) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health.