Section 6-301 - Definitions.
§ 6-301. Definitions.
(a) In general.- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) Commissioner.- "Commissioner" means the Maryland Insurance Commissioner.
(c) Division.- "Division" means the People's Insurance Counsel Division in the Office of the Attorney General.
(d) Health care provider.- "Health care provider" has the meaning stated in § 3-2A-01 of the Courts Article.
(e) Homeowner's insurer.- "Homeowner's insurer" means an insurer that issues or delivers a policy or contract of homeowner's insurance in the State.
(f) Insurance consumers.- "Insurance consumers" means persons insured under policies or contracts of medical professional liability insurance, and homeowner's insurance issued or delivered in the State by a medical professional liability insurer or a homeowner's insurer.
(g) Insurer.- "Insurer" means a medical professional liability insurer or a homeowner's insurer authorized to engage in the insurance business in the State under a certificate of authority issued by the Commissioner.
(h) Medical injury.- "Medical injury" has the meaning stated in § 3-2A-01 of the Courts Article.
(i) Medical professional liability insurer.- "Medical professional liability insurer" means an insurer that issues or delivers a policy in the State that insures a health care provider against damages due to medical injury.
(j) Premium.- "Premium" has the meaning stated in § 1-101 of the Insurance Article to the extent it is allocable to this State.
[2004 Sp. Sess., ch. 5, § 1; 2005, ch. 1; 2010, ch. 72.]