Maryland Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 5-425

(a)(1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.

(2) “Building inspection official” means any appointed or elected federal, State, or local official with overall executive responsibility to coordinate building inspection in the jurisdiction in which an emergency, disaster, or catastrophic event has occurred.

(3) “Fire official” means any appointed or elected local official with overall executive responsibility to coordinate fire, rescue, or emergency medical services in the jurisdiction in which a fire, emergency, disaster, or catastrophic event has occurred.

(4) “Law enforcement official” means any appointed or elected federal, State, or local official with overall executive responsibility to coordinate law enforcement in the jurisdiction in which an emergency, disaster, or catastrophic event has occurred.

(5) “Public official” means any federal, State, or locally elected official with overall executive responsibility in the jurisdiction in which an emergency, disaster, or catastrophic event has occurred.

(6) “Public safety official” means any appointed or elected federal, State, or local official with overall executive responsibility to coordinate public safety in the jurisdiction in which an emergency, disaster, or catastrophic event has occurred.

(1) The act, error, or omission was not wanton, willful, intentionally tortious, or grossly negligent; and

(2) The practice of engineering was performed:

(d)(1) This section does not create, and may not be construed as creating, a new cause of action or substantive legal right against a professional engineer.

(2) This section does not affect, and may not be construed as affecting, any immunities from civil liability or defenses established by any other provisions of the Code or available at common law, to which a professional engineer may be entitled.