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Maryland Code, Criminal Law § 3-212.1

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a)(1) In this section, “vessel” means any watercraft that is used or is capable of being used as a means of transportation on water or ice.

(2) “Vessel” does not include a seaplane.

(b) A person may not cause a life-threatening injury to another as a result of the person's driving, operating, or controlling a motor vehicle or vessel in a criminally negligent manner.

(c) For the purpose of this section, a person acts in a criminally negligent manner with respect to a result or a circumstance when:

(1) the person should be aware, but fails to perceive, that the person's conduct creates a substantial and unjustifiable risk that such a result will occur; and

(2) the failure to perceive constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care that would be exercised by a reasonable person.

(d) It is not a violation of this section for a person to cause a life-threatening injury to another as a result of the person's driving, operating, or controlling a motor vehicle or vessel in a negligent manner.

(e) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both.

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