2023 Maryland Statutes
Criminal Law
Title 3 - Other Crimes Against the Person
Subtitle 2 - Assault, Reckless Endangerment, and Related Crimes
Section 3-212.1 - Life Threatening Injury Involving a Motor Vehicle or Vessel -- Criminal Negligence -- Punishment
(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.
