(b) “Board” means the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board.

(c) “Claimant” means the person filing a claim under this subtitle.

(d) (1) “Crime” means:

(i) except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a criminal offense under state, federal, or common law that is committed in:

1. this State; or

2. another state against a resident of this State; or

(ii) an act of international terrorism as defined in Title 18, § 2331 of the United States Code that is committed outside of the United States against a resident of this State.

(2) “Crime” does not include an act involving the operation of a vessel or motor vehicle unless the act is:

(i) a violation of § 20-102, § 20-104, § 21-902, or § 21-904 of the Transportation Article;

(ii) a violation of § 8-738 of the Natural Resources Article;

(iii) a violation of the Criminal Law Article;

(iv) operating a motor vehicle or vessel that results in an intentional injury; or

(v) a violation of federal law or the law of another state that is substantially equivalent to a violation under this paragraph, as required under 34 U.S.C. § 20102(b)(5) and (6).

(e) “Dependent” means:

(1) a surviving spouse or child of a person; or

(2) a person who is dependent on another person for principal support.

(f) “Executive Director” means the Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services.

(g) “Victim” means a person:

(1) who suffers physical injury or death as a result of a crime or delinquent act;

(2) who suffers psychological injury as a direct result of:

(i) a fourth degree sexual offense or a delinquent act that would be a fourth degree sexual offense if committed by an adult;

(ii) a felony or a delinquent act that would be a felony if committed by an adult; or

(iii) physical injury or death directly resulting from a crime or delinquent act; or

(3) who suffers physical injury or death as a direct result of:

(i) trying to prevent a crime or delinquent act or an attempted crime or delinquent act from occurring in the person’s presence;

(ii) trying to apprehend an offender who had committed a crime or delinquent act in the person’s presence or had committed a felony or a delinquent act that would be a felony if committed by an adult; or

(iii) helping a law enforcement officer in the performance of the officer’s duties or helping a member of a fire department who is being obstructed from performing the member’s duties.