Md. Code, State Government § 12-401

In this subtitle, “State personnel” means:

(1) a regular employee of the State whose compensation:

(i) is provided by a State appropriation; or

(ii) is paid wholly or partly from State funds;

(2) an employee who is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Budget and Management;

(3) an officer, warrant officer, or enlisted member of the organized militia;

(4) an employee of the Maryland Port Administration, as described in § 6–204(n) of the Transportation Article;

(5) a member or employee of a board of trustees for a community college;

(6) except in Montgomery County, an employee of a county health department;

(7) a member or employee of the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners or of a county board of education;

(8) a member of the Board of Visitors of the Maryland School for the Deaf;

(9) a member or employee of a board of supervisors for a soil conservation district;

(10) a person who, as a volunteer, is providing a service to or for the State;

(11) a person who, for or under contract with a unit of the State or a local government, performs an emergency service during a state of emergency under Title 14 of the Public Safety Article;

(12) any other individual who, with or without compensation, holds a position that requires the exercise of discretion and of a part of the sovereignty of the State;

(13) any other State officer or State employee; and

(14) a Montgomery County employee who administers a State program under Title 3, Subtitle 4 of the Human Services Article.