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

(b) “CODIS” has the meaning stated in § 2-501 of the Public Safety Article.

(c) “Direct-to-consumer genetic genealogy services” means genetic genealogy services that are offered by private companies directly to members of the public and law enforcement agencies rather than through clinical health care providers, typically via customer access to secure online websites.

(c-1) “Express consent” has the meaning stated in § 14-4401 of the Commercial Law Article.

(d) “FGG profile” means a genetic profile using SNPs or other sequencing methods generated from a forensic or reference sample by a laboratory for the purpose of conducting an FGGS.

(e) “Forensic genetic genealogical DNA analysis and search” or “FGGS” means:

(g) “Publicly available open-data personal genomics database” means a database in which persons voluntarily submit their genomics data or genetic profiles, typically processed through direct-to-consumer genetic genealogy services, for the purposes of comparison or searching against the genetic profiles of other individuals to evaluate potential familial relationships between the reference sample and other service user samples.

(h) “Putative perpetrator” means one or more criminal actors reasonably believed by investigators to have committed the crime under investigation and to be the source of, or a contributor to, a forensic sample deposited during or incident to the commission of a crime.

(i) “Reasonable investigative leads” means credible, case-specific facts, information, or circumstances that would lead a reasonably cautious investigator to believe that the pursuit would have a fair probability of identifying a putative perpetrator.

(j) “Reference sample” means biological material from a known source.

(l) “STR DNA profile” means a genetic profile that examines genetic locations on the non-sex chromosomes that are used for the statewide DNA database system or the national DNA database system.

(m) “Third party” means a person who is not a suspect in the investigation.