Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 10 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Part 3
Subtitle 21 - MENTAL HYGIENE REGULATIONS
Chapter 10.21.07 - Therapeutic Group Homes
Section 10.21.07.02 - Definitions
Universal Citation: MD Code Reg 10.21.07.02
Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 19, September 20, 2024
A. In this chapter, terms have the meanings stated in COMAR 01.04.04 and in this chapter.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Administration" means the Mental Hygiene
Administration.
(2) "Case
coordinator" means the mental health professional or residential care
specialist supervised by a mental health professional who coordinates the
services, as outlined in a child's TGH individual treatment plan (ITP), to the
child.
(3) "Clinical coordinator"
means the mental health professional who is responsible for oversight of the
clinical services provided to children in a TGH.
(4) "Contact note" means an entry that:
(a) Is made in an individual's medical record
by a program staff member; and
(b)
Describes face-to-face, written, or telephone contact with or regarding the
individual.
(5) "Core
service agency (CSA)" means the county or multi-county authority, designated
under Health-General Article, Title 10, Subtitle 12, Annotated Code of
Maryland, and approved by the Department, that is responsible for planning,
managing, and monitoring publicly funded mental health services.
(6) "Department" means the Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene.
(7)
"Group home" means a private group home, as defined in Health-General Article,
§10-514, Annotated Code of Maryland, that provides mental health services
in a residential facility.
(8)
"Managed care organization (MCO)" means a health care organization, as defined
in Health-General Article, §15-101(f), Annotated Code of
Maryland.
(9) "Medical record"
means a record as defined in Health-General Article, §4-301, Annotated
Code of Maryland.
(10) "Mental
health professional" means:
(a) A
psychiatrist; or
(b) An individual
who is authorized by the Health Occupations Article, Annotated Code of
Maryland, to provide the service for which the individual is
privileged.
(11) "Office
for Children, Youth, and Families (OCYF)" means the office created under
Article 49D, Annotated Code of Maryland.
(12) "Primary caretaker" means the:
(a) Child's custodial parent or parents;
or
(b) Adult with whom the child
currently resides.
(13)
"Privileging" means the process by which a program determines that staff
members are qualified to perform assigned duties.
(14) "Progress summary note" means an entry
by an individual's treatment coordinator in the individual's medical record and
that describes the individual's progress toward the goals delineated in the
individual's ITP.
(15) "Secretary"
means the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, or the Secretary's
designee.
(16) "Small private group
home" means a residence as defined in Health-General Article,
§§10-514(d) and (e) and 10-518(b), Annotated Code of
Maryland.
(17) Therapeutic Group
Home (TGH).
(a) "Therapeutic group home
(TGH)" means a small private group home.
(b) "Therapeutic group home (TGH)" does not
include a foster home that is the domicile of the foster parent.
(c) "Therapeutic group home (TGH)" does not
include a facility that is:
(i) Owned by or
leased to the State or any public agency;
(ii) Regulated by the Department of Juvenile
Services, Department of Human Resources, or Developmental Disabilities
Administration; or
(iii) Organized
wholly or partly to make a profit.
(18) "Therapeutic milieu" means an
environment that is clinically structured to provide mental health treatment in
a place other than the individual's residence.
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