Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 10 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Part 3
Subtitle 21 - MENTAL HYGIENE REGULATIONS
Chapter 10.21.26 - Community Mental Health Programs-Residential Crisis Services
Section 10.21.26.02 - Definitions
Universal Citation: MD Code Reg 10.21.26.02
Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 19, September 20, 2024
A. In this chapter, terms have the meanings stated in COMAR 10.21.17 and this regulation.
B. Term Defined. "Residential crisis services (RCS)" means intensive mental health and support services that are:
(1) Provided to a child or an adult with
mental illness who is experiencing or is at risk of a psychiatric crisis that
would impair the individual's ability to function in the community;
and
(2) Designed to prevent a
psychiatric inpatient admission, provide an alternative to psychiatric
inpatient admission, shorten the length of inpatient stay, or reduce the
pressure on general hospital emergency departments.
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