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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="14-304" title_number="14" title_name="General Day Care" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Medically Handicapped Adults">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Department of Human Services shall cooperate with and assist the Maryland Department of Health in carrying out the purposes of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Maryland Department of Health shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Provide the guidance and means for establishing day care centers for adults in accordance with this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Recruit and encourage the establishment of day care centers for adults;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Provide for licensing of day care centers for adults; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Adopt and enforce rules and regulations that set the standards necessary for the welfare and safety of medically handicapped adults who receive care in these day care centers for adults.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Maryland Department of Health shall buy from any public or private agency the day care services for medically handicapped adults that are necessary and essential to enhance their well–being.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>These services shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Therapeutic arts and crafts;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Community excursions, if appropriate;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Hobby cultivation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Health services;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Counseling services for medically handicapped adults and their families;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Group dynamics; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>Other services that enhance social functioning and develop activities in daily living and personal independence.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
