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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 07.02.14.02" title_num="07" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="14" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“Abuse” means the sustaining of any physical injury of an IHAS client receiving service as a result of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Cruel or inhumane treatment; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A malicious act by a person.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Administration” means the Social Services Administration of the Department of Human  Services.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Case manager” means an individual designated by the local department or other social service agency to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Assess the individual's need for services;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Develop a plan to meet these needs;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Assist the individual to obtain necessary services; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Monitor the services provided, and the individual's continued need for services.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Client” means an eligible individual receiving In-Home Aide Services.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Exploitation” means any action which involves the misuse of an IHAS client's funds, property, or person.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Functional disability” means difficulty in performing activities of daily living because of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A physical, cognitive, or psychiatric condition; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Environmental factors.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Institutionalization” means placement in a hospital, psychiatric hospital, or nursing home.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“Local department” means the Department of Social Services in one of the 23 counties or Baltimore City or the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services, where the applicant resides or will reside.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>“Neglect” means the willful deprivation of an IHAS client of adequate food, clothing, essential medical treatment, or habilitative therapy, shelter, or supervision.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>“Self-neglect” means the inability of an IHAS client to perform activities of daily living or to provide the IHAS client with the services:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>That are necessary for the client's physical and mental health; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The absence of which impairs or threatens the client's well-being.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>