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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 07.02.27.02" title_num="07" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="27" 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>Child in Need of Assistance (CINA).</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Child in Need of Assistance (CINA)” has the meaning stated in the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, §3-801(f), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Child in need of assistance” means a child who requires court intervention because:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The child has been abused, has been neglected, has a developmental disability, or has a mental disorder; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>The child's parents, guardian, or custodian are unable or unwilling to give proper care and attention to the child and the child's needs.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Department (DHS)” means the Department of Human Services.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Designated facility” means a hospital, State police barracks, or local police department.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Local department (LDSS)” means a local department of social services in a county or Baltimore City or the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Newborn” means a child from birth through 10 days old or through 240 hours old, whichever is later.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Order of shelter care (OSC)” means a court order requiring a placement of a child in a physically unrestricting facility, but does not include care in a State mental health facility.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Reasonable degree of medical certainty” means the necessity and sufficiency of evidence needed to establish the age of the abandoned child.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“Responsible adult” means an individual 18 years old or older who may reasonably be expected to provide proper care to a newborn left in the individual's care and who is willing and able to immediately take the newborn to a designated facility.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>“Termination of parental rights (TPR)” means the legal process of obtaining guardianship and ending the rights and responsibilities of the parents.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>“Unharmed” means there is no evidence of physical injury or failure to give proper care and attention to a newborn.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>