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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 07.03.25.04" title_num="07" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="25" heading="Application Process.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A navigator shall submit a complete application to the Office via email or fax.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A complete CMN Program application shall include:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A completed application form provided by the Office that is signed and dated by a navigator or the applicant;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A completed certification of serious illness or need for life support equipment form that shall include, at a minimum, the following:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A certification of a serious illness or the need for life-support equipment made by:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>A licensed physician; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>A certified nurse practitioner;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The name and address of the seriously ill person;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>A statement that the seriously ill person or person in need of life-support equipment is the applicant or an occupant of the premises in which the applicant resides;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>The name, address, telephone number, physician or certified nurse practitioner license number, and signature of the certifying physician or certified nurse practitioner; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>A statement that termination of electric, gas, or other energy source service will aggravate a serious illness or prevent the use of life-support equipment;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A completed application form as defined in COMAR 07.03.22.05; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A termination notice issued by a fuel vendor or utility vendor.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>