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<chapter num="04" heading="Human Services Agreements Manual" title_num="10" subtitle_num="04">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Definitions.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>The following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Terms Defined.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>“Agreement” means a legal document setting forth the rights and responsibilities of the Department and the vendor.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>“Department” means the Maryland Department of Health.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>“Human Services” means shelter, support and health or health-related care, including corollary operations necessary to the delivery of that care.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>“Vendor” means any organization, including a local health department, which delivers human services under a funding arrangement governed by an agreement.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Manual.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>The Department may enter into an agreement with a vendor to provide human services.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>The agreement shall specify that the Department and the vendor comply with requirements and procedures set forth in the “Human Services Agreements Manual”, which is incorporated by reference.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>The Department shall supply each vendor with a copy of the “Human Services Agreements Manual”.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Health-General Article, §2-104(b); State Government Article, §10-110; Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: September 5, 1988 (15:18 Md. R. 2147)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>