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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 10.07.12.02" title_num="10" subtitle_num="07" chapter_num="12" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>“Communicable disease programs” means the provision of services that will assist in the prevention of communicable disease.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>“Department” means the Maryland Department of Health.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>“Health care facility” means a specified area within the correctional institution in which general and clinical health care services are provided to inmates in the custody of the Division of Corrections.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>“Health care program” means a document prepared by the facility and approved by the Department which lists the following:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The number of beds;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Organizational structure;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A description of the care, treatment, and services provided for inmates;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Admission policies;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Discharge and referral policies and procedures;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>The staffing pattern by shifts;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>The job classification and job descriptions of each employee.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>“Inpatient” means an inmate not requiring acute hospital care but requiring services of licensed nursing personnel or supportive services which he cannot perform for himself.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>“Referred services” means those appropriate services provided to inmates based on individual medical needs in the area of psychiatric services, dental care, or emergency care.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>“Sick call” means the medical care provided to inmates not classified as inpatients but who have expressed a need for medical attention or who have been referred to the health care facility by the appropriate personnel in the correctional institution.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>