# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 09 — Medical Care Programs

### Chapter 54 — Home and Community-Based Options Waiver

#### Regulation .18-1 Covered Services — Respite Care.

*COMAR 10.09.54.18-1*

Respite care services shall:

A. Be provided to participants who, due to physical or cognitive impairments, are unable to care for themselves;

B. Be furnished on a short-term basis because of the absence or need for relief of an individual normally providing the care;

C. Provide a period of rest and renewal, which contributes to maintaining the participant at home in the community;

D. Be provided at planned intervals, in a time of crisis, or as needed;

E. Include the participant's room and board;

F. Include overnight care; and

G. Including the following services:

  (1) Supervising participants with cognitive impairments to ensure the individual’s health and safety;

  (2) Assisting participants with functional impairments to perform activities of daily living or instrumental activities of daily living; and

  (3) Delegated nursing functions, such as medication assistance or administration by appropriately trained, certified, and supervised staff.