# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 21 — Behavioral Health Regulations

### Chapter 06 — Admission to Regional Institutes for Children and Adolescents

#### Regulation .02 Definitions.

*COMAR 10.21.06.02*

A. The following terms have the meanings indicated.

B. Terms Defined.

  (1) “Administration” means the Maryland Department of Health.

  (2) “Applicant” means a child or adolescent who is the subject of an application for admission to a RICA.

  (3) “Director” means the Director of the Maryland Department of Health.

  (4) “Mental disorder” means a behavioral or emotional illness that results from a psychiatric or neurological disorder and is referenced in Health-General Article, §10-620(e)(1), Annotated Code of Maryland.

  (5) “Resident” means a child or adolescent who is admitted to a RICA for residential treatment.

  (6) “Residential treatment” means a program of active psychiatric treatment that is provided on a residential basis, under the direction of a psychiatrist, and in conformity with an individualized treatment plan.

  (7) “RICA” means a Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents.