# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 21 — Behavioral Health Regulations

### Chapter 26 — Community Mental Health Programs — Residential Crisis Services

#### Regulation .03 Approval.

*COMAR 10.21.26.03*

The Department shall grant approval to a program to be eligible to receive State or federal funds for providing RCS if the program:

A. Meets the requirements:

  (1) For approval outlined in COMAR 10.21.16;

  (2) For administration outlined in COMAR 10.21.17; and

  (3) Of this chapter, including approval, based on the requirements for intensity of services and staffing outlined in this chapter, for one or more of the following:

    (a) Inpatient admission prevention;

    (b) Inpatient admission alternative; or

    (c) Treatment foster care in a foster home licensed under COMAR 07.02.21;

B. For a program that provides RCS to a child, documents State licensure for the location in which the child will be housed while receiving crisis services; and

C. For a program that provides services to an adult:

  (1) Documents State licensure for the location in which the individual will be housed while receiving crisis services;

  (2) Meets the residential site requirements outlined under COMAR 10.21.22, as documented by the residential specialist; or

  (3) Is located in subacute beds in an inpatient psychiatric facility.