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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 10.22.08.02" title_num="10" subtitle_num="22" chapter_num="08" heading="Rationale.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Living in the community involves both a wide range of skills and choices about life style.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Community residential models accommodate the wide range of choices individuals and their families make about how to live in the community.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Community residential models are designed to give preference to small and individualized settings.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Individuals with developmental disabilities have the same range of options about where to live in the community as are available to all people.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The Administration respects personal choice regarding decisions about where and with whom individuals with developmental disabilities may live.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>