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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 10.29.13.02" title_num="10" subtitle_num="29" chapter_num="13" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“Board” means the Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Committee” means the Rehabilitation Committee of the Board.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Formal agreement” means a written agreement between the Committee and the practitioner that lists:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The individual requirements for the practitioner in the program; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The conditions that shall be met by the practitioner.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Impaired practitioner” means a licensee who is not capable of practicing mortuary science competently and is in need of treatment and rehabilitation for alcoholism, drug abuse, chemical dependency, or other physical, emotional, or mental condition.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Practitioner” means a licensed apprentice, funeral director, mortician, or surviving spouse.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Program” means the treatment and rehabilitation plan established by the Committee and agreed upon by the practitioner.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Treatment entity” means a licensed health care provider or licensed center for the evaluation, care, or rehabilitation, or all of these, of an impaired practitioner.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>