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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 10.36.05.02" title_num="10" subtitle_num="36" chapter_num="05" 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 Maryland Board of Examiners of Psychologists.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Client” means the individual, couple, family, group, business, agency, school, organization, or association that the psychologist or psychology associate provides, or has provided, with professional services.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Multiple relationship” means a relationship in which an individual is concurrently participating in two or more roles with another.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Psychologist” means an individual who is licensed by the Board to practice psychology.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Psychology associate” means an individual who is registered by the Board to practice psychology under the supervision of a psychologist.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Public statement” means any oral, printed, or electronic communication or announcement made by or on behalf of a psychologist, psychology associate, or applicant, and directed to another individual or group.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Sexual intimacies” means acts engaged in with or without clothing involving:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Genital contact;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Nongenital contact with the hips, loin, thigh, buttocks, or breasts;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Exposure or observation of genitals or nude portions of a body involving breasts, buttocks, or genitals; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Other behaviors engaged in for the purpose of sexual arousal or sexual gratification.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>