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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".09" citation="COMAR 10.54.01.09" title_num="10" subtitle_num="54" chapter_num="01" heading="Priority Levels of Nutritional Risk.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A local agency shall classify applicants according to priority levels of nutritional risk.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Priority Levels of Nutritional Risk.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Priority I. Priority I is a pregnant woman, a breastfeeding woman, or an infant at nutritional risk because of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Detrimental or abnormal nutritional conditions detected by biochemical or anthropometric measurements;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Other documented nutritionally related medical conditions; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Conditions that directly affect the nutritional health of an individual, including depression, smoking, alcoholism, or drug abuse.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Priority II. Except for an infant who qualifies for Priority I, Priority II is:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>An infant younger than 6 months old born to a woman who was a Program participant during her pregnancy;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>An infant younger than 6 months old born to a woman who was not a Program participant during pregnancy but whose medical records document that the woman was at nutritional risk during the pregnancy due to nutrition conditions detectable by biochemical or anthropometric measurements or other documented, nutritionally related medical conditions that demonstrated the individual’s need for supplemental foods; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>A breastfeeding mother of a breastfed infant who has been certified in the Program as Priority II.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Priority III. Priority III is a child or postpartum woman at nutritional risk because of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Detrimental or abnormal nutritional conditions detected by biochemical or anthropometric measurements;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Other documented nutritionally related medical conditions; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Conditions that directly affect the nutritional health of an individual, including depression, smoking, alcoholism, or drug abuse.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Priority IV. Priority IV is a:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Pregnant woman, a breastfeeding woman, or an infant at nutritional risk because of:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Dietary deficiencies that impair or endanger health; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Conditions that predispose the individual to inadequate nutritional patterns, including homelessness or migrancy; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Breastfeeding woman or an infant at nutritional risk because of possibility of regression of nutritional status.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Priority V. Priority V is a child at nutritional risk because of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Dietary deficiencies that impair or endanger health;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Conditions that predispose the child to inadequate nutritional patterns, including homelessness or migrancy; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Possibility of regression of nutritional status.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Priority VI. Priority VI is a postpartum woman at nutritional risk because of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Dietary deficiencies that impair or endanger health;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Conditions that predispose the individual to inadequate nutritional patterns, including homelessness or migrancy; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Possibility of regression of nutritional status.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>