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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 10.69.03.01" title_num="10" subtitle_num="69" chapter_num="03" 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>Abandonment.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Abandonment” means failure to provide or make reasonable arrangements for the continuation of care for a client in need of immediate care or failure to provide reasonable notice to a facility or practice under circumstances that seriously impair the delivery of clinical care to clients.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Abandonment” does not include the declining by a licensed certified midwife of employer-stipulated mandatory overtime.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Board” means the Board of Nursing.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Client” means a patient, resident, or recipient of care.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Electronic devices” means, but is not limited to, any of the following:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Telephones with recording and picture-taking ability;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Digital cameras or any other device that can record pictures and data;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Facsimile machines, photocopiers, and scanners for copying; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Recording devices.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Licensed certified midwife (LCM)” means an individual who has been issued a license by the Board to practice certified midwifery in accordance with COMAR 10.69.01.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Social Media.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Social media” means any form of electronic communication.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Social media” includes but is not limited to communication by use of websites or other electronic applications for social networking, commentary, and blogging through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content such as videos.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>