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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 12.02.24.01" title_num="12" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="24" 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>“Case management” means the process employed to identify and address inmate needs.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Case manager” means the case management specialist assigned to each inmate in the case management process.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Commission” means the Maryland Parole Commission.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Discipline” means any of the following fields of correctional service:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Substance abuse treatment;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Classification;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Custody;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Education;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Medical;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Psychology; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Social work.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Division” means Division of Correction.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Escape.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Escape” means a documented incident of an inmate's unauthorized absence from custody.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Escape” does not include an inmate on work release or assigned to the central home detention unit, who is convicted solely of unauthorized absence or being out of bounds.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Incarceration” has the meaning stated in COMAR 12.12.06.01B.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“Inmate case record” means documentation assembled, maintained, and used under Correctional Services Article, §3-601, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>“Inmate programming” means the process of placing an inmate in programs that address the inmate's risks and needs.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>“Mutual agreement programming (MAP)” means a process of negotiating agreements between an inmate, the Maryland Parole Commission, and the Division that provides the inmate with a guaranteed parole release date.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>“Special housing identifier” means a case management assignment that requires single-celling.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>