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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 12.13.01.02" title_num="12" subtitle_num="13" chapter_num="01" 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>“Administrator” means the Facility Administrator of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services Central Home Detention Unit or the Facility Administrator's designee.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Agent” means a parole and probation agent employed by the Division of Parole and Probation.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Commission” means the Maryland Parole Commission.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Department” means the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Director” means the Director of the Division of Parole and Probation or the Director's designee.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Division” means the Division of Parole and Probation.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Electronic supervision” means monitoring an offender's location or whereabouts through the use of devices that combine telephone contact and the reception of a signal from a monitoring device worn by the offender.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“Expiration of sentence” means completion of the full undiminished sentence.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>“Mandatory supervisee” means an individual released from jail or prison after having earned sufficient good time or other related credits to allow serving of the remaining sentence under supervision in the community.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>“Offender” means a parolee or mandatory supervisee participating in the Division's Central Home Detention Program.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Parole.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Parole” means the conditional release of an offender from incarceration by the Maryland Parole Commission which allows an offender to serve the balance of the sentence under community supervision.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Parole” also means anyone released from imprisonment in accordance with Correctional Services Article, Title 3, Subtitle 7, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>“Parolee” means an individual released from jail or prison by order of the Parole Commission.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>“Program” means the Division's home detention program.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(14)">
      <text>“Program staff” means an employee designated by the Director to work in the Division's home detention program.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(15)">
      <text>“Secretary” means the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>