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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 12.13.01.04" title_num="12" subtitle_num="13" chapter_num="01" heading="Offender Eligibility Criteria.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An offender may be required to participate in programs in the following areas to be eligible for home detention placement:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Substance abuse treatment;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Employment readiness training; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A program as directed by the Commission.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>An offender is ineligible for home detention placement if the offender:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Is alleged to have violated a condition of parole and is in a pretrial status following an arrest for a crime of violence as defined in Criminal Law Article, §14-101, Annotated Code of Maryland, or has been found to be in violation of parole conditions as a result of a conviction for a crime of violence; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Has ever been convicted of the crime of child abuse under Criminal Law Article, §3-601, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>To be eligible for placement in home detention, an offender shall meet the following criteria:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Agree to accept approved employment;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Have a telephone in the offender's approved residence;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Have no chronic medical problem that would preclude the offender's placement; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Sign a waiver of extradition.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>