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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 32.03.02.01" title_num="32" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="02" 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>“Legal representative” means a person acting under a power of attorney, as a representative payee (unless the facility is the representative payee), or as a guardian of the person or property.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Local ombudsman” means the Director of the local Nursing Home Ombudsman Program.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Patient advocate” means the director of the local Nursing Home Ombudsman Program, the Director of the State Nursing Home Ombudsman Program, or the professional staff and volunteers working in those programs.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Related Institution”.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Related institution” means an organized institution, environment, or home that:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Maintains conditions or facilities and equipment to provide domiciliary, personal, or nursing care for two or more unrelated individuals who are dependent on the administrator, operator, or proprietor for nursing care or the subsistence of daily living in a safe, sanitary, and healthful environment; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Admits or retains the individuals for overnight care.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Related institution” does not include:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>An adult residential environment or home that is certified by the Department of Human Services; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>A nursing facility or visiting nurse service that is conducted only by or for adherents of a recognized church or religious denomination, in accordance with tenets and practices that include reliance on treatment by spiritual means alone for healing.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Secretary” means the Secretary of Aging.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“State ombudsman” means the Director of the State Nursing Home Ombudsman Program.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>