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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 35.06.01.02" title_num="35" subtitle_num="06" chapter_num="01" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this subtitle, the following terms have the meaning indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“Eligible nonprofit training entity” means a nonprofit training entity that qualifies under State Government Article, §9-957(d)(2), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Eligible veteran” has the meaning stated in State Government Article, §9-957(a)(2), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Fund” has the meaning stated in State Government Article, §9-957(a)(3), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Nonprofit training entity” has the meaning stated in State Government Article, §9-957(a)(4), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Program” means the Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Program participant” has the meaning stated in State Government Article, §9-957(a)(6), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Service Dog</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Service dog” has the meaning stated in the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §12101 et seq., as amended.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Service dog” includes any dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental disability.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>“Service dog” does not include any other species of animal, whether wild or domestic, trained or untrained.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“Successful program participant” has the meaning stated in State Government Article, §9-957(a)(7), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>“Support dog” means a dog that is individually trained and that serves as an emotional support animal or therapy animal that a medical professional, within the medical professional’s scope of practice, has determined provides benefit for an individual with a sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other disability.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>“Therapy horse” means a horse determined appropriate for interactions with veterans at a stable licensed by the State that is a Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship, International (PATH, Intl.) member center or has Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association (EAGALA) certified professionals who provide services to veterans.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>