Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 10 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Part 1 › Subtitle 07 - HOSPITALS › Chapter 10.07.21 - Hospice Care Programs › Section 10.07.21.02 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In this chapter,
				  the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Attending physician" means the physician
				  having the most significant role in the determination and delivery of the
				  hospice patient's medical care.
(2)
				  Bereavement Services.
(a) "Bereavement
				  services" means counseling services provided to the patient's family after the
				  patient's death.
(b) "Bereavement
				  services" includes:
(i) Personal contacts
				  with the family by hospice employees or volunteers;
(ii) Support groups; and
(iii) Referrals to other service
				  providers.
(3) "Department" means the Department of
				  Health and Mental Hygiene.
(4)
				  "Family" means a group of two or more individuals related by legal status or
				  affection who consider themselves a family.
(5) "General hospice care program" means a
				  coordinated, interdisciplinary program of hospice care services designed to
				  meet the special physical, psychological, spiritual, and social needs of dying
				  individuals and their families, by providing palliative and supportive medical,
				  nursing, and other health-related services during illness and bereavement
				  through home or inpatient care.
(6)
				  "Home-based hospice services" means hospice care services provided to a patient
				  in the patient's permanent or temporary residence.
(7) Hospice Care Program.
(a) "Hospice care program" means a
				  coordinated, interdisciplinary program of hospice care services.
(b) "Hospice care program" includes a general
				  or limited hospice care program.
(8) "Inpatient care services" means services
				  provided by a general hospice care program for the purpose of pain control,
				  symptom management, or respite.
(9)
				  "License" means a license issued by the Secretary to operate a general or
				  limited hospice care program.
(10)
				  "Limited hospice care program" means a coordinated, interdisciplinary program
				  of hospice care services designed to meet the special physical, psychological,
				  spiritual, and social needs of dying individuals and their families, by
				  providing palliative and supportive nonskilled services during illness and
				  bereavement through a home-based hospice care program.
(11) "Physician" means an individual who is
				  licensed to practice medicine in this State under Health Occupations Article,
				  Title 14, Annotated Code of Maryland.
(12) "Representative" means an individual
				  with legal authority to make health care decisions on behalf of the patient as
				  set forth in Regulation .20 of this chapter.
(13) "Secretary" means the Secretary of
				  Health and Mental Hygiene.
(14)
				  "Skilled services" means services that may be provided by an individual
				  licensed under the Health Occupations Article, Annotated Code of
				  Maryland.
(15) "Social worker"
				  means an individual licensed to practice in this State under Health Occupations
				  Article, Title 19, Annotated Code of Maryland.