Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 501 CMR - EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY › Title 501 CMR 17.00 - Medical Parole › Section 17.02 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Activities of Daily Living (ADL)
.
				Self-care tasks including, but not limited to, bathing and showering, personal
				hygiene and grooming, dressing, toilet hygiene, functional mobility, and
				self-feeding.
Commissioner
. The Commissioner of the
				Department of Correction.
Department
. The Department of
				Correction, established pursuant to M.G.L. c. 27, § 1.
Debilitating Condition
. A physical or
				cognitive condition that appears irreversible and which causes a prisoner
				significant and serious impairment of strength or ability to perform daily life
				functions such as eating, breathing, toileting, walking or bathing so as to
				minimize the prisoner's ability to commit a crime if released on medical
				parole, and requires the prisoner's placement in a facility or a home with
				access to specialized palliative or medical care.
Medical Parole
. A release on parole
				pursuant to M.G.L. c. 127, § 119A due to a terminal illness and/or
				permanent incapacitation, as determined by a licensed physician, that is so
				debilitating that the prisoner does not pose a public safety risk.
Medical Parole Plan
. A comprehensive
				written medical and psychosocial care plan specific to a prisoner and
				including, but not limited to:
(a) the proposed course of treatment;
(b) the proposed site for treatment and post-treatment care
				(home plan);
(c) documentation that medical providers qualified to provide
				the medical services identified in the medical parole plan are prepared to
				provide such services; and
(d) the financial program in place to cover the cost of the
				plan for the duration of the medical parole, which shall include eligibility
				for enrollment in commercial insurance, Medicare or Medicaid, or other
				government benefits, or access to other adequate financial resources for the
				duration of the medical parole.
Multidisciplinary Review Team (MRT)
. A
				team consisting of the Commissioner's designee, the superintendent of the
				facility where the prisoner is currently incarcerated, a representative of the
				Department's health service provider, and the Director of the Department's
				Classification Division or designee.
Parole Board
. The Parole Board
				established pursuant to M.G.L. c. 27, § 4.
Permanent Incapacitation
. A physical
				or cognitive incapacitation that appears irreversible, as determined by a
				licensed physician, that is so debilitating that the prisoner does not pose a
				public safety risk.
Prisoner
. A committed offender serving
				a sentence. Persons who are awaiting trial and persons civilly committed shall
				not be deemed prisoners for purposes of
				501 CMR
				17.00.
Secretary
. The Secretary of the
				Executive Office of Public Safety and Security.
Terminal Illness
. A condition that
				appears incurable, as determined by a licensed physician, that will likely
				cause the death of the prisoner in not more than 18 months, that is so
				debilitating that the prisoner does not pose a public safety risk.