Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 10 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Part 1 › Subtitle 07 - HOSPITALS › Chapter 10.07.04 - Residential Treatment Centers for Emotionally Disturbed Children and Adolescents › Section 10.07.04.02 - 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) "Accredited residential treatment center"
				  means a residential treatment center that is accredited by the Joint
				  Commission.
(2) "Adverse event"
				  means an unexpected occurrence that:
(a) Is
				  related to a resident's medical or behavioral treatment; and
(b) Is not related to the natural course of
				  the resident's illness or underlying disease condition.
(3) "Center" means a residential treatment
				  center.
(4) "Change in condition"
				  means a significant change in a resident's physical, mental, or psychological
				  status including:
(a) Life-threatening
				  conditions;
(b) Clinical
				  complications, including significant somatic symptoms that require the
				  assessment or treatment by qualified medical personnel;
(c) The need to discontinue a medication or
				  treatment because of:
(i) An adverse
				  consequence; or
(ii) The need to
				  begin a new form of treatment;
(d) Evaluation at or admission to a
				  hospital;
(e) Injuries that require
				  the assessment of or treatment by qualified medical personnel;
(f) The use of restraint or seclusion;
				  and
(g) Suicide attempts.
(5) "Department" means the
				  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
(6) "Fire authorities" means the official fire safety
				  agency including the State Fire Marshal and local fire departments or fire
				  marshals as appropriate.
(7)
				  "Governing body" means the organizational structure that is responsible for all
				  center operations, including:
(a)
				  Establishing policy;
(b)
				  Maintaining quality care; and
(c)
				  Providing management and planning for the center.
(8) "Joint Commission" means the voluntary
				  national healthcare accreditation service recognized for:
(a) Medicare certification purposes by Public
				  Law 89-97; and
(b) Maryland State
				  licensure purposes by Health-General Article, §19-2302, Annotated Code of
				  Maryland.
(9)
				  "Licensee" means the individual, partnership, association, or corporation to
				  which a license is issued.
(10)
				  "Person" means an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal
				  representative, fiduciary, or representative of any kind and any partnership,
				  firm, association, corporation, or other entity.
(11) "Resident" means any child or adolescent
				  domiciled in a center for the purpose of receiving the services offered by a
				  residential treatment center.
(12)
				  "Residential treatment center" means a psychiatric institution that provides
				  campus-based intensive and extensive evaluation and treatment of children and
				  adolescents with severe and chronic emotional disturbances who require a
				  self-contained therapeutic, educational, and recreational program in a
				  residential setting.
(13)
				  "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene.