In this Chapter, the following words and phrases have the following meanings:
Activities of daily living (ADL): Routine daily activities, such as:
(a) Mobility. Providing physical support to enable a resident to move about in or outside a group home.
(b) Personal hygiene.
(1) Bathing: Assembling towels, soaps, and other necessary supplies; helping a resident in and out of the bathtub or shower; turning the water on and off; adjusting water temperatures; washing and drying portions of the body which are difficult for a resident to reach; and being available while a resident is bathing.
(2) Grooming: Helping a resident with shaving, oral care, hair care, and nail care.
(c) Dressing. Helping a resident choose, put on, and remove appropriate clothing.
(d) Eating. Helping a resident cut food and pour beverages, and feeding a resident who is unable to feed himself or herself.
(e) Toileting. Reminding a resident about using the toilet; assisting a resident to the bathroom; helping a resident to undress; positioning a resident on the commode; and helping a resident with related personal hygiene, including assistance with changing of adult briefs.
(f) Interpersonal interaction. Helping a resident identify social needs and interests and engage in activities to satisfy those needs and interests; creating activities in the home to encourage resident-to-resident and resident-to-staff socializing.
Applicant: A person applying for a group home license or license renewal.
Board: A program review board that meets on an ad hoc basis to consider a program statement filed by an applicant for a license.
COMAR: The Code of Maryland Regulations.
Day care is defined in COMAR regulations governing day care for the elderly and medically handicapped adults.
Department: The Department of Health and Human Services.
Director: The Director of the Department of Health and Human Services or the Director's designee.
Domiciliary care is defined in COMAR regulations governing domiciliary care homes.
Group home: A residence which houses 3 to 16 unrelated persons receiving group residential care, but not more than the number of persons allowed under a license issued by a state agency.
Group residential care: The provision of shelter, board, facilities, resources for daily living, personal guidance and direction, and related supportive care and services in a residential environment.
Group senior assisted housing is defined in COMAR regulations governing Group Sheltered Housing for the Elderly.
Licensee: The person to whom a facility license is issued under this Chapter.
Person: Any individual, partnership, or firm; corporation, public or private, profit or nonprofit; association; government agency; or any other legal entity.
Primary care giver: A supportive staff person who is responsible for providing group residential care services for residents under the supervision of the home's staff director.
Program statement: A document approved by the Director that describes:
(a) a group home's scope of services;
(b) the nature, purpose, objectives, policies, and procedures of the proposed program;
(c) the background and experience of the organization or person sponsoring the home;
(d) the experience and qualifications of the applicant and personnel operating the home;
(e) the needs and capabilities of the residents to be served; and
(f) the budget, resources and procedures for meeting those needs.
Resident: An individual who resides in a group home in order to receive group residential care.
Staff director: A person who is authorized to direct, manage, and supervise the activities of the staff at a group home. The staff director may be the licensee or a person designated by the licensee to operate and manage the group home as the licensee's agent.
Supportive care: 24-hour supervision, 3 meals a day, housekeeping services, medication supervision, and assistance with personal care or the activities of daily living.
Unrelated individual: Any person who is not a son, daughter, grandson, granddaughter, father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, stepmother, stepfather, stepson, stepdaughter, husband or wife, or in-law of any listed person, or of the owner, operator, or lessee of the group home. (1977 L.M.C., ch. 32, § 2; 1980 L.M.C., ch. 26, § 1; 1988 L.M.C., ch. 24, § 1; 1995 L.M.C., ch. 13, § 1; 1996 L.M.C., ch. 26, § 1; 1997 L.M.C., ch. 2, § 1.)
Editor's note-Section 5 of 1995 L.M.C., ch. 13, reads as follows: "Sec. 5. A regulation that implements a function assigned to the Department of Health and Human Services by 1995 LMC ch. 13 continues in effect but is amended to the extent necessary to provide that the regulation is administered by the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services."