An intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities or persons with related conditions (ICF/IID) shall be considered:

1. A. A “related institution” under Health-General Article, §19-301, Annotated Code of Maryland, and shall be governed by the provisions of Title 19, Subtitle 3 of that article; and

2. B. A provider of “services” under Health-General Article, §7-101, Annotated Code of Maryland, and shall be governed by the applicable provisions of Title 7 of that article including:

   1. (1) Subtitle 4: Provisions of Services;
   2. (2) Subtitle 5: State Residential Centers for Individuals With Mental Retardation if the facility is operated by the State;
   3. (3) Subtitle 8: Transfers; and
   4. (4) Subtitle 10: Rights of Individuals.

Authority: Health-General Article, §§19-318, 19-320, and 19-323, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: December 28, 1987 (14:26 Md. R. 2747)

(COMAR 10.07.20 amended and transferred from COMAR 10.22.04 Public and Private Residential Care Facilities Serving the Mentally Retarded (ICF-MR))

Regulation .01B amended effective January 20, 2014 (41:1 Md. R. 13)

Regulation .02 amended effective January 20, 2014 (41:1 Md. R. 13)

Regulation .03B amended effective January 20, 2014 (41:1 Md. R. 13)

Regulation .04B, E amended effective March 13, 2017 (44:5 Md. R. 292)

Regulation .05A amended effective February 20, 1989 (16:3 Md. R. 342)

Regulation .05E adopted effective December 17, 2007 (34:25 Md. R. 2210)