1. A. In this chapter, terms have the meanings stated in COMAR 10.21.17 and this regulation.

2. B. Term Defined. “Residential crisis services (RCS)” means intensive mental health and support services that are:

   1. (1) Provided to a child or an adult with mental illness who is experiencing or is at risk of a psychiatric crisis that would impair the individual's ability to function in the community; and
   2. (2) Designed to prevent a psychiatric inpatient admission, provide an alternative to psychiatric inpatient admission, shorten the length of inpatient stay, or reduce the pressure on general hospital emergency departments.

Authority: Health-General Article, §§10-901 and 10-902, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: December 28, 1998 (25:26 Md. R. 1926)

Regulation .02B amended as an emergency provision effective June 1, 2007 (34:13 Md. R. 1149); amended permanently effective August 13, 2007 (34:16 Md. R. 1432)

Regulation .03C amended as an emergency provision effective June 1, 2007 (34:13 Md. R. 1149); amended permanently effective August 13, 2007 (34:16 Md. R. 1432)